With this lot having been collected today there is no going back. All brakes and suspension now are now sold. I have a day off on Tuesday to drop of some bits and put down a deposit on what's coming next all being well.
First Haul Gone
New Lines
This is why I'm replacing the brakelines to the rear... Looking pretty ropey in the recess where the fuel filter lives. New lines made up out of cunifer: All fitted tonight, just need to bleed them and get the car back on the deck...
8v PITA
So fitted the new catalyst, adjusted the headlights and having re-bled the rear brakes and ensured the compensator valve was free and moving, I thought that I had sorted the problem with the brakes, so dropped the car back in for the MOT retest on Monday. I found that I had slightly over filled the... Continue Reading →
8v Nearly Ready
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 →
8v Mega Update
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 →
8v Progress
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 →
8v Progress
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 →
Update
I don't think that I mentioned that I wasn't too impressed to find that the droplinks which were fitted less than 1,000 miles ago are fooked. Both lower joint gaters have split. They were the First Line ones from 106parts. Not sure whether to try some more or stump up and try and get some... Continue Reading →
Update
Right been a while without any updates due to holidays and other things. Tyres are being fitted to the Ultraleggeras on saturday morning. Some bits have arrived to including Anodised P clips for the coolant hoses. Brake master cylinder blanking plug with crush washer from Speedflow. M10 x 1mm stainless steel niceness. I need this... Continue Reading →
Bigger Brakes
Marc Boni and Alex Robinson from the Rallye Register organised a group buy on some Hi Specs brakes. Marc's an engineer and has worked hard to develop a brake kit to fit under small wheels. They fit under raptors and 14" rallye steelies as well as some 13" alloys. The Ultralite 4 pot calipers, custom... Continue Reading →
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