O O, time for an update! At least the rear axle got mounted under the car in 2021, albeit the very last day! The rest of the holidays more real work then planned got in the way of the Lambda restauration. However the past week Covid intervened, and twe were all under house arrest! A good thing having the workshop at home it proved once again!
Some serious work was undertaken the past week in fitting and adjusting the front brakes, mount new bearings in the front hubs, and fit all together. The track rod I made was too wide by 15mm, so there was no other option then start over and make another one....
I then finally fitted the engine and gearbox, checking all fitted together with ease, and double checking on the clutch operation. The shaft between the gear lever and the box proved 4mm too long so had to be slightly shortened to get the gear lever to be perpendicular to the tunnel in neutral. After this the brake compensator shaft couldf be fitted as well, making the lower end of the engine compartment almost complete!
Fitting the rear shock absorbers required some adjustment to the body, as there was not enough room for them to move freely, which was resolved by making a special spacer moving them slightly outwards and removing a bit of the body!
I then could not resist making a probe fit of the carburettor and air filter, and check choke and accelerator connections, as these still need to be adusted and painted.
I also took a lot of time fitting the steering wheel and advance control mechanism, as, due to a fault in the parts manual, where a little spring is shown in the wrong position, the whole steering shaft had to come out again to correct this...the disadvantage of assembling a car without having disassembled it.....
But al in all huge progress has been made the past week...mind that almost every bolt fixing these components had to be made, since no bolts came with the project. It is a quite time consuming matter, since I want to keep all the treads BSW like original so modify long M8 bolts by cutting new treads....
An intermediate task was to give the underside of the rear mudguards a good thick coat with underbody protection, as I fear the aluminium will be dented quite easily by little stones thrown against it by the wheels.
Next week I hope to pick up some wheels and then the first task will be to bring the car to the radiator man to get the radiator made properly.
Getting closer!!!
