June 6, 2011

Today Dad stripped down the engine. He removed the intake and the exhaust manifolds. We found out the "lucky bolt" we found was actually the remaining piece of a bolt. The other part broke off and got stuck in the block. We also found out that all of the bolts were only finger tight, they were never torqued. Below are some pictures. You can see more at https://picasaweb.google.com/107049701433976725112/BenS6611?authkey=Gv1sRgCKP-0Nan5svXHA&feat=directlink

The engine stripped down.

The "lucky bolt" where the exhaust manifold bots into the block.

June 1, 2011

Today we removed the transmission from the block and we found out, because of the new soft plug, that my engine was rebuilt. We also found out that the clutch was slipping because of a bad seal that was leaking oil onto it. The gear on the starter was also pretty shredded. The best part of today was finding out about the exhaust leak. It turns out one of the bolts from the exhaust manifold was missing. We found it wedged by the air conditioning compressor. We think it they dropped it when they were doing the rebuild and it has been sitting there for years. You can see more pictures at https://picasaweb.google.com/107049701433976725112/6111?authkey=Gv1sRgCNXdrqLvvbL-Nw&feat=directlink

The new soft plug

The shredded clutch

The starter gear

May 31, 2011

Today we got the engine out. I got to do a lot of the work like cutting off the exhaust pipe and tapping the bolts out of the support that holds the transmission. Before we did this we had to drain the oil from the transmission. The plug is magnetic and there were many shreds of metal stuck to the plug and in the oil. This means that we need to replace the transmission. Below are pictures. You can see more of them at https://picasaweb.google.com/107049701433976725112/53111?authkey=Gv1sRgCNjN3aWj7uXLeQ&feat=directlink

 

 

Transmission drain plug covered with shreds of metal 

 

Carnage from the transmission