Well, it looks like Freddy's 1296 engine is terminally wounded, so my spare 1500 is going in. Went out to my folks and got it (thank goodness for beat up old Peugeot station wagon TSV's that you don't care about getting dirty). Doused it with Gunk to clean the decades of dirt off and took a good look at things. Brings to mind a few questions.
1. I am going to have to swap water pumps - Freddy has the 79-80 cooling system. Any tricks of the trade? 2. Will the distributor from the '69 1296 swap to the '74 1500? The 1296 has a Crane ignition fitted, but on the other hand the 1500 has a functional vacuum advance unit. Could I swap the Crane to the 1500 distributor, or the vacuum advance to the 1296? 3. I am going to have to swap clutches for sure, as the 1296 has a 20 spline, and the 1500 has a 10. The flywheels are the same though, correct? The clutch is only a couple years old, but should I just go ahead and get a new one? I figured I would replace the throwout bearing anyway - that's what went the last time. 4. Any general advice for doing this as painlessly as possible. It seems like a pretty straightforward task, but I have only removed a Spitfire engine, I've never had to put one back in! :-) Kevin Rhodes Westbrrok, Maine Freddy the (dead) Spit /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
