What have you done in your Garage this evening??
Discussion
Yesterday was busy. Delivered the TVR to the paint shop, and after long discusions and thoughts, did I decide to paint the car in something very close to the original metallic brown, but with a little more "pang" in the metallic effect. The original color was allmost withpour metallic effect, where as the non original paint the car had when I bought it, was more light with a "full metallic" effect. Hope the result will be acceptable. The beige stipe will not me made due to the requirements for the racing numbers and commercials. But some tape-work will perhaps be added later on.
In exhange of the TVR did I get a TR6 from the paint-guy. It need wireing and an Vems ECU plus the fuel and ignition trimming. The interesting stuff is that the engine is compleately rebuild and in the process did a eaton M62 find it's way into the engine bay :-)
In exhange of the TVR did I get a TR6 from the paint-guy. It need wireing and an Vems ECU plus the fuel and ignition trimming. The interesting stuff is that the engine is compleately rebuild and in the process did a eaton M62 find it's way into the engine bay :-)
Edited by madsvlund on Saturday 22 March 00:29
Fitted new door handles to my Vixen S1. The old Massac ones were pitted and one was broken.
Bought new ones through a member in the Standard Motorcar Owners Club (my Dad).
Wondering if I'm going to try to modify them by tapping the front attachment point to put a screw through the door skin and into the main handle instead of just holding the "slide mount".
Bought new ones through a member in the Standard Motorcar Owners Club (my Dad).
Wondering if I'm going to try to modify them by tapping the front attachment point to put a screw through the door skin and into the main handle instead of just holding the "slide mount".
Astacus said:
I would be interested to hear how you get on with that. I have to do the same job on my own S1 at some point. I already have the new handles.
I think I will try to tap the old ones. The problem will be that the sliding tab is independent to the handle itself, but by tapping the handle I might need to move the hole in the door skin to line up with the handle and not the sliding tab. Been under the car (and l do mean under) had a long list of things to do. Managed one the l had intended ( gearbox output oil seal) and one that l hadn't ( a lost bush on the gear change linkage - amazingly l had a spare!)
All that is left now are the other 11 jobs l had intended to do at the start of the day!
All that is left now are the other 11 jobs l had intended to do at the start of the day!
With only limited time available at the moment, the last few jobs on my car seem to have taken an eternity. I had the engine running about 6 months ago and now having finished trimming the interior and fitting the windscreen and rear screen I thought I was ready for its first road outing in a quarter of a century.
Wrong! Couldn't start the engine. I went through every check, over and over again but apart from the odd cough, not a glimmer! I had removed the carbs to fit new trumpets and "carb to manifold" O rings so suspected an air leak. I had also removed other various bits since first firing up the car, including a adjustable thermostat for the cooling fan so all manner of imaginary faults flew through my head - I must have "changed" something. Nothing for it but to assume the worst and start from scratch. Fettling the engine without anybody to turn the engine over is a pain so I thought I would simply hot wire the starter with a little toggle switch so that I could turn it over without having to clamber in and out of the car.
Mistake!It would have been ok if I had made a better job of securing the wires to the temporary toggle switch but unfortunately one flicked off and as luck would have it put a direct short across the battery and promptly burst into flames! With only minor damage to my hand - well I wasn't going to let my car catch fire was I! I managed to avert disaster.What I didn't know was that a tiny drop of molten wire had landed on my oil pressure gauge tube! More of this later!
After rechecking the compressions (taking nothing for granted)- fine, static timing, for the umpteenth time, sparks and fuel, yes plenty of fuel - perhaps too much? I know some of you guys run twin side draught webers but I know from past experiences that they do require a certain starting sequence if you are not to suffer from wetting up the plugs. This I seemed to be doing on a regular basis. It was when taking out the plugs and drying them off that I once again rechecked the static timing by lining up the timing marks on 10 deg advance and giving the distributor a twist clockwise until a spark on no.1 was generated. Wait a minute the spark looked a little strange! The spark was jumping from the central electrode to the outer edge of the plug and not via the ground electrode - how can that happen?
