UPDATE .
...Loooong overdue
as the garage I had access to suddenly was crammed to the plimsol-mark with what best described as anchors Roffen had to step aside
for a long periode,after the earlier Set-back where motor suddenly got stuck, I only had limited access to garage to search for cause.
(lots of innocent sleep lost lately)
-When found, it turned out Not to be the motor that was the culprit,but a double coned bearing in the 5sp.gearbox that had seized-up.
Search on, and finally located one in France,and was after long wait for it able to get it installed plus rest of g.box cheked and serviced
then had to wait for ages once again,then had a small window of opportunity so got busy putting things together once more,this time I
used the lighted flywheel which turned out Not to be compatible with bendix on starter-which I only found out after some hair-rising
shearing-noises when trying to start motor. Cog engaged a bit then slipped and whined Loud.
Motor left in this time so only took out gearbox itself.don't know if I saved time by doing this way ,but into S&M! I just Had to try new
way-right? Got it out after some slight massaging,changed to what is called "Extended Mass Flywheel" Now if anyone on here can tell
me what exactly is the purpose of that I would love to know....
Its close to double thickness one-piece but "extra front-part" does not engage or drive anything so I'm at a loss.
Only thing I can think of is the fact this motor have a low tick-over at 650rpm +/- 25 so could this extended mass be to have it run
smooth at this low rpm?? because It really Does run silky-smooth...One for the Experts I guess.
Fat flywheel fitted,all mounted back in,fingers crossed-and What do you know.. it fits! -motor starts -All sounded good. about 5 Ave
Marias later it Still holds together and runs strong.
Adjused Co and Nox,held it at about 3000rpm's for 20mins then retorqued top.mounted lots of thingamagings and after 2,5 hours cooling
loosened one bolt at a time and retorqued to final setting.All as stated in my Autodata book (MUCH more detailed than Haynes-manual!!)
Had to cut and redo clutchcable which should be only half the lenght of before, clutch release-arm sits horizontal and works upwards now.
Have used only premium oil for g.box and motor and also used red anti-freeze as I noticed just how much cleaner and nicer some of the
above mentioned anchors looked using red stuff..
Started and reversed off ramp only to find both shroud and fan blades on rad-fan hindered gear-lever from engaging 1st/3rd/and 5th..
other than that(!) -all seemd fine
Took Roffen for a spin (Litarally)-as we had had a sh*t-load of snow and I only have summer-tyres on.took it real nice and easy just
to feel it up.Day after there were some bare patches so What to do? Had to test again right? This time I was able to observe a very
promising kick when 2nd carb opened.. in addition the shear sound is just awesome too..I was grinning all around my head..
and all this with that very restrictive orig exhaust-system on
I will order (or try bending one around one of the trees outside here myself) a much more open exhaust-system one of these days....
Already have a nice sports-muffler so will try to use that on it..
Have ordered new skinny read el.fan to replace the fat deep one also needed new temp.sensor switch as these tende to conk out
after overheating, will pick up tomorrow, so have now spread word that garage is no good,to keep inflow of other cars low as poss.
to make room for Roffen in there...
-Last thing is to mount bonnet,which I have prepared with quick-release hinges and easy-connectors for electrics then I'll take all
ovens outside and hope to melt some snow atleast in this part of Norwayland..
PS: Tried to upload some pixes but either the system doesn't work Or I'm just dumb (absolutely NO need to comment on this one!)
PPS: If of interest, I will post "The Things That Will NOT Fit Right In" on such a transplant later on
-Hope all of you guys have had a real nice time lately and that we meet up somewhere again this year/ -Reid.