Dels Charger Lives...Now MOTd
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 10 10:42 pm
As most of you know myself and the Charger took a beating a few weeks ago, both looked in a sorry state but I took the opportunity to make something good out of something bad.
For a while now I have been thinking about pulling the engine and gearbox out to freshen them up a bit, not been out for 17 years, so two weeks before the Charger was due to go in for repair, Anton, Andy and myself pulled them out along with every thing else, exhaust, servo, master clyinder, brake pipes, just about everything under the bonnett. I went in to make tea and sausage sandwichs and when I came back out Anton had most of the engine top end stripped down.
The Charger is going back to Paul at Spectrum Paint Worx in Kent, he is the guy that painted it last May 2009, he told me that if I could strip it down he would do the repairs then flatten the whole car and lacquer it, under the bonnet as well, for a fee of course, so that's what I did, off came the grill assembly,front bumper, valance, door handles, locks, rear lights, rear bumper, the whole lot.
After the Charger was taken to Pauls, (Thanks Scott), it was time to start on the engine and gearbox, so 6am on a dark Monday morning I meet Blue at his work and gave him the gearbox to rebuild, I have been collecting bits for a couple of years now as this has been on the cards for a for some time, while the morning was at Blues, I gave everything a clean ,ready for the rebuild.
The following Monday I was back at Blues work at 6am to collect the gear box and to loan his cam bearing toll, (Thanks Blue). Tuesday evening I started by taking the cam bearing out, so easy with the right tool, then I started to put the new cam bearing in, the first one went in nice and easy, the second one I couldn't get the 3 holes to line up, after talking to Anton, he said he would call in on his way to work the next day. 6am the next morning Anton was at my door, into the garage, bish bash bosh, cam and bearings are in and Anton was in work around 7am, (I have some good friends).
Wednesday, I put the crank and new bearings in along with 4 pistons,by then I'd had enough as I was getting stressed as my back was giving me lots of pain so I called it a day.
Thursday (today) I did the other 4 pistons and bearings, windage tray and sump, that was it, back is hurting again.
For a while now I have been thinking about pulling the engine and gearbox out to freshen them up a bit, not been out for 17 years, so two weeks before the Charger was due to go in for repair, Anton, Andy and myself pulled them out along with every thing else, exhaust, servo, master clyinder, brake pipes, just about everything under the bonnett. I went in to make tea and sausage sandwichs and when I came back out Anton had most of the engine top end stripped down.
The Charger is going back to Paul at Spectrum Paint Worx in Kent, he is the guy that painted it last May 2009, he told me that if I could strip it down he would do the repairs then flatten the whole car and lacquer it, under the bonnet as well, for a fee of course, so that's what I did, off came the grill assembly,front bumper, valance, door handles, locks, rear lights, rear bumper, the whole lot.
After the Charger was taken to Pauls, (Thanks Scott), it was time to start on the engine and gearbox, so 6am on a dark Monday morning I meet Blue at his work and gave him the gearbox to rebuild, I have been collecting bits for a couple of years now as this has been on the cards for a for some time, while the morning was at Blues, I gave everything a clean ,ready for the rebuild.
The following Monday I was back at Blues work at 6am to collect the gear box and to loan his cam bearing toll, (Thanks Blue). Tuesday evening I started by taking the cam bearing out, so easy with the right tool, then I started to put the new cam bearing in, the first one went in nice and easy, the second one I couldn't get the 3 holes to line up, after talking to Anton, he said he would call in on his way to work the next day. 6am the next morning Anton was at my door, into the garage, bish bash bosh, cam and bearings are in and Anton was in work around 7am, (I have some good friends).
Wednesday, I put the crank and new bearings in along with 4 pistons,by then I'd had enough as I was getting stressed as my back was giving me lots of pain so I called it a day.
Thursday (today) I did the other 4 pistons and bearings, windage tray and sump, that was it, back is hurting again.
