Last weekend we pulled out my A15 and replaced it with a good running A12 to keep it running. The A15 was losing power severely and leaking oil out of its guts everywhere. Also was backfiring and missing heaps. We decided to pull it out for further examination and to recondition it and rebuild. First time rebuilding an engine....should be great fun.

Here are some pics today of day 1 of pulling the engine apart and having a look. So far we can tell that the engine has been reco'd at one point but not sure when. It has aftermarket head bolt washers, brass welsh plugs, and some other little bits. We also found that the timing gears were aftermarket adjustable ones of some kind. The gears were not lining up causing the timing to be waaay off. It was amazing to see it running at all with the timing being so far out. Next we'll be pulling out the cam for examination.

Oh yea. Forgot to mention I first cleaned up the engine stand (thanks 76-Datto!) and repainted it to match my ute color. Why not?

Pics.