Practically Classics Forum

Well you'll be glad to know not too many photos today Engine really should be in by now but I've discovered play in the gear selector 'hockey stick' so I'm waiting now for yet more parts to arrive. All the other shifter bushes are brand new so it seemed stupid to skip this. I've been plodding along ...

Been a busy couple of days, I was intending on just fitting the engine but when I unwrapped the van the engine bay was a lot worse than I remembered. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/89Rallye/68%20Deluxe/Engine/7951B0FB-1194-46D2-AC3E-517B57403096_zpsbs7th4qe.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/alb...

Or a hydraulic bulkhead fitting with a blank on it, I've actually probably got tones of them in my garage but they'd cost you pennies anyway. http://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?kw=Hydraulic+bulkhead+fitting&isNewKw=1&pgn=1&epp=24&mfs=GOCLK&acimp=0&itemId=&cnm=&cid=&sqp=hydraulic+bulkhead+fitting&_trksid...

Fair comment, I know what you mean about customs charges.

Have you looked at sensor inserts/adapters? One of them fitted with a plug maybe?

Have you actually checked the postage costs from the USA?

I've ordered tones I stuff from parts to tools and it's usually very reasonable and always ends up the cheaper option.

I bought a distributor drive puller tool just before Xmas, there £45 here got it from the states brand new £13+£10 postage.

This is the one,

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/390608080743?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

I work nights in the heavy plant industry and a head torch is an essential piece of kit, I have a few types, a rechargeable one from machine mart that's a few years old and cost iirc around £35. Tbh it's handy that it recharges but only has two light settings and is quite bulky and the light quality...

If you are registered with Copart you can purchase Cat C & D repairable vehicles - you can only purchase Cat B vehicles for breaking and to do this you again need to be registered with Copart but more importantly you need to be registered as a 'Vehicle Dismantler' with the Environment Agency Sadly ...

Hopefully... Thankfully.. :lol: this should be the last of the engine photos 8) I promise :lol: So ive been getting everything ready to bench test the engine, with all the wiring going in and a keyswitch etc I made up a while ago. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/89Rallye/68%20Deluxe/Engine/IM...

suffolkpete wrote:You could try contacting the owners' clubs, but ratty E-types could be bought for beer money 40 years ago, so it probably doesn't still exist.

Who said it was ratty? Although it may well be now but then that's what we're trying to find out!