A lot of clean up to do on the heater boxes ..
I took the heater box off to get to the wing nut to adjust the clutch, wing nut was on TIGHT ! I sprayed with PB blaster and let soak for a few days.. finally came out ! But I saw that the spring that goes around the clutch lever arm was broken .. so I had to buy a replacement, take the clutch lever arm off, which turned out to be a task in itself ..
broken spring on left .. new one on right ..
made a home made tool for the 5 ton two jaw puller to grab onto in order to pull the stuck clutch lever off ... and sprayed some more PB blaster and let sit for a week before pulling. Here's the 5 ton two jaw puller attached to the home made tool, with the clutch lever in tow .. it worked !
clutch lever off and ready for new spring .. notice the rust I need to clean off of the stem ..
a cool bug we saw at Pomona ..
got the new spring on .. not an easy task ..
about to replace coil, fuel lines and fuel filter ..these are the old :
and the new ..
cleaned heater box
I had to replace the engine seals and tar boards, so pulling the engine was next .. excited and curious at the same time ... and yes, a bit nerve wrecked and scared not knowing what to expect .. but watching Rick's Bug Me Videos added a lot of confidence ..
after getting the four nuts off, here's a photo of the engine away from the tranny, and getting ready to lower unto the engine floor dolly ..
checking to see how much further to pull motor back ..
making sure studs are free and clear away from the transmission to lower motor..
drive shaft away from clutch, and ...
whew !! motor is out. note the torn up and old tar board to replace
motor posing in front of Rudyds
clutch is clean and dry
tearing old tar board out and covered the bell housing ..
years of dirt to clean up, note : took old seals out already ..
scraped off old glue and dirt ..
new seal in ..
new tar board on side ..
