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[Alburglar]

Perfect- thanks for that.

[Alburglar]

I had the old type handbrake cable which had been spliced together and it broke straight away, so Z's sent me the new bespoke type which is all one piece and stronger. However it was a little longer so I've had to move the bracket back 3/4inch to accomodate it.

[Tomf]

Mate its looking mint, so how long is it going to be before you take my for a spin?

[Alburglar]

Dunno still lots to do. Just ordered my grub screws.
Still need to order an oil pressure gauge, strip out the doors and lighten them, make some perspex winows and fit them all round (fitting rear and sides with K-Nuts for easy removal), figure out what to mount the bottom of the manifold to, modify and fit rear steady bars and boot lid, finish fibreglassing aperture for rear number plate, finish and fit rear inner arches, tie in front body work to space frame (because it moves when you lean on it), modify mk1 moustache to fit, finish the dash, four wheel alignment and set up camber and toe in, make a good fittting bulkhead and finish wiring.

+ when jacking it up from the passenger side the other day the drivers side door swing open with out me realising and the door got wedged on something so as I jacked it up it ripped out the bottom door hinge so that will need fixing too!

+ Probably a million and one other things that I haven't even considered yet.

Edited by Alburglar, 12 September 2007 - 01:30 PM.

[Alburglar]

As discussed I have removed the 4 AIS fittings next to the exhaust ports and tapped the holes out to take an M10 grub screw with a bit of thread lock. To make sure no swarf got into the engine I jacked the rear of the car up to tilt the engine forwards.

The AISystem Also had a tube running to the other side of the engine under the carbs, which is now also surplus after removing the AIS, so I simply screwed in a 3.5mm machine srcew with a bit of thread lock to seal this up.

[Alburglar]

Made a really lightweight rear screen today, but it was a little flimsy and visibility was poor


So I had to make it out of perspex. It might seem odd to do it like this but my main aim was lightweight and easily removable for trackside access. It is still covered in masking tape at the mo (obviously), and eventually I will rivet some Anchor nuts in and use some nice button head bolts.

Edited by Alburglar, 22 September 2007 - 06:23 AM.

[frankiebateman]

That car is beautifull

[Jammy]

The writing is off centre!

[Alburglar]

That car is beautifull

Thanks

The writing is off centre!

I new someone would mention that!

[supermotolee]

on the intake side, that tube you have blocked up you will need to balance the tb's or carbs whatever your running, you might be better off connecting a short piece of rubber hose to it and then sticking a short m5/4 whatever size fit bolt in it to bung the hole, i balance my carbs recently and it made a world of sifference to the low down running and getting a nice smooth idle...

[Alburglar]

Cheers Lee. It can be unscrewed at any time.
Got one side window done but ran out of perspex to do the other one.

Also looked at making a collapsable steering coloumn joint out of an old allegro item, but the shaft of the allegro bit is too long.

Does anyone know if this will knock through like a roll pin? Because then I can simply join the two ends together.

[dean_chad]

might be a press fit buddy have you got a little press?

[GraemeC]

Sorry, can't help here but....
Where did you get the allegro column from? If you chop it in half I'll buy half off you!!

[Alburglar]

might be a press fit buddy have you got a little press?

I'll have to rig something up with a bolt and a socket in my vice.

[Alburglar]

Sorry, can't help here but....
Where did you get the allegro column from? If you chop it in half I'll buy half off you!!

need both ends I'm afraid