Sunday 11 November 2012

Engine Removal (Day 85)

It was a big day for us today.  We finally got the engine out.  Don't let anyone tell you that this job is going to be easy.  It was a pig.  And even after getting all the bolts and plates out it still does not fall out of the frame.  There were 3 of us on this and the frame with the wheels attached was still too heavy so I ended up taking the rear swing arm off again when it was on it's side.  Because we were in a hurry (we were losing light) I reverted to using a hacksaw to cut off the tacho cable which would not come off with a wrench.  In the end the final moment of the engine coming free was lost on video as it was too dark but we got some shots which are at the end of the video.