New owner with issues.
Discussion
Hi all,
I have been on PH for a while now, but only as a BMW driver
.
Well I'v taken the plunge and brought a TVR, well some of one........
It is a 1985 350 in a rather nice Subaru Blue, it is a bit tatty here and there, but generally it is solid
and has a fair bit of work done on the chassis (all documented). A nice project.
There is a small problem though, should there not be an engine of some desciption under the bonnet?
Oh yeah and it won't start.
Any ideas?
;)
I have been on PH for a while now, but only as a BMW driver
. Well I'v taken the plunge and brought a TVR, well some of one........
It is a 1985 350 in a rather nice Subaru Blue, it is a bit tatty here and there, but generally it is solid
and has a fair bit of work done on the chassis (all documented). A nice project.
There is a small problem though, should there not be an engine of some desciption under the bonnet?
Oh yeah and it won't start.
Any ideas?
;)
BountyHunter said:
Thats the one!Rather surprised I won it TBH, I never win anything!
On the hunt for a cheap 3.5/3.9 engine for the moment, just to get it moving!
A better engine will follow once I have saved enough.
BountyHunter said:
Might be worth a bid or two.Also on the subject of RV8s, I have been told that there is a difference between automatic and manual engines, something to do with crankshafts.
Is this right or am being fed B.S?
There'll likely be at least a different spigot bush on the gearbox end of the crank, for the different boxes, but can't see why the cranks themselves would be different. 
Not a major problem to change , incidentally (the bush), though I've only done it on Fords.
If you want manual box, then make sure the engine has a flywheel with it.
If going for auto, attach the torque converter to GEARBOX first before fitting gearbox to engine, as it's a swine to do the other way round (too many rotating parts to line up through a 5mm gap.)
Aaah...nightmares I have known...
Not a major problem to change , incidentally (the bush), though I've only done it on Fords.
If you want manual box, then make sure the engine has a flywheel with it.
If going for auto, attach the torque converter to GEARBOX first before fitting gearbox to engine, as it's a swine to do the other way round (too many rotating parts to line up through a 5mm gap.)
Aaah...nightmares I have known...
Edited by grahamw48 on Saturday 19th July 23:35
grahamw48 said:
There'll likely be at least a different spigot bush on the gearbox end of the crank, for the different boxes, but can't see why the cranks themselves would be different.
Not a major problem to change , incidentally (the bush), though I've only done it on Fords.
same with a lot of the bmws too.Not a major problem to change , incidentally (the bush), though I've only done it on Fords.
grahamw48 said:
There'll likely be at least a different spigot bush on the gearbox end of the crank, for the different boxes, but can't see why the cranks themselves would be different.
Not a major problem to change , incidentally (the bush), though I've only done it on Fords.
Ah, yes that is what I thought, it makes more sense from a production point of view.Not a major problem to change , incidentally (the bush), though I've only done it on Fords.
Edited by peaktorque on Saturday 19th July 23:34
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