Capri - Restoration (2) White 1972 1600 XL [6]

Cleaning was the order of the day. I spent hours cleaning the block, pistons & all the various engine parts. Some had a considerable build-up of muck which required scraping off. Then with plenty of degreaser & the Karcher, I water blasted them as clean as possible. The rings were removed & the pistons cleaned up with a wire brush on the drill but they still need more work. I haven’t as yet got to the valves as they need a fair bit of de-carbonising. When I am happy that everything is as clean as possible, they will get a few coats of black engine enamel but that will be next week as I need to do other things for the rest of this week.
If you enlarge the second picture (double click), the engine number is stamped at the top (front) in the middle. This engine number matches the ID tag indicating it is the original block.