B-60 Engine & Fluid flywheel Dry weight of Rolls B60 engine including fluid flywheel is 812 pounds The engine complete with fan assembly, radiator, oil tank, gearbox and transfer case is 1428 pounds (EMER 624).
British Standard Paint colours for the engine and gearbox Sky Blue BS101.
B60 on it is pallet before it was fitted
Dry sump or oil tank whatever is your preference with the rails which are adjustable at the collars next to the sump.
Before the engine was refitted the hull cross tube was removed and the petrol tank was pulled back into the compartment.
Fitting the engine and after nearly everything was connected up
Spot the mistake... I'll give you a clue oil pipes
Engine removal
Unfortunately I hadn't realised that the collars were adjustable on the rails that join the sump to the rear mounting plate and the first picture shows the result.
After removing the engine I noticed that two bolts were missing from the fluid flywheel one may have been removed by the head of another. It shouldn't have been able to come loose due to the locking tabs?!
This is what a cracked exhaust elbow does to nice shiny silver paint
Spider hidden in the Oil cooler coils
Engine mounts solid Aluminium
Engine and Transmission Lifter drawing
Scrap B60 partially stripped down
The B60 has the inlet valves mounted in the cylinder head and the exhaust valves mounted in the block (I over E) today it would be considered to be a rather archaic design feature, but not uncommon in the 1940's - 1950's
Oil pick up pipes
Close up and the oil collector plate?
David Fuel Pump
Click here for servicing the David Fuel Pump
Cooling system
Radiator overflow hull mounted
Fan
Red fan bearing gone, nut / split pin missing and metal removed from the fan itself. Silver fan; bearing fine nut / split pin rusty, removed split pin and replaced with another. Engine requires shimming under the solid engine mounts on top of the sump and the collars on the tubes require adjusting also to square the tank and fan cowl up. As soon as my hydraulic ram for my engine lifter comes back from repair I'll be contemplating removing the engine... oh joy!
Anti-freeze mark painted on the underside of the hatch (carburettor side) white square with a red circle
Gearbox
Base Repair
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Gearbox adjustment
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Battery leads over the gearbox
Gearbox Lifting frame
Australian Step Gauge for adjusting the bands on the gearbox.
This is off the Gearbox of 08BB48
It has required a full strip down due to it being open to the elements (water) and foreign bodies no dipsticks fitted.
Do not undo the six castle nuts with there split pins.
If you undo all this could potentially drop into you're gearbox and if you haven't already banged you're head against the hull you soon will be in frustration!
Looking up into the gearbox with the tip of the dipstick at the very top centre.
The shaft and cogs pictured left below in the first picture slides up and connects with the picture above. Its a wonderful piece of engineering only really spoilt by some corrosion due to the oil and water mix. I would have taken more pictures of this gearbox but I am in a tight short of space shed.
Jim Davies has supplied a few extra pictures that show some of the reassembly of a gearbox which I'm very grateful for.
Speedo Cable (Inner Cable, Speedo & Gearbox connections)
Speedo cable length (inner) is 5ft and the Tacho cable length (inner) is 11ft. 1958 Illustrated Spare parts list page L47 or L48
Complete Speedo Cable
As recently sold on EBay.
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