jr
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ed mark off the whole bay like novaneil did to stop marks etc 
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Robin
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I'm just going to fit the block on bare and assemble the engine in the bay... Apparently it can be done 
It can, it's a fucking nightmare though 
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ed
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Yea, gonna tape it all up with cardboard again. Already done a few chips, but I can just touch them in using a little trick Tom taught me
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ed
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I'm just going to fit the block on bare and assemble the engine in the bay... Apparently it can be done
It can, it's a fucking nightmare though
Lee Mitchell told me it's easy 
If it come to it, the input shaft pops out to give me some more space....
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Jafster
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
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Originally posted by Robin
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Originally posted by ed
I'm just going to fit the block on bare and assemble the engine in the bay... Apparently it can be done
It can, it's a fucking nightmare though
Lee Mitchell told me it's easy
If it come to it, the input shaft pops out to give me some more space....
well lee put in a turbo in myn with the box still there and a freshly painted bay so guess it can be done with ease
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Robin
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When I did mine, it was a lot of ballache getting the head on, inlet on, etc with it in the bay, as there's not much room to do it.
I'd build it up first if I did it again.
It was my first time though :blush:
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Mattb
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the head and manifold are easy... its the lining up of the input shaft and the clutch thats the ball ache... and with a freashly painted engine bay i would definately bolt the gearbox and block together and lift it in..
my 2p
tho ed you are brave paining your car pink
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ed
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Yea, getting the head on isn't going to be fun because I am switching to head studs. I'd rather the engine be in place though when I tighten the studs up though as it means I can torque everything up nicely without the engine going all over the place on the trolly. What's going to be done is the front mounts will be undone and the engine will pivot down and forwards on the pallet barrow or trolly jack.
I like taking things apart
But the most important thing to me was getting the suspension and hubs all re-assembled fully as the car needed to go back on it's wheels and I HATE doing suspension, hubs and brakes...
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Graeme
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why have u started fitting things?
personally i would of waited till its all painted up to prevent paint going over them, also what yellow is it?
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ed
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Needs to be on it's wheels to move it about. Don't see what difference it makes having it on it's wheels while painting it and having it on axle stands.
It's the same yellow as a can of Boddingtons.
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Robin
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 Bright.
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jr
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there is no way the colour iis yellow in the b&w pics, would be much lighter
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ed
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That and the fact that you can see that my pallet barrow is yellow and it is no where near the same colour as the car
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jr
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i stand by my opinion of that not beeing yellow, well its certinaly not a bright yellow anyway
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ed
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I kinda want to tell you all and show the pics, but then it would be a nice supprise if I don't...
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Robin
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Can we have the teaser pic u2u'd as we're better than everyone else?
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
the head and manifold are easy... its the lining up of the input shaft and the clutch thats the ball ache... and with a freashly painted engine bay i would definately bolt the gearbox and block together and lift it in..
my 2p
tho ed you are brave paining your car pink
Balls. Ummm, I might try, but cover everything in cardboard and rubber matting. Not sure
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Mattb
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if you need a hand give me a shout..
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richysport
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coming along nicely ed keep up the good work
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Jon_C
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looks good mate. thought it was going tvr green
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Bram
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BMW dakar yellow was my original guess
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ed
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Like I said, I wouldn't paint this car with an off the shelf colour.
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Robin
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Whatever colour it is, I'm sure it will look good 
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ed
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Should do the job of stopping the metal going rusty if you ask me.
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hurry up
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