Spent a couple of hours this morning labeling all the electronics and removing them from the engine, its pretty much ready to pull now but there's rain forecast so I might hold off till next weekend unless tomorrow turns out nice as all my tarps are over other engines.
I always label stuff when I remove engines but this is the first efi engine I've pulled so its been really fun just learning how it all goes together.
It also highlights how much I didn't know about this sort of conversion and gives me some idea of whats needed to change the 200B from carby to SR. This is both good and bad in that now I see what needs to be done but I also see how much work is involved.
It only costs about $90 from Fuller Bros Smash to get a guy out to inspect it which I might arrange next week or after the engine is out cos I really don't know what I'm lookin at.
While that book is an absolutely awesome resource I just want to be sure I haven't overlooked anything. The flip side to this is that I really appreciate what Lance is saying.
Of course there is a right way of doing it by the book so to speak but there's also a lot of overkill when it comes to these things.
MYDATO is right, in an ideal world you would chuck it on a jig and strengthen everything up but Lance makes a good point too. If everything is still square then once the rails have been porta powered back into place a new tie rail will give it just as much strength as it ever had to begin with.
Anyway not wanting to start an argument about anything just thinking out loud really and I genuinely appreciate any and all opinions on this.
As an aside the steering column bracket hasn't moved (something the book tells you to look for) so it looks like the steering box is still in the same place which is a big bonus as it is mounted to the most damaged rail.
Anyhoo its beer o clock after all that work. check you later