Second Anniversary

Today is Father's Day and second anniversary of the Triumph arriving in its new home in Lawrenceville. As you can see, it was a bit of a wing and a prayer affair. I was very relieved to have made it with no problems. Well, I did have to replace the alternator on the truck before I left Micanopy. I heard the bearing going out when I was out test driving the truck and the trailer loaded together.

Otherwise it was a smooth trip north.

My big goal for Father's Day was to pull the engine and we, Matt(my son), and I, did get that accomplished. My friend Tony Trentini came over about 8 am and by 9, the deed was done. There were several advantages; mostly because I had taken so much off the car to this point there wasn't much holding the engine and transmission in place; two engine mount bolts and one ground wire. The transmission end was just resting on a cross member. The recently acquired engine hoist and the yellow nylon strapping was really all that was needed to lift the engine/transmission up and out. Now, I need to build a small frame to keep the motor upright until its time for the rebuild.

Part Way Out

Engine's Out!

Empty Engine Bay

The big present for Father's Day turned out to be a small welding unit. With a really good coupon in hand, Kathy(my wife) and I made our was to Harbor Freight and got a complete welding kit for less than $150. Kathy was duly impressed with the savings. I was also able to show her the equivalent engine hoist that I bought used at 60% off. I did say I was trying to be frugal but there are some big ticket items in the future.

There will be more later. Kathy took some video of the engine extraction. I need to figure out how to imbed that in this blog but that's all for now. Got to get ready for Father's Day dinner at Dominick's.