Patrick,
if the engine is "bare", can you unbolt the engine mounts from the side of
the block and drop the engine out through the chassis rails?
cheers
Pieter
On 21/05/2011, at 12:47 PM, Patrick and Caroline Quinn wrote:
> G'day
>
>
>
> Many would remember that a few weeks back the engine of the BN3/1 started
> making expensive noises.
>
>
>
> Well, while the engine is still in the car, all ancillaries have been
> removed from it. All sounds straightforward, but it helps if you can
imagine
> the engine bay of a 100 with a C-series shoehorned into it. Like to remove
> the carburettors the heater Kopex tubing had to be removed and for that to
> happen the grille had to be taken out. That's okay, as the radiator can
only
> come out via the grille opening.
>
>
>
> Anyway the engine is bare within the car. The rocker cover is off, as are
> the rockers. This afternoon I was about to undo the cylinder head nuts, but
> ran into a problem.
>
>
>
> The rear of the engine and cylinder head is about half an inch from the
> firewall which is already concave. That means that the rear head stud is
> directly under the bonnet catch (remember it's a 100 body with a forward
> opening bonnet). To get at the bonnet catch fasteners you have to go into
> the cockpit, but they are unreachable unless the heater is removed. Even if
> I could undo the cylinder head nuts I wonder if I could get the head past
> the bonnet catch and the overdrive throttle switch which is right next to
> it.
>
>
>
> I should say that the engine will NOT fit through the 100 shroud opening
> which means that the shroud has to be removed first. Surely the main reason
> why the production six-cylinder cars have a larger bonnet opening.
>
>
>
> I still don't know what caused the loud noises, but it looks as if I have
to
> start on the bodywork next. I suspect that I won't know what's wrong until
> the engine is out.
>
>
>
> However I thought I should say hello to everyone as someone else might have
> a bright idea. Yes 30 years ago I did fit the engine before the body.
>
>
>
> Hoo Roo
>
>
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Sydney, Australia
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