Engine is here

OK - T140V Feb 1976 engine arrived a few days ago and work commitments prevented my even unpacking the boxes. On first look over the engine seems OK but will need a lot of work. From looking at the bits I have they appear to have been out of the frame and in boxes for some time. Apparently they were brought back to the UK from the US some years ago. Gearbox is stripped out and (as discussed earlier and on the main forum) the cluster of bits I was sent come from a T120. I have since acquired a five speed cluster for the rebuild.

There is no head with this engine, but as I am after a Tiger TR7 that's fine for now. The barrels look to be in very good condition and rather under used for something built in 1976. (I may eat these words later but they look OK to me!)

I was going to sent the engine away to have it refurbished by someone like SRM or similar, but other parts of the build have stripped out all my budget. So for now anyway I'm going to be stripping the engine down myself.

So with that in mind please cast your expert eyes over the photos attached and let me know if you can spot any major issues. I'll be recording and detailing my progress on here so please feel free to assist as we go on....

Here we go then.....drum roll......my 'new' engine!

I've got the timing cover, and rocker covers and the kick-start and gearbox outer plate - this has been crudely repaired in the past but I have a replacement.

The crank turns nicely and there isn't much play in the big-ends but it's all coming out anyway.

Barrel 'seems' to be OK - with my callipers showing 2.99 & 2.99 on each. I can't find a piston grading stamp mark on the cylinder anywhere.

I still need to get the timing case off - I have a couple of ancient cross head screws in the way and I've acquired and impact driver to do the necessary.

I'm fitting a belt drive on the drive side and a hydraulic clutch so I'm up for any internal mods that will keep her reliable and sweet.

I even managed to get the timing pinion out using the stud and bolt method - very pleased with myself...

It's a start. I know there is lots to do but I will learn on the way. With your help what's the worst that could happen??

Cheers