TWiR 1986 S3 TWR

[KiwiDave]

So ... the motor needs to go back in. Assistant (s) required. TWiR needs a return match with the London to Brighton Classic at the end of May.

Venue will be the same underground and slightly Batcave - esque carpark and handy to a variety of food and beverage providers.

Possible dates .. Thursday Apr 30th thru Sunday 3rd May OR Sunday 10th May thru Monday 11th May.

No pressure though .. just don't make me beg

[Lucky]

Good work, dude. I'm working every single one of those dates you suggested 6th and 7th of May no good to you?

[KiwiDave]

Good work, dude. I'm working every single one of those dates you suggested 6th and 7th of May no good to you?

If it comes down to that, the 7th would work. I'm on an early turn but could manage a 1300 start if that suits? End game would be getting the motor in as opposed to geeting it fired up if time gets silly.

[MelloYello]

Hey Dave, yeah I can add an extra set of hands on the 7th also.

[KiwiDave]

Good work, dude. I'm working every single one of those dates you suggested 6th and 7th of May no good to you?

Hey Dave, yeah I can add an extra set of hands on the 7th also.

Ok! Looks like the 7th is winning at this point. Weekday is a bonus as traffic is reasonable for an afternoon start. Pencil for penciling in stuff is ready

[KiwiDave]

It's official Thursday 7th is engine in day, well errr, afternoon actually. Nik and James have kindly volunteered to be glamourous assistants

So it's time to get those last minute jobs done. First one was to swap out the electric choke unit. It's surprisingly straightforward apart from the contortionist bit working under the dash. A few bits helpfully fell out whilst removing which was strange until I got the whole unit out and figured why (removed unit on top)
Someone's been fiddling



That's exactly as it came out so may explain why it was non operational? I can hear a switch action from the replacement unit as I move the cable in and out so that's a good start. I have a spare relay as well just in case.

Tried swapping out the clutch master cylinder too but can't get anything on the top nut as there's feck all room. Need one of those small ratchet handles I think so another thing to add to the shopping list. I'll stick with the one that's there for now then.

And this arrived today ..... Wife is curious

[Lucky]

Love spoon?

[KiwiDave]

Love spoon?

Hahaha ... I like your thinking there. It's flexible but rigid at the same time and kinda like the stuff you use


I'm a silicon hose virgin really. For instance, I've just discovered that I can get 120 and 180 degree bent sections as well Anyway, I thought I'd try this as all the water to oil cooling hoses are the originals and the standard reinforced silicon stuff ain't man enough for that bendy action.

Spent a good few hours getting all Fort Knox ish with my little rotorcave. Well, you can't make it too easy for the local miscreants. So there's a combination of internal and external locking devices along with alarmed padlocks. The internal locks took the most time. Mounting up was easy but getting everything lined up was tedious, especially when everything changes as I tightened stuff down I lost count of how many times the locks were mounted and unmounted

The final bit to that is the escutcheon plate which gets rivited on. Cue cheap EBay tastic hand riveter that jams on first use so now it needs to come apart. Easy to get apart ... spring under pressure is releaed in pinball type action between garage floor and ceiling. Trajectory tracking was unsucessful ... search and rescue takes almost 30 minutes. Other components are helpfully scattered randomly on the floor. There are only six components and two possible fitting sequences plus a spring to keep under pressure. I am a legend at re assembling hand riveters now New skill # 371

Had planned some car time as well but it never happened More tomorrow ... two sleeps til the motor drops in

[KiwiDave]

Got some flexi hose in this afternoon




A meter ain't quite enough though which is annoying. Will re use some of the old stuff for now as it's all got to come off and get trimmed up properly. There's an art to cutting it .... practice required. One more sleep until TWiR gets a heart

[Lucky]

A meter ain't quite enough though which is annoying.

lol, I could have told you that

There's an art to cutting it .... practice required.

Hacksaw and then sidecutters for the wire reinforcer. Or even better, an angle grinder with a thin cutting disc