Back on track

Well, I hope so anyway. You may have noticed I’ve been absent recently. Essentially, I’ve been snowed under. However, I seem to be getting out of it now.

I’ve now managed to get the garage mostly tidied up, although I am thinking about making life difficult for myself by putting some more paint on the floor. I do now have lots of the bits that I need to get going on the class B engine change. Most obviously, I’ve got the engine as seen here.

As you can see, it all looks shiny. You’re actually looking at the exhaust side here, as the standard sump has a great lump on the bottom of it, that you can see, that tilts the engine over. I also have a billet sump for the engine which will reduce the height a bit. It should also mean that it sits square(r) on the floor of the garage.

The big problem with making progress is that I’ve got a new toy, as seen here. This is a Boxford lathe of indeterminate age (I think about 20 years) and of indeterminate model. For some reason the various plates on it don’t say what particular model it is. It doesn’t really matter though as it seems to work OK. Problem is, I now need to buy some tooling for it (what I got with it is only a hint) and I’m rather lost in wondering what it’s all about.

As long as I can stop myself playing with the lathe, I can get on with taking the car apart. The first thing will be to take a good deal of it to bits. I’m trying to resist the temptation to overdo the disassembly, as that way I’d probably end up with a load of bits that I’d just put back on again. However, at some point over the winter I must at least take all the suspension to bits and check everything.

Again…

First thing though, is to take the 919 engine out. I wonder where the heck I’m going to put it?