We started bright and early, about 10:30
We arrived @ Darren's and immediately started working... on the tea, biscuits, banter, more banter, even more banter. Then we devised a bracket for the propshaft
As we've finished that, Papa went onto cutting the bolts for the engine mounts, which we later found out there where wrong size. Thanks for that Papa, very useful!
360 degrees drift on the driveway later, we've took the engine out from where it was hidden ages ago and star preparing the car to receive its newly refurbished heart!
While some of us were playing with the engine and the crane, other went onto dealing with the fuel components in the back: lines, tank, fuel cap etc
Engine mounts in, ready to support the heart:
New clutch, flywheel, bearings etc going in:
New vs old:
Degreasing and Perfection Obsessive Disorder kicked in, Darren couldn't help himself
Then we've changed the spark-plugs, not before adjusting the gap to be 0.8-0.9mm according to the distructions manual
Aaaaaaaand in it went!
At some stage I got myself into trouble, the governor told me off for not asking him to suck his belly in, I mean muscles while I'm taking photos where he's in
Darren over the moon and best pleased when the heart was in, get few more steps closer to the day it will be reconnected and started... well, within few hours, it's nearly 2am now
-- more to come --