A bit of minor engine dismantling

Didn't have a lot of time this evening but did manage to:

Put engine on work bench
Remove clutch (appears to be about half worn)
Remove carbs
Remove manifolds
Remove pesky temperature sender thing

I LOVE working on this engine. I've never known an engine where all the nuts come off the studs without any bother and nothing shears off. Actually one of the studs had sheared off in the past but not in this cylinderhead! It was obviously re-used last time the manifolds were replaced because there was just enough thread left to make it useful.

The only area of possible concern is corrosion in the front inlet of the cylinderhead. It's hopefully just from being stored and not run but given the fact that this engine ended up not being run in 12 years due to a large loss of coolant, and was actually driven home with coolant running out of it, I'm half expecting trouble!

Here's the area in question:



You can see it in some of the other photos from tonight:

Before




After - take a look in that inlet port.

I must clear the bench tomorrow so that I can spread the MG parts out a bit.