just a little update...
slowly getting there with the armour, found a retired Rivetter who is showing me how to do it.... he is also going to lend me a big rivet hammer and snaps....
sent my engine away to get built... got some photo's back got a phone call from Belcher Engineering who wanted to charge me £400 for a set of +20 thou big end shells and +30 thou mains !!!!!!!! went online 30 sec later found a set of shells for $90 (£65ish) from the US
stuck piston was removed with the application of coke (pop not the narcotic) poured down the bore and left over night next day....voila !
the sump as removed.. i poured a shed load of AT fluid down the pots when i got the engine back to the UK and it has dragged all the crap out the engine into the sump..... YAK !
big end shells... i dont think they look too bad to be fair ! engine was last built in march 1945 (when it was recond)
gearbox.... first and second look pretty chewed up... no syncro's here guys its a "bang it in" jobby..
