IainL
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 08:09 PM |
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New Build
Collected my Aries chassis starter kit today
Now where do I start?
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 08:12 PM |
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with a beer?
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 08:15 PM |
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Get it level, with plenty of space around it.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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scootz
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 08:21 PM |
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At the beginning...
It's Evolution Baby!
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 08:53 PM |
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Tell swmbo you wont be seeing her for a few months.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 08:59 PM |
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Brake lines then fuel line then turn it upside down and put the floor on if it is an ally floor version.
Let me know if you want more info.
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skinned knuckles
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 09:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by IainL
Collected my Aries chassis starter kit today
Now where do I start?
spend the next week looking at it and congratulating yourself that you arent a total tight @rse and didn't try to build the chassis from scratch
(haynes style) thus saving yourself 10 weeks, 2 packs of elastoplast, 1 large fire extinguisher, 11 angle grinder discs and 2 pairs of quality
overalls.
then have yourself some fun by following the instructions properly. and if you don't know, don't guess. ask.
A man isn't complete until he's married, then he's finished
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 09:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by skinned knuckles
quote:
Originally posted by IainL
Collected my Aries chassis starter kit today
Now where do I start?
then have yourself some fun by following the instructions properly. and if you don't know, don't guess. ask.
Unless Aries have
upgraded their service in this respect, the "instructions" will include 3 A4 sheets; 2 of which are a schematic of the wiring diagram. The
3rd one is setting up the brake bias.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 09:57 PM |
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From what Richard Quinn says, you could be in for some fun then! Maybe building from scratch ain't so bad after all, at least Uncle Ron gave us
a whole book full of what-to-do's 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 23/1/10 at 11:05 PM |
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Start another post on here asking for people's web-links to build diaries...
some are better than other's (Hellfire's is always mentioned in the positive), although in all honesty you can get suced in to their build
diary and choose to read that more than build your own. Look at as many photo diaies that you can aswell, as they tell a chronological story that
although it won't help any problems you may have, it will allow you to follow a pattern/trend to your own build...
ETA - scratch my first statement; do a seach for people's build diaries and read a couple of threads that indicate their own build diaries...
You can look at mine if you wish, but it's prob out of date by now!
ETA2- whoops, when I said "mine", I did not mean the Locost one below in blue (that prob won't make a lot of sense!) If you click
the WWW button below anyone's post it is a redirect to their preferred website. Mine is to my first hold diary from access years ago...
Regards,
Steve
[Edited on 24/1/10 by Steve Hignett]
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Thurbs
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| posted on 24/1/10 at 12:37 PM |
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Let the fun begin
Congratulations on your purchase !!
As said before start with fuel lines and brake lines then start hanging the wishbones and diff hubs e.t.c that will keep you busy for a couple of
hours.
As regards lack of build manual thats one of the reasons i chose aries, who wants a kit put bolt "a" into slot "b" e.t.c
supposed to be interesting !!!
Steve at aries has loads of pictures that he can send you if you get stuck and he'll always give sound advice on the phone.
Just get stuck in and good luck
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 24/1/10 at 01:56 PM |
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But, as I said before, if it's the ally floor version do that straight after the brake and fuel lines. It's then lighter to turn it over
before you fit the wishbones, diff etc. I think I actually fitted my brake lines etc with the chassis on its side. Means you don't have to lean
over the chassis to get to the tunnel and makes everything more accessible
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Thurbs
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| posted on 24/1/10 at 09:57 PM |
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Hints and tips
Also meant to say the best thing I ever did was make a trestle stand out of 2" box with wheels for the chassis to sit on, means you can move it
about easily and work at a nice height.
re previous post hope you went for steel floor bit more weight but a lot less hassle.
Good luck
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IainL
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| posted on 24/1/10 at 10:34 PM |
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Thanks for all the advise, looks like I need to now by some brake & fuel lines and some floor panels.
Cheers
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phelpsa
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| posted on 25/1/10 at 09:20 AM |
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Give alex roebuck's site a look over (http://roebuck.eclipse.co.uk) and you good even take a look at my diary if you wanted...
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=66434
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