Engine Install

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Sat May 15, 2010 6:24 am

My longblock is due to show up Monday and I'd like to prep a few things. I have a new throwout bearing and I've cleaned up the transaxle bellhousing. I'm assuming a light coating of grease on the input shaft and at the t/o bearing pivot points on the fork? I have white lithium, black moly-type, and wheel bearing greases at my disposal. Which would be preferred, if any?

Post by **Amskeptic** » Sun May 16, 2010 9:03 am

sped372 wrote:My longblock is due to show up Monday and I'd like to prep a few things. I have a new throwout bearing and I've cleaned up the transaxle bellhousing. I'm assuming a light coating of grease on the input shaft and at the t/o bearing pivot points on the fork? I have white lithium, black moly-type, and wheel bearing greases at my disposal. Which would be preferred, if any?

Moly. A light smear on the release bearing face as well. And hit the starter shaft going into the bell housing bushing with a little dab.
Colin

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Sun May 16, 2010 1:18 pm

Amskeptic wrote:Moly. A light smear on the release bearing face as well. And hit the starter shaft going into the bell housing bushing with a little dab.
Colin

Just completed. Hope all goes smoothly in the coming days. Gotta git back out there into the world and do some camping.

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Sun May 16, 2010 1:23 pm

sped372 wrote:My longblock is due to show up Monday and I'd like to prep a few things.

Where did you get it from? What all did you get?

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Sun May 16, 2010 1:27 pm

I went through Art at Air Cooled Engineering in Salt Lake City. Just a plain-jane 1600 single port as I already have a good carb, manifold, tin, etc. for that setup and I'm not in any hurry puttering down the road.

New case, balanced German internals, and good German heads. New pressure plate, clutch, and release bearing. There's other odds n' ends as well but that's the most of it.

Preparing for battle, all tin degreased and ready to go:

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Mon May 17, 2010 5:49 pm

Showed up today. Made some progress after work.

Post by **Amskeptic** » Mon May 17, 2010 7:22 pm

sped372 wrote:Showed up today. Made some progress after work.

That's a classic photograph right there. Get your SO to photograph you at engine start-up.
Colin

Manfred · Post by **Manfred** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:44 am

Sweet! I hope to be doing the same thing by the end of the the month. I wish my rear bumper area came completely off like that. My live would be so much easier.

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Tue May 18, 2010 8:30 am

The removable apron is pretty convenient.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue May 18, 2010 8:36 am

Yep, it's very nice. Just another example of the obvious superiority of the early Bay.

"touched by the grace of Nordhoff"

Manfred · Post by **Manfred** » Tue May 18, 2010 8:49 am

hambone wrote:Yep, it's very nice. Just another example of the obvious superiority of the early Bay.
"touched by the grace of Nordhoff"

Yea but my passenger seat turns 180 degrees and i can sleep two people up top. So there

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue May 18, 2010 8:52 am

True true. Both are handy-dandy. It's a shame the 80s lurked nearby though. UGH REAGAN GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:35 pm

Well, frack. Foiled by a busted preheat pipe stud. Had to undo everything I did yesterday. Got the busted stud removed but decided it was time to stop as my mood had turned sour. I'll pick it back up tomorrow after work again.

Post by **Amskeptic** » Wed May 19, 2010 3:48 pm

sped372 wrote:my mood had turned sour.

Fresh studs will pick it right back up again. I was delirious with joy when I ended up with new exhaust studs one painful repair at a time, and lathered them with anti-seize so that all subsequent exhaust work henceforth was easy and gracious.
Colin

sped372 · Post by **sped372** » Wed May 19, 2010 5:11 pm

Amskeptic wrote:
sped372 wrote:my mood had turned sour.
Fresh studs will pick it right back up again. I was delirious with joy when I ended up with new exhaust studs one painful repair at a time, and lathered them with anti-seize so that all subsequent exhaust work henceforth was easy and gracious.
Colin

Correctamundo. Chased the threads out and installed new studs and my mood was indeed positive again. It was somewhat short lived, though. After finagling the thermostat rod into place (man that sucks!) I find that my shroud won't drop the last 1/4" into place. What the...? Back off with the shroud.

It appears that the upper stud holding the oil cooler is much longer than the last block's was. It hits inside the fan shroud. I'm debating whether to replace or "modify" the stud OR just drill a hole in the shroud at the shown location. Drilling seems easier but I wonder about the effects on the fluid dynamics of my cooling air.

Not a showstopper, just a minor setback. All in due time.

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