Today I had great fun and smooth progress
I removed the rocker shafts and the whole assembly along with the cams on my B28E. Everything went super smooth, much thanks to my training session on the spare engine.
The oil galleries on the rocker shaft were not clogged, so hopefully oil starvation isn’t a generic problem on this engine.
The low mileage dmc engine cams have no visible wear, so hopefully the two combined will make a great engine.
The only “problem “ I ran into was related to my engine stand. It is attached to the sandwich plate, thus no replacing that while the engine is on the stand.
I prefer working with the engine on the stand, so I’ll save the bottom end for last.
Next thing is pulling the old engine, and start moving good parts. Once the top end is done, I’ll flip it up side down, and swap the lower part over.
I do not want to install the intake with the engine out of the car, because that way I won’t get to the clutch slave. At least that’s my plan for now.
So I’ll drain the fluids, loosen the motor and transmission mounts, shift linkage, clutch slave, wiring harness, get a crane and pop the old bugger out!
Sounds like fun! Except draining the coolant. I loath that.