Taking the Cologne V6 out.

Last Saturday was engine out day for a friend's poorly Cologne 2.8i (with early EFi setup) in his early 1971 Cortina Mk3 GXL. After a rebuild oil pressure was lost, possibly by the faulty NOS oil pump so the engine came out and he'll inspect. I guess we'll put it back in next year.  It was sitting on 2.3 mounts and mounted to a V6 HD Type 9. First things first we started with an EPIC bacon buttie, loads of crispy bacon with a slice of fried bread in between and a mug of coffee.

Joe had done a really nice job on the instal and consequently everything came apart without too much fuss, manifold lower bolts were the only awkward ones to access.

The inlet had to come off to disconnect the injectors as the multi plug was cut and soldered during installation due to bad contacts in the plug but with three of us there we soon got everything disconnected.    

We didn't start work until around 2:00pm so were losing daylight by this point, tea breaks included we managed to get it out in about 4hrs but by this point I thought we'd have to re-bolt the mounts and drop it back to alter the straps which we had tied off bit long. You need to give yourself enough room to get over the slam panel. When securing the hoist it's worth having the handle on the balancer the other side as it makes turning it easier I think. 

Things I learnt; You need enough clearance for the slam panel so dont tie the straps too long, you can get a v6 over the slam panel the last couple of inches (using actual muscle power rather than the crane) but my back now tells me cologne engines are HEAVY. Possibly the finest lesson; Joe's Mum makes the worlds best bacon butties, but future bacon sandwich testing will be required (and appreciated!!!) to confirm this as fact.

On the way home my high-beams failed, I cleaned up all the contacts and the earths and which appears to have helped.