andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 2/1/05 at 01:50 PM |
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Where do I go from here?
Hi all,
I've reached a bit of a crossroads in the build and need a bit of advice on what order I should do things next.
Basically, I'm at the rolling chassis stage with brake lines run and most of the ally pannelling replaced and fitted except for passenger tunnel
sides, top and battery tray.
Engine and gearbox are basically ready to go in as is wiring loom.
I assume I would start with the loom, to enable it to be run along tunnel.
I've looked at Pat's and Gary Symons build sites and they have threaded the loom through a hole in the battery tray panel. Is the loom
threaded through from the top of the panel i.e starting with wiring for rear lights so that bulky items like fuse box etc are left more or less in
situ? or will these items thread through from underneath?
But, if the battery panel is fixed in place before the engine/gearbox go in, won't it hinder their installation?
Cheers,
Andy.
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Northy
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| posted on 2/1/05 at 02:15 PM |
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Andrew,
I would and did fit the loom before the engine and box. I don't think it would be very easy at all to get down the tunnel with the box in
there.
I think you'd have to thread the loom through from the top, I can't remember what I did, but I didn't use the tiger loom.
The panel won't get in the way of putting the engine and box in, but the chassis rail under it will!  So you might aswell put the panel on
top.
Hang on, I've just thought about drilling the gearbox mounts. Perhaps you'd be better off dropping in the engine and box, sorting both
sets of mounts and drilling the holes, then taking them back out to do the loom?
What ever you do, put some pipe lagging round the chassis member at the top of the tunnel when you fit or remove the engine and box.
Some Tiger Cat (i think) owners say it's easier to lift the car over the engine and box to put it in. I don't know if it would work on the
Avon, but it can't be any harder! They have to be angled alot to get the box down the tunnel.
Did that help?
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 2/1/05 at 02:37 PM |
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Cheers, Graham.
I don't have to worry about the gearbox/engine mounts as I they were already fitted by previous owner (I bought the Avon part-built and
I've now got it basically back to the stage of build as when I bought it - albeit now done properly!)
As (like me) you've fitted floor mounted pedals, and hence presumably, removed all the unnecessary bracketry for the sierra pedal box from the
chassis, did you fit a battery tray panel that goes the full width of the car? and if so, did you do it in one piece or split it (so you have some
form of access to the pedals/ clutch cable etc?)
Thanks,
Andy.
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Northy
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| posted on 2/1/05 at 02:41 PM |
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I'd already fitted the panel over the passenger footwell and tunnel before I cut off all the Sierra pedalbox crap. I still haven't put a
panel over the drivers footwell, that's a job for this winter!  Perhaps I'll make it out of Carbon fibre?
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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Avoneer
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| posted on 2/1/05 at 03:54 PM |
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With regards to the loom - thread it down into the hole and locate and fit the handbrake switch wire (think it's black/white). Everything else
falls into place then after locating that wire.
Pat..
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tractorboy
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 12:05 AM |
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don't wish to sound patronising but dont forget the reverse light switch on the gear box (and make sure it is well secure as i think mine has
come off and access is pants when its all together) also dont forget speedo cable routing ( mine goes across drivers footwell under the carpet clipped
to one of the chassis rails) also in the passenger foot well inner bulkhead (tunnel wall) i have cut a hole so i can fill the gear oil and over the
hole i made a cover held in place by screws and anchor nuts.As far as the fuse box is concerned mine is in the passenger footwell on the rear of the
scuttle forward face. my battery tray only goes 2/3 rds of the way across the bay leaving the pedal box area open although at some stage i do intend
to cover it ,it does serve a duel perpose open as it is ,firstly it helps keep your feet warm when its chilly and secondly it helps with heat
dispesion when its hot. i cant speak for others but i did have alot of trouble with over heating last summer. since then ive removed the thermostat
and also most importantly changed the polarity of the fan motor so it now sucks instead of blowing! oops! hope this is of some help even though some
of this maybe slightly off topic . scott
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Fishface
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 10:56 AM |
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RE: Fan polarity
I brought one of those fans from lolocost for £13. Will I have to reverse it polarity? if so how do i do it?
Thanks
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Avoneer
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| posted on 3/1/05 at 02:54 PM |
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Use the locost fan on the back of the rad and you can just swap the input wires - just make sure the fan is sucking - stick a sheet of A4 paper on the
front of the rad and it should stay there.
Pat...
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