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[johnR]

looking good!

[colinf1]

Cleaned and polished, ready for it's first cars and coffee outing of the year!



Also got the fuel gauge working, had knocked out the power from the voltage stabiliser.

Added a high-level brake light, 3d printed a segmented holder that slips up underneath the window seal, wrapped in loom fabric tape to allow it to retain some flexibility.

[colinf1]

And a picture of it lit up...



Hadn't noticed the 2 missing bits earlier, I hadn't been overly cautious with trial fitting it previously, so may have over-flexed it at those points...

[colinf1]

Some dash liners made up today, had found a template online, printed and offered up on masking tape reinforced paper, wasn't too bad of a fit shape wise, but it definitely wouldn't fit if made from fibreboard so tried with mounting card. Wrapped with self adhesive vinyl leatherette...

Template, card, wrapped...





And fitted. Not too bad, can't see how actual bought ones would fit any better without destroying them during fitting....

[imack]

Managed to fit my bought ones without destroying them. They've been removed and refitted on at least one occasion too.

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[colinf1]

Managed to fit my bought ones without destroying them. They've been removed and refitted on at least one occasion too.

I think it's due to me having the top padded dash rail and the centre clocks...

[Tomm]

Loving that third brake light! Something I would very much like to do to my own whilst trying to make it invisible when not illuminated.

Whole thread is great. Good job 👍

[colinf1]

Took it to cars and coffee yesterday morning, good turnout as usual and plenty of people appreciating the car, so makes it worth all the effort!

Some photos from John Boland and Ben J Myers...







Then we went for a nice Sunday drive, about 150km in total, only hiccups were it got a bit hot as we pulled in to stop for food after a long climb up a steep hill, and got a noise coming from right rear wheel, sounds like a noisy tyre or possibly a wheel bearing...no sign of anything getting hot though...

[colinf1]

Seem to be chasing my tail with my temperature gauge, still reading above 90, about 105c ish.

Changed out the sender GTR101 for a TT6811-01, as that's the one that's recommended by Merlin Motorsport where I bought the gauge (Smiths BT2240-00 with 50-90-140 markings)

Still reading higher than what it should be, when testing against 2 different temperature guns - both laser and infrared types

Onto the rumbling noise that appeared a few weeks ago. Checked rear wheel bearings for play, all seemed fine, then decided to whip off the passenger side one to check, clean and repack with fresh grease.

Cleaned them all down and noticed some minor scoring on the outer roller bearings, then cleaned outer races in the hub and felt a small imperfection, then seen the scoring around inside of it.



Knocked them out and put in a ball type bearing I picked up last week to have on hand, not ideal but it allows me to see if it resolves the noise while waiting for some genuine timkens as minispares no longer sell these non-genuine rear bearings...

[colinf1]

Ordered new timken bearings for front and rear, also ordered a new alternator as the current one is extremely noisy - even though I'm getting 13.5 - 13.8, at times it's louder than the engine idling.

Also ordered another temp gauge and anti squeal shims to stop the brakes chirpping...

[lippo]

Fantastic read, thanks.

 

Is your fan on the right way?

[colinf1]

Fantastic read, thanks.

Is your fan on the right way?

Cheers.

Yes, fan is on the correct way, smooth side to the engine side

[colinf1]

Got my rear bearings replaced today, all sorted and no more noise.

Also added the anti squeak shims to the brake pads.

Fitted new alternator, much harder than I anticipated. New one hasn't got a threaded hole for the bolt near the tensioner, so had to rummage to find one!

Took it out for a spin, forgot about pushing the brake pistons back slightly, gave myself a brown trousers moment!

Edited by colinf1, 03 June 2024 - 08:49 AM.

[colinf1]

Took it for a longer spin yesterday, 115km/71miles total journey, taking a small car ferry on part of the route.

 

 

Anti squeek shims....it was like a bird tweeting most of the trip, must be a slight warp in the disc.

 

Temp gauge up at H at one point, a long climb uphill, most of the time it sat half way between N and H.

 

Its annoying because its taking some of the fun out of driving it, no cooland loss, no mayo under filler cap, no bubbling when cap is off radiatior. 

 

Everything on the cooling side is new - apart from top and bottom hoses and thermostat (74c), it think I'll flush it all out again at the weekend.

[colinf1]

Done some testing on the temperature gauge I removed, simple test using an adjustable power supply, a mug of hot water, an IR temperature gun.

Sender tip placed into hot water, voltage set to 10v, gauge read 90c when water was 75c. Voltage set to 12v, gauge read 110c with water at 75c.

I've been getting readings of 75c - 85c using IR and Laser temperature guns so hopefully that means it's not overheating and just the gauge reading incorrectly.

At the weekend I'm going to let it get up to temperature and adjust the gauge to match what I'm getting on the laser/ir gun, hopefully!