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Friday, 05 October 2012
and some more..
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All of that lovely plated front suspension is back on. Fitted the new rear braided brake hose, and some new Greenstuff pads for the rear.
Brakes and clutch bled.
The home stretch.
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Having returned from a week's holiday I'm raring to get the car finished.
The first job was getting the reaction tie plate and torsion bars back in. As this is a job I hadn't done before there were a few teething problems, but with some sound advice it all eventually went smoothly. The two good bits of advice I got were to put the bars in from the front, sliding them back to insert them, and to loosen all of the bolts on the tie plate to allow the tear drops in, THEN tighten everything up. I'm reasonably confident that I have got the torsion bars in correctly, but as insurance I have fitted an adjustable reaction plate in case final adjustments are needed.
From now on the reassembly should proceed realtively smoothly, as I an simply reinstalling parts that I have already put on before. Ron came around to help me put the exhausts back on yesterday, and today I have reassembled the front suspension, torqued everything up and bled the brakes and clutch.
With luck I may have her back on the road in a week or two.
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Thursday, 20 September 2012
Engine's in!
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The "boys" arrived bright and early and it only took an hour to get the engine in.
Looks fabulous!
Sunday, 09 September 2012
Seat re-upholstery.
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While I'm waiting for the engine I've stripped the seats, ready for Alan Smith to re cover them. He did an excellent job with the trim so he gets the job. Alan suggested that I buy the covers foams and seat diaphragms from Aldridge Motor Trimmers.
Excellent choice; really easy to deal with and the covers look excellent.
Hopefully Alan will be able to get then all together for me soon.
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Saturday, 08 September 2012
Engine nearly finished
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Chris has just about finished the engine. Very exciting.
Sunday, 02 September 2012
Steering rack back on..again...
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I have finally mastered the incomprehensible structure that is the steering rack mounting system.
Last time I didn't change the mounts and left them in place, but I have now replaced the (probably perfectly srervicable) metalastic mounts with uprated ones.
The odd bolt placement now makes sense to me, although I still have no idea why there are spacers on one side but nuts on the other.
Saturday, 01 September 2012
Back together we go...again...
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First day of spring. Nice sunny day. Afternoon spent putting bits back into the engine bay. Very satisfying and really looks good.
Friday, 31 August 2012
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Paint's on!
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Trying to paint in winter is lousy. It's been cold and rainy for weeks.
I had lined up my mate Andrew, a spray painter of 20 years' experience, to help me paint the frames.
Andrew's a quiet sort and I think he quickly decided that I would just make a horrible mess of the job, so he came over today and put on undercoat, colour and gloss clear topcoat in just over 2 hours. It looks superb.
I'll give it a couple of days to go off properly and then I can start hanging bits back on again!
