Morris Minor Owners Club

You should just bash back one side of the raised edge of the tab - and 'lashings' of loctite may give you problems in the future!

Maybe lashings was a bit too strong a word... Plenty, anyway

Aye - but it should only be a few spots - or a 'strip' along the thread! No matter - unlikely (you hope) that you will be taking this engine apart again!

Hopefully not, unless I find out that I did something terribly wrong to the interior of the crankcase and have to right my wrongs! Then I'll have a right pickle!

I assume it all still turns over nice and freely?

Yes, it turns over very nicely! It's smooth all the way round...

Excellent - so, when's it going in the car ?

Imminently! I'm afraid I can't put an exact time on it, because I'm waiting for a new rocker shaft to arrive (the one part I forgot to order at the last time)... When it arrives, it'll take no more than half a day to put the head on, at most. I'm going to repaint it and throw all the ancillaries on, and then it'll be ready! So I would give it three days, including arrival time for the shaft.
Actually, there is one thing; when I lifted the block out, it was stripped down of all but the camshaft (and anything else I couldn't remove with the engine still in place, I suppose). So two of us lifted it out, though really I could have done it on my own, there was so little to it! Now, of course, it'll weigh rather more- we've got to figure out something more effective than the venerable "heave"! That might keep us stumped until we can find lifting tackle... The garage doesn't have any strong roof beams, so I can't try that, so I'm going to have to source a decent swing frame or something. Ah well. Necessity is, they say, the mother of invention...
I'm going to post pictures when it's slightly more complete, as it's looking pretty smart... I've already half repainted it, and I think it'll look great when fully reconstructed and repainted! Like a new engine.
All I need to do now is repaint the rest of the car, replace a door, replace most of the interior, fix the lighting loom, deal with some serious rust in the engine bay... Never bored with a Moggy like mine!

You should deal with that rust before fitting the engine. And I find it easier to fit the engine without the head on - fit it later, so no need to wait for rocker shaft. If you go the swing frame way - look at Badfelafel's website where there are pictures of us changing his engine - using my daughter's swing frame and Canadian Tire wire rope pull.

Will do! Yes, I'm going to deal with the rust first- in fact, I'm taking advantage of a lack of engine to sand down, de-rust and clean the entire engine bay, before repainting. (Executive decision, made looking at the engine bay this morning.)
Swing frame does seem a good way. I'll have a look at those pictures...

But i have done it single handed - without head etc fitted - just by lifting it in the front, over the X member and then onto a trolley jack suitably placed inside the engine bay hole. With help from another it should be easy enough.

That works? Well, I'll give it a go before I get a swing set, as it's certainly cheaper!
Of course, now I've got engine bay painting to do before I put the engine back in... First I've got to source paints, so the whole thing is put back a little anyway. Such is life!