Engine Out

At the end of May 2015, and with the help of Doug, his son and their engine crane - the engine finally came out of my DS...... 

Engine Out

As I told my kids when I got home: it was miraculous - I just opened the bonnet and it just floated out! It was all I could do to stop it floating to the ceiling!

Now it sat on a simple trolley - rigged from a pallet and some sturdy castors borrowed from Doug.

I sprayed the engine liberally with cheap white spirit, leaving it to soak-in, and repeated the exercise on several quick lunchtime trips from work until.......

Engine Clean Up - 7 June 2015

.......I was able to give it a clean-up.

Armed with more white spirit, rags and toothbrushes, my Karcher pressure washer and Doug's air compressor, I wheeled the engine outside. Luckily for me it was a lovely warm day.

I blocked the main apertures that I could see. After more squirting with white spirit........

..........I gave it a blast with the Karcher........Yes! a Karcher!!

.......before going over it all quickly with compressed air.

The aluminium parts came up a dull and disappointing dull grey colour. Yuk!

I looked for some positives: at last - no more dirt. No more rat shit. It still wasn't a pretty sight, but I felt I was making visible progress.