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[Wittsend]

Another good day !

Engine now in the chassis with the help of some grunt from the grandson and these 2 "helpers".

An old gearbox shaft to line up the clutch plate and a "special" long stud - 3/8" UNC with a screw driver slot cut in the end.
This I put in at the 11 o'clock position on the engine. It helps guide in the engine to gearbox.
When it's all up tight, the stud is removed and the correct size stud fitted and nutted.

[George P]

Gearbox rebuilt and back on the chassis and a test fit of the SS exhaust. Bulkhead is next on the list, I am hoping to get this painted in the next week or so along with the front panel.

I also used the old input shaft as an alignment tool, the gearbox went in without a struggle... which was nice!

[A-Ro]

The Aeroparts winch has gone on and also I now have a Series 2 with cruise control.

[andyjb]

Today i finished tidying up the inside after taking stuff out for painting. So thats the spare wheel back in sat on it's box and my fold out table too after a new coat of paint. I also adjusted the handbrake, it was a touch slack. I then decided to put on the inner mudshield that i acquired from Alex of this parish. Photographs show my old one, the one i got from Alex before and after cleaning it putting rust stabiliser on and then three coats of paint. When i attachecd the new mudshield i put some rubber washers between the bulkhead and the mudshield.

[scottuh1]

Painted my roof with U-Pol Raptor. It’s very YELLOW!

[maindy]

Painted my roof with U-Pol Raptor. It’s very YELLOW!

i like the look of that but i have a feeling it will be difficult to keep clean.

[Genem]

^^^^ Is it supposed to be that textured ?  I'd worry it will be very hard to keep clean - having recently spent 4 days cleaning moss and lichen off a caravan roof... 

....beaten to it.

[scottuh1]

i like the look of that but i have a feeling it will be difficult to keep clean.

Soap, water, sponge and a pressure washer. Not a problem. 

[Genem]

^^^^ Everyone loves an optimist 

[scottuh1]

^^^^ Is it supposed to be that textured ?  I'd worry it will be very hard to keep clean - having recently spent 4 days cleaning moss and lichen off a caravan roof... 

....beaten to it.

The texture depends on how you apply it. You can roller it, spray it with a standard spray gun or in my case with a Underbody/Stone Chip/Shultz gun, first coat goes on relatively smooth (12” from panel) then second for texture (18”ish from panel). 

[gromet]

Finally got underneath to sort out the bad handbrake

[Wittsend]

New shoes looking good 

Me ... another good day.

Sump off (hardly any sludge in there).
Block of wood stuffed up against a crank web.

Then easy peasy with my 50p 1" Whitworth ring spanner and an extension bar.
Just a gentle pull and the nut was loose 

(I want to check/replace the timing chain and reset the CAV pump timing.)

Much better than bashing a flogging spanner or the old starter motor trick IMHO.

[Peter Holden]

Just a small extension bar.  I have a 24" stilson wrench with a gently curved handle as the result of a long "extension bar" (actually a length of scaffolding tube) with 2 people bouncing on it to undo the hub nut on a VW transporter in the late 1960s.

Peter

[gvo416j R.I.P.]

I have a 24" stilson wrench with a gently curved handle as the result of a long "extension bar"

You see quite a lot of those come up in farm sales 

[Mr Ed]

Nice picture Alan!
What works wonders is the impact wrench. Sure, you have to have one.

It is also wonderful to remove the alternator pulley ...