>William Hartwell Woodruff writes:
>
> > I'm just entering the depression stage of the rebuild. The point
> > where you actually see first hand what you knew was there all along.
> > And you ask yourself, "I wonder if I can still sell it for what I
> > paid!!" as you think about bailing out of of the project. I need some
>
>My story: When I bought my TR6 I paid a little extra for a decent,
>well tuned, running car. NOT! It burned 5 quarts of 20W50 every 1000
>miles. So out came the engine. And after 6 months of engine work,
>lots of great advice on from the net folk, a broken foot, lots of $$$,
>the car started up first time. I agree with Terriann... take each
>milestone as a small project completed. For me it was putting the
>crank and the pistons in. Then the head and timing stuff...
>walking on two feet... etc...
Several years ago, I wrote an engine rebuild article based on
a prior article from a Sports Cars Illustrated magazine from around
1965. Included in my article is a two page (11" x 17") flowchart
which charts the steps involved in rebuilding an engine. The flowchart
is focused on Triumph, but only in a minimal way and it is really
totally applicable to any inline 4 or 6 cylinder LBC engine. The article
was printed in the VTR magazine about 2 years ago. Recognizing that
not everyone in this email list is a VTR member, much less an owner
of a Triumph, I'll make the following offer.
If you'd like a copy of the article with the full flowchart, just pop a
dollar bill in the mail to me and I'll copy the article (I can make
an 11 x 17 copy) and send it to you. The flowchart is a great way
to keep track of progress and can, as the original writer above
is "bogged down" be a motivater as it has at least 30 distinct
activities that can be checked off as the work continues. Bit by
bit the flowchart gets completed (checked off) until you have the
finished rebuilt engine.
So, just drop a dollar bill (please, no one dollar checks) in the mail
to me and send it to:
Bill Sohl - Engine Rebuild Flowchart
29 Netcong Road
Budd Lake, NJ 07828
PS - If you email me that it is being sent, I'll have the envelope all
ready to go once I get your snail mail request. I'll be sending
anyone that "orders" the article 2 copies of the 11 x 17 flowchart,
so you won't have to run out and make a copy before using one of them
for your winter engine rebuild project.
Note also, if you have a friend who is a VTR member, the article and
flowchart appeared in VTR magazine Issue #44 (since we just published #51,
that would be more like about 3/4 years ago.)
Merry Christmas, Happy Channuka, Happy New Year to all.
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