Jake's Story

Spent a fair amount of time looking/thinking/pondering the gearbox crossmember. Decided to crop the old mounts of the crossmember, and make up new brackets as per the book. Really wanted to find a spec for the engine/driveline installed angle, but no luck so far. Eventually, I’ve taken a punt at the correct height, cut off the original mounts from the old cross member, and made up some news mounting plates. The crossmember’s going to be moved back, so will need a couple of new captive nuts in the chassis.

In between engine, exhaust & gearbox mounts, bits keep coming off!
Seats, carpets, dash, wiring all out
More backlash in the diff /axleshafts than seemed nice, so the axle is out as well