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« Reply #390 on: December 23, 2011, 04:43:55 PM » |
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have we/you got a link or details for speedflow ??
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« Reply #391 on: December 23, 2011, 05:01:57 PM » |
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have we/you got a link or details for speedflow ??
Here you go http://www.speedflow.co.uk/well recomended, Steve (Brock) has been using them for years. |
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« Reply #392 on: December 23, 2011, 05:05:16 PM » |
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« Reply #393 on: January 01, 2012, 09:53:59 AM » |
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01/01/2012 How about a stealth car?? After sorting out the brake fitting and getting them to work (A very quick bleed) on Friday after noon I went in yesterday morning for a few hours to sort other parts out. I needed to weld on a few more Dzus tabs for the tinwork, two to hold the dash under the top panel and two each side for the panel each side of the engine. I measured where they were to go and fitted them. The bottom tin was quite dirty as it was catching everything falling from above, so I took it off, took it outside and gave it a good scrub and rubdown. I also rubbed down the side panels. Not long ago I bought so black etch primer, so when the panels were dry, I hung them up in the workshop and sprayed them. I quite like the black inside and might keep it that way, the outsides will be sprayed the metal flake gold as planned.  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe Back to the brakes, I was hoping to use the diff bolts to hold the T piece and P clip but they were too big for the holes, so for now I have drilled into the housing and screwed them into that, as soon as I can get some studs, I will be tapping the holes and fitting them.  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe As I said fitting it up was easy and it bled easy, but at the moment the wheels seem quite hard to turn, I will be going in for another couple of hours in the morning to pack everything away and load it back onto the trailer, so I will see what it’s like to push when its back on its own four wheels, the cylinder is new but has been standing for years, I have stripped it down and everything was clean and free, so it could be the callipers. So more news when it happens. |
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« Reply #394 on: January 01, 2012, 10:51:50 AM » |
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« Reply #395 on: January 01, 2012, 11:14:34 AM » |
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just sat and read this post from the beginning very interesting a great build and them welds are sex on steel Can't fault Steve's welding  |
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« Reply #396 on: January 01, 2012, 04:06:39 PM » |
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Like the gold pedals against the black interior Tony.
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« Reply #397 on: January 14, 2012, 11:06:11 PM » |
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Another day with little to show for it, but I did manage to get quite a bit done. Steve always tells me to write down a list and mark off the items done, I done this but always seem to forget to put a charged battery in my camera, so not many photos. The other morning I was up early to go down my mate Anthony’s welding shop; the problem was with the trailer. With such long ends at the back and then the ramps, they move around a bit and have managed to brake off a couple of the long rubber marker lights. I measured the distance between the ramps and bent up a flat bar to be bolted between them. Before I bent them I punched a hole on each end. I marked the edges of the ramps and drilled a hole in each and bolted it in place. I thought that the ramps might be harder to drop and lift, but it’s quite easy and it has stopped the excess movement at the ends, I have also ordered some shorter lights to replace the other ones.  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe Glen a friend of mine is a welder in a factory and was around the other week for a MOT test, we were talking about the car and the need of a prop shaft shield, and he measured it up and has mocked it up and will be coming to the garage one weekend to fit the brackets. He said that when it’s finished he would blast and paint it.  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe I asked if they done heat resistant paint and he said they only did silver. I know I had already sprayed them black, I have used the paint for years and with the Mini I have been able to start the car up and it seems to bake it on, but even though I used the hot air gun when I did these, they had started to show rust right in the joins and where it was hard to get any paint into. Anyway, I took them off and got them over to him. They have been fully sand blasted and coated with him dropping them back off yesterday afternoon so I fitted them on to see what they looked like. I am not too sure with the colour at the moment but will leave them like this until I have at least started the engine. I don’t know if you can see, but the other night I knocked up a couple of covers for the ends, I have also got a couple of balls in the ends as I need to stop the water getting down the pipes.  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe I was not happy with the throttle cable which was braided; it had a lot of flex in it after the throttle was wide open. I striped it down and with a length of black outer cable, made up a new one, I drilled a hole on the motor plate and after fitting a grommet re fitted it all to the carb. The travel of the pedal is a lot better now (Sorry no photos) Other than checking, cleaning and painting a few things that was it for the day. |
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« Reply #398 on: January 15, 2012, 09:56:00 AM » |
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Those pipes are gorgeous Tony, whatever colour they are.
So what does the prop shield attach to?
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« Reply #399 on: January 15, 2012, 06:11:23 PM » |
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Those pipes are gorgeous Tony, whatever colour they are.
So what does the prop shield attach to?
Still not convinced about the colour  I will be using two of the lower bolts on the front of the diff and the gearbox mount bolts at the front. Both will be attaced to the bottom part so I can unbolt and take off the top to check things if needed. |
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« Reply #400 on: January 16, 2012, 05:25:18 PM » |
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I prefer the silver to the black.....sorry Tone.
