Oil Pan Paint Applied/parts sorted

Time in garage: 3 hours

Catch up on earlier work. Oil pan painted..sorted through parts...

Exhaust System Clean Up/The Garage

Time in the garage : 3.5 hrs

I have just about finished the exhaust system de-rusting . About another hour or so to go. Not sure of my decision to save some money and not sandblast the assembly but I think it will be fit for purpose once I get a majority of the rust off.

I spent a few minutes researching painting options and decided on barbecue paint. I know after a few months of driving the paint will probably peel off and the rust will return but a least it will be cleaned up in the short run. A majority of cars on the road have rusted exhaust systems...so not a problem in my eyes.

I do have some POR 20 that I bought last year...i thought about using it  but curing  would be the problem...

I am also cleaning up the hangers and related hardware/bolts.

Garage clutter caved in on me again. 2 hours today cleaning up...

Valve Cover Hold Down Bolts/Garage Clean up/Project Discussion

Time in Garage: 2 hours on Saturday

Not a lot of time spent in the garage over the last week ...Social events in the evenings during the workweek and other distractions/interruptions/ priorities this weekend have dominated my personal landscape trumping Triumph work sessions.

I did manage to get my valve cover hold down nuts  un-seized which is another step completed in the engine block reassembly.

Spent about an hour tidying my garage. Heading out to do more of the same today.

Stopped to talk to a neighbour yesterday while walking my dog. After some conversation about his new fence the topic shifted to how my Triumph project was going? As the conversation progressed I started feeling more and more defensive. I admitted to him I was growing weary of having the car disassembled in my garage but I also didn't want it to become a Kijjiji statistic (unfinished project) and to be sold returning 25 cents on the dollar! I cut the conversation short and moved on. Lots of sensitivity related to the topic for sure?

Fuel Pump/Spin on Oil Filter Install

Time in Garage: 3 hours

I cleaned mating surfaces for the fuel pump and oil filter.

I had previously purchased a spin on filter conversions from Moss Motors. I had to clean out the old dried up rubber gasket from the existing filter housing before installing the aluminum housing from the kit-  a task that took much longer than expected. The new assembly (with the bright orange Fram filter) looks great against the newly painted engine block. Unfortunately I was unable to do the final install because the oil gauge line is in storage and not easily assessible. The line is needed because it acts as a spacer on one of the studs.

 I  was unable to do the final install on the fuel pump because I couldn't locate my previously purchased gasket...