Engine and transaxle come out today. I was able to do it in 2 hours. One hour better then last time ;) This time I didn't pull the exhaust out and left the motor mounts in the car but removed the mounts from the block. This worked fine except I forgot to pull the oil filter first. This hit the exhaust manifold keeping the engine from coming out.
We have a chainfall in our shop that is directly over the car hoists. This works out pretty good for the pantera. I have really gotten the hang of standing on the tranaxle to balance the engine while using the chainfall to lift the engine out. But when it's time to get off of the transaxle I ussually need a hand.
I pulled off the valve covers and intake manifold and found water inside the engine. Draining the oil I found more water in the oil pan. The water was clean not antifreeze. After removing the heads we found all cylinders and pistons to be clean and no water in the cylinders. The going theory at this point is the water came in from rain down the carb and air cleaner. The air cleaner I was using had an open top with just a foam element.
The block is going to get sonic tested and magnafluxed anyway so I will check for cracks just in case. The heads I have aren't going to get used so even if they are cracked which it doesn't look like then I am not to concerned about them. My A3 heads are on there way and I should have them next week. I still need to locate a manifold for them. I hope to find the A331 manifold or a dual plane that fits the high port heads.
Tomorrow I will disassemble the bottom end of the engine. I expect to find a very loose wrist pin somewhere or broken piston skirt or wrist pin. We did hear knocking in the engine so I expect to find the source of the knocking tomorrow. The top end of the motor looked great. ( It should It's all brand new )
On other fronts I have decided to not put the bumpers back on the car after the body work. So I will ask the body man to fill the bolt hols for me and plan on not putting anything on the back of the car where the bumpers were. The front of the car needs blinkers that used to be held by the bumpers. I will install the behind the screen blinkers. The front of the car needs more cleanup work to run without bumpers. There are two indents in the front that allowed the blinkers in the bumpers to rest in. These indents will need to be filled. Without out chrome on the front it may look funny. I think I would like to install two small round driving lights on either side right below the area of the old blinkers. That would add some detail to the front. And unlike the bumpers that were there the lights would be functional. Bill H. who is on the board of POCA has a car that has lights setup like this. I sent him an email asking about what kind of lights they were and where he got them.
We have a chainfall in our shop that is directly over the car hoists. This works out pretty good for the pantera. I have really gotten the hang of standing on the tranaxle to balance the engine while using the chainfall to lift the engine out. But when it's time to get off of the transaxle I ussually need a hand.
I pulled off the valve covers and intake manifold and found water inside the engine. Draining the oil I found more water in the oil pan. The water was clean not antifreeze. After removing the heads we found all cylinders and pistons to be clean and no water in the cylinders. The going theory at this point is the water came in from rain down the carb and air cleaner. The air cleaner I was using had an open top with just a foam element.
The block is going to get sonic tested and magnafluxed anyway so I will check for cracks just in case. The heads I have aren't going to get used so even if they are cracked which it doesn't look like then I am not to concerned about them. My A3 heads are on there way and I should have them next week. I still need to locate a manifold for them. I hope to find the A331 manifold or a dual plane that fits the high port heads.
Tomorrow I will disassemble the bottom end of the engine. I expect to find a very loose wrist pin somewhere or broken piston skirt or wrist pin. We did hear knocking in the engine so I expect to find the source of the knocking tomorrow. The top end of the motor looked great. ( It should It's all brand new )
On other fronts I have decided to not put the bumpers back on the car after the body work. So I will ask the body man to fill the bolt hols for me and plan on not putting anything on the back of the car where the bumpers were. The front of the car needs blinkers that used to be held by the bumpers. I will install the behind the screen blinkers. The front of the car needs more cleanup work to run without bumpers. There are two indents in the front that allowed the blinkers in the bumpers to rest in. These indents will need to be filled. Without out chrome on the front it may look funny. I think I would like to install two small round driving lights on either side right below the area of the old blinkers. That would add some detail to the front. And unlike the bumpers that were there the lights would be functional. Bill H. who is on the board of POCA has a car that has lights setup like this. I sent him an email asking about what kind of lights they were and where he got them.
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