Project Donate

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

The General Lee is now no longer running Sad

Its donating a few of its essential brake system component for project money pit. The handiest way to get it all out is pull the engine out and the fact that the engine deserves not to be scrapped is another reason it coming out, i'm keeping it

Its been parked here for a good few months now as the tax and test are both out. Looking well eh?

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Here was the engine bay when i started

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This mount looks a little tired! Its fine tho! Laughing

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Next up i removed the bumper, headlights and panel under the lights, this is what was holding them in

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I drained the coolant system. The basin was already dirty so there was nothing out of the ordinary with it. The car never used any water in the time i had it

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This, ladies and gents, is what makes the non injected energy lump so good. This used to be full of gunk but i cleaned it a few months ago

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Pretty much everything has been done to enable the lump to come out, the loom and coolant system are out. All the mounts are undone. The 18mm rear mount nut wouldn't budge so the 2 16's were took off instead

Hopefully tomorrow i can roll in into the workshop and get it jacked up and prepare for engine removal.

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Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Forget to mention that when i unbolted the strut brace the car narrowed by about 5mm Laughing

I guess it took alot of stress!

If anybody needs any bits let me know cos i'm not keeping a whole lot of it

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

that carbs filthy, but its mine mofo's!

i need stuff but can't think of what!

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

I never got a pic of the carb before i cleaned it, it was terrible

I'm thinking i'm gonna have to pull the shafts out if i can't get a grinder tomorrow. Just realised i'm not in work monday so it may be an option to wait

Lots of good bits on it matey, so let me know

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Went out to the car, forgot the key, too lazy to go get it Rolling Eyes

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With the car sitting on 2 flat wheels it was an effort to get under, the gear linkage proved difficult to get off cos it had the rubber thing on it and full of grease (first one i've seen like that!) So following a quick call to Chris another option was discovered. At least this is what i thought he was telling me Laughing

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And with that out she came, i forgot about the earth strap at the back but then again i always do so why break from tradition!

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Some of you may have noticed i pulled the engine and box out without disconnecting the hubs or the shafts from the hubs. I didn't think it was possible but without a breaker bar i couldn't open the hubnuts so i had to wiggle it out

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THis gunky oily mess is the starter area

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Even in death the modifying never stops, this time i was inspired by Gentle Bens motor!

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This is where the heart of the beast lies now, beside the demon lump that was built by a few of us

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I've left the brake unions soaking in penetrating oil so hopefuuly they'll open tommorow. I expect to fuck them all tbh!

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

and the plan for the demon lump is?

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Undecided, dunno if i'd get the 2k back that it owes me so will probably have to keep it and put it in something

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yep my hammer solution done the trick eh!

coinvo went liek this

"taop o tha morning te ye young Chris, a wee bit of advice"
"ok Chetty poo what is it"
"this fecking fooker of a fecker is fooking fecking me right the feck aboot"
"I see"
"what to do ya fecker?"
"hit it with a hammer and it'll be ok ya dobber"
"jumping leprechauns, thats a fine idea cheery bye"
"later mofo"

lol

get a blow the unions should be ok, but get a blowtorch out mate and that will always get them off.

Master cyl end will be no problem at all, the other ends may require the hot spanner.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

lol yeah the convo was exactly like that!

Don't have a blowtouch, would a lighter do? Laughing

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

New helper today lol

Hanna was undoing the "dirty green wires" aka brake pipes while i was in the footwell pissin about with the pedalbox

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Heres the complete unit out of the car

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I have the pipes hanging up where hopefully they won't get bent. The 2 front unions at the caliper side needed cracking open with a vicegrip but i think they'll be fine

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For the rears i cut them off past the unions under the passanger side footwell to tackle them at a later date

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

lol at hair grip and gloves.

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

PMSL Hannah looks like shes knows more about cars than u Chet lol

No Offence Like lol

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

I wear the gloves too as you well know lol

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

that cars sexual, it really is.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

The coil vacuum thingy, what negative effect would that have if i was disconnected?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

it would be at full advance and have a vacuum leak

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

It was perished and broken on the lee for god knows how long. Meant to mention it

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

would have caused the need for the choke and poor starting

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

I shall fix it when i build my 1.4 energy air compressor Laughing