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Engine Refresh II - GOTCHA!!!
Created on 2007-03-24 04:09:55
The engine rebuild went along pretty much without incident, I even installed it myself without a hitch. But shortly thereafter the "GOTCHA's" showed up big time and REALLY tested my patience!
The first was no oil pressure! UGGG! I spun it over and over to no avail. Finally, I took the advice of Paul Hanley and poured oil down the rear oil cooler line and turned the engine over backwards with a wrench to prime the pump. Success!
The next day, I planned on starting it. Yeah RIGHT! While taking the front end down off the jackstands, I was using a 2x4 shim on top of my jack under the front cross member. It slipped and the weight of my car came down on my jack right on the oil pan. CRUNCH! My oil pan was seriously dented! When I finally got it off, I discovered I had broken the oil pump. GOTCHA! What a major pain!
So I finally get the new oil pump and pan installed. I get oil pressure... yay! But GOTCHA! It won't crank... all it wants to do is backfire out the SU's and tail pipe. During the rebuild I was VERY careful to keep #1 at TDC. Well somewhere along the way I goofed an got the distributor 180 degrees off. That took alot of head scratching to figure out. But FINALLY it cranked! YAY!
The first impressions of the re-curved dist and P&P'd head are remarkable! The car just really wants to accelerate and rev! The butt dyno really likes it! lol! Now I need to dial it all in, but that's the fun part... I hope!
The first was no oil pressure! UGGG! I spun it over and over to no avail. Finally, I took the advice of Paul Hanley and poured oil down the rear oil cooler line and turned the engine over backwards with a wrench to prime the pump. Success!
The next day, I planned on starting it. Yeah RIGHT! While taking the front end down off the jackstands, I was using a 2x4 shim on top of my jack under the front cross member. It slipped and the weight of my car came down on my jack right on the oil pan. CRUNCH! My oil pan was seriously dented! When I finally got it off, I discovered I had broken the oil pump. GOTCHA! What a major pain!
So I finally get the new oil pump and pan installed. I get oil pressure... yay! But GOTCHA! It won't crank... all it wants to do is backfire out the SU's and tail pipe. During the rebuild I was VERY careful to keep #1 at TDC. Well somewhere along the way I goofed an got the distributor 180 degrees off. That took alot of head scratching to figure out. But FINALLY it cranked! YAY!
The first impressions of the re-curved dist and P&P'd head are remarkable! The car just really wants to accelerate and rev! The butt dyno really likes it! lol! Now I need to dial it all in, but that's the fun part... I hope!
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CUNCH!
CUNCH!
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine Refresh | 2007-03-08 | 2 | I've pretty much got my engine back together with the new Sean Brown head. I reused the old main bearings as they looked new and plastiguage said they were within spec. I put in ... | |
| Head Work | 2007-02-11 | 1 | While my engine was apart I sent the head to Sean Brown for a port and polish job as well as having the intake port matched and polished. A total of three MGBexperience members se... | |
| My New B! | 2007-01-13 | 6 | 1 | I thought I might go backwards a bit.... I bought my B on April 6, 2003 from a guy in Northern New Jersey. After being into Land Rovers for some time, I got the i... |
| Engine Apart Again | 2007-01-11 | 5 | Towards the end of the 2006 season, I really started to burn oil, approximately 1 qt per 300 miles. My thought was either bad valve seals or the one piece oil control rings I had... | |
| MG Summer / 2006 | 2006-11-19 | 10 | After getting my B back on the road earlier this year, I've had an incredible MGB Summer! I've driven it everywhere logging an estimated 8000 miles. (my odo quit the last two mon... | |
| Daytons!!! | 2006-06-17 | 6 | Today I installed new hubs on all four corners and new Dayton Wire Wheels! They are beautiful and handle even better. I feel like the car is transformed. No more w... | |
| On The Road Again .... Finally!!! | 2006-05-05 | 6 | 1 | Woo hoo! Last night I put in the seats and belts and cleaned the wire wheels up a bit. She's insured and licened and ON THE ROAD AGAIN! The only thing left to do is install the chr... |
| Floor Pans | 2006-04-23 | 6 | This is out of order but here is how I did my floor pans. From 6/6/05 I'm making good progress. I got the heel board extensions welded in. I followed ... | |
| MKII Console & Hood | 2006-04-11 | 6 | 1 | When I purchased my B, the interior was completely stripped so I had no direct point of reference as to how it was done a the factory. Originally, I sat my center console on top o... |
| Truck Bed Liner | 2006-04-06 | 5 | 2 | I did this awhile ago (right before paint), but I get so many questions about it, I thought I would create a journal entry. I had heard about Hot Rod guys using bed ... |
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