Modena's progress update

[Modena]

oohhhh that's an interesting idea!

[DaveW]

Ben,
bottom lock nut on the Clutch master cylinder is loose.


great thinking with the Rivnut step off method.

Dave

[DaveW]

The corks a good idea,
Wikipedia says:
"Cork's bubble-form structure and natural fire retardant make it suitable for acoustic and thermal insulation"

[Modena]

Got the heat shields done today, just ran out of time to get the last one's fixing holes drilled hence the tape

The one with tape has some 14mm stand-offs to clear the brake line and p-clips

[guye]

Looking good Ben.

What are you going to do with the brake and clutch lines? Reroute and rebend them, or cut a hole in the middle of the shield?

[Modena]

Guye, in the first pics you can see the front line before the shield went on, then in the later pics the front line is gone but the rear line is routed behind the shield, you can see it pop out the bottom.

I am re-running the front line to go straight out and around the inner guard.

The clutch line is flexible braided and will come out at 90 degrees and curve around, probably utilising one of the nutserts on the inner shield to hold a p-clip in place.

[Modena]

Big day today, my Cobra now has a heart!

Great help from my fellow round-tubers, Gregg, Phil and Dave. Thanks Phil for the engine crane, hydraulics expertly handed by Dave.

Removed the shifter from the box and that turned to be a wise decision, nice and slow, it went in easy.







LS7 clutch












"Murphy'd" T-56










Heat shields painted in high-temp black








Dropped the front by 60mm to help with the angle of guiding it in
























Gregg's Cobra watched on from the sidelines

[LoBelly]

Good job chaps - a big step forward

Those gearboxes are pretty serious bits o kit

Keep rollin Ben - you have a date with Winton.

LB

[Aussie Mike]

That's a huge milestone. Congrats Ben!

Looks like you had a good team helping out. I bet it was a fun day.

You have definitely got me thinking about heat shields now.

Michael, the T56 is a big lump of a gearbox. It's about 900mm long and about 50KG from memory. It makes you grunt when lifting one onto the bench.

Cheers

[gjkrv8]

Another great milestone Ben. Thanks for inviting us over to help. Great teamwork Phil and Dave. We all really enjoyed it.

I am always amazed when I look at the engine/gearbox together and then the little hole in the bonnet they have to go through.

Ben, you forgot to check Phil and Dave's pockets though when they were leaving. Have you still got all your other parts :-)

Cheers Gregg

[guye]

Nice work team! Love that you're wearing your Shelbyfest shirts - that's getting into the spirit! (I'm actually wearing mine today too working on my car :-)

I was thinking the same thing Gregg about the size of the donk and 'box - the cobra is just like like a tardis really! Bigger on the inside :-)

Oh and I'm curious why the beyonwiz remote is on the windscreen, Ben?

[renovationinnov]

looking good keep the pics coming
hope the fridge was full , then empty after the engine was fitted
rob

[Modena]

Guye that's the remote for the plasma that is on the wall so I can watch Bathurst while sitting in the driver seat

Rob yes plenty beers afterwards!

[Gav]

Nice work!!
Onward and upward from here Ben!

[DaveW]

Had a great day Ben, don't think we took any bark off anything, and there's nothing like all the bolt holes lining up first go.

I think Gregg, Phil and I were just as excited as you were.

Cheers
Dave.

[Modena]

Wow I thought I had a thousand jobs to do before the engine went in....now it feels like a million!

Got a few more things done yesterday;

The engine loom is now in and plugged in everywhere
Made the battery cables to length and terminated to the battery master kill switch
Starter motor is on
Finished and fitted the main fuel line to the engine

next up;
finishing lines from oil cooler thermostat back to the engine
starting to run coolant lines
finishing fuel lines to/from tank and pumps

[boxhead]

Wow, I never thought they would go in or come out as a single unit, I had always assumed the box would have to be unbolted first, slid back and engine pulled.

Great work all.

[Modena]

boxhead, there is maybe room to shuffle the tranny back about 60mm, and about 75mm in front of the engine so you could split them in car - it would be ugly though, on a hoist with a tranny jack it might be easy enough, as Mike says these T-56 are not one to be easily chucked about.

Going in as one unit when the balancer cleared the body at the front there was a good couple of inches clearance in the tunnel, and we could have gone for more angle. Pretty easy really, don't know what I was worried about!

[Aussie Mike]

It was a good effort Ben and Co. I don't reckon you could easily do it in one shot in a square tube chassis. The chassis cross member behind the trans is going to be the problem. The back of the box is jammed right into the V and half the extension housing hangs over the top.

Cheers

[DaveW]

quote "don't know what I was worried about!"

I do, me on the end of that engine hoist.....whew, the pressure