A few more minor tasks done today. I removed the auto trans cooler lines and 4 bolts holding the torque converter to the flex plate. Managed to snap off the terminal on the starter solenoid. Grrr! I think this is the 2nd time I've done that. Not sure why they're so weak or what I'm doing wrong - just put a 13 mm spanner on it and tried to loosen it and it twisted the bakelite plastic part right off. Lucky I have a spare (or 10?)
I was thinking about the crank pulley - noticed on the B230FT donor engine there are 4 small depressions in the outer ring, and only 1 depression on the B230F in the car. I assume maybe they are factory balanced? Hmm. The pulley rubber on the FT looks like it's pretty cracked, so I was planning to use the one off the B230F. Guess it would be a minor imbalance, or maybe the pulleys are balanced by themselves so it doesn't matter which one you put on which engine? I guess that would make more sense?
