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Old 11th November 2011, 18:00   #7
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Update yaaaay

Commenced the removal of the engine and renovation of the engine bay this week. Pretty slow progress if I'm honest, but its getting there. I was actually really surprised at how easy the engine came out. Only problem I had was with a cable on the gearbox that had a rounded nut on, so I ended up snipping the wire and removing the nut afterwards...Oh, and the fact the engine ended up dropping on my foot off the jack.




Old engine out, new one under for cover for the time being.




Working all weekend, so I'll be carrying on with it on Monday.
I've recently gone and bought a welder, so I'll be testing it on the engine bay.
Suprisingly, the rust isn't too bad. 2 Spots under the Ecu as you can probably see ones smaller than a 5 pence piece, the other hasn't gone through completely and is still solid. just looks a mess. Looks alot worse than it actually is in the photo's as I've started sanding some of the bay back so alot of it is just Orange rusty dust.

I'll be treating the engine bay with rust prevention stuff, then coating it afterwards in a gloss black.
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