When this car came to us originally, we discovered that the cylinder head was damaged to the point that repairing it didn’t make any sense. Looking further, so were the pistons and the block. So, we built a new motor. Now, the car is back over here for installation. Here it is sitting in the car. Hopefully, Dean will have it running within the week.
If you’ve been following progress on the TR4, I wanted to report that the motor is done and ready to be installed.
We were glad to get this rocker arm assembly for the TR4 motor Dean is putting together, as the assembly was lost in shipping. It took a while for Chip to track them to an errant address, but he did it. Now, Dean can bolt them on the top end. We’ll keep you updated.
Dean has added some accessories to the TR4 engine rebuild we’re doing. He’s just waiting on rockers at this point. Once those are in place, the engine is complete.
We are in process on a TR4 that is in the shop. The latest order of business was to check out the extent of some rot in the battery box area. As you can see from the photo below, some new metal will be necessary.
After we converse with the owner, we’ll commence cutting out the old to put in the new. The front suspension on this car has already been rebuilt, and the motor is almost ready to go as well.