Making a bit of room

Just as threatened, the Nuffield tractor was brought into action this weekend and the engine, complete with gearbox, was removed from the GT6. This was to enable me to make a couple more modifications to the bulkhead. There is now sufficient room beside the engine for the metering unit, its pipes and the distributor to all fit in.

On the other side of the bulkhead a little more space was made to fit the rear trottle body in. I was keen to get the engine out, make the modifications and the engine back in over the weekend, so as not to have the engine in the way, just in case somebody else needed to use the barn. Because of this, there is a bit of tidying-up to do around the bulkhead including painting, but hopefully I should be able to find time to do this during the week.


Although all the throttle bodies fit on the engine in the car, the linkages between them are still not clearing some of the bodywork. I have two options here, make more space in the bulkhead and risk getting too close to the steering column or have a major re-design of the linkages. I shall probably go for the latter, as there is so much slack in the linkages, I can see that in the end most if it would be replaced anyway.