Images by
Rob Bishop
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McLaren Progress
If
you are holding your breath for the crankshaft replacement/repair
you will go blue in the face. But we do have progress to
report (unless you’ve been on the Facebook page, in which case this
is old news).
If we go back to the beginning, this is the sheared
crankshaft and associated damage to the sump. Before…
And
after Cast Iron Welding Services worked their patient magic...
Both
the sump and the block have now had their faces skimmed in the
horizontal borer at Boston Lodge...
The
view below shows the repaired end of the sump after machining:
While
the block was in the borer the top of the block was also skimmed:
Back
in November 2016 the cam shaft was dismantled. While repair was an
option, the cost for replacement was not significantly greater and
while we are very keen to retain original components, there is quite
a lot of pitting on the old shaft so we decided that replacement in this
instance was a better option.
This is what Christmas looks like in
the Bishop household:
An
object so beautiful it could be in the Tate Modern:
The
cam followers are the refurbished originals:
