OK so it's been a minute since I touched the Spyder (lots of little emergencies cropped up in and around the house over the past couple weeks). I wrote about this on another thread but thought I should document it here for the record:
I drove the Spyder on the street today.
It was an illegal round-the-block trip, purely to make sure the shift linkage worked under power and the steering wheel was properly centered, which it did and it was.
Car ran good too: started easy and, after a little revving settled into a 800-900rpm idle.
Then I screwed up the horn button trying to jam it in the steering wheel. Ordered a new one.
After that I took a few pictures of my flywheel, such as to allow me to approximate TDC and 30 before with sharpie marks on the top of the pulley, so that I can double-check the timing. The way it's running, I doubt it's far from right. But ya gotta.
Also noticed the alternator pulley is running about 3/8 of an inch ahead of the crank pulley. The shroud is on right, no room to slide it back at all. I'm hoping against hope there's some kind of way to slide the alternator back, but kinda doubt it.
Very much wish I'd noticed this at some point over the past 3 years with the engine on a pallet outside the vehicle.
But whatever. It runs as is. I'll futz with it and see if I can straighten it out, and maybe buy a spare pulley or two in case it won't come straight.
Advice about this issue much welcomed.
