Whey aye Kev, Give ower y'a kiddin, Champion fit that
head scratching? Tea? Coffee? Nah just give me the beer any day
Seriously, yeah I had my first proper wobble today when I thought what the F*** are you doing dude, your p*****g in the wind, living in cloud cuckoo etc.
Then I found the diagram I was was looking for with the scuttle clearances and alos looked back at Aerosams build pics, I spent about an hour with the tape measure and looking at things and possibly figured some ways forward.
With regards to the Alternator, its not easy to see from the pictures but its current mountings form part of the timing case so modifying that seems a bit extreme, however, on the offside of the engine the mount bracket also acted as a mounting for the AC compressor, this seems to be a little higher and also uses the 5 Rib 'rear' section' of the main pulley so if I can modify/fabricate a mounting and tensioner based in this area then hopefully I can gain some height and backwards location of the alternator.
With regards to the sump, it really is an odd shape and size and there are some gubbins inside which I really need to fully understand before going too much further, that said the good points are that there is plenty of space towards the rear of the sump to look at fabricating a different shape and being typically BMW and over engineered, the mounting bolts are centred at just 48mm apart, so if I can figure this out then there is a good chance of finding a solution.
There's a complete sump on the bay for £30 delivered, I'l get that and investigate with it first, I want to keep the engine complete so just in case I decide its a 'no go' then have have the M60 complete and untouched to sell.
Apart from that I gave it a pressure wash and mounted on the the engine stand and squeezed it into the man room, which despite the stand being rated at 350Kg seemed totally inadequate, I was particularly concerned with stressing the top rear casing mountings, so for tonight its propped up with a piece of wood and the trolley jack and tomorrow I'l get the crane in there, take the load off and fabricate some supports.