G'day
Yes that occurred to me yesterday, but the engine is actually over the top
of the front crossmember plus there is not enough headroom where it is.
Many thanks
Patrick Quinn
-----Original Message-----
From: Pieter and Linda [mailto:pieters@pt.lu]
Sent: Sunday, 22 May 2011 3:09 AM
To: Patrick and Caroline Quinn
Cc: 'Healey List'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Where to Next?
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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