So what am I going to find, as I decide to strip marvins old engine, I am awaiting new bearings for the 1159cc from Adrian, so its either watch paint dry, or get on with the other engine. So off I pop the sump to reveil perfect clean crank case, smooth...
I found more images left on my camera, and its good to share:
Glenn Birch has a few 1159cc’s sat to one side and SL90 heads, he also has a nice 1256cc recon unit. These engines he has always said I could come and take if needed as long as I make an approprate donation to his living costs… UMM another good stash...
Well its harder than one think to find the right bearings in the right sizes when on is on a mission to keep things cheap. Thorntons seem to have all sizes on the shelf, and they have a large stock, but thats hardly a supprise when they want £32.60 plus...
I went to Derby today to have a look at buying a Sportshatch, this ones is a bit different it that its Yellow. I didn’t buy it as it was realistically too much work for me to undertake.
I called John Sharp to ask about engine bearings, just in case he had some hanging around. He has not 🙁 But he gave me the number to Thorntons (no not the chocolate people), they should be able to find the bearings I need off the shelf. John also offered me...
I shoot down to Luton today to meet up with a few club members and to finally have a look around the heritage centre…. Wasn’t as large as I thought it was, but it had some nice cars.
Got up and decided today was the day to drop the new engine (read Fred Dukes old engine) into Marvin, having fixed the hoist the night before. (tuned it upside down, drained the water out of the ram, and re filled with fresh jack oil) I started at 10am sharp,...
Mike “Bulldog” has offered me an engine, horra another 1256cc lump. Only thing is its in Exeter, which is just so far away it will have to be a special journey of 700 miles round trip, not sure I can justify that right now. But Mike is happy to put...
Shackerstone Family Festival was on this weekend so I dropped over to see what it was all about, it was a rather good village festival. To call it a village festival doesn’t do it justice, its a large show more akin to a town and or county show, anyways as...