The
engine work still continues with two down and two to go on the 2.5
litre front and a Stag V8 also stripped with various bits away for
machining and the wet liner engine now being reassembled. The long
awaited ‘custom’ camshafts for the 2.5s are threatened soon
though, so they should be back together before much longer.
It’s
funny how things go, as said before you wait ages for a transmission
job then a gang of them turn up together. After the two non-overdrive
to overdrive conversions, we got two o/d gearbox units to rebuild and
we have also got a separate J type unit to fit to the back of a Borg
Warner 65 in a 2500S. This conversion will be a first for us and
promises to get around the old problem with the big saloons and
estates that the automatics are way too short geared for touring and
sustained motorway use. It also promises when we have worked out the
details to be a fair bit cheaper than the four or five speed ZF
conversion and effectively with the benefit of no fewer than six
forward gears!
In
the meantime we’re at the end of February and with the warmer
weather expected anytime soon (it’s snowing as I type!), we’re
starting to get the regulars in now for the annual service, MoT and
sort out, ready for the start of the season so it’s all hands to
the pumps.
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