The next morning was sunny (but cold) … a good day to continue. Cylinder head on the bench. All looks normal.
So, we get on to pulling the rest of the engine down …
Front pulley off, sump off, oil pick up off, tip the engine over … drop the hydraulic lifters out …
Pull the timing cover off …
Remove the retaining plate for the camshaft … and carefully pull the camshaft. Now, note to self, make a note of what type of ‘shaft it is standard or wild.
… is that the time already … coffee and croissants … woo hoo !!!!
It has suddenly dawned on me, that some of the old comparisons about getting a professional to do something and DIY are true.
You know the ones. Professional Oil change … blah, blah blah … $45!
DIY: Drive to the auto-store to pick up oil - $20 (oh, there is coolant on special an extra $40)
Drive home … realise you don’t have a filter wrench … back to the store … oil filter wrench - $5.
Mate calls you up to see what you’re up to and you invite him round to help … need to pick up carton of “coronas” on the way home - $45.
Get home … forgot the chips and dip … and italian sausage … back to the store - $25 … etc, etc ….
It was never going to be cheaper to DIY… but you do enjoy your day!
Now, we are never going to get through tonight without some liquid refreshment and we haven’t got anything organised for lunch.
The BBQ we’ll have will need essentials and the liquid will need to be cold for tonight so it is mid-morning and we don’t have anything yet (gotta go to the butcher and supermarket … )
Right the afternoon is taken care of, so I’m back to the strip-down.
We pulled the bearing caps for the con rods and dropped the pistons … the crankshaft journals look and feel very, very good … so far, so good. I’ll see how they measure up.
Main bearing caps off and the crankshaft can come out!!!
All this work is tiring … we have to fire up the BBQ (Pete, I’ll get the meat … !!!)
