OK so I think this is worthy of an update with a quick recap, so this:



Was removed and replaced with this



Leaving this



Which then subsequently decided not to work, so a replacment was sought. But first car was towed to Smudgerbyname's lock up but the front end had to be stripped down to get it on a friends towloader



Later that day saw this



then later that day saw people looking into an engine bay



I dont have any pictures of the replacement engine.

So the engine was in & started, put back together all fluids checked & topped up, ready to go home & I couldnt get a gear. At all.

Bled the clutch like a mofo, nothing. Which led to alot of head scratching with a few opinions it was decided to pull the box and replace the slave.

So 2 weekends passed whilst waiting for help & decent weather when myself & a mate cracked on with removing the box, pulled it off pretty easy enough and decided to check the clutch itself (I had a hunch something was amiss here, luckily I did)

When the engine was going back in I left the clutch to a mate & in his infinite wisdom to put the friction plate on the wrong way round, so this was rectified, the slave swapped and everything double tripple checked, box back on everything zipped up & transmission fluid topped up & drove home.

So there we are 1x 1.7 Shawspeed SS4 cammed engine all in running good, amongst all of that I had to replace the battery, there's a few things I need to tidy up & double check, I need to replace the driveshafts, fix the speedo drive and the exhaust is blowing but these are easy fixes.

The first start up (with my snapchat username if anyone fanciesseeting pointless rubbish

and a litte rev (the oil is **** from the swap sitting on the exhaust, it has since burnt off)