[Conan_the_Librarian]

The lessons learned to day are:

Don't tell 'Dear Diary' what you intentions are for tomorrow! It's tantamount to suicide.
And:
Singleton working is not healthy for you....

Why? Are you sitting comfortable? Then I'll begin. (anyone over 30 should recognise that! )

We'll start with a song. Join in when you recognise it.

You put your engine in,
You take your engine out,
In, Out, In, Out,
Drop it on your finger and dance about,
Shout lots of expletives and dance some more
That's what it's all about!
Oooooooooo!
Do the engine swap out,
Oooooooooooooo!
Do the engine swap out,
Oooooooooooo!
Do the engine swap,
In, out, in, out, shake it all about.

Here is the result of forgetting to connect the shifter cable, then leaving a spanner on top of the transmission, then dropping the subframe on me finger when I couldn't reach the jack handle.


As I knelt there manfully enduring I hailed assistance that eventually sauntered over and digested that I was in trouble and suggested he was my best buddy and would look forward to the huge present he would shortly receive after lifting said subframe and engine of my digit.
Now I don't 'know' if its was his fantasy thoughts or my suggestion that if he didn't move quicker I would rip the digit off, gouge out his eyes and conduct an approximation of skull copulation that would leave him mildly shocked, that did it but he lifted the sodding thing off and I recovered my digit.

I also manage to rip out the front mount while I was doing this.....




I was getting slap dash with my engine removal. Fortunately I had a spare.

So by lunch time I was back where I was at 0800 when I started.

So to take my mind of my incompetence and discomfort I whipped the head of my duff engine.


Joy of joys, no major damage. Just some minor marks where the inlet valves impacted the piston. I will have to do a pumping volume check. But hopes are high.

The head as expected has all inlet valves bent.

and


So off to the machine shop with them for some new valves and guides.

I then moved onto the suspension and my real nightmares began.
Manage to wreck the locking bolt as I inserted it into the top of the hub carrier to lock up the 2 top control arms and now can't get it out!
Spent a couple of hours on that. Still there!

back to the engine and conected up all the electrics. At least this looks as though it is done, it is yet to be tested. So as I finished tonight it looked like thus....


Exactly as it did last night. O well...........

Disclaimer.

I am rapidly moving toward that point where any person living or dead is liable ................. period.

My finger is now completely black and significantly larger.