The 5LW Gardner Engine Rebuild

The cylinder bores are lightly stained from the seizure but there is very little wear obvious and they all look very good, like the pistons —- which allow us to move on. The blocks are painted with primer, 250c enamel before hand painting with Epifanes enamel top coat..x 2. Hope this works..

The idea is to strip the engine down in Lee’s workshop and clean the engine down before I receive the components for painting.
Once all was free it looks like the pistons are fine..phew
Lee finally got the head off and cylinders 1 & 5 are seized.
There’s Lee, grimacing or smiling?
Lee is a vehicle and agricultural engineer and will do the overhaul rather than a specialist company as we need to really get to know this engine ourselves. Last year the engine seized due to an exhaust elbow rotting through and sea water entering the engine. Nick Eddy in Falmouth poured diesel into it to prevent further corrosion until we can get our hands on it.
Not a very good photo but worth including just to see the size and mass of this monster as we craned her out of Rosey last November to bring it back to Morwenstow for Lee Colwill to rebuild and myself to repaint.