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I can always use an extra set of hands to clean parts and fetch stuff - too bad my kids and grandkids live 1800 miles away!

 

With the cam dialed in, next job is to put the head on - which is the easy part. The fiddly part is getting the rockers installed. I had built the assembly up before, but you have to take it off each time you add shims to get the rockers in line with the valves, plus you have to make sure the push rods don't rub on the sides of the holes in the head.....you also have to mostly disassemble the shaft each time to change the shims and in doing so it's easy to reverse one of the stands - ask me how I know!!!

So after a couple of hours of fiddling about, it's on and torqued down - next job is to set the valve clearance Clarance.

Once that's done It's time to take it out of the engine stand and start on the transmichigan. I still have parts on the way for that and they won't be here till Monday. I'll be out of the shop the next two days as I'm taking the green car down to Tulsa to my buddies' body shop to fix a couple of bad spots on the front fenders, and I'll be hauling the Innocenti back so I can button it up and start getting some break in miles on it.

Lot's of little jobs to do on it yet.

 

The last few parts came in today, but I have to go out of town tomorrow so I won't get back to it till Fri or Sat.

 

Tomorrow I'll see if it will build oil pressure, then fire it up!

 

Here we go!

 

Spent all damn day today cleaning transmission case parts, they were so encrusted and nasty! finally my back said enough!

I think I got everything cleaned so I can paint tomorrow - it's supposed to be sunny and warm all day, perfect to get paint to dry and cure out.

Once everything is painted and cured out I can start the transmission assembly....

 

More progress, the two parts are now one!





Going down to Tulsa town to get the green Mini tomorrow, so no more work till Friday or Saturday.

 

Thanks, I appreciate the props.....

but there really is no point in doing it if you're not going to do it right, right?

It's a LOT of work, but I just can't put stuff back together dirty, like Edd China does. Well, used to do anyway.....