Car so far

Pictures of the car taken on Saturday. I only got round to putting the hadbrake on with a very basic mount for the cables.

Oh and I got the extreme toe in on the front wheels sorted.

Back in the game

Its been a long time since we last went into the build shop with the intention of working on the car. I think we are finally ready to make the final push and get it done.

I've been married nearly two years now and since before the wedding nothing has been done.

Can't wait to get started again there are some pics that need to be posted to see where we currently are and I'll have them up by Sunday.

Episode V - The Flywheel Strikes Back

Last night while endeavouring to mate the gearbox to the motor I sheared off one of the bolts.

The whole evening was plain frustration from start to finish. The night before (Tuesday) we had tightened the friction plate to the flywheel. In the process we managed to get the friction plate off centre so when it came to getting the shaft to go all the way home it just wouldn't.

So eventually I decided to slack the pressure plate off and jiggle (that's a technical term) the friction plate around to centre it. I succeeded in aligning it correctly but then when I torqued the bolts joining the pressure plate to the flywheel one snapped right off. In hindsight I guess it was better then stripping the flywheel thread.

Today I took the flywheel off to an engineering shop and they fixed it while I went looking for new bolts. All sorted and ready to continue.

Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself.

Oily mess !@#$

In my infinite wisdom I tried to fill the gearbox with oil without checking for any possible hole first. So of course oil started pouring out of the speedo hole.



Last night on Brad's recommendation I blocked it up with a nylon plug, a washer, a circlip and plenty of silicon.

Then the real fun started and we went about putting the engine in. Unfortunately we ran out of time and at 12:30 last night this is as far as we had got.



The gear box is too far forward to get the clutch cover past the bell housing, so we need to take the prop out and temporarily move the gearbox back a tad to get the engine home.



Random Photo of the day. I took it this morning outside my door. I often forget to look at how beautiful the mountains are.

Well I don't know what to say... Its been a while!

So 3 months on and at last I'm back in the garage. Wedding plans are almost complete and Yimmy (my Ford Ka) got a new set of shoes as well as a branch and free flow exhaust.

His old wheels got passed onto the build temporarily.

Meanwhile I have finished fitting the Steering, Diff and all number of shafts. The basic wiring layout is done, thanks to Andre it was more like making to minute noodles then wiring up a car.

For my Dad's Birthday I got him this rather cool looking "Racing" jack its almost completely Aluminium so it weighs very little and has a fast lift action for up to 1.5tons. Needless to say it lifts the car a treat.