all coming together now!, the piston rings have already been cut to spec and they have been fitted to the rods already too so its just a case of taking them with their piston and oiling them up to help slide them in to the cylinder

before we fitted the rod/piston we placed duck tape on the studs to prevent assembly marks to the crank journal



bolt up the rod to the crank to the correct torque and repeat 6 times


fit the splashplates, oil pickup, oil pump and the flywheel side crank cover before fitting the sump

heat the timing pulley up in a saucepan of water before fitting to help it go on and make sure the washers are round the right way!, round one to block, then timing pulley with groove to block, then curved washer with the bowl facing away from the engine before fitting the pulley

pump and timing pulley fitted


bottom end rebuild complete


the head is now back on the agenda for the next stage