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« Reply #9930 on: October 18, 2017, 04:27:48 AM »

erm.............................hows the pop andy?
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« Reply #9931 on: October 18, 2017, 06:18:31 AM »

Err.................probably best not to ask. Wink
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« Reply #9932 on: October 18, 2017, 10:35:14 AM »

Can't help feeling we've got a little side tracked here!
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« Reply #9933 on: October 18, 2017, 05:25:38 PM »

Meanwhile, back at the garage:
Continuing my approach to rebuilding by removing even more parts, I took the brake servo out today.
I'd already cut a couple of the brake pipes cos they were routed over the top of the loop that supports the steering column, which I'm making removable. The pipe fittings are all corroded though, so I'll remake them all with stainless fittings later.
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« Reply #9934 on: October 18, 2017, 05:41:38 PM »

Because it's tight for space under the dash, the servo hung down through a hole cut in the top of the gearbox tunnel. With hindsight, a remote servo was more hassle than it was worth. There wasn't much room under the floor to fit a normal one, but I had to fit the reservoir under the driver's seat anyway, so probably could've fitted a normal servo there. Not changing it now. It works fine but you have to remove panels under the dash to bleed the brakes.
So I ended up driving for a year with a gaping hole in the tunnel, allowing spray off the road to flick up under the dash onto the wiring. Time to fix that.
Mr Hornet6 runs a business called Talos Custom Fabrications, making stainless boxes. He made the battery box on my bike, so has just sent me this. A recessed tray that'll bolt in under the gearbox tunnel to make it weatherproof. Amazingly he managed to make it from sketches I scribbled on a couple of Post It notes, then photographed & emailed to him.
I knew it'd need some fettling to fit in the curved tunnel, so got him to make the mounting flange oversize. I'm now trimming & rolling the corners to suit. The hole's for the Speedo cable, but I forgot the vacuum pipe, so will have to drill another. Yes it does look like a wash basin.
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« Reply #9935 on: October 18, 2017, 05:50:19 PM »

I cut the hole in the tunnel around the shape of the servo, but the tray will actually fit better if I trim the hole to a regular straight sided shape. So it was back under there this afternoon with a hacksaw blade wrapped in rag, cutting away bits of tunnel. Ran out of light before I could finish, but getting there. Although the tray's stainless, I'll get it powder-coated black so it doesn't show -all that work & no-one will see it.
Again, a pain in the bum, but worth doing while everything's apart.
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« Reply #9936 on: October 18, 2017, 06:27:52 PM »

i guess its for emergency's, must be old age!!!!!  lol

nice bit of fabrication.
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« Reply #9937 on: October 18, 2017, 07:50:57 PM »

Hi Andy...Only to pleased to help out. Glad to know that another small part of the puzzle brings it closer to completion. Be done by spring.
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« Reply #9938 on: October 18, 2017, 08:03:10 PM »

Appreciate your help mate.
Jon's handiwork's beautifully flat & level & true but obviously my gearbox tunnel isn't. I need to beat it a bit with a mallet to close up the gaps around the edges, but should be fine.
Visit Jon's FaceBook page -Talos Custom Fabrications -for all your boxy needs. Smiley
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« Reply #9939 on: October 21, 2017, 11:40:01 AM »

Got to modify your handiwork Jon.
Having beaten the cr*p out of your nice flat flanges to make them follow the curve of the gearbox tunnel, the servo fouls on one edge of the recess.
I'm guessing a bit cos the frame that holds the servo's at the welders at the moment, but I've got the room to put an extra recess in, so may as well -more clearance is better than not enough.
I called into my brother's workshop in Wiltshire last night. He builds drag cars for a living. I haven't seen him for a year, but just happened to have the box, & the fueltank from my bike which needs some welding, in the boot of my car.
He'll have them done by Tuesday Smiley
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« Reply #9940 on: October 21, 2017, 11:41:22 AM »

The remote, dual circuit brake servo.
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« Reply #9941 on: October 22, 2017, 08:56:22 AM »

Are you going to move the system bleed nipples somewhere more accessible ?
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« Reply #9942 on: October 22, 2017, 10:01:47 AM »

I keep thinking about that Dave, but not sure how to extend them. If I could, I'd probably take them out through the bulkhead, into the engine bay next to the bulkhead fittings for the brake pipes themselves, (obviously have to check they'd be above the height of the servo & pipework).
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« Reply #9943 on: October 22, 2017, 10:32:16 AM »

that is a big old servo, as for moving the bleeds, brake pipe and bulkhead fittings?
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« Reply #9944 on: October 22, 2017, 11:06:53 AM »

So enlighten me-
standard brake pipe fittings will seal in bleed nipple mounts? Is there such a thing as a double bulkhead bleed nipple fitting? (2 bleeds as it's a dual circuit servo).
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