Engine Replaced

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:12:00 +0100

Hi All,

Been a long time since my last update, in March last year we had to bin the old enigine and replace with a 2nd hand one.

I stripped the engine back repainted it cleaning up and checking all ancillaries and after a full service and igition set up replacement I fitted a twin choke weber carb and pancake filter from a corsair which has been modified to manual choke.

This should help give a little extra grunt, I used this on the first outing to the NASS Festival last year but it felt massively underpowered and struggled will hills which on the way back I found was because both head gaskets had blown when it overheated on the way there.

So I did a top end rebuild jet washing and flushing all of the rad and block waterways and she now runs ok and is ready for a tune up when I replace the timing cover gasket.

For the extra long journeys I have now fitted a larger mk2 tank using angle iron and replaced the fuel pump while installing an overflow return from the new carb.

To stop the overheating I also installed an aftermarket temp sender and gauge for monitoring as well as drilling and extra hole in the thermostat which has eliminated all overheating for now.

At some point in the future I will also fit a kenlowe electric fan on a switch for when in traffic and a new exhaust as the original I have been told is the wrong one for the mk1 and far to thinner bore pipe which may have caused the overheat in the first place.

Thanks

James

Repairing the Engine

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:11:32 +0100

The engine was a very big challenge as she had not run in 16 years!!

We could see that the engine was not seized surprisingly but did have a few tight spots so we started by getting the power and ignition sorted out first.

A local Auto Factors in Crawley - Rose Auto Supplies have 20+ years of experience and are still able to source a wide range of engine servicing parts for the V4 and the rest I sourced from Ebay

The Transit Forum has been an extremely valuable source for problem solving and some harder to find parts if you have a Transit of any mk you should join as they are very helpful.

A new Battery, Ballast Resistor, Starter Solenoid, HT Leads, Dizzy Cap, Points, Rotor Arm and Spark Plugs were fitted as most parts were corroded and brittle or just dead, the oil was checked and was still fine so we decided to wait until we got her fired up before replacing the oil as there will be a lot of gunk in the engine that will ruin any new oil we put in now.

We turned her over and joy she turned over freely but we could tell the starter motor was struggling so a new one was bought from ebay and fitted.

She still would not fire so I checked the tank which was full of rust and had sucked it up the fuel line as well, the pump was also a goner, so as a temporary fix we have used an electric pump some new fuel line and a jerry can of fuel linked directly to the cleaned out carb whilst I source a new tank and fuel pump.

We turned her over again and she fired and after a few adjustments she now fires on the button but naturally white smoke is pouring out the back as she is burning off a lot of crap after 16 years standing, we also discovered the left exhaust manifold is cracked and unrepairable so I will be replacing this as well.

The clutch has also been freed off and she drives in and out of the workshop under her own steam.

We have taken off the radiator and heater matrix to gain access for welding and will also have to replace the cooling hoses as they have perished.

Next Step Welding!

engine---2l-v4-petrol

Engine Replaced

Repairing the Engine