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Really? Hero, thank you. Don't need that then. I've no idea how that got into the 'gearbox mount' box!

If that's all I've done wrong i'm well chuffed. Got to get the rad in and then bend that pipe some more....parp!

After dropping off the old seats to their new owner (cheers Jamie) I got home and found dad had spent a few hours already on the car. He'd jacked the car up onto ramps (lol) to start with. The starter motor was on which i was glad of as it's a b*****d of a job hidden up in between the block...

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No Tony, the gearbox was in the car when I got it. Could be a bit of PAS pipe, but i've no reason to believe the pipes have been cut? Also that pin thing is bugging me, I put all the bolts into the tub it came from and that's still left in there. lol.

Lol, maybe. I swear the metal pipe came from somewhere though!

Well sort of. Engine is rebuilt and put back in, all connected up etc. I've got a tub of bolts left over but I'm gambling they've come off the other engine, lol. What's bugging me are these three things: First up, what the hell is this! It's the small metal pipe thing on the bottom...

Spent an hour last night beginning to attach it all back up again. Engine was shifted to the correct angle then I reattached the upper and lower gearbox mounts. The top engine mount was loosely put in place. Also sprayed up the last alt bracket from a 172 Cup that enables me to do away with...

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Hopefully i'll find some time to get it all connected back up this week before I go back up north.

So here follows the Heath Robinson way to fit an engine. All the mechanics out there, please look away, I apologise. The engine was ready to go back in the car and was on the stand looking pretty. Being a tight arse I didn't get around to hiring an engine crane so a bit of manual labour was...

Gracias. Glad I didn't confirm i'd have a Titanium bootlid!

...and not Titanium? :dapprove:

Nice car Robert.

Lovely car. I still long for a 123d coupe.

Thats pretty cheap tbh. Was it a trade in or something?

Enjoyable read Rob. Congrats on third, even if it wasn't the result you were after. That engine's had more headgaskets than i've had hot dinners!

I know that piece of road very well and know exactly the complex of corners before that straight where the car ended up. Did the car you hit come off better? Good to see you remaining positive mate, what will be will be and this is why they are called accidents :) Very surprised they're...

I like it all save the front bumper which doesn't seem to suit at all. Love the wheels.

Is there more room in the bay than in a Clio? Is that a stupid question?

That'd be down to the rediculous gearing and the lard arse mk3 chassis.

Brakes are crap, they just slow you down boy.

Bless it.

Remove, blow on it. Replace.

It's the same engine, so yes it'll fit. You'll need to swap your upper inlet over as your's will be a cable throttle. Out of interest how long had you held high revs?

I must admit, I was surprised the texts I was getting back were legible! :D

I think mine must be Fred. I'm still confused as to why that spacer didn't fit into the pulley from the cambelt kit, seeing as it was for a ph2, but hey-ho. Thanks for your help last night, were you still abroad?!

Cheers guy's. As I said it does all seem to have gone together OK and everything lined up. We checked about 3 times! I've still got no idea what the thing is Reno supplied me with (top pic) I stood there and pointed at the right part on the screen and then that turned up. It didn't slot into...

Hi mate, was going to pm you later about returning the tools to you. It wasn't too bad tbh, helped enormously by having the engine on a stand. You must have incredible patience! I think it took us just over an hour end to end to get it sorted. Everything appears to line up and we checked and...

Dad and I sorted the cambelt last night and the engine is now all timed up ready to go back in. This wasn't a simple job, god knows why you'd want to do this with the engine in situ, the timing tools have to go on and off two or three times!