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edsnova posted:

I tidied up the shop today. 

Cory was there yesterday and we all know he keeps his garage like a damn operating room. Mine looks more like the back yard in Sandford and Son.

So I put some tools away, threw away a bunch of boxes. Set things up so I could actually reach the Spyder engine which is still bolted to the pallet Carey delivered it to me on two Carlisles ago. 

Pulled the valve covers off the engine to have a look. Very clean and nice in there, and the rockers all seem to be rocking about a half inch when I turn the crankshaft over. Seems right.

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Pulled the clutch off to check it. With a claimed 1200 miles total, I figured it would be fine. And so it is.

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I  scrubbed the flywheel and pressure plate with a scouring pad, then rinsed with brake clean to remove any gunk. The machinists ridges are still present.

Then I cleaned the threadlock out of the holes, centered the friction disc with the centering tool and torqued the pressure plate back on, 20 ft-lbs or so. IMG_2678IMG_2679

I'll break out the CB Performance Black Box software this week and see if I can get it on my work laptop. I might install the engine and see if we can get things running first before messing with the disty. 

Haven't done the heim joints to the linkage yet either. But that's not hard to do with the engine in the car....

Feeling the excitement for you Ed. The end of this build is getting close and the Spyder is looking pretty nice. When it's all done a walk around video showing all of the "correct" replicated parts would be a real treat.

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