What have you done to your car today......

[env]

waveydavey1000 said:

Think I've got to the bottom of the rough running on the Cerb. Took it out for a run after changing the coil packs, plugs, leads and lambdas, suddenly there was an almighty bang and the exhaust note went up about 50 dBs!
The result was a gaping hole in the original backbox.
I reckon all the wadding inside had collapsed and blocked the outlet.

Booked in on Thursday for new sports boxes!

waveydavey what have you gone for? The standard rear box on mine just went and not sure what to replace with...

[gruffalo]

I can highly recommend the ACT quiet back box, lovely noise.

[waveydavey1000]

Its booked in with Top Gear Exhausts at Doncaster, they can make them up out of stainless to your spec.
I'm going for "Sporty but not offensive"!
£360 fitted including VAT
Great lads and can highly recommend them, they made a top job of my decats.

[env]

The ACT cerbera rear box is £645 + VAT which is pretty pricey... I have a lot of ACT products and not sure they are that much more special than anything else.... Happy to be proven wrong to throw money at the issue!

[Mr Cerbera]

thefrog said:

pmessling said:

Got the gearbox back in what a pig when on axles stands although my hydraulic ramps helped getting it up to the right height.
Would have been easier with another person pressing on the clutch but nothing some pipe couldn't solve
Unfortunately didn't get as far as i wanted as i ran out of nuts.

I found this very useful when dealing with gearboxes:
http://www.workshopping.co.uk/product/draper-150kg...

S'wonderful to see how the well-healed live.

Me, I'm more of a push'n'pull at it for %25 of the cost man

[thefrog]

Mr Cerbera said:

S'wonderful to see how the well-healed live.
Me, I'm more of a push'n'pull at it for %25 of the cost man

Indeed, however having done several much heavier gearboxes and transfer boxes on Defenders and my Range Rover P38, this just had to be bought after the second, and it's made the job of changing the clutch on the Cerb much easier.

[Jhonno]

I found the gearbox a doddle to pop back in, on my back on a gravel drive on stands.. I was expecting a battle from what I'd read, but it was easy!

[TVR8BLACK]

My cerb was awarded its mot ticket today

But discovered a oil leak coming out of the gearbox to prop shaft and from the diff and one bottom of the engine


Should of left it at home

[TVR8BLACK]

Also when the starter motor fails does it give any warning
Mine was fine never had a start problem now it's just dead the garage said its a tvr they do that

[CerbWill]

Mine did the same, 3 days after buying. Started fine numerous times on the trip home then after 3 days in the garage, nothing but a faint click from the solenoid.

[Jhonno]

TVR8BLACK said:

Also when the starter motor fails does it give any warning
Mine was fine never had a start problem now it's just dead the garage said its a tvr they do that

Try putting 12V straight to the signal wire.. Sometimes it doesn't quite get 12V and all you get is a *Click* from it as you press the start button.

[pmessling]

Car is back on the road since being last driven in September. Finished it off today to be able to go for a quick shake down drive.

Since September it has had new helix clutch, refurbished raceproved slave. new master. Shocks refurbished, gold heat reflective tape around gearbox and exhaust area. Rust removed from rear outriggers and painted. Head lights rewired. new rearview mirror as i broke it whilst doing gearbox. Stainless steel header tank bracket, and airbox mounts, new nuts and bolts throughout. And the major mod of doing away with the drum handbrake going for a spot caliper. Also fitted new fuel lines. painted the prop shaft. Two new cv joints, drive shafts painted, new cv boots. and I'm sure I've missed some.

happy to be back on the road again. just need to put the interior back in, adjust the handbrake, and the F1 panel back on. happy days.

Edited by pmessling on Wednesday 22 April 17:41

[scerbera]

Finally got around to start turning down my driveshaft blanks. Supplied as 45mm so a bit to come off.

[ukkid35]

Sure it looks Naff and Amateurish, but it definitely works. The upper chassis rails have been perfectly protected by POR15 and cheap self-adhesive heatshield, but since I've had to r&r the manifolds I've renewed the heatshield. The POR15 underneath was as I left it two years ago.

[NilsP]

Replaced my Leven gear knob with an original one

[Mr Cerbera]

pmessling said:

Car is back on the road since being last driven in September. Finished it off today to be able to go for a quick shake down drive.

Since September it has had new helix clutch, refurbished raceproved slave. new master. Shocks refurbished, gold heat reflective tape around gearbox and exhaust area. Rust removed from rear outriggers and painted. Head lights rewired. new rearview mirror as i broke it whilst doing gearbox. Stainless steel header tank bracket, and airbox mounts, new nuts and bolts throughout. And the major mod of doing away with the drum handbrake going for a spot caliper. Also fitted new fuel lines. painted the prop shaft. Two new cv joints, drive shafts painted, new cv boots. and I'm sure I've missed some.

happy to be back on the road again. just need to put the interior back in, adjust the handbrake, and the F1 panel back on. happy days.

Reading your actions, in general, Peter is quite an amazing trip for me coz what I think about doing you actually get off your rump and do.
In this particular case I received an update from MERLIN about Gold, reflective, insulation tape and wondered if it would go or look tacky.
I know that you MUST have some photos of the finished assembly.

Any chance that you could share ??

Thanks !

PJ

[Byker28i]

Brought it into work, waved at my old neighbour in his S2 along the M4

[Supateg]

Fitted these little chaps



Later on..

Also refitted the refurb/ painted water rails and refilled the coolant.

[Jhonno]

Are they ACT ones?! You did well to get them in still white!

[Supateg]

Yep
Act 'performance' with the zircotec white treatment.
Cool, well that's the desired effect!