Thread: starting series 1 restoration

Yep, petrol is nasty stuff these days, I had a fuel pump squirt me in the eye the other week and it was most unpleasant, could not see and had to stumble to the tank. Probably you should be washing parts with solvent or kero though, cuts the nasties you are breathing in.

Regards,
Tote

hey i am having a problem with the distamce sleeve on the mainshaft when i put 2nd gear and 3rd gear where they are suppose to 2nd gear is extremely tight and only turns with alot of force and 3rd gear has a bit of play in it but when i swap them over they are perfect but the lengths are different has any body experienced this before or have any suggestions of what to do

some gearbox/transfer photos

just a few more photos





well the gearbox and transfer wont be together by the end of the holidays and the chassis wont be fully repaired and painted so my 3 goals wont be met which is making this project so much harder since i only have about 3 months left

well the gearbox and transfer still isnt together dad took the mainshaft to derek at singleton automotives and will be getting the thrust washer saturday.so i got a bit of painting in today to make me feel better about progress.
i need to put another coat on the d-lamp i did it in the dark and i missed a few spots.

Hey Tony,
Don't take NO for an answer with regard to the 10% student discount! If they promised it to you, contact the principle of the business, the general manage or similar. I always go for the top person first off. Probably best to use the phone in person , follow up with emails and phone again the next day and so on. The squeaky gate gets the most oil (Henry Royce of RR fame).If all else fails.......use your father to get into the act and use DAD-POWER.
You are doing a great job and many a lessor person would have given up months ago.
Its always exciting when new parts arrive and unwrapping is almost as good as Christmas, as a small boy. Enjoy every moment .
make sure that that chassis is out of winding when welding bits in, just use 2 parallel timbers and get down and sight them in relation to one another and you will soon see if it is right.
Peter

It's good to see they supplied a double sealed bearing.
That will stop oil transfer from G/box to T/c.
Doing good . Yes it takes time...........