Very nice
I have that radio would you consider selling me a copy of the owners manual and any other documents?
You mean just images of the manual? Sure. Lemme go look at what’s there. I’ll do that next week. Don’t need money for that
Thank you Manthri!You mean just images of the manual? Sure. Lemme go look at what’s there. I’ll do that next week. Don’t need money for that
Shocks? The shocks of opening up that engine and seeing that? Or you mean the pistons? I’m gonna get Carrillo 90 mm pistons, I think. I don’t think there’s that much to shop for in that regard, as I want to keep it mostly stock, really. Carl Bennett at Korman and I had a long chinwag about it the other day, and I circled back around to that, after working through my use case, and the fact that I like the matching numbers configuration. It’s mostly a stock car, and I’m gonna try to keep it that way. I’ll keep you posted. I’m hoping it’s the last surprise. The car has been pretty well sorted at this point. It’s a fine driver.
Actually, “mostly” is an overstatement. I’ve upgraded a lot of things on it. But I do like the matching numbers block, and a 3.3 upgrade, which is all I think I could do with it, doesn’t seem like a worthwhile use of resources to me. And that eliminates the call for big changes to pistons, rods, etcetera.
Not certain yet, but our guess is the block is good. One visible score is present where a piston looks to have gotten stuck. Other than that, a visual inspection doesn’t yield much. We’re going to magnaflux the block, and if that goes well, bore it out a half to a full mm, and go from there. Crank also looks to be fine.
), has a boring machine and a magnaflux setup in his home shop. He rebuilds motors from the ground up. My project is actually interrupting one he’s trying to get going for himself. So we’re not shipping anything out, as things stand.
Haha. Pretty sure not, unfortunately. He just retired. The man is a minor wizard. But he’s really looking forward to working on his own stuff. He does me a big favor with my cars. He’s worked on them for a very long time, and we have a great relationship from the days he had his shop in Santa Cruz. He especially likes the old MG’s - he’s done lots of work on mine also - but he’s a BMW specialist by trade. I’ve not known him to professionally work on anything else in at least three decades.
I actually just got confirmation that the magnaflux showed no cracks, and the crank and bores are standard size, so we’ll put it on the boring machine tomorrow, and look into getting new pistons shipped Monday. Fingers crossed that they’re readily available.
