Distribution

Well the 1.7 has being cleaned. While out of the car, I want to renew the distribution or timing belts. Today I removed the two caps in fornt of the engine. I'm studying the manuals, about how to remove and remount the parts.
The front seal of the crankshaft is due too. Oil spilled out of the engine. In fact the car never used oil while driving, still I think I'll have to replace it.

The bearings of the Webers are ordered here. My holidays starting wednesday.
Hopefull!

Weber 40 IDF 68

Today the weather was ideal for cleaning my left Weber carburettor of the 1700 ccm Alfa Romeo boxer engine ad 1988. The thermometer was topping 25 degrees, outside of my shady garage. So progress was due.

The left carb before. 

The transparant toplayer is for fitting the open K&N airfilters I had on my Tulipwoodracer QV. 

It had an amazing sound! And that's all coming back in my Blue Lord soon.

When I look back on the state of this car, I'd rather restored this reliable QV in stead of this Flemish SW.

When only one could look in the future...

The left carb after, acceptably clean

The other side is acceptable too

Iconic type Weber 40 mm IDF carb

And our doggy Pip is in deep relaxation with these temperatures

The timing belt is due too, I'm already inquiring prices at Qverde and Bosman. I'm not familiar with the operation to chang the belt so I first studied some videos on the subject. This one seems the most amusing: Scotty Kilmer. I guess I'll stick to my Alfa workshop manual.

Tip

Today I got a good tip from another petrolhead in my community: to clean the carburettors use brake cleanser, for the inner and outer side of the carb.

This is the current state of the left carburettor

I started cleaning today and in about 2 hours  the right carb was acceptable clean. I figure the heat outside (33 dregrees Celsius) was a disadvantage, the cleanser dried up in seconds. Luckily I bought 3 cans.

State of the right carburettor after cleaning.

Action's got the cheapest brake cleanser. Kinda like that business.

Today I realised again I have had this car in my garage for almost 7 years, and all the time that !@#$#@$ Flemish mechanic knew the engine was bad. Still mad! How do put it nicely: I bear no grudge but when I meet Ronnie from Antwerp again, I'll ride him over with my bike: tschakka!

Progress with the brakes, delay with the engine

Hi folks. Since visiting the Yountimer Event my inspiration to fiddle about on my Blue Lord is rising. The frontbrakes are revised, new rubbers, and mounting them under the car. Check
The rusty froststopfen  removed and mounted new ones. Check.
Cooling water filled, Check
Engine ready.... No!

There was a whole as big as my right fist in anger, in the right cast iron part of the boxer block. While filling the water on the upside, the water flushed that quick away, that there had to be something wrong. Merde! My right and left fist were ready to punch more wholes in the complete car.
I bought this little boxer in 2006, already. Since then I worked hours and hours to make it ready for driving. The !±@#@!%$ Flemish seller, he must have known it, so eager as he was to even deliver it at my home all the way from Antwerwp (+200 km).
The engine had run, last year or even the year before, but only small distances in my cul-de-sac-street. No colling needed, so no suspicion.

Now I found a waterfall under my car.

Froststopfen, chalky and removed

My mounting kit for mounting the new froststopfen

Open cooling bay, new stopfen below

Two newly installed stopfen, oil bay not very neat

And then I notice the whole in my engine, !@#@!#%@

The two parts of the engine wall that came out

Happily I had a spare engine, the QV-block from my black Tulipwoodracer. That car I bought in Brussels, but with no pain. The block has run over 200.000 km, but it's sound and healthy. 

So my plan to ride the 1.3S engine first and swap the engine later has violently changed over a weekend. I already cleaned it, now the distribution is due. Since the engine is still sitting in my garage and not in any obsolete car, this job will be an easy one. And since my summer holiday is due in a fortnight also, I'm a lucky guy. The blue Lord will be running this year. 

 Dirty greasy engine sitting in my garage for several years.

Gearbox

 Upper side cleaned with Wibra's wonder treatment Dasty

 Backside

Upperside. Neat little engine, isn't it?

One advantage, a proper engine in the Blue Lord. Now my brakes need upgrading to heavier calipers and ventilated discs. Happily one pair of such is resting in my cellar.