What's happening in your garage this weekend ?

What's happening in your garage this weekend ?

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matt-man

2,665 posts

218 months

Monday 12th February 2007
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This weekend i spent some time doing a service before the MOT next week!

Flushed and bled the Clutch and brake fluid.

Checked all of the nuts and bolts on the rear section which dad and i have finished rebuilding after the original bushes were swapped for superflex poly ones (very excited about driving with these!!!) and new rear brake disks, calipers and pads...so no more threads worrying about sticky brakes!

Changed the roller bearing where the steering column goes through the bulkhead to get rid of the play i used to have there....

Changed the oil and filter, topped up the diff oil and ordered new rubbers for the front anti roll bar today so thats next up on the list....

All in all, been a productive couple of weeks! Cant wait to MOT her and go for a blast!!!

rev-erend

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21,404 posts

283 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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Made some progress today - massive thanks for Beastie for lending a hand - plus the encouragement when you have to cut a purfectly good chassis..

Today - we made some subtle mods to the engine mounts - to possibly allow for bigger exhaust tubes. Every 1 inch counts.

Removed the Gearbox.

Moved the diagonal chassis cross chassis tube attachment from the gearbox mount tube back to the chassis tube (back around) 1.5 inches.

We also created another cross chassis tube behind the gearbox for
some additional strength - this is removeable.

At least it's all nice and clean under there now

What a day ...

dickymint

24,098 posts

257 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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rev-erend said:
Made some progress today - massive thanks for Beastie for lending a hand - plus the encouragement when you have to cut a purfectly good chassis..

Today - we made some subtle mods to the engine mounts - to possibly allow for bigger exhaust tubes. Every 1 inch counts.

Removed the Gearbox.

Moved the diagonal chassis cross chassis tube attachment from the gearbox mount tube back to the chassis tube (back around) 1.5 inches.

We also created another cross chassis tube behind the gearbox for
some additional strength - this is removeable.

At least it's all nice and clean under there now

What a day ...


Never mind all that - what shade of pink is it gonna be sprayed? hehe

badredwedge

3,450 posts

227 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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Maybe a hint of lilac and a splash of violet hehe

RainboWedge

36 posts

207 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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Rumour is its coming together quite nicely !

badredwedge

3,450 posts

227 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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I dont fancy winding that supercharger hehe

rev-erend

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21,404 posts

283 months

Saturday 17th February 2007
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At the moment - it's a nice shade of matt Green.. mixed with a bit of x-blocked fibre glass..

sorry - just work in progress.. bit of a mess really.

It WILL BE FINISHED ONE DAY !

jvaughan

6,025 posts

282 months

Sunday 18th February 2007
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Make sure you use a good quality Brussh Rev. wouldnt want any brush marks or brush hairs in the paint hehe

badredwedge

3,450 posts

227 months

Sunday 18th February 2007
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This weekend ? Trying to find all the bits hehewobble

toltec

7,159 posts

222 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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We managed to borrow a 2 Ton lift which has a long enough arm to reach the engine so out it came this Saturday, raised the front end as per Steve's suggestion to get the lift's legs under the wishbones.

The clutch plate looks used but with plenty of wear left, unfortunately there is some bluing and fine cracking on the flywheel. It also looks like the front gearbox seal may be leaking as there is a fair amount of sludge at the bottom rear of the bell housing. There was also a small amount of oil around the rear engine seal when the flywheel was removed.

An excuse to get a lightened flywheel maybe?

rev-erend

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21,404 posts

283 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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Flywhhel lightened .. go for it.

Just have them remove the ridge at the rear.. if its not there then it's already been done by TVR.

badredwedge

3,450 posts

227 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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rev-erend said:

What have you been up to then.. also saw those rocker covers..



Both sides and a bit of a polish up ... Nice

l33

3,468 posts

223 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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BadRed - it looks to me like you have too much time on your hands yes

When you've finished your engine bay, I'll let you do mine.

rev-erend

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21,404 posts

283 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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Very nice..

campbell

2,499 posts

282 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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Well i got a hold of a Tig welder and some SS pipes and took the grinder to the Taimar scratchchin,

.....the end result is a rather nice shily exhaust for the Taimar and some burns for me censored minus a few silensers hehehehehehehehe

Will got some pictures posted soon as to show off my good work.
And recovered from a magor vodka hang over censored headache

Cambelt

blaineuk

2,614 posts

246 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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badredwedge said:
rev-erend said:

What have you been up to then.. also saw those rocker covers..



Both sides and a bit of a polish up ... Nice


i can see you and steve having monthly polishing competions


taimar78

681 posts

261 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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If someone would educate me as to how to post photos with the replies, I'd like to show what's been going on in my garage.

pwd95

8,382 posts

237 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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If you click "quote" on one of the picture posts you can see the code you need to type in. You also need to upload your pics to a photo hosting site like photobucket.com, then copy the img code that goes with the pic. thumbup

Like this

[IMG] http://i19.tinypic.com/352ma9t.jpg[/IMG]

Without the space after the first set of []

Edited by pwd95 on Monday 19th February 21:55

taimar78

681 posts

261 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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Thanks PWD95.
OK, let's see if this works. Over the past week, I've been having my garage re-outfitted so the TVR will be nice and comfortable and to reduce the risk of any clutter falling on or against the TVR. We must protect our loved ones, right?
Here's the link:


Wow, I just tried it and it worked! Isn't technology wonderful, when it works?

blaineuk

2,614 posts

246 months

Monday 19th February 2007
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nice garage taimarcool


Edited by blaineuk on Monday 19th February 23:10