March 2021
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Taking some time off from the crazy job was long overdue, and with COVID in full swing, it was a good time to spend in the garage! (click any picture for a larger view) |
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| I now have the car on the lift for engine installation. The plan is to support the front body with jack stands, then lower the body and raise the engine+trans. I need to do a trial install to check clearance on the headers, and a 'trial' install is a tall order on a Sunbeam Tiger.. |  |
| The lift table and hoist made marrying the engine to the transmission easy.Note, there is no clutch here, as Modern Driveline shipped me the wrong clutch and pressure plate for my roller cam 302. The replacement is already in route, a 10.4" kevlar/steel clutch and pressure plate. |  |
| A quick survey told me that my clutch master bracket would not clear the headers. |  |
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| Luckily, the O2 sensor was a perfect fit. The placement was my best-guess based on the required mounting orientation, and looking at lots of Tiger pictures. |  |
| Here's the engine and transmission mounted together. This will be a trial fit, after which the headers will be shipped for ceramic coating. |  |
| Supported at the pan rails, the wooden stand and lift table will help me raise it into the car body from below. |  |
| I have the engine/trans sitting on the lift cart with the tailshaft elevated because it needs to slot into the transmission tunnel. |  |
| Here I have the cart raised, and the lift with the body lowered. You might think this setup would make the install a breeze (I did). This is my third engine install on the Tiger, it is never a breeze!. |  |
| Header clearance is tight, but so far I have only found one place that I need to relieve with some minor tube dimpling. |  |
| This looks like almost-home, but to get it into place I had to reattach the hoist. There are just so many minor angle adjustments needed, it helps to have the engine suspended from above, and able to be moved or tilted fractions of an inch. |  |
| It is IN! Now I have to take it out again, get the headers coated, install the correct clutch, and do it all one more time in a few weeks. |  |
| March 18th, the correct clutch has arrived from Modern Driveline. Here is the flywheel-side of clutch, with the pressure plate, and throwout bearing waiting for me to clean the flywheel and pressure plate friction surfaces. |  |
| This is the pressure plate side of the clutch disc. It is a Ford 10.4" Clutch with Kevlar facing on the pressure plate side and Organic steel-backed on the flywheel side. |  |
| The aligment pins installed, I used a guide with the same diameter as the pin, and a miniscule layer of grease on the pins as I tapped them in. |  |
| Disc and alignment tool in place... |  |
| ...followed by the pressure plate. Here it is not yet tightened down.Not yet shown is the new Ford clutch fork, which arrived in a bag with some light factory rust included. It is getting cleaned up prior to install with the throwout bearing and a new rubber shift fork boot. |  |