Type 9 gearbox fitted into the spit at last

Well iv'e finally go t the engine resting on it's front mounts again. And i must say that it looks good. The gearlever pokes up in the right place. as shown below.





So i can now get on with making a gearbox mount. At present it's just resting on the old mounting plate. It also looks like my plan to use the sierra mount will not work, so i will buy a mount from caterham cars along with a few other bits and pieces. That will be next week.
Hopefully i will make the propshaft tommorow so that ready to be fitted.

Also as can be seen below there is a clearance issue between the chassis on the left hand side and the new gearbox so a tweak might have to be done to get over that.



As well as this i think the exhaust is also a touch to close, so that will have to be looked at as well. The gearlever also needs work as in it's to long, needs a triumph gearknob fitted, the plastic saddle bush in the gearbox needs replacing and the lever needs to be tilted by about 5 degrees to the left as moving the lever into 5th gear put the lever out of sight behind the steering wheel rim. minor tweaks that will make a difference.

All in all a job well done i think but still some way off actually driving it.