Gear Lever
Gear lever in place - rear is being held up with an old handbrake cable for the moment until I make a mount for it.
Brakes
Received the splash plates from Motormec today so I went about installing them. Needed holes cutting in them - this was due me not wanting to take the hubs off....
Gear Knob
Short one, got a few more bits in including gear knob and handbrake handle. I got both off eBay. The gear knob actually came from Motorforce. Also ordered via partsgateway...
Steering Rack
Doh! Steering rack is too big at either end and needs to go back to Marlin to be modified. Its about 2.5cm out one side and 5cm on the other....
Parts!
Woohoo delivery from Marlin including the steering rack, track rod ends, electric fan, brake servo and master cylinder. Electric was needed because the viscose fan wouldn't fit in with the...
4 to 5 stud adapter
I've had a few questions on where I got the adapters from. I purchased them off eBay, however the original seller bought them off someone in the states who had...
4 to 5 stud adapter
Due to having a full set of E36/46 wheels sitting in the garage with almost new Bridgestone RE720 rubber it seemed a shame not use it. We've sourced a set...
Engine
Test fit of engine. Got bored waiting for steering rack so we thought we'd "chuck" the engine in and see how it fits - very nicely from the look of...
LSD Restored and fitted
New pictures in the gallery showing the cleaned up and de-rusted limited slip differential fitted to the Sportster. More new pictures of the front with the brake calliper and wheel...
LSD
Thank you to pacerpete on www.E30Zone.co.uk I now have a 3.91 ratio LSD for the Sportster! Went to collect it today. Now it needs to be cleaned - de rusted...
Bits! and Front suspension
Excellent! I got big funny shaped box from Marlin today. Quite a lot more bits, specifically ball joints and shocks. Front suspension is together! Just need the steering rack now...
Brake Pipes
Don't have any pictures yet but after getting some male/male adapters I was finally able to get on with installing the rear brake pipes and hoses. Looks pretty good. I...
Pedal Box
The pedal box is close to complete now. I decided to use the ball bearings from the donor car. This needed a bit of work on the pedals to make...
Wheel
The steering wheel arrived. It's a nice size, smaller than the stock wheel but not tiny.
Ball joints
After waiting on missing ball joints, it turns out they're not part of the kit. So ball joints ordered from Marlin. Steering Wheel should be here soon, all that is...
Rear test fit
Untitled Document Rear suspension test fit. Although the rear spring seats dont align properly the springs seem to go in ok. I'm not 100% happy with this but for the...
Construction begins
Today I've done first proper elements of construction. Fitting of the rear swing arms and the differential. These didn't quite fit properly and need the help of the mallet to...
Bushes
Marlin have sent me over a set of 10 bushes for the diff mount and front wishbones. After a bit of experimentation and lots of washing up liquid I had...
New bits!
The Magnecor HT leads turned up today. Very nice looking set of leads. They didn't cost much more than the OE set. The old leads had started to crack and...
Restoration & new clutch
The restoration of old parts and generally making them look nice continued today. Also installed the new clutch. New pictures are up (paint is still wet though)
Shiny
3 new pictures today! One very shiny rocker cover, now polished and painted black. Inlet manifold slowly cleaning up. Not sure how much more I will do on this one.