I managed to get the engine running sweet enough to try and move the car under it's own power. So I popped in the clutch, engaged first and......
.....yipee she was moving under her own steam
but then ..... .... the damn prop was catching on the tunnel
, only just but enough to worry about it and especially as the gearbox/engine is going to move a
little on the road. So, I um'd and ar'd and then decided that I should be able to move the gearbox lower mount across by about 1/2". So I did, and it seems to be fine now, around 1/4" - 1/2" clearance at least.
Then what? Bu**er me if the damn 90deg adaptor for the speedo drive didn't pop out!! Obviously hadn't quite got the circlip in right (thought it took a while to fit it
). Job to do but it means taking off the footwell panel, I'll be duffed if I'm gonna take the
engine/gearbox out again! So I tried again with the driving backwards and forwards and it was fine, until the damn clutch ratchet let go....AGAIN!....yesterday I replaced the pawl that grips the ratchet teeth on the quadrant as the old one had stripped and was not gripping. So when I check it today expecting it to be the same it was fine, but just seems to not grip the quadrant wheel enough to disengage the clutch?? I stripped it down, checked it again, all seemed fine, it's a new spring so God knows why it's not gripping, anyone got any ideas?
Why do we bother?
