Long post here we come....
So this weekend I got my dad to come up and help me finally get some stuff on the engine done.
first off we just cleaned the engine and got rid of a lot of the dirt and grease that had been caked on. Still not pretty but much better than it was.
Next thing we did was put new seals onto the rocker covers and installed the half moon seals with a bit of silicon. Ran into a bit of trouble the first time round
as I had grabbed the wrong size allen key heads (about 5mm too long). went down to supercheap and luckily they actually had the right size allen key bolt. Grabbed some washers while we were there as well.
Next up we removed the rear main seal and did a bit of a clean up around that area. I noticed that the metal pipe there is bent up fairly bad. is that going to restrict oil / fuel flow (if that's what it is) at all?
After the sun went down I got to work on sanding the coilpack cover back to metal for a new paintjob in the morning. I tell you..it's hard to get those corners around the bolts free of paint haha. I probably didn't try hard enough though.
Coilpack cover after painting...
installed the new rear main seal. Looking pretty good.
Flywheel had a fair bit of surface rust on it so gave it a light sand back and it came up alright. Shouldn't cause any dramas anyway.
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Did a bit of a cleanup on the clutch as well. A light sand on the pressure plate and it came up quite good. Didn't get any pictures though as it was a pain trying to line it up without an aligning tool haha.
We then got the gearbox lined up and onto the the spline correctly. Also drained the sump and had no chunks or metal shavings! (engine condition is still totally unknown...just hoping for the best)
Gearbox all bolted on
We also installed new tensioner and idler bearings and a gates racing timing belt as well as the starter motor but no pictures of that sorry.
Also, sorry for shitty post layout. I still haven't figured out how to make the pics smaller etc.
So all in all, Got a little bit done this weekend. Would have liked to got all the other small pieces like timing covers, alternator, power steering pump, injectors, coilpacks etc on though.
Next weekend we should hopefully be able to get all that stuff onto the engine and then perhaps start dropping it in. After that we will have to lift the back end up and remove the HICAS system and install a lockbar.
Thanks for reading