Hi Guys
I had a great day today, took out radiator, brackets etc, all water pipes, inlet manifold and carbs etc and removed the water pump/thermostat housing and the cylinder head. But it's been a great day, took me back out a bit taking the cylinder head bolts out, that was hard work
To me it looks just like the head gasket as gone but not too sure, it has defo gone between pot 1 and 2. Seems that there was lots of cracks in it as there was water in the pots. When I turn the pulley the pistons seem nice and smooth and there are no scoring marks in the pots. Also the water that was in the pots when i turned the pulley came up and out, not down into the sump, Hopefully yoou can see from the pictures. The top of the pistons, no 1 is smooth and looks like someone has attempted to clean it in the past, pots 2,3,4 have heavy deposits of carbon.
Also I think you can see in the pictures a small screw, seemed to come out of the cylinder head when I was taking the pictures of the cylinder head on its side.
How do I know now if the piston rings need changing?
Tomorrow now start with the stripping of the bodywork down to bare metal, im gonna start at the front and work towards the back, I saw in Kens thread of his TC and will follow the same course of action. I'm going to use hammerite smooth brown for the front valant etc and engine bay, wheel arches etc.
I said to the wife when I bought my TC that she would look good in off white, Honeysuckle sure looks good. But mine will stay brown.
Also please look at my dashboard in page 2, and tell me whether she should have hazards etc, there doesn't seem to be any fitted, the dashboard seems quite bare to all the Dolomites I've seen.
Kind Regards Too All
Daz