Hey Patrick,
Based on what you've just explained, can you get the gearbox and
overdrive out through the passengers compartment, or is that
impossible too?
I remember Strop telling me once that there was very little clearance
around the bellhousing.
I'm only asking because if you can't, and you basically need to remove
all the bodywork forward of the windscreen to remove the engine, then
i'd be rebuilding everything - engine, gearbox, clutch, o/d.
You won't want to do this again.... And it has been 30 years since the
last time it was done.
Sincerely.
Chris
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On 21/05/2011, at 8:47 PM, "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au
> 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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