Being a teacher makes this a difficult time of year to work on the car.  At the end of June and into July there are several events that occur that mean that I am away from the garage at weekends.  And then comes the holiday itself which entails at least 4 weeks away.  This is, naturally, very enjoyable but absolutely useless for the Healey.  I have made myself useful though by bringing the manual with me and scouring the internet for research on all things Healey.  Healey6.com has an amazing amount of information for example and I am about half way through the 480 pages of Don Hardies Healey 100 information articles.

The other thing I have done is see John about some of the parts I need and agreed to see him again when I get back to England in a few weeks.  I have also ordered a load of odds and sods from AH4H so that when I get back I can get on with the engine clean up and install.  The order includes a set of core plugs which is somewhat frustrating as I know I have them but cannot locate them anywhere.  What troubles me about that is the likelihood that other parts exist with them wherever they are; I haven't exactly got a lot of storage space though so I am foxed by it.

On my last post I mention that there is a hole in the bock that looks like something should be placed there and indeed something should.  I discovered from the AH-Exp site that a tube goes there and I do have it, so that is good.

I ordered about £150 worth of bits from AH4H and have about £300 worth of stuff on my shopping list for future orders but I have no more money as I still owe John some for the bits he has supplied.  I guess I'll be ordering stuff every month for ages now.

The plan is:

Fit the oil pump and get the sump back on
Paint the engine
Install the engine
Finish the dashboard and fit that
Finish the fuel system (i.e. the feed from the tank and the fuel pump)
Fit the gauges
Fit the wiring
start the engine

Simple plan.  How long will that take I wonder?  On the basis that I need at least 3 months to save up for the bits I know I need I guess I could set a target of Christmas for it.  Perhaps I can have a stainless steel exhaust for Christmas?

But for now it is back to the research and the dreaming, happy days.