05-04-2020, 05:46 PM
At last a warm, dry weekend and I had a second try at removing my deep alloy sump in situ - an exercise I promised myself to undertake once 1000 miles running-in had been completed. Threebond exerts quite a grip but I managed to dislodge the sump with a tyre lever braced against a block of wood under the radius arm; and with the front of the engine raised a mere fraction it slips out easily. All good within and a couple of measurements gathered so sump back on again.
Still some sunshine so I re-set the tappets, which is always a beastly job - on an 'Ulster' at least; but now it's done.
Sun still shining so I whipped the distributor out for a quick once-over. Oh lor. I thought I'd 'done' everything on this car at one time or another - I won't post a photo for the shame of it. As it happens I rebuilt a couple of DK4A's last year 'for a rainy day' so will press one of those into service. Then we are 'summer ready!'
Still some sunshine so I re-set the tappets, which is always a beastly job - on an 'Ulster' at least; but now it's done.
Sun still shining so I whipped the distributor out for a quick once-over. Oh lor. I thought I'd 'done' everything on this car at one time or another - I won't post a photo for the shame of it. As it happens I rebuilt a couple of DK4A's last year 'for a rainy day' so will press one of those into service. Then we are 'summer ready!'