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Originally Posted by awini  this one took quite some time to restore since it arrived from bombay... if i remember right? |
I didn't touch it much until about 2002 apart from acumalating parts as I was already involved in several other cars.
In Bombay the car was dismantled and lying in 2 different places. Half of it was right in the middle of an umbrella factory surrounded by dozens of chaps assembling umbrellas. The other half was in a garage. All the small parts were wrapped and labelled and dated 1966. So it had been apart for quite awhile.
The crank could have been made in Delhi as luckily it was originally turned from solid bilet as was the Hispano's (if it was a forged shaped crank then it would be prohibitively expensive) but as we had to make two Hispano cranks as the first one was not good enough and it took time it was decided to get it done in UK. Also the camshaft needed regrinding. These engines suffer from the problem of the oil pump being at the top of the engine driven by the overhead camshaft so the suction pipe from the sump is very very long, so when the oil pump bushes wear it lets in air and you loose all oil pressure, it runs dry seizes and smashes its self to pieces as many did. Luckily this one stopped in time, but the oil pump was very loose. More if requested.