Saving the Witch. A fanatics charity.

[herr bmw]

and what a lovely road trip we had today.

met up with crash,by the way the m3 sounds insane,and for a split second I overtook it and was in the lead:biglol:

from there quick stop at gizmo's,love the garage,one day when im big:rollsmile:

then off to vereenining and collected the motor and dropped off at bruces place

bruce took pictures so will wait for him to post

:thumbs:

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

Colin, thanks for helping Bruce. A true gentlemen.

ha ha. The M would never catch you, that Bakkie, she is too fast... ha ha.

:thumbs:

 

[Nick]

Hay guys.

Im trying to get the oil and antifreeze sorted.

Would 6 liters of oil and 6 liters premix antifreeze do the trick?

Also I'll need a drop off location.

 

[Thunder]

Updates to follow in a bit.

Hay guys.

Im trying to get the oil and antifreeze sorted.

Would 6 liters of oil and 6 liters premix antifreeze do the trick?

Also I'll need a drop off location.

Thanx Nick.:thumbs:

That ought to do the trick.

If you want to pm me and I can come pick up.
Might be in the Strubensvalley area on Saturday

 

[Nick]

Ok sweet... let me secure the goods 2moro and ill PM you and the morning.

 

[Thunder]

Okay so just an update.

Motor got home safe and sound.
Some photos as to show the progress.

Meeting up with Jez and Chris

So here is the motor at the shop.

Some pics of the loading

Some suspect stuff that we found on a quick inspection when the motor was up on the stand.

First up is an oil leak between the timing chain covers/ head and block.

And some oil in the lower air intake

There is some serious cleaning thats going to be done over the weekend as to check for any problems.

Here are some more photos of the engine once we got it home and on the stand

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

Just want to extend thank to all the guys who donated toward helping Bruce.

We searched high and low to find an engine with the budget we had. We needed a cylinder head but no one would sell the head alone. Everyone we tried had a full working engine, but would not part out the engine just to sell the cylinder head alone. We could only buy the complete engine. After consulting the budget and what it would cost to rebuild Witches broken engine, or buy a complete working engine, we discovered the difference in cost was marginal.

So, to Bruce, I extend to you, all my best wishes going forward with this build. I am proud to be a fanatic after I saw your face yesterday when I handed over the money to you. You looked like a 5 year old boy on Christmas morning. You guys have helped Bruce get his car back.

You can all be proud.

Keep us updated Bruce. :thumbs:

 

[Thunder]

Just want to extend thank to all the guys who donated toward helping Bruce.

We searched high and low to find an engine with the budget we had. We needed a cylinder head but no one would sell the head alone. Everyone we tried had a full working engine, but would not part out the engine just to sell the cylinder head alone. We could only buy the complete engine. After consulting the budget and what it would cost to rebuild Witches broken engine, or buy a complete working engine, we discovered the difference in cost was marginal.

So, to Bruce, I extend to you, all my best wishes going forward with this build. I am proud to be a fanatic after I saw your face yesterday when I handed over the money to you. You looked like a 5 year old boy on Christmas morning. You guys have helped Bruce get his car back.

You can all be proud.

Keep us updated Bruce. :thumbs:

Chris I must second all you said here and must from my side give a great deal of gratitude to you for initiating this. Without you and Peter this would never have happened.

And you are right I still feel like a 5 year old though. Feeling that my witch might run within the next week or two is still unreal.

Will post photos as I make progress both here and in the build thread of the witch

 

[Gizmo]

Was that engine being used to power a boat? Lol

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Now you have a spare block you can build up on the side if you choose to stay 4 cylinder for future mods.

 

[moranor@axis]

double check the engine and gearbox mounts... let me know :rollsmile:

 

[Nick]

6 of each fluid secured.

Hit me up on 0726384543 (whatsapp or whatever :rollsmile or for drop off location.


Castrol Edge Professional OE5w-30 is ok to use in that engine yes?

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

Legend!!!

 

[Nick]

:=):

 

[Thunder]

So I ran into a bit of a complication with the motor. Besides some broken parts found, (luckily I still have most of my parts) the severity of the oxidation on the motor did it's toll on the exhaust manifold and when removing it 2 of the bolts snapped. One just past the manifold and the other right in the head.

Will update a little later with some pictures.

Sent from my GT-I9300

 

[Rodney///Marsh]

hey guys.. this is really awesome stuff.. I hope everything is sorted Bruce.. here are some really amazing chaps here.. family..

any news or progress report. :rollsmile:

 

[Thunder]

So far no real major update sorry guys. Work has been hectic busy so work time on car is restricted to little over the weekends.

Will update as soon as work has been done again. :thumbs:

Sent from my GT-I9300

 

[Rodney///Marsh]

cool bro.. you take care and all of the best..

 

[Thunder]

So just a small update and Thanx.

Firstly.........

As some know after today the witch is done and running again.

Sorry for keeping most of you in the dark and unsuspecting with my arrival and revealing today at the dyno event.

Once again from my side a big thanx to Chris and Peter for the initiation of this and to every one who either contributed or assisted in getting her up and running again.

One or two small things still to do but will come in time.

Must say this whole thing couldn't have happened at a better time.

A thread with the photos of the build that it took as I went along and the revealing video as well as some more photos will be up as soon as a chance is found.

Rep will be added to all who helped.

Sent from my GT-I9300

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

Was awesome seeing your face today. So happy for you man! WOohoo!

 

[herr bmw]

glad to hear Bruce:thumbs: