So finally came the mammoth task of refitting the engine and drive train back on the car, we had to borrow an engine jack which was absolutely necessary to get the job done.
But before any of the drive train was refitted it was neccesary to refit the exhausts as there would be no place to refit them with the prop and gearbox in the way. We put the car onto wooden blocks and after much manuvering and pushing and pulling they fitted back into the origonal place.
Next the gearbox was put onto a jack underneath the gearbox tunnel and jacked into position so that the engine could be offered up and the gearbox shaft and clutch plate to line up. None of the gearbox mountings where refitted as yet so the gearbox could be manouvered to tmeetthe engine.
Next the engine was jacked up using the engine jack and loaded from the top into the engine bay, when it was dropped all the way down onto the crossmember the gearbox was jacked up to meet it and the gearbox shaft was lined up and the gearbox was bolted to the engine. There after the engine mounts were bolted on and the engine lowered into place, the gearbox mountings were then bolted onto the body.
Next up the propshaft was fitted first on the gearbox side, the propshaft mountings where then bolted up and finally the propshaft was bolted onto the diff. Care was taken to line it up to the origonal position so we had made a mark on the propshaft and diff before we took it out.
There is lots more space in the engine bay now that the battery tray has been removed, plenty place to work.
Few of the odds and ends that need to be fitted onto the engine.
There is still alot of assembling to be done in the engine bay, which will be done in the coming days. Will post pictures as i go along.
Here is the new stance of the car with the engine in, it dropped about 80mm due to the wieght of the engine and gearbox.
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