Assessing an unknown engine

[MikeyC]

No worries. It's true condition will be a lot clearer for you once it's all stripped out on your bench.

[impmad2000]

Do you have an engine stand and yoke ? Sladey is looking after mine, which you are welcome to use if Mark isn’t.

[RobFrost]

Do you have an engine stand and yoke ? Sladey is looking after mine, which you are welcome to use if Mark isn’t.

Yes thanks Tim, Anta lent me.

Rob

[sladey]

Do you have an engine stand and yoke ? Sladey is looking after mine, which you are welcome to use if Mark isn’t.

Er…..

[impmad2000]

I see Mark is currently using it

[RobFrost]

any excuse to show off the uber shed.

any experience by any chance whether the 4-spoke VW yoke is strong enough to hold a 1970 2.2 engine? Dempsey says make sure you have the 5-spoke Porsche one.

[Lightweight_911]

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I've used the 4-branch yoke - need to modify it slightly- without any problems:

[911hillclimber]

No probs, mine has carried my heavy 3.2 many times.
The 4 wheel frame is far more stable than the 3 wheel.

[RobFrost]

I've used the 4-branch yoke - need to modify it slightly- without any problems:

More importantly, where'd you get those "gazebos" for your Webers?

[Lightweight_911]

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They're 911R rain shields - bought many years ago from the US ...

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[RobFrost]

I made a start in the tear-down. The nuts attaching the mfi stacks to the engine bring new meaning to the word "fiddly".



Paper in the intakes was a good sign, I thought:



A little investigation suggests the engine was mothballed in Spring 1982.



Maybe the owner bought one of these.



He was up North somewhere.



And had a little furry companion.



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[RobFrost]

Ok this MFI throttle nut on cylinder 1 is absurd. Please illuminate me on how it gets removed.







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[RobFrost]

I found a little piece of evidence on the engine cover... a fragment of smashed rear windscreen, I would imagine - suggesting the engine came from a car which was written off around 1983. I guess that tallies up with the broken rear engine mount, maybe it was rear-ended.



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[Gary71]

Ok this MFI throttle nut on cylinder 1 is absurd. Please illuminate me on how it gets removed.







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Crows foot spanner?

[RobFrost]

Crows foot spanner?

I don't think it'd fit. In the absence of a better plan, I'll take an angle grinder to a socket and cut it down.

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