12.15.2002-Zero Progress

Sadly Mother Nature prevented any work at all in the garage this past weekend.   Northern California has been hit by one storm after another the past three days and we've seen over 10 inches of rain here at Summit House.  This, combined with high winds, conspired to knock out power for most of the weekend.  We do have a generator, and we used it quite a bit, but it's not enough to light or power the whole house and we have to be judicious with our use of electricity during power outages.  The wet and windy weather didn't exactly fill one with a lot of desire to work in the garage anyway, so the only work I did on the Alfa this weekend was in my head. 

I'm hoping that my motor mount will arrive before we leave for Christmas vacation and that I'll be able to start taking the engine apart.  I'm just dying to see what the the crank and big ends look like.

Since I don't have any pictures to update you with I've thrown in two pictures taken from the Concorso Italiano last August at the Quail Lodge.  I'm hoping that our car will look much like the red one when it's done.

Until next time..

Ciao!

TJ

Update 12.17.2002

I made a couple images of my camshafts and the engine being disassembled which I'll share here in lieu of any actual real progress.  The numbers stamped/cast in to them at the back end are:

105020320001

The top one has a 'C' cast in to it just behind the first bearing journal (at the timing gear end) and is the intake.  The bottom one has a 'D' in the same spot and is the exhaust.

These camshafts appear to be in very good condition as there is very little wear on the lobes or journals.  I will most likely just clean them up and re-use them.

Finally, a picture of the filthy engine with the waterpump removed.  I've removed all the nuts and bolts that hold the timing cover to the block and oil pan but I need to remove the oil pan before it can come off.