Shellby - 83 gti ABF on carbs

borednow said

Bad news on the engine mate. Silly question but has it got oil in it? If not add some and let it soak and you may be lucky and it might free up.  

On the plus side though the state of your garage made me laugh 'cos I thought mine was untidy  

Thanks for the tip  

I drained the oil, but everything is still coated on oil, not dry, just feels "tight" when you rotate the crankshaft  

It's not a garage, it's a barn, I'm only there once a week, and stuff keeps getting moved around when I'm not around    But at £25 a month I can't moan    

engine sorted and turning nicely      seems some idiot (me) put the big shells back on the wrong way round   . turned them 180 degress and everything is good again  

Still awaiting engine bearings and paint, so very slow progress at the moment  managed a few tiny steps forward

first my loom arrive from Rubjonny (cheers john  )



no idea what to do with any of this  modified the dash mounts



and trail fiited the s1 dash, went in very easy  

then tried the clocks



these dont seem to line up with the mounts on the dash    Do i need different clocks? perhaps the black ones?  dont want the fusebox in the standard position, so made and fitted a little mounting bracket







engine bearings have arrived, so hopefully sort the engine next week and trail fit it, that will be a welcome step forward  thats it for now. any help with the clocks would be greatly apprieciated.

matt

If you move the fusebox there my looms probably wont reach

dash and rear ones probably ok, but the engien one may be tricky even if you put grommet holes in the middle. lighting loom will probably be the bigger problem tho i recon, most of the engine loom will prob be ok with a hole in the middle but lighting loom prob need a fair bit of faffing

Thanks for the heads up john. Will be doing a tucked loom installation, so knew Id have to play around with it    first I need to understand how the wiring works, cause all your descriptions still make my head spin  

Any idea about the clocks not fitting?

sorry not clued up on the S1 stuff really

Nice work Matt. Not sure why the clocks wouldn't fit, they're S1 clocks and S1 dash. I don't know enough about how they go together sadly though to help

No worries andy, cheers anyway  

Bit of a mystery, like you say, should fit  

Painful progress - spent 2 hours fitting the boot lock and getting the boot to latch   Couldn't get the lock to engage, had to keep enlarging the holes in the shell. got it done eventually.

on a good note, thats the last of the panels lined up







blasted all the debris out. so should be all in grey primer by the end of the month  

2 hours - bet you enjoyed that!  

Hairyarse said

2 hours - bet you enjoyed that!  

Yep, open hole out, try lock, fail, open hole out, try lock, fail….  

last photo of the old girl looking old….



myself and the painter are on holiday next week, then the week after she will be in grey primer - all one colour finally  on a different subject, a new toy has arrived



1961 series 2 lambretta LI. something for me to restore whilst at home  

pazwaa said

myself and the painter are on holiday next week, then the week after she will be in grey primer - all one colour finally  

Does the missus know you're going away with the painter Matt??  

Will be good to see colour on it. Nice new toy too  

In hindsight, maybe I should have worded that differently 

Cheers Andy. That's the eBay photo, real thing arrives tomorrow, rather excited 

Can't wait to see her in primer Matt. Loving the Lambretta  as well mate, very nice

Thanks Andy, all one colour is gonna feel like a massive step toward, finally 

How's your painting progressing?

Shouldn't be too much longer now hopefully, I'm off back down there at the weekend to check it out

small update

Shellby awaiting paint, looking unloved  



3 week delay on the next coat of paint  

so on to the engine, and fitting new bearings. been putting this off for a while as i was nervous about taking parts out of the engine, but it went well  

all parts removed and bagged/labelled individually



camshaft out



told myself "dont drop anything in the engine". i didnt listen, you can just see the rouge, dropped nut  



mr magnet solved that

 

new main and shell bearings fitted



camshaft back in



nipped the nuts up, check rotation, all spun nicely, phew. so torque it all up properly, checked rotation again, all good. so sump back on and finished



next step, build the engine up and add gearbox  

Hi fella, build looking good. 

I've moved my photos to a different album in photobucket and the links have been broken  

Can I re-link them anyone?

Thanks
Matt