The only way to have enough room to pull the engine is to remove the
hood.
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This engine bay is VERY crowded.
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Kurt working on the engine bay.
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Our daughter fell in love with the little red sports car and wanted
to claim it. Dad said she couldn't drive it unless she worked on it,
so she did. By the way, she is the one who named the car Sadie.
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Father and daughter work team.
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The engine hoist is bigger than the car. It's used to V8s. This little
4 cyl, even with the manual transmission attached is nothing to lift.
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Our son had to help out on this as well.
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The cause of this first engine pull - a rusted clutch. Dad had stored
the car under a car cover, under the back deck of the house - a place
that saw lots of water and very little sunshine to dry things out.
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The master cylinder had developed a leak, so the engine bay needed to
be cleaned up and repainted before the engine could go back in. Dad
used a single stage enamel paint, so we decided to go back with the
same paint.
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Brake fluid and bubbled paint all cleaned up.
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We taped off all the holes into the firewall and covered everything
that we didn't want overspray on.
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Primer was sprayed first and everything not primed was scuffed to ensure
adhesion of the new paint.
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First coat of red sprayed. You can still see the repaired area.
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Final coat sprayed and everything looked great, so we untaped the car.
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Now everything was prepped for reinstalling the engine, with the new
clutch.
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Heater box and master cylinder reinstalled.
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The overflow bottle and fuse block. At this point, the car is still
positive ground, like any good British car.
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After this clutch work, we were able to drive the car for awhile, until
it turned British again on us and required more work.
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