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So, my Fiat Twin Cam engine developed an oil leak and the underside of the car was coated in oil, not such a bad thing for protecting the chassis but not good for the engine, so I have bitten the bullet and removed the engine and gearbox in order to investigate!
The usual suspects i.e the rear crank oil seal was not the issue but I did discover that the rubber seal for the dipstick had perished, which may be the root cause of the leak. However, I was also getting oil running down the exhaust manifold threads! I was also down on compression on the number two piston, so it definitely needed to come out.
Head has been stripped and rebuilt with new valves, guides, seals and a re-skim. Whilst the engine block is away being completely rebuilt by Middle Barton Garage.
I have stripped the gearbox, cleaned and painted it and replaced the speedo drive, reversing light switch, return spring, release bearing, and a brand new clutch. I have also modified the gearbox mounting bracket and added beefier rubber mounts as I found that the original ones that I installed many years ago had perished and the gearbox was just floating about!
next step is to thoroughly clean and degrease the chassis and transmission tunnel, then give it all a lick of new paint before hopefully getting it all back together again but probably not before the end of the year!
The usual suspects i.e the rear crank oil seal was not the issue but I did discover that the rubber seal for the dipstick had perished, which may be the root cause of the leak. However, I was also getting oil running down the exhaust manifold threads! I was also down on compression on the number two piston, so it definitely needed to come out.
Head has been stripped and rebuilt with new valves, guides, seals and a re-skim. Whilst the engine block is away being completely rebuilt by Middle Barton Garage.
I have stripped the gearbox, cleaned and painted it and replaced the speedo drive, reversing light switch, return spring, release bearing, and a brand new clutch. I have also modified the gearbox mounting bracket and added beefier rubber mounts as I found that the original ones that I installed many years ago had perished and the gearbox was just floating about!
next step is to thoroughly clean and degrease the chassis and transmission tunnel, then give it all a lick of new paint before hopefully getting it all back together again but probably not before the end of the year!
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