[ihc] Re: 266 w/ knock

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kyle,

Excellent pictures!!!  Hey everyone, that's how
pictures should look!

Seems to me that we lifted the engine a couple inches
with the tranny still bolted to the engine.  If you
lift with the tranny loose, you might break something.
 Then you just take out the motor mounts, the two
blocks of rubber with studs sticking up and down.  

Once you get the rubber mounts out then take the
tranny loose.  Seems to me there is somewhere  you can
pry with a screw driver between the engine and tranny.
 I'm sure someone will remember how to do that.  Ours
just popped loose with an audible pop after some
judicious prying.  Mark was under the car doing the
prying, maybe he can remember just how he pried it
apart.

Steve



--- Eighteen Rabbit <thor7358@domain.elided> wrote:
> >>  Kyle, that's a nice looking 800. Did you do the
> >>  detail work under the hood?  It looks sharp...
> >>
> >>  Hope your project is going well. Did you decide
> >>  on a swap or a rebuild? Good luck in either
> >>  case, ~John A.
> 
>      Thanks for the compliments on the Scout!  I did
> most of the engine
> detailing last summer when I took apart the top end
> trying to locate the
> tapping.
> 
>      It was almost a unanimous vote among digest
> members that the failed
> bearing(s) has nothing to do with the tapping, but
> the babbitt I found in
> the oil pump means they need to be taken care of,
> anyway...  So, I have
> decided to pull the 266 to see what is going on
> inside.  Maybe while I am at
> it I will find a worn cam lobe or some other culprit
> for the tapping.
> 
>      I decided against driving the Scout the 40
> miles to where the 345 and
> engine lift are stored, instead opting to borrow a
> truck to bring the lift
> back to the Scout.  I commandeered a friend's
> driveway, and in the pouring
> rain these last two evenings have managed to get the
> engine ready to pull.
> 
>      Now, I am to the "move the engine forward"
> stage and I have paused to
> ask you guys a question:  The engine mounts on the
> 266 have one stud
> sticking up and two poking down.  I don't see how I
> can "slide" the engine
> forward without lifting it an inch or so first.  The
> directions in both the
> factory service manual and Chilton's have strong
> warnings that I will damage
> the clutch if I lift first!  How should I proceed? 
> (Pictures of the mounts
> can be found at http://www.uidaho.edu/~thor7358/ih/
> )
> 
>      Also, is there a gasket between the back of the
> engine and the flywheel
> housing?  I expected it to "break" apart after all 6
> bolts were removed, but
> it is still solid.  Will it come apart fairly easily
> as I move the engine or
> does it need to be split somehow first?
> 
>      Thanks for all your excellent advice so far,
> and in advance for your
> help on this matter!
> 
> Cheers,
>      Kyle Thoreson