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By diyauto

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6 minute(s) of a 82 minute read

1-22-2014

1-22-2014

I've had a lot of work done to my 70 MK III by Certified Auto in San Antonio. They're on San Pedro right next to the Carlisle Auto Air. Ask for Tony and tell him Michael Sorbera sent you. They do a lot of work there on old cars. Tony doesn't shy away from them, he embraces them and fixes them for a reasonable fee! I had a oil leak I couldn't figure out. Tony steam cleaned the engine and then put a little leak detector (won't harm the oil) in, drove it for a while, then put it on the lift and used a special light and found the leak - it was the intake manifold. (I thought it was the oil pan or rear main seal) I had him remove/replace it and now no more leaks!

1-23-2014

Main reason is because of all the work I want to do in the engine bay and on the accessories/brackets. It's labor intensive and would cost a lot. Plus the engine shop Certified Auto uses is just a normal place and I wanted my engine rebuilt by a old-school guru, not someone making minimum wage and is right out of high school. The engine rebuild he estimates will be around $4K. I'm having the engine rebuilt buy the owner, Ronnie Groff. He's been building engines since '69. He has a complete machine shop, doesn't have to have anything done off site. His address is: 1433 Bandera Rd, San Antonio, TX 78228 (210) 433-0627. If you call him tell him I sent you. He's real personable, if you stop by his shop he'll show you around and talk your ear off.

1-27-2014

With projects this big, plans change...

I'm going to rebuild the engine myself instead of sending it off complete. Still plan on pulling it on Feb 1st - but now there will be LOTS of detailed pics of the breakdown/rebuild of the engine.

Stay tuned...

1-31-2014

UPDATE - neighbor's garage is busy this weekend - will do the engine pull on Sat Feb 8th in the afternoon. I will be spending some time this Sat in my driveway doing some more prep work for the engine pull.

2-1-2014

2nd day of prep work over. Engine is now ready to pull next Saturday afternoon. Gorgeous day - 76 degrees!!!

Here's some shots at the beginning of today:

Now starting the tear down:

Wasn't going to remove the water pump, but decided to because I couldn't get the huge nut holding the coolant line off. Definitely getting a new water pump!