My 3B Coupé Project.

[4WheelDrifter]

Main bearing caps fitted with new bolts torqued to 65 Nm.

[4WheelDrifter]

Checking the bearing clearances.




Not too bad for an old crank.

[volcano rs]

looking good keep it up

[4WheelDrifter]

New oil non-return valve, adapter and squirters.




Squirters and main bearing shells installed.




Mains lubed.




Crank fitted.

[volcano rs]

How much detail do you want to see on the progress? I've taken a few pictures, which seems to take up more time than actually putting the engine together.

no excuses we want more pics :mischeif:

[4WheelDrifter]

How much detail do you want to see on the progress? I've taken a few pictures, which seems to take up more time than actually putting the engine together.

[s2_bo]

Nice one stu. Im looking forward to seeing your progress on this. Are you gonna fit it back in this coming Christmas at 2am then?

[4WheelDrifter]

Here's my block.



I admit it's not the best paint job I've ever done. But in my defence I did paint it at about 2am on Christmas day on my return from the pub. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

I spent most of yesterday morning giving the block a good clean inside, tapping all of the bolt holes, and poking brushes down all sorts of places to get any dirt out. The oil return from the breather was almost completely clogged.

[4WheelDrifter]

Here's another picture of my crank, minus ~1.4 kg.

[4WheelDrifter]

Lol not far from me was it expensive?

What? The box of parts? Yes very. I drove pretty carefully on the way home. The 440+ miles I travelled to get the parts there and back didn't come cheap either. But I felt safer delivering it myself.
Obviously the cost of the balancing depends on what work you have done. As already said, give Phil a ring, he's a friendly chap.

Bo - Thanks for your help on the crank.

James - It's a Spec 3+ pressure plate and a Clutchnet Carbon friction plate. I got it from Aelred when Clutchnet apparently didn't have any pressure plates, so he got a batch from Spec, but I still wanted to have a Clutchnet clutch to replace the one that Bo had.

[terrybullwon]

Lol not far from me was it expensive?

Ring him, hes a friendly chap... Good for a waffle

Stu, looking good! What spec clutch is that?

[Flat on my back]

Very keen to know the price, off forum if you prefer?

Now have my 92.8mm crank to go with the Scat rods and on the lookout for pistons (Wossner?) and clutch.

Is the DM vibration damper new?

[Acidburn]

Lol not far from me was it expensive?

[s2_bo]

Nice crank :mischeif:

[4WheelDrifter]

I went to Basset Down Balancing today and collected a box of parts.
Here are the contents:



Thank you Mr Selwyn-Smith.