A quick dash down to the autofactors, a new set of plugs popped in, three pumps of the throttle, turn the key and brmmmmmmm! Fantastic, wait a minute where the **** is all this oil coming from? It's amazing how much oil can get pumped out of a tiny hole in the oil pressure line!
Nearly there!
Wrong! Couldn't start the engine. I went through every check, over and over again but apart from the odd cough, not a glimmer! I had removed the carbs to fit new trumpets and "carb to manifold" O rings so suspected an air leak. I had also removed other various bits since first firing up the car, including a adjustable thermostat for the cooling fan so all manner of imaginary faults flew through my head - I must have "changed" something. Nothing for it but to assume the worst and start from scratch. Fettling the engine without anybody to turn the engine over is a pain so I thought I would simply hot wire the starter with a little toggle switch so that I could turn it over without having to clamber in and out of the car.
Mistake!It would have been ok if I had made a better job of securing the wires to the temporary toggle switch but unfortunately one flicked off and as luck would have it put a direct short across the battery and promptly burst into flames! With only minor damage to my hand - well I wasn't going to let my car catch fire was I! I managed to avert disaster.What I didn't know was that a tiny drop of molten wire had landed on my oil pressure gauge tube! More of this later!
After rechecking the compressions (taking nothing for granted)- fine, static timing, for the umpteenth time, sparks and fuel, yes plenty of fuel - perhaps too much? I know some of you guys run twin side draught webers but I know from past experiences that they do require a certain starting sequence if you are not to suffer from wetting up the plugs. This I seemed to be doing on a regular basis. It was when taking out the plugs and drying them off that I once again rechecked the static timing by lining up the timing marks on 10 deg advance and giving the distributor a twist clockwise until a spark on no.1 was generated. Wait a minute the spark looked a little strange! The spark was jumping from the central electrode to the outer edge of the plug and not via the ground electrode - how can that happen?
A quick dash down to the autofactors, a new set of plugs popped in, three pumps of the throttle, turn the key and brmmmmmmm! Fantastic, wait a minute where the **** is all this oil coming from? It's amazing how much oil can get pumped out of a tiny hole in the oil pressure line!
Nearly there!
I changed my dials lighting yesterday. Actually thought it was going to be a bigger job than it actually was. Apart from getting my hand jammed behind the dashboard at one point it all went very well 
Definitely better than the yellowy/white manky lighting I had before... 
Really wanted the bright white light but after reading posts mentioning the fact they were so bright they were distracting, I went for the blue....plus my Cerb is blue lol
Definitely better than the yellowy/white manky lighting I had before... Really wanted the bright white light but after reading posts mentioning the fact they were so bright they were distracting, I went for the blue....plus my Cerb is blue lol
prideaux said:
Not Quite in the Garage but arrived back at the Flat to be presented with this and was told
Oh i popped into Maplins as Kevin had a 50% off Voucher to use and bought me this for doing the wiring labels not bad for £18
just what my electrical engineer will need hope you happy Phil
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Looking forward to using it.Oh i popped into Maplins as Kevin had a 50% off Voucher to use and bought me this for doing the wiring labels not bad for £18
just what my electrical engineer will need hope you happy Phil
A
Bad MemoriesPlayed for AA man.
My daughters car stopped early yesterday morning.
With my first aid material, tape/ iron / wire, I gould help her.
Bobine of her Seat 1999 was broken. Fixed temperary with wire so could drive the car home.
New one costs € 90. Searched on the net and found one for € 18 just 5 Miles from home.
Everybody happy.
The 2 daughters call me handydad.
Hans
Sonus said:
I think I'll better convert to crank handle
David Manners is looking into the possibility to fit a gear reductio starter which is smaller, but slightly different shape.
We've got a Wasp High Torque starter on the Taimar. We installed it before the manifolds as it looked as if it would be next to impossible to do it otherwise.David Manners is looking into the possibility to fit a gear reductio starter which is smaller, but slightly different shape.
Infact we may even have put it on before we put the body on the chassis.
Turns the engine over brilliantly though, even with an old piddly battery from a Citroen C3, it kept on starting, whereas the 1600M needs a recharge if you don't start it on the third attempt,
Hansoplast said:
Played for AA man.
