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I’d love the heated cab on that tractor up here in the winter. But it being a vintage VW, I bet the cabin heat sux.

The cylinders fit through clearance holes in the block and rise above the top o the block about 4-6 thou.
The head gasket and cylinder head press down from the top, like you say, and the bottom step...

A turbo 4. Mmmmm. Maybe next upgrade.
For now this is coming back together.
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Course now I realize I needed to order new thrust washers for my crankshaft end play.
They...

Good question Roy, and it should as they were tuned as purchased for a stock triumph 1.8.
I’ll be going through the recalibration procedure as part of the post rebuild tune, but as it sits I’ll get...

Snow’s all gone and my box of parts arrived, complete with ‘Assembed in UK’ stamp on the box.
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Sleeves fit like gloves, although I still need to load them down and check my top clearances,,...

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That's some nice wire work Tom!

FedEx says my sleeves are en route! Maybe by the weekend I can start the rebuild.
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Global warming I guess. But pretty to look at.
To me, just a typical changing spring snow storm. Cold front rolled in and bam, winter is back. But just for a week I reckon. Back up into the teens...

Tom, Just noticed the crack lighter and welding tip cleaners for the jets?
Nice smell that I’m sure.. hehe

Boat weather??
Umm thought so till this am.
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lil reset on the weather.
But I did get my newly ground and balanced flywheel back.
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150$ CDN,, not too bad.

Couple nice vid’s to get your motor runnin boys!
Yes I’m waiting on the parts bus now. All my gaskets and rebuild stuff has arrived, but still waiting on the pistons and sleeves, as well as the...

True dat!.
I was this close to leaving the cylinders alone and just pull the crank for the new rear main, but this is all for the best.
Decided to leave the camshaft as it is the upgraded TR4...

JB Weld almost would, but part of me thinks just leaving it in would have also been fine for who knows how long.
Im thinking this happened when it was last put together possibly as the piece was...

During inspection and clean up I noticed that #1 piston has a crack between rings 1 and 2.
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And it looks like it has been cracked a while, but held in place.
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So,, looks like this...

A productive day up here.
Got all my measurements taken and happily all the specs are quite tight. At least to the last rebuild anyway.
Will get new bearings at the aforementioned under sizing for...

Got into the bottom this weekend, before I started drinkin Guinness and Strong Bow and likin most of what I see.
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End play on the crank is only around .005” but I don’t have the thrust...

I think as far as transfer cases and standardization goes, there is a technical, or mechanical reason that they universally opted for either 21, or 23 spline shaft to coupler ratio’s.
Prolly has to...

It’s a slick conversion kit from every review Ive seen on it. The inventor was a Dutch engineer and after he passed away Moss bought the rights to it and kept it on their website.
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Yessir.
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That shiny new bell housing is a custom casting that marries to the tr3 engine.
Original flywheel refaced, and threaded for a (smaller) TR6 pressure plate with new clutch pack.
New quartermaster...

I figure this will be the last big rebuild this car and engine combo will need till the year 2100.
Flywheel and new pressure plate are at the machine shop getting mounted and balanced.
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Dry for the 5 spd then committed to the seal up.
Now to finish the conversion and await the engine gaskets so I can get this put back together.
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Spring seems to be setting in quite well....

Clean, tight, and minimal side play using the Vv’s as clearance checkers.
I ended up using the watch lathe to clean up their shafts after glass beading the crud.
Took them up to a 2400 grit...

Valves cleaned and lapped,
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And the heads about as clean and smoothed as I want to take it now.
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Time to wash everything down and bag it till I’ve got the bottom end inspected....

ha, difference is prolly around 5 k now Tom.
Looks like I have 86-87 mm piston cylinder combo currently as I measure, So about mid range on what’s available for this block. Can go up to 89 mm...

No sir. Just pulled it, with tranny as a unit to do the body restoration. Was running pretty well and this is more just cause I wanted to put the 5 spd on her. Opportunity to tighten up the...