0.5 seems to drop nicely in between 0.1 & 0.15...?

I think 0.125 fits better between 0.1 and 0.15...

0.5 is five times greater than 0.1...

Doh! Engage brain... I always find numbers confusing - specially when the use letters for them?!

Yeah me too, I had to read what you'd written several times to make sure my correction was correct and it wasn't me who was wrong.

And there is me thinking I had solutions to my problem, but it was just a load of dyslexic mathematicians.

While I was waiting I installed the front seats, the glove box and ash tray. So the interior is near enough done except for the door cards, which I am waiting for the sticky back vinyl for.

So onto the engine. I did have a little too much play on the crankshaft and probably still have but I removed the shims and once tightened to the correct torque the gap was just about there although I have been told the tolerance for an 11D is even tighter - I will keep this in mind for when I pull the engine again later this year.

I installed the crankshaft and the oil pump as well as all the end bearing seals. I fitted the timing chain and although not seen on the picture I also put in the after market chain tensioner from CTA.





I am following the procedure to the letter. But trying to work out some of the terminology is quite tough as they assume you know all the parts off by heart



I put the sump cover back on too which was quite a task squeezing it over the rubber end seals but tightening each bolt in turn brought the cover to its final position providing a very good seal indeed.

I am quite happy so far with the engine but I have the domed pistons to look at next.



And also how to turn this engine the other way up and get it on the bench - I have a plan so I will let you know if it worked or not tomorrow.

At least I had one Traction on the drive today..... not mine though

My plan with moving the engine worked - so it is now the right way up on a stand.

But there is a slight knocking when I rotate the flywheel. I think the oil pump is fouling the crankshaft. So I will need to get back into the sump - big pain. I also will check the oil pump orientation as I am not 100% sure that it is correct. I though it was but looking upside down back to from tI may have got it 180 degrees out of sync. (this also powers the distributor)



I also checked the clearance of the pistons to the head. There is a slight scratch on all 4 pistons so they are fouling the edge of the head. But that is good to know as I was anticipating this due to them be domed. So I will take it to the machine shop in Toulouse for them to take out a few millimetres to give clearance.





So now I have to wait again for the engine I went and collected the rear wings from the Carosserie. They are only finished in primer for now but he has done a decent job seeing as they were rusty pieces of crap when I gave them to him. So I put them on the car and fitted the rear lights. (I will remove the wings just to tart them up a little for now)

Nice to see the OLD GIRL again

So I had two issues, one the distributor timing will be 180 degrees out and I had a knocking in the crankcase when I turned the crankshaft.

So I had to lift the engine and remove the sump case (which was annoying as I had sealed it quite well but it came off quite easily in the end). I then rotated the crankshaft and "voila" it was just touching the oil pump.



So I loosed then pointed bolt on the side of the crankcase and lowered the oil pump out. I then noticed something that is so obvious now - there is a locating hole in the side of the oil pump that the pointed bolt goes into (hence it being pointy I suppose). So I had pushed the oil pump in to much (by about 1 cm). So this then was too close to the crankshaft and it also misaligned the distributor timing (although I think I had it 180 degree out too, so I painted the short side with tippex).
Put it all back together and the engine spins for the first time in 43 years. I put the sump back on and the timing case and lowered the engine back onto the stand.



I put 12 volts across the starter motor and the pistons went up and down. The small pleasures

Put a few other parts onto the engine and placed all the bolts where I think they should go in readiness for the gear box. But first I head to Toulouse tomorrow morning with my head to be machined for clearance.

[quote="Tripyrenees" But first I head to Toulouse tomorrow morning with my head to be machined for clearance.

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Surely a bigger helmet would be a simpler, less painful option?