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[The Matt]

Jobs a good un

I like to be sure that things are right before i commit to fitting things, that way, you know the job is going to go smoothly

Too right mate, better safe than sorry!

[mini93]

especialy with somthing like brakes!!! bodgers on my civic didnt torque up bolt holding the calliper to the upright, so it rattled loose laving the caliper to flip forward and grind against the steel wheel....lovely!

what is it with you and phone pics???? lol

[The Matt]

what is it with you and phone pics???? lol

I am too lazy to charge up my digicam, plus I don't want to get it filthy. I always have me ikkle moby in me pocket so it's just handy.

One day I shall take some decent piccies of it all for you!

[CanadianMiniFan]

will you now....

[TOMMO0302]

Any pics of your head work?

[The Matt]

Any pics of your head work?

There will be when it's finished

[TimS]

Get your head sorted out matt

[Udo]

Gaffa tape's like the force in star wars - there's a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together.

I love that!

Yeah, I think I opened them out from 3/8" to 10mm (but I still can't remember properly)

Cheers!

and agree with the above decent photos are required, looking good thou.

[Bungle]

and your rear end shifted

[The Matt]

and your rear end shifted

I am getting my rear end shifted this weekend (in both senses, the back end is off and my own personal rear end shall be shifting)

[Bungle]

does it need a police escort for wide load

[CanadianMiniFan]

hahahahahahhahahaha ur not too nice, lol

[The Matt]

hahahahahahhahahaha ur not too nice, lol

Bumgle likes to make comments about me being fat. It doesn't seem to matter that he's never even met me

As long as it keeps him entertained!

[Bungle]

simple things please simple minds

[The Matt]

YAAY! The engine and gearbox and front subby are all out! The bulkhead is having a tidy up though, so I'm not gonna get the new engine in this weekend. The box I made for the Weber was a little too deep too, so I have ditched that one and patterned up a new one, which I will cut out on Monday at work. Then I will hopefully be able to weld it in on Monday night. I'm happy with the structure of the bulkhead, there were no nasty surprises, it's just that there is a load of rough paint where the brake fluid has obviously dripped down it and bubbled the paint up. I've stripped it back with a rotary wire brush on the old Black and Decker and it's come up OK. So once the Weber box is made and welded in, I can paint the engine bay (again, hopefully one night in the week).

Easter is my (most recent) target date, so I need to get cracking this week!

The hubs are now refurbed (awaiting new grease nipples to save using the old ones), the bottom half of the engine is sortedd, gearbox is sorted, I am going to take the rod for the gearchange in through the 'magic wand' plate hopefully, so that'll save me butchering the shell too much. I also need to make a mount for the gearchange housing, then a cover plate for the old remote gearstick aperture in the body! Hmmm, maybe it'll be Easter 2008!

Now that the old engine is sat next to the old one I can start swapping any parts that I may need to (was a few bolts short for the timing cover, little things like that need swapping). So realistically, I could have slapped the new engine into the subframe today, but I thought that the bulkhead may as well be sorted while I had the engine bay empty. I stupidly never planned for it, but I suppose it was obvious that it'd need some work!

The only thing I struggled with today was undoing the front subframe rear lower bolts (through the floor). The bolt was turning so I had to grip the head with molegrips and let it jam up against the body (I put a rag inbetween the body and the grips to protect it). Luckily they weren't tight! It's a bugger working on your own in the middle of nowhere when these little things hold you up.

Have also realised that I have a load more parts to sell yet, so I will be doing a few for sale adverts soon as the garage is rather full!