Putting Some Parts Back On

After months of taking things off and cleaning, repairing, and overhauling, it was nice to put some of those parts back on the engine. Principal motivation, however, was to seal up as many openings to the engine as possible, as a lost of dust is created when grinding and wire-wheeling, not to mention the occasional mouse visit. And also, if a small part gets whisked out of my hands by the wire wheel, I know it won't end up somewhere in the engine. It also lessens the chance of me tripping over the parts in the rather crowded storage area where the finished components go.

Above all, however, it's nice to see the engine looking more like the engine, if you know what I mean.

In this view, the exhaust pipes are just on to test the general fit. In front of the engine, on the frame, is a spacer the previous owner had placed between the cooling fan and its support - which completely put the pulley out of line with the others. It may have been done for some modification to the previously installed hydraulic pump for the plow, and then forgotten. Luckily the old fan belt appears to have been up to the challenge. However, this modification means the bolts holding the fan in place are now too long, so will have to source new ones.

As long as they work properly, it's a nice detail to have been able to keep the original coolant pipe clamps. They are galvanized, and have held up extremely well. One of the broad objectives of this project, of course, is to keep everything as original as humanly possible (within reason).

Just a side view. Most assemblies have cleaned up pretty nicely. WIth the exception of gaskets, coolant by-pass tube and rubber engine mount, everything is 100% original to the vehicle as it was purchased.

A general view, with my pile of manuals visible on the moveable seat. The new Mintex brake shoes have finally been released from a couple of weeks in Canadian Customs, and I hope they'll be here this week so the hubs can be finished off. Then, the wheels will go on.

Next project!