And now a big one...

Last night was a major leap forward - myself, Alastair and Simon Buyers (a workmate) lifted the engine of the stand and set it down on the trolley. Using a cable sling and some pipe Simon and I took up the weight while Alastair undid the securing bolts with an impact wrench. Very quickly the engine was free and we lowered it on to the trolley.

Nothing daunted we immediately bolted the gearbox to the engine and slapped on the starter. However, all this must be undone because this morning I discovered a minor leak from the gearbox coming from the bellhousing/gearbox joint.

 I also fitted the exhaust headers (loosely) as I wanted to check the extent of the interference between the water rail and the headers.

This afternoon we tackled the front shocks and uprights, those went on with no problems. Encouraged, we tried the rear shocks but it seems there is an issue with the Avon shocks - no clearance between the shock lower knuckle and the lower wishbone. Out with the die grinder this weekend.....