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<\/a>These lock nuts that go over the main nuts that you torque down are strange.\u00a0 They are sheetmetal and when you tighten them down they flex and distort, and I think the distortion creates a spring force that makes them not want to loosen.\u00a0After torquing the lower end I found the bag of them from when I took this engine\u00a0apart.\u00a0 I\u00a0was surprised to find only seven in the bag.\u00a0 I\u00a0must have lost one or maybe I used one on the Sprint engine rebuild last\u00a0winter and\u00a0just don’t remember.\u00a0\u00a0 Good news: I have extras, bad news: they are inside a completely assembled engine.<\/strong><\/p>\nI know, I had two weeks off work and big plans to fill that time at the shop, but it was cold, I had a lot of holiday related family engagements and friends in town so I just didn’t get much done, maybe 4 hours total.\u00a0 I did get the pedal box rebuilt with replated fasteners and a new clutch pedal rubber bump stop and ready for assembly into the car along with some new suspension parts but that is a post for another day.<\/p>\n Maybe I should go into the fastener restoration business.\u00a0 It’s kind of fun cleaning and plating them now that I’ve gotten pretty good at it.<\/p>\n The next installment is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>This 101 1300 was in the Spider when I got it.\u00a0 Frozen, crappy looking and unnumbered.\u00a0 I hoped it had never been apart so I would have a valuable uncut 1300 crank and unshaved head.\u00a0 I was disappointed on the crank front (.010 under), still don’t know on the head front.\u00a0 Yes, as a matter of fact there is a lot of sludge in that oil pan.\u00a0 Need to clean it up and put\u00a0the pan assembly\u00a0on eBay.\u00a0 Once I removed the oil pan baffle I removed the little lock washer, cleaned it and assembled it into the 00121.\u00a0 Sweet, only\u00a0an hours extra work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>Another by-product of taking that engine apart was getting all the oil pan screws I will need for my rebuild.\u00a0 These are all the original ‘LOBO’ marked fasteners.\u00a0 I’ll clean and plate them before assembly.\u00a0 They should probably be black chromate finish but I’ll do them in zinc.\u00a0 That little bracket with two holes goes under the carb and acts as a washer and guide for the fuel drip hose on single carb cars.\u00a0 Neat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>Just for kicks I have been plating any extra original bolts I have for use later.\u00a0 These are also marked ‘LOBO’ or ‘2 F’ on the head.\u00a0 Someday at a car show I will not be deducted a point for using incorrect fasteners.\u00a0 I know this is unnecessary and will add time to my project, but I like doing it so oh well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>New drawer in the storage cabinet for these bolts.\u00a0 At some point I will be assembling something and just grab what I need out of here and be on my way. <\/strong><\/p>\n