The lower part of the engine has been painted, so various subcomponents that have been restored or replaced – the oil filer, water pump, and crankshaft damper – can be bolted back on the cylinder block. The brand new water pump was put on with a new gasket and we......
See also Post-blast body assessment. Metal dolly work on the right front of the Jaguar body has straightened out most of the asymmetry. The yellow bondo smoothes out what can’t be fixed with sheet metal hammers. The trailing edges of both left and right wheel wells have also be patched......
Aluminum doesn’t rust (the good news), but it is extremely hard to keep looking bright and shiny (the bad news). While aluminum is the most common metal (about 8% of the earth’s crust!), it’s never found in a pure state in nature. It oxidizes quickly, loves to show fingerprints, likes......
Cad plating batch #1 is back from Plating for Electronics – all in beautiful “white” cad. The first task is sorting nearly 500 pieces back into component or assembly groupings. Very tedious, and it took most of the day!...
See also Oil pan restoration, part 1 (September 8, 2014). With the first batch of cad plating back from Plating for Electronics, we can complete the pan restoration. The timing pointer was painted red to make it easier to view, and bolted back on the mounting bracket at the end......
Replacing the crankshaft front seal, housed between the oil pan and the front timing chain plate, is the most involved task of our planned engine restoration. The challenge is the multi-step process required to access the seal … once reached, actually replacing the seal itself is trivial. Damper hub After......
The inlet manifold, an aluminum casting, communicates to the cylinder head through a series of passageways. Two carburetor mounts, with studs, are at the top. A separate water jacket connects to the main inlet manifold at four water ports. The water temperature sensor fits into a threaded hole in the......
See also exhaust manifold disassembly post. Apart from paint, there are three basic kinds of metal treatments used in our Mk2 restoration: ceramic coating powder coating cad plating (as well as tin-zinc DIY electroplating) We’ve selected Pro Finishing for ceramic and powder work (conveniently located next door to Classic Car......