My daughters car stopped early yesterday morning.
With my first aid material, tape/ iron / wire, I gould help her.
Bobine of her Seat 1999 was broken. Fixed temperary with wire so could drive the car home.
New one costs € 90. Searched on the net and found one for € 18 just 5 Miles from home.
Everybody happy.
The 2 daughters call me handydad.
Hans
My daughters car stopped early yesterday morning.
With my first aid material, tape/ iron / wire, I gould help her.
Bobine of her Seat 1999 was broken. Fixed temperary with wire so could drive the car home.
New one costs € 90. Searched on the net and found one for € 18 just 5 Miles from home.
Everybody happy.
The 2 daughters call me handydad.
Hans
GTRene said:
Hansoplast said:
Played for AA man.
My daughters car stopped early yesterday morning.
With my first aid material, tape/ iron / wire, I gould help her.
Bobine of her Seat 1999 was broken. Fixed temperary with wire so could drive the car home.
New one costs € 90. Searched on the net and found one for € 18 just 5 Miles from home.
Everybody happy.
The 2 daughters call me handydad.
Hans
My daughters car stopped early yesterday morning.
With my first aid material, tape/ iron / wire, I gould help her.
Bobine of her Seat 1999 was broken. Fixed temperary with wire so could drive the car home.
New one costs € 90. Searched on the net and found one for € 18 just 5 Miles from home.
Everybody happy.
The 2 daughters call me handydad.
Hans
Regards,
D.
So I have had a pretty quiet winter with the car, but this past month it has had a new clutch and cable which makes it a whole load better and with the help of a bracket to keep the cable away from the exhaust, I am sure this one won't melt and go rock solid. The rear brakes have been rebuilt and for the first time I have a working handbrake, the fuel pipes have been replaced and it has been given a service.
Today in my garage I started a job I have been meaning to do since I brought it two years ago, and that is to paint the inside of the wheels. They had always let the shiny Wolfraces down so with the first two off and painted I can report that it has made the world of difference! While they were off I thought it would be rude not to paint the rear drums too.
On my last run the fuel and temperature gauge were both giving the same reading and moving together, I would presume this has something to do with the voltage something? If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great
In the mean time, here is a picture from the other evening.
Here is hoping to dry weather next weekend!
Today in my garage I started a job I have been meaning to do since I brought it two years ago, and that is to paint the inside of the wheels. They had always let the shiny Wolfraces down so with the first two off and painted I can report that it has made the world of difference! While they were off I thought it would be rude not to paint the rear drums too.
On my last run the fuel and temperature gauge were both giving the same reading and moving together, I would presume this has something to do with the voltage something? If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great
In the mean time, here is a picture from the other evening.
Here is hoping to dry weather next weekend!
henrytvr said:
So I have had a pretty quiet winter with the car, but this past month it has had a new clutch and cable which makes it a whole load better and with the help of a bracket to keep the cable away from the exhaust, I am sure this one won't melt and go rock solid. The rear brakes have been rebuilt and for the first time I have a working handbrake, the fuel pipes have been replaced and it has been given a service.
Today in my garage I started a job I have been meaning to do since I brought it two years ago, and that is to paint the inside of the wheels. They had always let the shiny Wolfraces down so with the first two off and painted I can report that it has made the world of difference! While they were off I thought it would be rude not to paint the rear drums too.
On my last run the fuel and temperature gauge were both giving the same reading and moving together, I would presume this has something to do with the voltage something? If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great
In the mean time, here is a picture from the other evening.
Here is hoping to dry weather next weekend!
Your M looks fabulous. Is that a Martin edition?Today in my garage I started a job I have been meaning to do since I brought it two years ago, and that is to paint the inside of the wheels. They had always let the shiny Wolfraces down so with the first two off and painted I can report that it has made the world of difference! While they were off I thought it would be rude not to paint the rear drums too.
On my last run the fuel and temperature gauge were both giving the same reading and moving together, I would presume this has something to do with the voltage something? If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great
In the mean time, here is a picture from the other evening.
Here is hoping to dry weather next weekend!
Chris
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