The daily.....

its getting there slowly, have most bits now only a couple things left to buy

nice work Joe

think theres some pics of which holes to tap out on a F28 in Benn's thread, if not stick up a request, sure someone will help you

yea think im going to do that, ive tapped one hole but it isnt 100% straight i just went hell for leather :(

Will ask what is needed and how its done

had another evening at this after work, but failed to take the camera down :( lol

Got the engine up into place with f28 bolted on ready to tack the new mount into place

Me being me didnt realise i needed a differant mount :( and couldnt find one laying around the garage where the car is so i will raid my garage at home for a solid mount i got off edd.

Next day of attack is wednesday so i will sort the camera out for then

Booo, I was expecting/Hoping for pics.

Right all you pic lovers im afraid to say i havent got any :( my mates took his camera back.

But ive had another night on it :)

Ive got the f28 mount tacked in place and i took the head off to check the bores which are f*cked well iirc shiney like a mirror means ****ed lol

so now im going to have to get the block honed and replace the rings and all the bearings :( more money.

Saturday is my next day so im hoping to get the camera sorted for then

Right another day well half on this, but most of it was spent cleaning the garage as it was chaos lol

Pics will come but not today as its my mates camera and ive got to show him how to upload them, etc

i took the brake lines off unbent and only had to cut one flexi so braided are going to have to be ordered up.

Dropped the engine back out of the bay and am awaiting an engine stand to strip the last couple of bits off then its going to be stripped and sent off to the machine shop for honeing.

also found out my block isnt a let its a converted xe :(

So how would i go about telling the Dvla its a let as i need the engine number

Joe

Engine number wont matter it not being a LET one.

arhh ok so i get the engine number and tell them its a 20 LET then

Thats alright

Also inhereted an F16 to get the correct speedo ring out of just have to dismantle both boxes

They won't give a toss what engine code it is, just the engine has the right capacity (1998) and engine number. As its a 2.0 already, you don't need to change the engine capacity, just the number.

The only time having the wrong number on there may be an issue is if someone has to check the car over for whatever reason.