Tightened up the handbrake cable so it is now on at the second click. Took the quickshift off. The bearing was really tight so I decided to loosen it up. Soaked it in this: Then used an appropriate sized socked and an extension bar and worked it in circles for 5 minutes. Applied some heat... Continue Reading →
I had an hour one evening earlier in the week so had the car out of the garage and ran the engine until the fan kicked in then carefully drove it back in. The only brakes the car had were the hand brake… Up on axle stands,Wheels off, drained the oil out of the block... Continue Reading →
Finished the brakes off tonight. Used a Gunson easy bleed system to push the fluid through the lines and it worked a treat. Used Dinitrol cavity wax inside the gusset repair sections, plugged them back up and painted the outsides with Gravitex. Will get some pictures of that posted up - shown here with the... Continue Reading →
Managed to make it to the small car parts shop around the corner from home before it closed tonight after work and picked up a brake union spanner. A couple of blasts of heat from the blowtorch and a swift thwack and I managed to get the unions undone. Opened up all the bleed nipples... Continue Reading →
Bit more progress tonight. Finished drilling out the two of three sheared torx screw bits that hold the discs to the drive flange hubs. One more to do tomorrow, I just ran out of time tonight. Most of the time was spend sorting the sheared rear anti roll bar end plate bolt. Drilled and tapped... Continue Reading →
Had a very frustrating few days. Finished painting and rebuilt the brakes: Went to remove the old discs and only one of the torx bits came out. Two sheared at the threads. One sheared at the torx head! Bastard things. I had applied heat to them as well and tried impact driving them. So in... Continue Reading →
Very little done today. Managed to top coat the calipers and seam seal the N/S gusset repair section - tie coat primer goes on both side tomorrow. One of the orders I am waiting for contains the proper plugs for the gussets as I am missing some and don't have enough to put it all... Continue Reading →
Not sure what happened today with time, just seemed to evaporate! Callipers in 1k enamel - second coat goes on tomorrow. Stripped out the carpet and as suspected found it quite damp underneath. Someone has previously lifted up most of the underlay sound proofing. What is left glued on is sopping wet. I have left... Continue Reading →
Yesterday with the chassis rail and gusset repair section for the near side ready, welded the repair section on and then prepped it for paint. Prepped Fitted Also seam sealed the O/S section that had previously been POR'd. Not pretty, but no one is going to see it once it's covered in Gravitex and painted.... Continue Reading →
Yesterday ground down the repairs on the chassis rail leg and put it into primer (laid down a second coat tonight). Then cracked on with repairing the chassis rail gusset, making up a repair template out of cardboard - the gaffer tape is a structural element 😉 It's a lot easier making corrections in cardboard... Continue Reading →
Right progress from the last few days. N/S chassis rail section in primer. Fabricated up a repair section for the chassis rail. Utter, utter bastard complex shape to get right, but made it spot on in the end. Removed the passenger seat, lifted the carpet and moved the fuel line out of the way and... Continue Reading →
Finally went through the paperwork for the car today and discovered that in 2007 it had an MOT advisory on the chassis rail gusset on the near side. Kind of wish one of the previous owners had tackled it before it came as bad as it is now. Crushed metal, underseal and regular exposure to... Continue Reading →
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