Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Bell housing

I am working with the bell housing now.  The spacer plate and bell housing have been welded together.  There are a couple of areas that I'm reinforcing by adding material.  The area that the starter goes through will get a cover made for it.  I still have to cut away a portion of the spacer plate to allow for the rpm and position sensors to pass through.  There is also the original 931 starter boss that needs a cover made.
The steel coolant line that runs the length of the drivers side of the block has been modified to remove the provisions for the turbo cooling pump.  The aluminum water manifold just under the intake manifold still has to be dealt with as it has two passages for the turbo pump that need to be blocked.  Looks like I will just weld them closed also. 
The oilpan is resealed and torqued down.  I've got a new timing set to install, make an adapter for the hydraulic through out bearing and I think the motor can probably go back in.  We'll see what else crops up that needs attention.