Wednesday, May 16, 2007

'65 on Hiatus, '76 in for Engine Work

Well, the '76 B has been smoking like a fiend, and doing dry and wet compression tests indicates that there is a ring problem on cylinder #2. So, taking a short (hopefully) break on the '65 to pull the engine on the '76 and see what's what.

AJ and I started disconnecting and removing stuff last night. We drained the radiator and removed it, along with the radiator support. We also removed the carb and disconnected some hoses and cables. Have a few more to go under the hood, then will disconnect the motor mounts and move under the car to drain the engine and gearbox oil and disconnect the driveshaft. I'll need to rent an engine lift from somewhere.

Some pictures -

Starting point.....


Radiator removed....


Radiator support removed.....


Carb removed....


Ignition side (nothing done here yet)...