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5 minutes ago, Steve (sdh2903) said:

Brave man:d Did it stink the oven out?

Get ready to laugh at the response :cry:

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10 minutes ago, Steve (sdh2903) said:

Brave man:d Did it stink the oven out?

Errm...............................................oh yeah, the whole ground floor in fact :d

It didn't linger too long though, about 24 hours

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12 minutes ago, Steve (sdh2903) said:

Brave man:d Did it stink the oven out?

A good old fish pie sorted it out :laugh:

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I finished welding in the steering rack mounting steelwork and then sprayed it in along with the engine mounts

 

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In preparation for the engine going back in, I spent some time today fitting some cable ties addled around the engine bay and tunnel for the wiring loom whilst it was all nice and clear and easy to get the drill in there. All pop riveted on with a good blob of silicone in the hole first

 

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Been a bit busy today, but I managed an hour tonight to do some reassembling.

Alternator brackets, alternator and new vee belt fitted. The belt is a touch long, it will do for a start but needs to be about 10-15mm shorter

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Dipstick was next

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Then the starter motor

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Lastly I refitted the gear selector, mounting bobbins and bracket to the gearbox

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While there is still room I decided to weld in a total of 10 earthing point studs around the chassis in various locations.

One on each rear corner for the rear lights

One under the fuel tank at the sender end

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One under the fuel tank at the pump end

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One each side in the front corners of the engine bay

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One each side in front of the engine bay for lights, fan etc

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Finally one each side at the front of the tunnel

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I finished off by refitting the engine mounting brackets to the engine

 

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21 minutes ago, Thrustyjust said:

Great stuff Gary. Nearly ready to go in for the last time ! 

Yep, thats what I am hoping for 

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I put the engine back on the hoist tonight and dropped the sump off for two reasons.

Firstly to have a quick look at the big ends and fell for movement. All good so pleased with that. It's all very nice and clean as well giving me more confidence of the rebuild done before I got it. 

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