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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Heart Transplant: Engine Over to New Chassis

This evening accomplished one of the minor milestones of the project, namely getting the engine over to the new chassis. Used two 2000lb-rated straps and the engine hoist, and aside from the challenge of maneuvring the hoist, it went smoothly, helped at the end by my wife. I thought that splitting the engine block from the gearbox/bell housing may have presented some difficulties, but no, it came right off very easily.


A view inside the clutch bell housing. I'm actually surprised at how good it looks, relatively speaking, as it just looked like a muck covered mess when peering through the openings.

 A view of the clutch cover. Doesn't look too bad, either - although it's not possible to see what condition the clutch plate is in at this point.

Just a closer view. I don't think this is 50 years old!

And just a little view of the 2.25 as it tries out its new home. Really must paint that water pump cover!

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