Good bit progress today. Fitted the inlet manifold and throttle bodies to the head and mocked up the trumpets to show the lack of clearance. Measured up and then craned the engine out so I could get busy with the angle grinder. Whilst it was out thought that I would take a photo of the... Continue Reading →
Engine is back in (temporarily)
Quick rack finished except for one finishing touch to follow shortly Next job - engine and gearbox back in to work out where to cut the scuttle...
Stewart at Baker BM sent out the uprated engine mount bumpers that have just become available... Also added a rather useful tool to my last order from ProBolt...
Took 3 coats of paint but casing is ready. JB Weld epoxy has arrived, but I took a guess when I was at work on the size of the domed nut that would be needed to seal off the end of the pinion and was a size out. Replacement and suitably sized unit on the... Continue Reading →
Started work again in the 16v again recently. The steering rack is completely stripped down. It just needs cleaning up and degreasing and then I will get the alloy casing painted up. After that put it all back together with the Quaife innards. Well said I would do this about a month ago, but just... Continue Reading →
Headed out to the heart of the Peak District for a weekend of Mountain Biking. Driving across the Cat and Fiddle early morning on a glorious sunny autumnal day. It just doesn't get much better... Car is going really well, didn't miss a beat. Few little things to take care of like a new rear... Continue Reading →
Had the 8v out for a clean today and it was left out while I reorganised some of the garage interior. Unfortunately it rained and when I went to bring the car back in I found the interior a bit wet. The source was the aerial on the roof which would explain why the interior... Continue Reading →
New compensator arrived on Tuesday with an adjustment screw. The new spring that the adjustment screw threads into is on a long back order from Peugeot. Painted the body of the compensator up to give it some rust protection and then took off the old one. The two M12 unions came off okay once the... Continue Reading →
Dropped the back box off (snapping the bolts on the clamping brackets in the process) and set to work cleaning up the brake pipes and unions. Over the last few days I've dosed it a few times in penetrating spray and have two out of the four brake unions loose and both the bolts that... Continue Reading →
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 →
Tackled the spare wheel cage today. I had some mild steel tubing, so made up an extra section - tacked in place: Neither the cage or spare wheel move about now. Welded up the additional section, cleaned the whole frame and gave it two coats of POR15 so should be able to get it fitted... Continue Reading →
Rallye Project 