Disassembly and inspection:


Block still in place


Very nice con rod bearing’s… NOT!


The 3rd con rod bearing “spinned” inside the housing (lower in the pic)
Thankfully there was no need resurface the housing!


‘81 block in a ‘89 car…


1978 part inside my engine!


Very polished cylinder liner with some scoring


Camshaft in bad condition

Note that the clean metal was the only part of the cam in contact with the follower!



This is why the cam was worn like that. 1mm less in the center of followers.


‘90 EFI head


Oil cooler in wrong position


Had no idea that the oil cooler had a no-return valve built-in…



A bit rusty flywheel


Water pump in an unbelievable state, note the rust blister’s on the vane’s surface!


Clutch (still good…)


Gearbox after cleaning a bit


THAT’S a lot of part’s!

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