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Another update, the Jag's MOT is tomorrow so I'm hoping it passes as it hasn't been in for its bodywork yet. I noticed yesterday that the driver's seat felt a bit wobbly. Upon inspection both rear brackets from runner to base had actually broken in half. What great timing for that to happen!
So once again I took the seat out this evening and ground it back, then welded it all back together with a decent Supermig borrowed from a mate.
See the nifty Jaguar seat repair rig
Fingers crossed for the MOT tomorrow
So once again I took the seat out this evening and ground it back, then welded it all back together with a decent Supermig borrowed from a mate.
See the nifty Jaguar seat repair rig
Fingers crossed for the MOT tomorrow
Cheers for the luck, must've worked as it passed! Took it to Offord TVR, nice bunch of chaps in there with a taste for cars that are a bit different. On top of that it's a cheap MOT at 30 quid.
Few advisories to have a look at, one of the exhaust flexis is blowing slightly which I was aware of, some sill corrosion which will be sorted along with the rest of the bodywork and a tiny bit of play in the rear UJs. I'm pleasantly surprised at that because it must be said I was fearing the worst. I might have to explore other options fixing the exhaust blow because looking at exhaust sections from the Jaguar spares guys they are enormously expensive, around £1700 for that section!
Few advisories to have a look at, one of the exhaust flexis is blowing slightly which I was aware of, some sill corrosion which will be sorted along with the rest of the bodywork and a tiny bit of play in the rear UJs. I'm pleasantly surprised at that because it must be said I was fearing the worst. I might have to explore other options fixing the exhaust blow because looking at exhaust sections from the Jaguar spares guys they are enormously expensive, around £1700 for that section!
Thanks guys. I got a video this evening of the Jag on maximum attack. Sounds pretty immense off the line!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxaAZlfMek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxaAZlfMek
LewG said:
Thanks guys. I got a video this evening of the Jag on maximum attack. Sounds pretty immense off the line!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxaAZlfMek
Crikey - the old girl can certainly shift when needed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKxaAZlfMek
Edited by TR4man on Sunday 22 May 12:07
24valve said:
Nice one!
Yep I know the place in offord- I bought a Saab 9-5 3.0 from them about 10 odd years ago. One of the founders of that place set up the Great Paxton motor company just down the road and then bought my e class from him.
Offord certainly seem to get good recommendations.
That would explain the two garages within such a short distance! They've still got plenty of Saabs for sale now, no TVRs in the showroom at the moment though. I'm hoping to get the bonnet repaired on my Chimaera there soon as refitting the bonnet following putting the engine back in my dear old dad lifted his side a bit sharply and broke the fibreglass around the mounting lug. Can't say I was best pleased! Yep I know the place in offord- I bought a Saab 9-5 3.0 from them about 10 odd years ago. One of the founders of that place set up the Great Paxton motor company just down the road and then bought my e class from him.
Offord certainly seem to get good recommendations.
It can indeed shift! I must admit I was following an immaculate Stag last weekend who was taking it very gently, you could hear it was the original 3 litre too. I had to blast past with a thumbs up to show my appreciation
Well unfortunately I did end up grinding the old pulley away and then using a homemade Heath Robinson puller off it came, I've been grinding the old snout back for a few hours now and still have at least 2mm of material to go, particularly on the lower edge which is harder to get to. Easiest way to speed things up is probably to take some of the coolant pipework out of the way at the front of the engine so I can get access. I'm sure the coolant needed changing anyway
Well all did not go according to plan with the fitment, the snout of the supercharger has to be made smaller to fit the smaller inside diameter of the upper pulley. The supercharger shaft itself isn't keyed or anything so you have to heat the pulley up, then fit it. After around 10 seconds or so as it contracts it locks onto the shaft. Tight. For this you have to be pretty damn sure that the snout of the supercharger is a small enough diameter so as not to foul the pulley. In my case I got it slightly wrong and on fitting the whole thing locked solid! A lot of swearing ensued and then the following evening thankfully Lewis (AceOfHearts) come to the rescue letting me borrow some Mapp Gas and a decent puller. With some tension in the puller and a lot of heat it started to creak, and off it came. This allowed me to see the high spots where it'd made contact and dress them with the file.
After this pulley went on a piece of cake, I used a straight edge to ensure it was level with the end of the shaft.
All this was around 9pm last night with it pissing down outside, the TVR is poorly and currently my Land Rover has no roof on so I was fairly determined to get it finished. Thermostat housing was resealed and refitted, and the copious amounts of aluminium filings blown away with compressed air and brake cleaner! With that I refitted the belt and put the fans back in.
All looked cracking until it come to refill with coolant only to find a quick connector pipe from header tank to rad had bust off, I tried super gluing it back together but it still absolutely poured out, so a bit of ingenuity ensued this is similar to what it should look like:
Some heater hose from work and a bit of silicone hose from my TVR bits, hey presto a high flow header tank pipe!
Overall the improvement is great, it's not night and day more powerful it just feels a lot more eager than before, and on hard acceleration there's no bogging down, it just pulls from nothing. A great car, I'm enjoying it more than ever at the moment
After this pulley went on a piece of cake, I used a straight edge to ensure it was level with the end of the shaft.
All this was around 9pm last night with it pissing down outside, the TVR is poorly and currently my Land Rover has no roof on so I was fairly determined to get it finished. Thermostat housing was resealed and refitted, and the copious amounts of aluminium filings blown away with compressed air and brake cleaner! With that I refitted the belt and put the fans back in.
All looked cracking until it come to refill with coolant only to find a quick connector pipe from header tank to rad had bust off, I tried super gluing it back together but it still absolutely poured out, so a bit of ingenuity ensued
this is similar to what it should look like:
Some heater hose from work and a bit of silicone hose from my TVR bits, hey presto a high flow header tank pipe!
Overall the improvement is great, it's not night and day more powerful it just feels a lot more eager than before, and on hard acceleration there's no bogging down, it just pulls from nothing. A great car, I'm enjoying it more than ever at the moment
LewG said:
... a rear bumper mount has broken on the LH side meaning the bumper droops down slightly ...
I have the same issue with mine (except on the right hand side) but haven't investigated it any further; is the mount part of the bumper assembly or separate i.e. is it going to be expensive...?Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff