After a quick sandwich and coffee we headed back to the shop.
Next job was to create a rubber mounted gearbox mount out back.
Firstly, cut a previous mounting plate smaller and add a curve.
Then add some 3mm strapping, beaten and folded to shape.
Tack into place.
Then weld up the whole seam.
Take the 6mm plate cut before, mark out and drill the 12mm holes for the gearbox, and then add the M8 holes for the mounts.
Added together.
After this bit of working and making fit……..
It started to come together.
Plate and mounts all together.
Can you see the result below?
Front view.
Liking this.
And from the rear.
Layout seems pretty decent.
And finally with the propshaft fitted…….
High view.
It did not take much to convince Nick to try it for size.
Unfortunately neither the original Mazda MX5 or Ford propshafts fit.
As mentioned by @nickwheeler :
[quote author="@nickwheeler" source="/post/2713201/thread" timestamp="1641140942"][quote author="@mk2cossie" timestamp="1641131623" source="/post/2713185/thread"]Also, is it worth trying the original kitcar propshaft in the Mazda box?
If that fits the gap, one more thing less to worry about [img alt="
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First thing I tried while Rian was opening the garage. It would have been about right for length(we would have used it for the gearbox position), but the splined end won't fit into the gearbox - it is splined all the way around, but the gearbox has a double spline so the prop only fits in one place.
And we can't swap either of the ends because the UJs are different sizes.
So that was the next part of the build, and more importantly, a major milestone.
Still grinning today.
Anyone else happy so far?