dmulally Posted September 8, 2023 Posted September 8, 2023 Managed to take off the old water pump of the EA71. Three bolts snapped. Check out the crap inside. Yikes. 3 2 1 1 Quote
Sunbeam Posted September 9, 2023 Posted September 9, 2023 Maintained to acceptable kiwi standards then. 3 Quote
dmulally Posted September 9, 2023 Posted September 9, 2023 It's always the last bolt that snaps too. Just when everything is going too smoothly! Oh well. Ill crack on and drill it out. 2 Quote
yoeddynz Posted September 9, 2023 Posted September 9, 2023 2 hours ago, dmulally said: Question: why was I even born It was all going so simply when you just had the one imp with a plan in mind. I'm happy to relieve you of the burden and take the van off your hands. I'm nice like that. 1 Quote
dmulally Posted September 10, 2023 Posted September 10, 2023 19 hours ago, yoeddynz said: It was all going so simply when you just had the one imp with a plan in mind. I'm happy to relieve you of the burden and take the van off your hands. I'm nice like that. Plans are for architects. Also in other news I "sold" the red Imp sans running gear and a few other bits and bobs. Swapped it for a stack of roller doors for my big shed. 3 Quote
cubastreet Posted September 13, 2023 Posted September 13, 2023 So now you're down to just three? Or did you find some more you haven't told us about? 1 1 Quote
dmulally Posted September 13, 2023 Posted September 13, 2023 15 hours ago, cubastreet said: So now you're down to just three? Or did you find some more you haven't told us about? Two imps! Although I really need to get down to one which will be the van. So wish I could do an EV on it. Would be perfect. 1 Quote
dmulally Posted September 14, 2023 Posted September 14, 2023 On 10/09/2023 at 08:45, dmulally said: Question: why was I even born Righto. Drilled it out. So just have to find where I left my 6mm tap and I'll be back in business. Also managed to score those twin carbs. If I can figure out what they are I'll put a kit through them as although I have loosened them up, they were pretty seized. Spewing they only fit this engine and not the EA81 I have off being rebuilt. @Adoom and @cubastreet who is up for another "will it start?" in Carterton? This time I'll bring a crate of ether spray. I forgot to mark where the rotor was pointing on the dizzy so all I need to do is figure out which one is cylinder 1. Easy. Kinda. 3 Quote
dmulally Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 On 27/08/2023 at 19:16, dmulally said: On 29/08/2023 at 19:29, dmulally said: With some help from the brains trust on my TIG settings I was able to give this a bit of a tidy up. So I need to decide what to do about this gearbox. I have both this and the VW box and two Imps. Also two engines being this EA71 twin carb and an EA81 stocker. These are the specs on the box. Imp: 4th: 0.85 Diff Ratio: 4.8 Overall = 4.08 VW: 4th: 0.82 Diff Ratio: 3.88 Overall = 3.18 Problem is that the VW box when you include an engineer to sort the half shafts and bits and bobs is a $3.5k exercise at least. A theory could be as the EA71 has a shorter stroke it would live with higher RPM's than the EA81 I want to put into the Van eventually. Imp boxes are so shit though and I don't even know if this one works. Open to ideas. 3 Quote
cubastreet Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 4 hours ago, dmulally said: who is up for another "will it start? Yeah why not. It will start. #1 is nearest the pulley, the order is 1324. The carbs will be some sort of hitachi. I've got manuals if you need more info. 2 1 Quote
dmulally Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 So I have made an executive decision to use the VW box. It will be a lot more faffing about but it will last forever compared to the Imp box and will make it loads more drivable. I popped into my local engineering shop this morning and he had some good ideas in how to do it so I'll do my best to get the engine mounted over the weekend so I can measure it up and get them both down to him next week for cutting and welding. In other news I tig welded up the radiator cap hole in the front rad due to height issues and will put a mini radiator in the rear which I'll use as a filler/bleeder spot. Not sure I'll run a heater or not but with the Subaru water pump and the craig davies in the front I'll have the power/capacity to do so. See how I feel. Which will be bloody cold in winter! 3 Quote
dmulally Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 Public service announcement: The EA71 has a different bellhousing bolt pattern to the EA81. The Volksconversion adapter I have doesn't fit the EA71 block I have. EXECUTIVE DECISION OVERTURNED 2 2 Quote
dmulally Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 The clutch had fused to the flywheel. Gave it a good sand to get the rust off and then cleaned it up. I scrubbed the rest of it with a wire brush and coated it with light wipe of oil to keep it from rusting again. Ill try and have a crack at starting it before I get too ahead of myself. 3 Quote
dmulally Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 To save me having the predictable number plate discussion at Ripco, does anybody know which car this clutch slave is from? Quote
igor Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 At first glance it looks like something BMC but I could easily be wrong. Quote
dmulally Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 Has a bore size of just over 20mm if that helps. So possibly BMC. Quote
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