Posts Tagged "transmission"

Engine and gearbox are built

Last night was a big night as we bolted the engine and gearbox together.  I realize that I have been very delinquent in my updates and there will be some catch up that is done on the whole build process, but I may still get to drive the mini before the snow flys….

Here is a shot of the gearbox.  It took a bit of work, but I finally got it back together with the new baulk ring.  Not sure what I am going to do with the old one as it is the source of all this craziness.

rebuilt-gearbox

Here is another shot with the new LSD insalled!  Not sure how long the old one was going to make it.

gearbox-with-lsd

A shot of the engine waiting for the gearbox.

engine-ready-for-the-gearbox

and one of everything bolted together.

engine-and-gearbox-bolted-together

 

Gearbox & Suspension Teardown

Well I finally made some good progress in the last week.  The suspension and everything tied to the front sub-frame has been taken off.  The sub-frame has been cleaned up and soon it will be ready to be repainted!

subframe-cleanup

suspension-and-other-frontend-parts

The gearbox is also finally apart.  Next step is ordering a rebuild kit and a cross pin diff.

gearbox-teardown

Jesse has also started porting and polishing the head. I had some pictures, but they didn’t come through on the camera to well.

So… hopefully it wont be long before everything starts to get built again.  I would just like to do a bit of cleanup on the engine bay before I head back to Madagascar.  Who knows by the end of summer I might actually be putting everything back in the car… well maybe. 🙂

Engine Parts Purchase

Well, the engine has been torn down and now I am just purchasing the parts.  Hopefully they will be here in the next couple of weeks.  I am just not to sure about what changes there will be to the tranny…