Before i go into the details... im sure you wld have noticed that the title has 71 written on it instead of 65 ... well i knew that the engine had been changed in my car by the former owners but i never bothered to check the age of my engine.... after checking the Vin number i found it to be an engine made in 1971.... and looking at the number of Brazilian parts on the engine... im guessing it was poorly overhauled.... well maybe not poorly overhauled but definitely not a top overhaul anyway back to dismantling
After soaking it for a week it still did not get loose... i kept soaking it and hitting it with a chisel and hammer hoping it will loosen up ...but nothing... i tried to get a closer look... and found what seem like both the male and female connections had fused together with rust.... then i thought hmmm i might else well put a new Scat system or something like that... basically a new exhaust assembly..... i wanted to keep the heater boxes so used my angle grinder to cut the very tip of the silencer off... as shown below..... as soon ass both sides were cut, .... the whole assembly the came apart easily....
Below is the exhaust assembly.....
Engine looking a little smaller.........
After looking over the engine for no apparent reason.... taking shots in between as i did..... i found a bolt which was missing a nut... its something which is connected with the distributor.... hmmmm i wonder if i had driven 5 years without it........ or did it go missing when my mechanic replaced the contact points and serviced the distributor..... back in 2003??
