Spitfire1974 » Restoration » Engine » Engine Teardown

email Dave Braun at dave@dbraun99.com (click here)

I'm not sure how far I'm taking the teardown. I'm close to pulling the engine, but first I'll pull the head.

rocker cover with wrinkle paint	Looking for Oil Pressure at Rockers 00	Looking for Oil Pressure at Rockers 01	Flywheel to crank bolts	Flywheel ready to come off
Rear bearer plate	Flywheel	Flywheel side of rear bearer plate	Engine side of rear bearer plate	Rear bearer plate hardware to block
Top rear bearer plate studs replace RH	Rear bearer plate removed	Crank spigot bush 01	Crank spigot bush 02	Head on bench
Carbon on flat topped pistons 01	Distributor drive	Cleaning off pistons showt STD flat top 01	Cleaning off pistons showt STD flat top 02	Condenser mount
Distributor drive on bench	Distributor dog	Tappets and push rods out	Bottom end of engine 01	Bottom end of engine 02
Sludge in oil pan	Oil pan wiped clean	Block ready to be stripped	Leakdown seven hours later 02	Cleaning off gasketing 01
Cleaning off gasketing 02	Cleaning off gasketing 03	Rear seal mating	Front seal mating	Engine number
Pressure relief assy 01	Oil pick up and strainer with pump cover	Scored oil pump cover	oil pump 01	oil pump 02
Pressure relief assy 02	Oil pump clearnance 006	Oil pump drive, drive dog and distributor	TDC also agrees with the pointer	checking camshaft timing before tearing down shows it is 4 degrees retarded 01
checking camshaft timing before tearing down shows it is 4 degrees retarded 02	Epoxy on the oil pan gasket required wire brushing to remove 03	Epoxy on the oil pan gasket required wire brushing to remove 04	Crank Pulley removal	Timing cover hardware
Timing cover chain tensioner was not in place	Timing cover oil seal backwards	Crank pulley nut and slinger	Cleaned flange surface and ball peened holes	Timing marks
Cam shaft gear bolts	Camshaft gear teeth condition	Removing crank gear	Crank gear teeth condition (2)	Crank gear and shims
Cam Plate and hardware (1)	Cam Plate and hardware (2)	Front bearer plate hardware	Front bearer plate hardware removed	Front bearer plate clean up (1)
Front bearer plate clean up (2)	Alternator mount bracket (1)	Camshaft (2)	Camshaft runs in block not bearings	Rear oil seal housing (1)
Rear oil seal housing (2)	Rear oil seal housing (4)	Front sealing block hardware and wood strips (1)	Front sealing block hardware and wood strips (2)	Front sealing block hardware and wood strips (3)
Front main bearing cap	Center main bearking cap	Rod caps L-R front to back	Rod bearing (3)	Middle bearing cap front on left
front bearing cap	Front main journal	Front cap out	Middle cap out	Note tell tale shows indents on same side of cap (1)
Note tell tale shows indents on same side of cap (2)	Rear main cap with buttons to rear	Rear main bearing wear	Thrust washers wear side toward crank	Front bearing wear
Center bearing wear	Rear bearing wear	Main bearing caps and hardware	Empty block	Crankshaft 20 under all journals
Scuff on pistion skirt	Rear main cap showing position	Little end crud	on number 4 gudgeon pin pulled out bearing as it had knicks	knicks in bearing of little end of number 4
Rods and gudgeon pins	Removed oil filter adapter stud	Front oil gallery plug	Side oil gallery plugs	Oil gallery plugs one allen head plug stayed in
Water jacket plug in side of block	Water jacket plug	Easing out oil dipstick tube (2)	Oil dipstick tube slightly bent	Removing core plugs (1)
Removing core plugs (2)	Core plugs and one cam plug some came out unwillingly	Chasing threads (1)	Chasing threads (2)	Jake advised new lifters rather than refacing these.
to Sampson Racing for machining (2)	to Sampson Racing for machining (3)	to Sampson Racing for machining (4)	to Sampson Racing for machining (5)	to Sampson Racing for machining (6)
to Sampson Racing for machining (7)	to Sampson Racing for machining (8)	to Sampson Racing for machining (10)	to Sampson Racing for machining (11)

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