So as people may have seen i bought my Williams engine, then took it to Adam to rebuild it to find the Cambelt had snapped and mullered all the valves, so a full rebuild was in order.
So on Wednesday me and my trusty sidekick Ben made the 200mile journey from mine to Adams in Swansea on the weezy old 1.4, the original plan was to trailer it, but as i didn't pass my test until 99 i can't tow a trailer.
Anyway the journey down was trouble free bar the fact once we arived there was no more than a mug full of coolant in the rad, but hey no problem as the new engine is going in.
IIRC we got there around 2ish and proceded to strip all the bits to get the engine out, prop, exhaust, rad etc, all fairly smooth except the prop being as stuborn as a mule to get off, Adams trusty rubber mallet soon had that sorted though.
Adam clouting the prop, oh the joys of having a pit
Ben taking bits off
Dirty grubby engine bay
Engine out time
Gone
Gunking the engine bay, prior to jet washing, i think thats where we left in on Wednesday night, after having a great curry and so to bed around 1am ish.
The next morning we were met with lovely Welsh drissle but we got out there and got stuck in again, i say we, Adam clearly did most of the work with me and Ben acting the arse talking complete bol**cks, generaly passing spanners/tools, doing the easy bits and making the teas lol.
Anyway the rain stopped mid day ish so we got out and started cleaning the engine bay up
Ben T cutting the bay
Shiney, shiney
Just ignore the crusty battery tray
While this was going on i cleaned up the manifold and then sprayed it with high temp paint.
Ben chopping the downpipe
While i made the teas Adam chopped the exhaust of a GLT saloon, (taken from kitchen window lol)
Adam doing either wiring or fuel lines, not sure which
Later on in the day we had all the bits ready to drop the new motor in so in it went, like thus.
And in it goes
Thats where we left it Thursday night, we left the garage and locked up around 3am, long nights, but it was all worth it.
Friday morning was spent with myself and Ben chopping up bits of exhaust for Adam to make up a temporary system to get us home, and a great job he did too with what was to hand, side exit FTW but strangely no pics of it?
We fitted the now freshly heat wrapped manifold, and we wrapped the loom and Adam fitted, it and installed the ECU.
We were met with some snags along the way, but Adams skills and spares car soon had those sorted and it was time to fire it up. Which it did with no problems so we took it out for it's maiden voyage, on which it performed excellently.
We then had a Chinese before hitting the road gone 1am for the return jorney home of which it made without a hitch, even if it was a little noisy but nothing i'm not acustomed to with my Beetle, but a lot more comfy and warm
The obligatory service station shot
I can't thank Adam enough, his dedication and skills are amazing, i know he is going to do well in whatver he does. Cheers for the room to stay in and putting up with our random ramblings, it turned into a blur of goings on, but i'm massively happy with the out come, and i'm sure a whole lot of Boy racer baiting will ensue
Also a big up to his otherhalf who cooked us an amzing Lasagna and kept us going with bowls of chips.
Adam your a legend, i can't thank you enough and i'm sure i'll be pestering you if i come across any hurdles in the future lol
haynes manual states you should remove the window runner/rubber, then you can get access to remove the channel via a phillips screw near the base.
