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[camp freddy]

Ratty having all his boots swapped today

 

 

[camp freddy]

Dressed the manifold this afternoon, looks a tad better

 

[camp freddy]

went out the other day and after giving the garage a much needed tidy up decided to have a look at the carbs,

Had to cut down the linkage bars as the 1 1/2 HIF's are wider than 1 1/4's so need a shorter bar, the choke

mechanism only needs the bar and the two forked prongs as the cable attaches to the swivel locator plate

 

 

The throttle bar also needed cutting , but due to the gap between the locators being narrower I had to

cut down the forked prongs to enable me to fit the actuator arm, I now need to locate the forks and arm

in the correct position then weld them together..

 

 

Next thing to do will be to make a cable support bracket to mount onto the manifold and then sort out

the cable clamping.....

 

 

As you can see on this picture I have used carb spacers with built in vacumm take offs, I have  

used these to allow for easy balancing the airflow.....

 

And that's where I am for now....

Edited by camp freddy, 18 August 2013 - 07:18 AM.

[camp freddy]

Did a little job at work, had to alter the throttle arm, needed to extend it by welding

on an extension piece.

 

[camp freddy]

Oooooopps slght incident near Stanford hall, Stone kicked up by another

club members tyre

 

 

got some bits for the new engine

 

Lightened flywheel

 

 

non-bypass water pump

 

 

head gasket

 

[rally515]

Uprade to a Laminated screen now perhaps ? ;) how big was the stone haha

[Tupers]

Ouch, I bet that was a bit scary. It doesn't take a big stone to shatter a toughened screen just a fast one. 

[camp freddy]

Uprade to a Laminated screen now perhaps ? ;) how big was the stone haha

 

Don't know the size , must have bounced off....... honestly thought it was a laminated screen , obviously

not LOL.......

[camp freddy]

We were doing about 60 down the roads near Stanford , only about half a mile away .....

almighty BANG!!!!! but stayed in place for a few minutes and gradually started breaking

up..

[rally515]

Haha lucky in a sense possibly, i remember i guy on here was going down the motorway and a bird flew infront of his mini and went threw the windscreen, hit his face (At 50mph!!!!!!!) and landed on his backseat

[camp freddy]

well had a lack of concentration while attempting to put my harness on while driving....

drove into the lane devider.. took the corner off my arch

 

 

Used apoxy resin to glue the broken bit on and a small steel rule and g clamps to hold in place

 

 

after it hardened sanded down to allow building up

 

 

then used glass fibre filler to build back the profile

 

 

I then used the sander to shape the glass fibre

 

 

Just to give it colour I then primed and sprayed it with some green paint I had....... Will leave it like this

for now until I alter the arches

 

Edited by camp freddy, 17 November 2013 - 08:48 PM.

[rally515]

Jeeze unlucky Freddy, this is the second time you,ve had to repair your arches now right? must be getting good at it now aye

[camp freddy]

Mm yes, all practice lol.....

Edited by camp freddy, 17 November 2013 - 10:24 PM.

[camp freddy]

Will be taking them off at some point to fit them higher so I can lower the front, as when I fitted them

I put them on too low....

[steven]

Nice repair