Well this should be one of the last updates that involve my beloved 1986 740. The past five years have been hard on it and an electrical issue along with the lack of time, money, and desire have kept me from diving deeply enough into the brick to find the issue. That has led me to decide to send the 740 off to Fólkvangr in hopes that it will on occasion glimpse Freyja and all her beauty
The upside to parting out the 740 will be that I will be pulling the B230FT and putting it in my 1984 242. It will only be a temporary install until I can get the B5244T3 from the 1997 850R mentioned in the previous post. There will also be lots of extra parts for when things break or to help other brick owners looking for parts.
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| I wish I would have gotten some shots before we had gotten so far into the stripping process. |
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| Hooking it up to the engine hoist. |
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| Parts on the floor. |
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| And up against the wall. |
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| And in the trunk. |
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| Dash and electrical component removal. |
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| Finally got the engine out. |
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| The engine and trans are out. |
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| We made an engine dolly with scrap lumber and casters from The Yard. It will get middle casters or structural reinforcement next time we are out working. |
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| I think this is the whole reason the car stopped running. The insulation is cracked and the wire is corroded and frayed on the plug side. |
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| This end being broken didn't help matters much. This was part of the fuel system and I didn't find it until I was pulling the wiring harness. |
