Part 1
In Early May pu2 (Andreas) asked the panda section if they wanted a 4x4 panda for parts. After a few posts and pics of the car it seemed sacrillage to scrap so we thought we would help.
On the 12th of June myself and Tony made our way to Manchester with the task of removing 2 engines one from the 4x4 and one from Tony's selecta and mating the engine of Tony's with the gearbox of pu2's 4x4. This was also the day that I was going to London to pic up the Barchetta, so the schedule was very very tight
Tony was fully able to help with Andy being the original novice, lots of graft was done but with so much to do it got to that stage where it was inevitable that it wasn't going to be completed, the final straw was a starter motor that wouldn't fit the block due to a strenthening spar. This spar is not on any of the Panda engines but didn't affect Tony's selecta as the starter motor is fited through the g/box to the flywheel rather than the opposite method of Andy's. The spar was about 2" too long and the back of the starter hit before the mounting bolts could be fixed it was a crushing blow as we were really in that fixit mode and certain without this we would have got the engine back in and running at least BUT it wasn't to be. Both myself and Tony were very disapointed but you can only do so much in a day and with not having all the tools in the arsenal se la vie.
We only stopped briefly for a propper Italian lunch cooked by Andreas and on this score he really wasn't a novice it was FAB
So late on I left to go and get the Barchetta
Below were the pics of the day.
In Early May pu2 (Andreas) asked the panda section if they wanted a 4x4 panda for parts. After a few posts and pics of the car it seemed sacrillage to scrap so we thought we would help.
On the 12th of June myself and Tony made our way to Manchester with the task of removing 2 engines one from the 4x4 and one from Tony's selecta and mating the engine of Tony's with the gearbox of pu2's 4x4. This was also the day that I was going to London to pic up the Barchetta, so the schedule was very very tight
Tony was fully able to help with Andy being the original novice, lots of graft was done but with so much to do it got to that stage where it was inevitable that it wasn't going to be completed, the final straw was a starter motor that wouldn't fit the block due to a strenthening spar. This spar is not on any of the Panda engines but didn't affect Tony's selecta as the starter motor is fited through the g/box to the flywheel rather than the opposite method of Andy's. The spar was about 2" too long and the back of the starter hit before the mounting bolts could be fixed it was a crushing blow as we were really in that fixit mode and certain without this we would have got the engine back in and running at least BUT it wasn't to be. Both myself and Tony were very disapointed but you can only do so much in a day and with not having all the tools in the arsenal se la vie.
We only stopped briefly for a propper Italian lunch cooked by Andreas and on this score he really wasn't a novice it was FAB
So late on I left to go and get the Barchetta
Below were the pics of the day.
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