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MG TD TF 1500 - 51 TD engine returns

Well, I finally picked up my engine from the machine shop. Looks pretty nice!
I have a few things to do and am waiting on the arrival of a new water pump, water pump pulley and crankshaft pulley, but with any luck, I can start reassembling Lily Christine IV soon...

As someone said on an earlier thread, if there isn't a picture it didn't happen... so here's a picture...

Geoffrey M Baker

Looks Good!! Best of luck!
Len
Len Fanelli

Red paint in the ports? Scary or am I misreading it?
efh Haskell

Your in trouble old mate, who knows how far that red enamel has been sprayed into the head. Varnishing of valve stems and guides will fall into insignificance compared to this.
G Evans

That shouldn't be a problem,,
Steve
Steve Wincze

I woul;d have preferred to have the crankshaft pulley installed before final fitting of oil pan and timing cover.
What type of front seal was installed?
Sandy
Sandy

Speaking of paint are you leaving the Welch plugs, timing chain cover & sump unpainted Geoff? I know this has been flogged to death in the archive but I've always believed that the burgundy engine enamel was a GM colour. Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

Sandy, the crankshaft pulley was cracked and is on order. I'll install it when it arrives. That's why it wasn't done at the time. He used rope seals, which was my preference.
Peter, the chain cover and sump will remain unpainted. I may take the rocker cover and the tappet covers and have them powdercoated dull silver, what do you think?


Geoffrey M Baker

Dull silver for the rocker cover but engine red for the tappet cover.
Maybe a thinner soaked rag will get some of the paint out of those ports? There will extra smoke and smell from the hot exhaust ports that you don't need, and you don't want the inlet ports going flaky. That paint is on the wrong side of the fuel filters.

Matthew.
M Magilton

the red paint is clearly overspray; I'm not sure why it was done. A week ago the head was painted but not on the ports. Also it looks perfectly clean inside the ports no paint at all. I'll ask what happened. I'll remove it with thinners.
Geoffrey M Baker

Peter caused me to travel to Wiki land:

According to Nevin Hubbard of the M.D. Hubbard Spring Company, the Welch plug was originally designed in the 1900s by the Welch brothers at the Welch Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan. Hubbard claims that "at that time core holes in the engine blocks were fitted with pipe plugs. During one of these run-ins a pipe plug backed out. In order to get back on the road one of the brothers drove a quarter or half dollar into the hole. From this they developed the Welch plug, some with the help of my great grandfather Martin Hubbard. They then patented the plug and the M.D. Hubbard Spring Company become the sole manufacturer of the Welch plug for the life of the patent
Christopher Couper

You will want to either paint or clear coat those brass plugs. They get ugly if left bare metal. I would clear the entire engine, personally. It will help the finish to last longer.

My choice on the valve cover would be paint, not powder coat. It will get scratched eventually, and you can't touch up powder coat, nor is it trivial to remove and re-finish.
Steve Simmons

I'll clear coat it, Steve. Good point about powdercoat; but frankly, my powdercoat guy does a better job than I can ever do paint-wise; and the work he's done so far is durable as heck; so I'd rather powdercoat it and maybe have to have him sandblast and redo in five or ten years...
Geoffrey M Baker

This thread was discussed between 17/08/2015 and 18/08/2015

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