The Engine is here

Picked up the engine from the freight company on Friday.  Due to other commitments I didn't get to have a decent look at it till Saturday afternoon.

It looks to be in good condition, both the transmission and engine oil are pretty clean.

First thing I did was remove the transmission

Then today I removed the air con compressor and the power steering pump.

This left about 25 wires to be remove from the loom.  Turned out to be easier to completely remove the loom from the engine and then pulling the redundant wires out was easy.  The have all been cut off at the plug end with about 250mm tails just in case I need connect them to something.

I few of the ignitor plugs broke, which I have read is a common problem.  Everything else came off good.  So I'll put the loom back on next weekend so I don't forget where everything came from.

I have discovered the MAF sensor is missing.

I am going to have to paint the engine, being Aluminium it will fizz very quickly otherwise.  I am thinking about a bright green.

Still have to remove the torque converter,  I have a new bell housing that will allow a Borg Warner 71C to bolt straight on.  I have to get a fly wheel as well, as being an automatic, this engine didn't come with one.

I also discovered during the week that my transmission is not suitable.  I was led to believe it was a 71B, but its actually a 70C, the data plate is missing.  The 70C wont handle the power of this engine.

Lastly, I went and picked up another 10 sheets of ply, which if my maths is right will be enough to finish the ply laminations.

The boat didn't progress a lot this week, did some more of the 3rd layer on the bottom, so that layer is now about 2/3rds finished.