Posted: Mon Mar 19, 12 9:05 pm
When I saw this car, when it was parked in Andy's garage in New York, I would never have believed it could ever actually turn into something as good as this.
Just got the motor back in this evenin
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 12 11:45 pm
Wow, thanks Dave
Just got the motor back in this evenin
Just got the motor back in this evenin
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 12 9:35 am
Lookin' good! Keep it up mate. 
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 12 9:52 pm
nice work Paul, i remember this on a trailer at essex swaps when hugh had it. there was allways potential there if there was some one brave enough to take it on.. good on ya SB too 
SB too rebuild
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 12 10:28 pm
looking good, cracking job for a rattle tin
jas
jas
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 8:36 am
Only from a distance Jas 
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 9:10 am
Great work keep it up cant wait to see her run
You have done very well
You have done very well
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 9:21 am
looks good
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 12 10:36 pm
Well today I fixed a couple of really arsy things on the car while waiting for two mates to help me shift it over to Tamzins brothers for wiring.
One of the rear windows needed adjusting as it was fouling the upper frame. The adjuster of course is behind the panel which requires the rear seats taking out which cos of the cage is like fighting a hippo in a cupboard. Jasper will need the seat out for wiring so i bit the bullet and went forit.
I also needed to re-mount the pass side front seatbelt spool. On the proper mount the seat collided with it so i welded a bracket to the base of the rollcage and bolted it to that.
I refitted the hood pins and set them to the correct height.
In the end we towed the car. Not ideal, in fact proper scary and not a little stupid, but a real buzz to steer it along the road for the first time
One of the rear windows needed adjusting as it was fouling the upper frame. The adjuster of course is behind the panel which requires the rear seats taking out which cos of the cage is like fighting a hippo in a cupboard. Jasper will need the seat out for wiring so i bit the bullet and went forit.
I also needed to re-mount the pass side front seatbelt spool. On the proper mount the seat collided with it so i welded a bracket to the base of the rollcage and bolted it to that.
I refitted the hood pins and set them to the correct height.
In the end we towed the car. Not ideal, in fact proper scary and not a little stupid, but a real buzz to steer it along the road for the first time
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 12 11:40 am
db wrote: like fighting a hippo in a cupboard.
That's a great line!It's always the way, little jobs take ages coz you have to take half the car apart to get to the problem!!
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 12 9:00 pm
The wiring planning is well under way.
Jasper's gonna make a wiring board to mount the fuses, relays, ign bits, etc. This will live under the dash- there's no heater so there's plenty of space.
He's also going to 'future-proof' the loom so we shouldn't have to mess with it again.
I'm off to the garage now to make a bracket for the water temp & oil press to sit in the mouth of the cowl hood, and to fix the probe for the fan controller into the top hose.
It's looking good
Jasper's gonna make a wiring board to mount the fuses, relays, ign bits, etc. This will live under the dash- there's no heater so there's plenty of space.
He's also going to 'future-proof' the loom so we shouldn't have to mess with it again.
I'm off to the garage now to make a bracket for the water temp & oil press to sit in the mouth of the cowl hood, and to fix the probe for the fan controller into the top hose.
It's looking good
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 12 9:10 pm
Plenty of PTFEdb wrote:...... and to fix the probe for the fan controller into the top hose.
Or has it got it's own collar to sit in
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 12 1:24 am
Looks great Paul... I am so happy this car will finally get done!
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 12 1:06 pm
In answer to your question Jules...
HOSE ADAPTOR:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370568824082? ... 1497.l2649
CONTROLLER:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120760897656? ... 1497.l2649
SILICONE HOSES, ETC:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130533882284? ... 1497.l2649
HOSE ADAPTOR:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370568824082? ... 1497.l2649
CONTROLLER:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120760897656? ... 1497.l2649
SILICONE HOSES, ETC:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130533882284? ... 1497.l2649
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 12 12:21 pm
Anyone ever worked out why the wiper motor and switch have to be so bewilderingly complex? Were they designed by comittee? 
We found the light and wiper switches had packed in, along with the wiper motor.
I've stripped the lot, cleaned/ fixed as necessary and they all work lovely now
The Wiper motor had beed packed solid with grease which had baked to a nice treacle and seized the gearing!
The wiper switch control shaft was stuck in it's housing because the aluminium had worn and the resulting ally powder was jamming it. I had to fully dismantle it though just try to figure out how the hell the wipers actually worked. Bizarre!
The light switch was in a sorry state. Corroded to hell and the rheostat (dash light dimmer) had come apart. I cleaned it all out, cleaned all the contacts with WD40 and scotchbrite and re-laid the rheostat on a bed of araldite. It was originally riveted together, i had to replace these with bolts. I had to grind the bolt heads to fit and sleeve one contact with heatshrink. Sorted
We found the light and wiper switches had packed in, along with the wiper motor.
I've stripped the lot, cleaned/ fixed as necessary and they all work lovely now
The Wiper motor had beed packed solid with grease which had baked to a nice treacle and seized the gearing!
The wiper switch control shaft was stuck in it's housing because the aluminium had worn and the resulting ally powder was jamming it. I had to fully dismantle it though just try to figure out how the hell the wipers actually worked. Bizarre!
The light switch was in a sorry state. Corroded to hell and the rheostat (dash light dimmer) had come apart. I cleaned it all out, cleaned all the contacts with WD40 and scotchbrite and re-laid the rheostat on a bed of araldite. It was originally riveted together, i had to replace these with bolts. I had to grind the bolt heads to fit and sleeve one contact with heatshrink. Sorted