Gozza

Weather doesn't look too bad for tomorrow...

This still going ahead this weekend?

Looking forward to this! Will be nice to meet you guys and have a beer!

Had a productive weekend. Pulled the gearbox on Sunday morning and went in search of my oil leak. Had to remove the clutch and flywheel and also the engine backplate to gain access to the crank seal housing that I thought was leaking. When I got in there it was dry as a bone so back to square one on that... It must be coming from the sump gasket but I was sure it was somewhere further up:(

Anyway, with the old box out of the way I made a start on getting the OD box back in. Not easy by myself with minimal room but managed to wrestle it back in and got it bolted up. Did run into a small problem though in that I didn't realise that there are longer bolts and spacers required to lower the gearbox crossmember and keep things aligned properly. Result is that the new box is too high up at the rear and strikes the floor when bolted up.

Got the bits on the way....

Old and new...

Hey cool! How long have you had that one? Haven't seen it round for a while, is it still going?

Well I've done about a thousand miles in the little trumpy now since I got it back on the road and it's going pretty well. There have been a few leaks and other issues but getting them sorted one by one while still enjoying driving it.

Two of the worst problems are most probably related and will get looked at soon. One is an oil leak from what I am guessing is the rear crank seal housing, probably cause I used too much hylomar on the gasket, and the other is a bit of a juddery clutch that might be caused by said oil leak. Either way the gearbox needs to come out.

A few months ago I bought a couple of overdrive gearboxes that some old boy was getting rid of and I've had them both stripped down, picked the best bits from both, added an overhaul kit from rimmers and now have a good as new J type OD box.

The plan was to mate that to an as yet to be rebuilt 2.5pi donk and swap the whole lot in one go but since I have to pull the box anyway I might put the OD one back in.

Box of leftovers/spares?

Freshly overhauled J Type OD box

Just need to get motivated....

I need to get the trumpy out and meet a few of you jokers. I like beer.

It's not a bad job and I dont ever mind going even if it messes with my social life once in a while... Maybe I call round one day when you are home for a cuppa or a rum or something, rid be good to say hi and talk about the new motor...

I'm sorry I have work now on Sunday. Was really looking forward to meeting you lot and having a beer. Hopefully next time...

Owen tavern?

I was keen, but I'd be a bit of a sadist to mucky up all that work in the first couple of hundred miles...

Sounds great, and will do. Not sure if I can get tomorrow free but will give it a crack

And I think the term "perennial undersealing" sounds better.....

When/where, keen as...

Truth is the leak was staged for a bit of loling... Lol

Off for some poser pics...

I've had a productive few days tidying up the last few jobs and sorting a few little balls ups.

Ended up with an exhaust leak from a blown manifold gasket. Not sure what I did wrong or if I had a bad gasket but either way I'd bought two so had a spare. Not too hard to change in place either.

Also, one of my newly overhauled rear wheel cylinders started leaking fluid but luckily caught it quickly and saved my new shoes. I had the cylinder done again, and so far it seems ok.....

Had a real quick alignment done also which only got the front toe done. All other angles were OK sort of but not perfect. Might try and find a shop that doesn't mind actually spending a bit of time and care setting it up properly cause I'm sure it would be worth it... Either way, it's much better now and drives awesome.

This morning took it in for a WOF, which it passed sweet as. Pretty stoked

Went and bought a timing light and learnt how to use it. Fuck what a difference!

It's no rocket, but I did manage a little skid coming out of a roundabout and I'm not sure what made me grin the most between that and lack of twitching from the rear end! The 180B half shafts mod is a success

Also had the exhaust fixed up today, it was all a bit of a mess but all good now so pretty much ready to go for a WOF

The inlet manifold was just cleaned of oil and grease with a bit of petrol then scrubbed with a aluminium cleaner made by chemtools... I have run out of it now any chucked the bottle but I bought it from opel engineering if that helps.

I think I'm just about done playing with acid and shit so you might have to do it yourself sorry!! I've had heaps of fun but would probably do it all a bit different the second time round. While paint stripping and acid washing works, it would be far easier to have had the parts sand/soda/whatever blasted.

Anyways, cheers for the nice comments.

Go and get some bananas. Sure thing!

Pretty stoked