johns tvr rebuild
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portzi said:
I have already made one for my car, its in the willow sports car rebuild thread, it has already been christened the drip tray by Nick :0
I`m still waiting for the drip tray pictures ..Im sure you don`t want water all over your nicly painted engine ..It will flake off in no time ..
as reported yesterday lenses are now fitted to the rear lamps nearside proved to be a real pain as you will see from the pics but all in nicely now,i had a proper run of the engine today got it right up to operating temperature just to check all things work fans etc. also fitted some spacers to the rear discs and ran the transmission up speedo works just fine all pressures and temp seem fine, slight weep from the nearside rocker box which is slightly strange but had to have something i guess, heater all bled out well and lots of heat so good all round also fitted the small piece of dash with the light switches etc. got the mini relays wired in and all works fine including the warning lamps and halos around the switches which i have to say look very cool.
john
john
as reported yesterday lenses are now fitted to the rear lamps nearside proved to be a real pain as you will see from the pics but all in nicely now,i had a proper run of the engine today got it right up to operating temperature just to check all things work fans etc. also fitted some spacers to the rear discs and ran the transmission up speedo works just fine all pressures and temp seem fine, slight weep from the nearside rocker box which is slightly strange but had to have something i guess, heater all bled out well and lots of heat so good all round also fitted the small piece of dash with the light switches etc. got the mini relays wired in and all works fine including the warning lamps and halos around the switches which i have to say look very cool.
john
john
SILICONEKID350HP said:
portzi said:
I have already made one for my car, its in the willow sports car rebuild thread, it has already been christened the drip tray by Nick :0
I`m still waiting for the drip tray pictures ..Im sure you don`t want water all over your nicly painted engine ..It will flake off in no time ..
not got much access to the internet at the mo. SORRY JOHN FOR HYJACKING your thread, hope your design will be better if you make one. I think body colour would have been better, but time was not on my side at that point unfortunately so went with matt black. Unfortunatley the lip which is cover with rubber strips to channel the water away could not go all the way round due to the bonnet not being unable to close, but the main thing is that it keeps the water from gonig down the engine and valley gasket
And the pelum can also be removed without bending up, as you can see I have put a fold in it to angle it up to aid the water to run away. Also the rubber strip between window and body had not yet been fitted.Mark
Edited by portzi on Sunday 17th February 02:12
good day today,weather kind doors open on workshop,got the holes in the rear bulkhead glassed up only having the two original speakers positions used,got the sound proofing on the inside of the bonnet,routed and plugged in the triple position switch for the emerald,sanded masked and painted the bezels on all the gauges now the clock is back, started getting the scuttle ready to fit tomorrow,polished the new cap for the brake reservoir and sealed round the brake fluid reservoir also blanked of the inner wings to outer wings to stop the draughts and started to get the side lights remounted and fitted the temporary rear number plate i also took delivery of the charger that is going to be installed permanently to keep the battery in peek trim.
john
john
portzi said:
SILICONEKID350HP said:
portzi said:
I have already made one for my car, its in the willow sports car rebuild thread, it has already been christened the drip tray by Nick :0
I`m still waiting for the drip tray pictures ..Im sure you don`t want water all over your nicly painted engine ..It will flake off in no time ..not got much access to the internet at the mo. SORRY JOHN FOR HYJACKING your thread, hope your design will be better if you make one. I think body colour would have been better, but time was not on my side at that point unfortunately so went with matt black. Unfortunatley the lip which is cover with rubber strips to channel the water away could not go all the way round due to the bonnet not being unable to close, but the main thing is that it keeps the water from gonig down the engine and valley gasket
And the pelum can also be removed without bending up, as you can see I have put a fold in it to angle it up to aid the water to run away. Also the rubber strip between window and body had not yet been fitted.Mark
Edited by portzi on Sunday 17th February 02:12
well the offending plate has been removed my son agreed not good,i fitted the bonnet and the shut lines are not to bad so off it came to be flatted,cut and polished got it flatted today cut and polish tomorrow,also got the door locks cleaned and reassembled and fitted in the pillars,plus i reassembled the scuttle windscreen wiper assembly and got it fitted into the car worst job the new windscreen wash pipe some twit put a power steering unit in the way but upside down in the footwell soon saw it sorted,i also had a bit of time to mask the underside of the car ready for the black to match the chassis.
john
john
Engineer1949 said:
clicky linky
HTH
Nosh.
thanks for the link, well today got the underside painted and got the doors out of hibernation and started building them up ,got a slight problem i had forgotten about last owner fitted ridiculously large door speakers so now have to glass in a section to allow fitment of the regular size speaker,also got the offside front wing blocked back cut and polished looks really good not just shiny but deep colour well pleased, then fitted the bezel to that side so one down three to go wings that is.
john
john
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