The All New, New "What have you done to your Bay today" thread.

Did you use a rust killer on it ?

 

Everything gets a good soaking in MetalReady (phosphoric acid & zinc).

 

You do know it's a TLB tradition to post a photo of yourself inside the engine bay.

 

Get your thermals on!

 

Lol. Bad move. After my painting episode in Thurs, I couldn't actually feel my legs

 

which is fine when the outside temperature is high enough to cure. at this time of the year will remain soft for weeks.

 

Maybe. Did some Rusto this week and it was fine.

 

do you thin it first, if so with what?

 

Thin it a bit, as it's been in the can a while. Acetone or white spirit works fine.

 

I once pressure washed three week old Hammerite off some metalwork. Had to creep round various cars in the area picking still sticky flakes off their roofs.

 

If the heads are coming off measure them to confirm if you're in the 1776 gang...?

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I’ll be interested to hear how well the fit of the fan shroud is with the type four cooler

 

It will also be interesting to hear what effect it has on temperatures. but adding dual carburettors at the same time may make the information less useful/ totally overwhelm it.
The high oil temperature and probably hot things everywhere is perhaps why the piston rings are sad.
Diverting extra air from the cylinder head through a bigger cooler might actually make the no3/no4 heads get hotter.. interestingly balanced discussion over on the Samba about the T4 mod.. some professionals refuse to fit it, others like it..

Thought of a T4 cooler upgrade crossed my mind all those years back but I preferred having a full flow oil filter as well as the extra cooler running outside the engine bay.. like when the filter caught all the bigger bits of piston on two occasions...

 

1776-ers are the Kool Kidzs

 

Trial fit..60mm diameter 1.6mm thick steel disc with 20.25mm centre hole welded to wheel. no timing locking screws yet..

The wheel is not clocked correctly yet either.. need to get it so the missing tooth is 90 degrees to the right of TDC.

Note to future. Buy a trigger wheel with a 42mm plus diameter hole in centre..

The pickup will go on a bracket coming down from the case joining clamp bolt above the pulley .

And I will be checking the pulley very carefully for TDC, see if I can get a dial gauge in No.3..

 

1641-ers are the Wannabees.

 

I think you have to chop a bit out of the doghouse tin so it'll fit. Interesting mod, tho'