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« Reply #401 on: January 21, 2012, 10:53:27 PM » |
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Still out with that one Tim Bit of a off day, started good but did not end that way. Started off going down Anthony's to knock up some stuff for the trailer and car, got down there just after nine. First, I was toying about buying some of them legs you get for trailers to stop them tipping up, it would be better than the axle stands that I have been using. But I dug about in the scrap bins and found some box which would fit in another box. I cut all the parts I needed (Including the brackets for the prop shield) fired up the welder and knocked a pair up. I have made some bars to hold them up and down and will be drilling them for some R clips.  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe  The Cunning Coupe Before we went home Friday, the car and trailer had been pushed into the MOT bar ready, so when I got to the garage this morning, the first thing to do was weld them them on. I pushed the trailer outside so I could try and unload it on my own. It was the first time I was alone down there as Delbert (Kyle) is normally working on his car and he has bought a scooter and was out on that. When I went to push the car off the trailer it was stuck fast on the brakes, I tried everything to try and move it but all I managed was about a foot, in the end I just gave up. I looks like it the calipers, so next weekend I will have to take them back off and free them up. Luckily it was not raining so I did what I could outside, I fitted the rear prop shield brackets to the axle but as I could not get the car or trailer back into the garage they will have to wait again to next week. I went to Cardiff the other day to get a switch and plug for the rear light (You have to have one for the MSA) I cant fit the lights until the roll cage is repainted,but everything is ready for them to be plugged in (No photos until they are fitted) And that was it for the day, it was just wrapping it all back up and sticking it back in the corner of the yard. (Down hill so its easy for me to do it on my own.) |
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« Reply #402 on: January 29, 2012, 07:17:28 PM » |
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No photos this week but a word of warning. Been using grinders for years and until now never switched them off when changing a disc, yesterday I was cutting and bending the fixings for the propshaft guard and was changing the cutting disc to the flap disc. I was holding the lock with one hand and and using the spanner with the other, it was tight and I still cant work out how, but it just started up and jumped out of my hand, the cut off blade just nipping two of my fingers, luckily no real damage. Lesson learned, from now on the plug will be pulled each time, I have held on to my fingers for 50 + years and I want to keep them.
Anyway, I made the fixings and took the finished shield back to Glens for him to have blasted and painted.
The main aim of the day was to sort out the brakes, I took the master cylinder off and completely stripped it down, I could not find anything wrong with it so gave it a good clean and put it back on. I had already took the back wheels off so I tried to take out the brake pads, the inner ones on both side were very hard to get out.
The cylinders don't look that old and are very clean, so once I had taken the pads out, I barred back all the piston, finding the inner ones were harder than the outer ones. I refitted the master cylinder and bled the system, I put both pads in one side and only the outer on the other, while I used a bar, I got Kyle (Delbert) to pump the brake pedal we worked the piston in and out until it felt free, I put the pad in that side we did the same to the other.
I fitted all the panels back on, put the wheels on and dropped the car back off the jack. It was a little stiff but at least I could push the car back out of the garage and on my own put it back onto the trailer with no problem.
Next weekend I am having my first trip to Steve & Lesley's for 2012, so before I went home I had to do a couple of jobs on the trailer. If you noticed, in one the photos of the trailer from last week, one of the rear lights was broken off, the one on top of the mud guard the other side went missing on the way to Steve's at the end of last year. I have ordered new shorter lights to fit on but they seemed to be lost in the post. To make it good for next weekend, I took the other light from the guard and after swapping the lens around fitted that back at the back. (There are already 3 markers lights down each side and if the new lights arrive, it will be easy to fit them to the guards.)
Glen said I would have the finished guard back for the weekend, but unless the weather gets any better will have to wait until I get to Steve's.
We have the Wild Bunch AGM also next Sunday, so as its only just down the road in Swindon, we will be doing a bit first thing and if we have time doing more after, so more news after the weekend.
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« Reply #403 on: January 29, 2012, 07:36:11 PM » |
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like you said cunningplan. you can not be to careful when it comes to power tools. or any tool infact
years ago i work i a joinery shop. and an old boy. said to me.you can always tell a good machinist buy how many fingers hes got, i never forgot that. take care
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« Reply #404 on: January 29, 2012, 07:57:07 PM » |
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Loony takes the guards off his grinders to be able to get into tight nooks & crannies on vehicles. I've had several close shaves -literally- with them in the last couple of years. Most scary though was with my own grinder at home. The fuse blew, stopping the disc. I put it on the bench, changed the fuse & plugged it back in, forgetting it was still switched on. It leapt off the bench & down the side of my leg, taking the surface off my leather boot. I was very lucky.
As we always say, please be careful out there guys.
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