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« Reply #4620 on: April 10, 2012, 04:34:15 PM » |
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so has it got good brakes.
Yup, pedal pad 190mm from floor, 70mm travel to fully on, so bags of reserve travel .Front coming on before rear as required, and pedal positively dropping as servo kicks in when engine starts. All the signs are good but the testing of the brakes is done, front with servo, front without servo, rear with servo ,rear without servo. Each is tested with a pressure pad between pedal and foot and full working curve is calculated based on actual weight and efficiency at 5 different points. Finally a visual test is done to ensure front locks before reas in real world conditions. We can't say for definite they will meet the test criteria but they ARE as good as that set up will ever be.  Thats good news Kev. fingers crossed for the test. are they just checking the brakes this time |
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« Reply #4621 on: April 10, 2012, 05:08:48 PM » |
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'Just' the full brake test  I've got the test gauges etc here that I'll get down to you at some stage. |
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« Reply #4622 on: April 10, 2012, 10:01:27 PM » |
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Everything crossed here.
I'm meeting Scottie at the workshop at 6 tomorrow morning to load the Pop onto his truck. Half hour to load, drive down to Southampton. Unload, put fuel in the tank, fire it up & let it warm up. Test at 9.
A few last minute jobs today. The 2 hoses from the fluid reservoir into the master cylinder are connected with plastic unions pushed into rubber grommets. Not particularly secure & prone to weeping. So at Kev's suggestion I made up a curved plate that clamps over the top of the cylinder, secured with exhaust U bolts. It keeps the unions pushed home into the grommets.
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« Reply #4623 on: April 10, 2012, 10:03:43 PM » |
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Loony tack welded the floor panel back in place over the cylinder & I re-fitted the dashboard panels.
He's working on a customer's car again tomorrow, so Scottie's on driving duties again.
Nothing else we can do now.
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« Reply #4624 on: April 10, 2012, 10:25:57 PM » |
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iv followed this so close that i cant stand much more ---------------------------- so i,m off-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------up ,,wonderland,, for the day  |
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #4625 on: April 10, 2012, 11:26:50 PM » |
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Whatever happens Andy, you'll know you - and the other Mankys - have given it everything you had!
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #4626 on: April 11, 2012, 06:14:32 AM » |
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fingers crossed.
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« Reply #4627 on: April 11, 2012, 07:57:48 AM » |
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all the best mate, you deserve it with all the effort you put into that build
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Why do every five minute job take all day, and
if it can go wrong it will go wrong
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« Reply #4628 on: April 11, 2012, 09:58:53 AM » |
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i know the result but i aint saying ill leave it up to the boss |
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if you cant fix it with gaffa tape or cable ties then its broken
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« Reply #4629 on: April 11, 2012, 11:28:21 AM » |
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Sounds promis ;)ing.
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« Reply #4630 on: April 11, 2012, 11:37:09 AM » |
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I know too, thanks to Looney, and his facebook account!! |
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« Reply #4631 on: April 11, 2012, 11:48:01 AM » |
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TELL US THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME
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« Reply #4632 on: April 11, 2012, 12:16:48 PM » |
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I know too, thanks to Looney, and his facebook account!! thats how i found out lol |
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« Reply #4633 on: April 11, 2012, 12:32:22 PM » |
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I hear steels up to about £150 a ton.
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« Reply #4634 on: April 11, 2012, 04:45:51 PM » |
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best luck Andy
i know it will pass
but best of luck anyway
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I always know what I'm doing. Can you help me
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