Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser

[banpei]

Another package arrived today with a new water pump:

The mechanic doesn't trust the one from my own engine and the one on the replacement engine has rusty internals, so that's not a great idea either.

So I dropped by and found the people in the garage doing this:

Yep, they just lifted the engine out of the car when I arrived.

I also found this on the bench:

The head came out very well after cleaning, valves were cut and compression test was good!

Finally, the bottom also was cleaned up well and ready to be mated to the head again.

So next time I'll hopefully be posting after I have driven the car again!