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Subject:2.1 running again, thanks, list!
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:14:07 -0500

Thanks to everyone who answered all my questions during my first 2.1
rebuild. I've been working on it for 2 months... it needed a lot. And
special thanks to everyone who help me with parts.

I got the engine in, just sitting there, in about 20 minutes last
night start to finish, and that included . Very easy one-person job
using a cheap block and tackle tied off to a stake to control the
engine fore-and-aft as I used the other hand to operate the chain
hoist. Today I bolted it in and connected everything. No problem, no
events. Started right up. Tomorrow I will finish getting coolant
finished and bleed the radiator.

That 2.1--that's the toughest engine I've done yet. I've done about a
dozen others from wet sleeve renaults to british sports cars to a 911.
The next 2.1 will be a snap!

It was about the easiest to R&R, though.

Jim