well, the new engine is in and running…

the only clue is this… i forgot just how deafening it is… with the solid mount gearbox it’s punishing to drive long distances…

all the oil over the back of the bus if from the old engine (flywheel oil seal dontchaknow) the oil seal is now fixed and the engine is being loaned to ollieslammedbay so he can race this weekend at easterthunderball…

i’ve done about 600 gentle kilometers in it but it’s still not right, the plugs in number 2 and four cylinder are sooty and wet and fouled. there is a spark but its weak and seems intermittent. i tried swapping the leads around and that makes little difference. i think there might be a problem with the coil pack or there’s an earth leakage somewhere. it runs lumpy and rough and is smoking rather too much for my liking…
…and it appears to have started leaking oil from behind the pulley.

and it’s raining and the new headlining material hasn’t turned up yet.

of course.

on a lighter note scooter boy from scooterblog (bristol to the greek islands on a scooter) turned up today to pick out new ak gear to wear on his epic journey.
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and here he is ! scooterboy modelling on e of the new embroidered akciddento baseball caps.