Capri - Restoration (2) White 1972 1600 XL [8]

Over the last few days I have had numerous interruptions to my engine building activities and today I have finally finished cleaning everything. I failed to mention in my last report how my neighbour, KH, brought up his ridge remover (pictured below) which we used to remove the carbon ridge at the top of the cylinder bores. Yesterday, I removed the valves and after a fair bit of cleaning with the wire brush on the drill, they have come up pretty well. My old drill with the wire brush has had a really good work out over the last few days. The stud on the inlet manifold came out without too much drama with a bit of heat & a liberal dose of RP7. The water heater inlet T junction on the side of the inlet manifold was very corroded so I also removed that, using the same technique. I also punched out the oil seals and gave the covers a good cleaning. The sump, even after a good blasting with the Karcher, had a great deal of gunk in the bottom & that took quite a while to remove. I then was able to give all the main engine parts an initial cover of black engine paint (I use VHT – gloss black). Next week, I should be able to start putting everything back together again.