Triumph FHC TR7 - Installing Engine Peripherals

In this episode I install the water pump, oil pump, fuel pump, timing cover, and more
#tr7 #triumph #engine

[@chrisrobinson61]

Very tidy. Nice work. Take care. Chris Robinson

[@HenrysGarage]

Thanks 👍

[@ChrisFEJackson]

Nicely done, thanks for sharing

[@HenrysGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@iankidd6500]

Great methodical work there Henry, don’t forget when it’s all together and filled with oil to remove the distributor again pour some oil down into the pump and using a suitable metal rod with a slot in one end and the other end in your drill, set the drill to slow speed and in reverse as the distributor rotates anti clockwise and prime the pump until oil is seen at the camshaft/ top end of the motor. Then refit and time the distributor, if all that makes sense.👍

[@HenrysGarage]

Thanks Ian, yes I’ll need to prime it but I think that will be next visit at this point. I’m hoping to get the engine in this visit but it’s going to be tight and will depend on if I can find a garage who will lend me a clutch alignment tool since I forgot to bring mine

[@iankidd6500]

@@HenrysGarage I have successfully used a long half inch socket extension, hold the clutch plate against the flywheel and insert the square end into the crank and mark or hold where it passes through the clutch plate and using masking or insulating tape wrap the shaft to make a tight fit in the plate splines. Then with the extension fitted snugly into the plate hold against the crank and slip over the pressure plate and lightly screw in the bolts, jiggle the extension shaft to centralise and then tighten/torque the bolts. A slight faff but works as an emergency if you are stuck without the correct tool 🤗

[@HenrysGarage]

Thanks Ian, I was thinking about something like that, especially since I'm with my dad who is great at frabicating tools for what he has lying around.

[@redfoxclassics]

Nice to see it coming together, and as I said before it’s interesting for me seeing a different engine design! Though it turned out you weren’t missing a gasket, I do like to keep some sheets of gasket paper in to make up missing ones if I find I’m short a pre shaped one.

[@HenrysGarage]

Yeah, I really need to buy myself some. Sometimes my problem is working in 2 garages 500 miles apart - I have the bits and pieces in one and not the other (or vise-versa). But that is just an excuse for being disorganised

[@redfoxclassics]

@@HenrysGarage well yes that’s hard to deal with! I’m a member of a club with workshop facilities, and every time I go up there I almost spend more time making sure I take all the tools I need than I save by, for example, being able to use the lift!