02GF74
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 posted on 10/4/06 at 10:39 AM |
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ayone else have busy weekend?
got a lot of stuff done this weekend.
a) sand down nose cone
b) paint nose cone
c) make indicator stalk bezels from sainless steel and fit
d) fit indicator stalks and indicators
e) wire indicators to plug (1st time wired according to socket but was meant to be plug so got side lamp switch tunring on the indicators - school boy
error!)
f) remove extensions from hand brake cable (required backing off fully brake adjusters)
g) glue radiator overflow pipe
h) work out adjustment resistor for water temp guage to read better
i) machine down steering wheel boss to allow nut to grip more threads
j) vacuum inside of car!
k) drill floor and seat bases to bolt seats in place
l) fit lower profile right angle connector for fuel pick up (increases clearance from rear brake bar)
m) notice reverse lamp is fitted askew
n) fit nose cone
o) adjust cooling fan to come on at 92 C
p) drill carpet panel for exhaust mounting bolt and fit
p) wash mountain bike
q) lace rear mountain bike wheel on a new XT hub
r) vacuum garage floor!!
s) make adjustable acceletor pedal end stop
t) fit rubber buffer for accelertor idle postion bump stop
u) re fit pedal box cover
.... phew, need a lie down after all that.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 10:44 AM |
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Nah - too busy hooning around the local twisty roads in my Locost....
David
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 11:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Nah - too busy hooning around the local twisty roads in my Locost....
David
GIT!!! ... but hopefully I'll be doing that soon, preparation for SVA has begun.....
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John.Taylor
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 12:08 PM |
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1.) Went to Halfords in Chorley to get a TX40 Torx bit but had sold out so went to Motorworld and got one.
2.) Started to undo the 24x No. Torx bolts holding driveshafts on to Sierra. Broke new Torx socket on second bolt.
3.) Went back to Motorworld for a refund, but gave me another socket instead.
4.) Undid another two bolts and this time the Torx socket twisted so much that it wouldn't hold in the bolt.
5.) Return to Motorworld and insist on a refund. Go to all the local motor factors, nobody has a decent TX40 so go to Halfords Bolton.
6.) Return with meaty looking TX40 (with shorter spines too so it won't twist as easy) only for it to start raining. Give up until Sunday.
7.) Get up bright and early to be told that I'm going shopping. Finally get out to the garage at 2pm.
8.) Remove the rest of the TX40 bolts and all but the cross bolts on the diff - which won't budge. Apply liberal amounts of WD40 and get the
mallet out. An hour later, have diff and driveshafts in the garage!
Now all I have to do is remove the hubs, loom, stearing column and some bits and bobs before the blight on the drive can go to the Sierra graveyard in
the sky!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 01:04 PM |
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My 8 month old daughter is seriously limiting play time at weekends, and I'm too knackered in the evenings as I don't get home until 8ish
on most days, so progress has reduced from very little to virtualy none. Most depressing
Still, I managed to convert the bottom of the XE distributor into a blanking plate after a couple of hours on the lathe, and also de-rusted and primed
a few chassis bits and started to clean up the Sierra LSD so that's more than I've done for a while.
Also did an oil change and replaced thermostat on the tintop (hot air from the heater just in time for summer! And it takes less than 30 miles to
warm up now!)
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James
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 03:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by John.Taylor
1.) Went to Halfords in Chorley to get a TX40 Torx bit but had sold out so went to Motorworld and got one.
2.) Started to undo the 24x No. Torx bolts holding driveshafts on to Sierra. Broke new Torx socket on second bolt.
3.) Went back to Motorworld for a refund, but gave me another socket instead.
4.) Undid another two bolts and this time the Torx socket twisted so much that it wouldn't hold in the bolt.
5.) Return to Motorworld and insist on a refund. Go to all the local motor factors, nobody has a decent TX40 so go to Halfords Bolton.
6.) Return with meaty looking TX40 (with shorter spines too so it won't twist as easy) only for it to start raining. Give up until Sunday.
8.) Remove the rest of the TX40 bolts and all but the cross bolts on the diff
All alternatively just grind off those horrible rusty bolts in 5 minutes and replace with new socket head caps for 2 quid!
I can always be helpful after the fact!
Cheers,
James
[Edited on 10/4/06 by James]
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 05:04 PM |
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Still trying to get mother-in-law settled after four months out of country, so that I can have my GARAGE back and get on with the build. Kit outside
under tarpualin at the mo cos garage full of her debris.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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stevec
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 05:07 PM |
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Took my dodgy Sierra Indicator/ Hazzard switch appart half a dozen times.Yippeee its fixed now. Shear Locost determination.
Soggy spring in Hazzard bit screwing up the contacts.
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piddy
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| posted on 10/4/06 at 05:38 PM |
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Day at Detling on Saturday.
car club meeting Sunady and returned home to write report.
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