The Engine goes in!

Yesterday was a great day with the engine going in after a fare bit of persuasion with the engine mounts in place once the bolts were in it was a happy moment to stand back and see it in place.

Diff to axle, after smearing the axle with some black gasket sealer fitting the diff in place was tricky and a tight fit but turning the diff from side to side helped it locate in place

At last after the missing bolt came through in the post (Missing parts has been a big problem with all most every stage of this build and extremely frustrating) So we were able to fit gear box to the engine  I'm not so sure where some of the electrical cables go at the moment.

Time to get the engine in place, I managed to borrow the hoist of a friend of mine once up in the air i was a little bit nervous about my rope and knots so it was back to ground to fit another rope and loop it around just in case ,...

Taa da its in!we loosely fixed the r/h engine bolt in place first and then fitted the l/h as there is more room on the l/h side of the engine its a tight fit with the gear box hard against the drivers foot well. we had to lever against the l/h engine mount to get the bolt to drop in place.

Prop and axle all went in with no problem's the upper and lower radius arms are in loosely at the moment. We found that we were missing more parts, Sleeves for the upper damper and some of the big washers for the dampers.

The axle seals were tricky to fit in place they are a tight fit and i was worried that i may damage them but in the end they went in fine with plenty of help from my hammer. The half shaft fitted was straightforward just slotted in and bolted up.We then fitted the speed sensors and connected them in to the loom and zip tied in place. lastly had a look at the gear stick which is completely different to the one in the manual and at the moment i can't see how it fits.