Engine out...now what?

[Mars55]

Hi all - The engine from my '68 1600 is out while the engine area is repaired of some rust and painted. I'm still learning abut this car since I bought it late last year; engine runs but the car hasn't been road-worthy (brakes, etc).

 

The shop owner will let me use his shop to clean up the engine. He suggested I can use his sand blaster on some of the brackets and other parts while they're easy to get to. This is new to me: what would you do? Which parts should/could be cleaned safely. And as for sand blasting...?

 

All suggestions welcome. Thanks!

 

[Dionk]

Depends on your goals, timeline and budget. 

 

I'm a 02 rookie and in the same boat as you. My 2.0 engine (attached to front sub frame and trans) is out and on the garage floor. I have a notional plan which includes most of the items below that will kick off once my home paint job is complete.

 

My Moto: Embrace the mission creep - plan for it to drive another 50 years!

 

That said and excluding all the things that you can do to the engine and/or engine swaps, here are some ideas (most of which you can do with the engine in as well).  It's certainly not exhaustive but food for thought.

• Clean everything
• Paint engine bay
• Powder coat or chrome plate as desired
• Inspect repair or replace heater box / hoses
• Inspect repair or replace steering box
• Inspect repair or replace suspension
• Consider an Alternator upgrade
• Consider E30 M3 Starter
• Consider new carb options or FI options
• Consider 5spd upgrade
• Inspect repair or replace wiper motor
• Inspect repair or replace Washer fluid reservoir, pump and hoses
• Inspect repair or replace hood hardware/pads bump stop thingys (Anything rubber)
• Consider upgrading your pedal box and Brake booster to 2002
  • If your sticking with the 1600 Booster (tuna can thingy) Linwar motors in southport England has em
  • Run new brake lines (Single or dual circuit)
  • Replace MC
  • If you are upgrade to a 2002 booster consider having it rebuilt (IE or 2002AD and others do this)
• Replace the Sound barrier (Just bought one from Blunt)
• Replace rubber elephant trunk drains (not sure what they are called)
• Make provisions for a trunk based battery
• Consider installing A/C system (Yeah - I'm thinking about it)
• Test electrical / overhaul and Re-wrap
  • Inspect repair or replace grounds
• If you dropped your sub frame - re-enforce engine mounts (IE has the plates or make your own)
• Consider replace front sub frame hardware (I just bought some pretty new hardware from WN
• Overhaul struts/paint
• ETc...

 

Basic engine items: 

• all new belts,
• hoses,
• water pump,
• thermostat,
• various gaskets,
• motor mounts,
• trans mount,
• clamps,
• oil,
• antifreeze,
• oil filter,
• and misc hardware (Alt bush etc...). 

Good Luck...let me know if you think of anything else - I'll may add it to my list.