When you have worked everything out, can you put up some photos please? And can you label everything including what colour wire it is. I've got the same thing to do on Noel with the added benefit of being colour blind 😁🤪🤣

2 years in and not on the road yet 🙄

Romney marsh 👍

All back together. With any luck, it will be the coolant system tomorrow

All back together. With any luck, it will be the coolant system tomorrow 😊

Time to clean up and fit the new chain etc

And we're in 🤪

Yeah! Lefty loose! And it's off 😊

And finally, work recommences. Timing chain replacement. 1st problem. What direction does the crankshaft starter dog undo? It's going to be a long day isn't it 😭

Only one cure for that, drain all the oil and don't replace it.

So the letter takes priority over the number. Thanks 👍

1975 lwb S3 2¼petrol Yes, front cover for timing chain. Not tried any yet as I don't have any. 👍

Thank you everyone. Appreciate your help. Imperial it is 👍

Evening everyone. Finally finding some time to carry on with Noel's rebuild. Looking at the LR workshop guide, it tells me I need imperial bolts for the crank cover for engine numbers before 36123672B or 36407286B And metric thereafter. Mine is 9510***8A So, imperial or metric please 👍 It's a...

To be honest, I was kinda hoping Merlin would get in touch. I've not tried elsewhere as I don't really know how to go about it. Plus I've not had time to work on Noel so it's gone on the back burner.😕

I've tried with no response, that was a year ago. Think I even paid

You mean a scaffold tube on a breaker bar is not the correct way of mixing different threads?🤣

And don't tighten anything up or drill/ream any holes that don't line up, till every panel is back on. Speaks someone who may have made that mistake 🙄🤣

That's not a bad idea. My mate at work removes his leg to gain access to tight spaces