Beauty is More than Skin Deep

[The Rovering Member]

Here's the spigot. Rich says it's a touch loose on the shaft but seems within tolerance & he has to get the old one out of the flywheel to try it there:



The instructions did specify a good running clearance so hopefully this isnt a problem:



I also sent a couple of photos of Rich measuring the input shaft & crankshaft hole so there was as much info supplied as possible:

 

[The Rovering Member]

Half a millimetre too large for the crank. Rich is going to try to get it down with emery cloth, he doesn't have a lathe. I could send it back but then it could come back a tad too small, it's difficult without having the crank there to gauge it.

 

[The Rovering Member]

After some major modification the bearing is now in. Rich had to completely remove the 'brim' of the hat as the splines butted up against it before the 'box was fully home. A consequence of being the first to try a 'theoretical' design l suppose.
It's a tight fit so should stay in place.
What with the price of fabrication plus fettling to get it in, that was one expensive spigot bearing.

 

[The Rovering Member]

They're united:

 

[The Rovering Member]

The new gearbox mount. It looks like it's out of a box but Richard made it:



VW engine mounts:

 

[The Rovering Member]

The drivetrain in situ. The propshaft is at quite an angle:




Another small inner sill repair needed plus a couple either side of the front screen: