My other red rallye resto......

[Ben_w]

Right.....time for an update!

Got fed up with the rallye sitting doing nothing and to be honest I could do with the cash so I need to get it sorted and moved on.

Today, the plan was to get to the engine out. Got to my mates place, did a couple of tyres for him on some cars, then cracked on at about 10:30. As expected, every single bolt I needed to undo on the front was rusty, crusty and a general pain in the arse. Needed up drilling two of the three bolts that hold the finger supports on the bottom of the bumper to the cross member off....eventually by about 12:30, the front end was off.....





Then took the car into the unit and started on getting the engine out. Driveshafts out, disconnected everything else, hooked up to the crane and then undid the mounts....tilt on end, lift a bit and out it came. Result. Properly pleased. Fisrt engine removal on my own I've done.



Engine clearly seen better days...looks to be leaking oil front and back, from around the head area on the back. I'll get some pics up of that in a bit.

Took the old rear beam apart the other day. I say took it apart.... I mean smashed it apart. Only way I could was to well the trailing arms with a sledgehammer. Stub axles were so seized in the beam tube I knocked the arms off the stubs before the stubs even though about coming out of the axle tube!!!

Hmmmmmmmm....!!







Beam tube went in the bin.