a nice day weather wise so what better than some alfa mending.
the 33's engine was almost stripped but the distributtor was refusing to come out of the rear cover. a couple of days soaking in parafin freed it up, with some help and encouragement
the clutch slave though is stuck fast, even a go in my press wouldn't shift it, would break the alloy cover before moving it!
so it'll have to be chopped out, like a stuck bearing. knock the centre out, cut a slot in the slave casing from the inside, that should free it out.
the block was then free of the cover & crank so it went into the parts washer for a scrub up.
i use parafin in the parts washer rather than degreasing fluid, which is more expensive and less useful at getting the crud off.
once cleaned the block was washed out with a high pressure water hose, amazing how much gunk comes out once the parafin has released things.
cleaned and dried it then got a scrub up with the grinder, down wind of the washing in the back garden.......
core plugs fitted and ready for paint, in my usual red hammerite smooth of course
it gives a fairly good finish once dried.
should be able to make a bit of progress this week, parts will be arriving shortly i hope.
need to get cracking so i can make a start on the sud
