It seems that the way to get folks out is to make an offer of free breakfast at the market. This past Saturday, Kelvin, Joe and I met bright and early at the Boistown Market for heaps of cholesterol. After breakfast we rendezvoused back at Ian's place and set to work setting up the hoist (again). It took mere seconds to get it together this time and we dropped the engine ...er...placed it gently in Kelvin's trailer. We were helped along by a lot of overenthusiastic attention from Jennie, Kelvin's new puppy. The rest of the parts were dragged onto the trailer by brute force and lashed securely.
Just down the road at my place, we had lunch and beer. My fare fared better this time and the entertainment was provided by Jennie as she terrorized my cats, shredded Dianne's socks (she likes to leave them on the floor all over the house) and had her first run-in with a mirror. The 'other' little white puppy got her so excited she left a present on the floor.
Outside, we faced the now Herculean task of getting a 300 Kilo engine off the trailer without the benefit of an engine hoist. Like so many other jobs, we didn't so much lift-drag or push it off as we worried it off. It went quickly and with no injuries (but it was close for a minute).
The aftermath: today (Sunday) I started dismantling the head. I was certain that after sitting for decades in some field, then three (maybe four?) more years at Ian's, it would be a rusty mess internally, rendering it unusable. I was shocked when the spark plugs came out easily and with the cam covers off, found the cam mechanism to be bright and shiny. Even the cam chains looked great. Are you paying attention Robbie? Grab any old (late 80's are best) XJ6's you see and pull the engines for spares. Each one of them will have thousands of dollars worth of engine parts, likely in great shape.
- Bob E.
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