johns tvr rebuild

johns tvr rebuild

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haircutmike

21,844 posts

204 months

Sunday 1st July 2012
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Not if I nip in while you're all at sea!

SILICONEKID340HP

14,997 posts

231 months

Sunday 1st July 2012
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haircutmike said:
I am exited when it comes to loosing my hydraulic P/S, can't wait!

Daz, my oil temp pickup is on a fitting on the hose going to the oil cooler.

Oil pressure pickup is from the same point that the old electric oil pressure sender screws in to.

Keep at it John, a very entertaining and imformative thread, (in technicolour as well!).

I'll be bringing my chim down to you to have that electric P/S conversion done, what's your address?

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So why is my oil pressure sender in the sump..

haircutmike

21,844 posts

204 months

Sunday 1st July 2012
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The oil pressure pickup is in the bottom of the front cover adjacent to the pump.

SILICONEKID340HP

14,997 posts

231 months

Sunday 1st July 2012
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haircutmike said:
The oil pressure pickup is in the bottom of the front cover adjacent to the pump.
So why is Johns on the left hand side and can any of the two tappings be used for oil Temp.

haircutmike

21,844 posts

204 months

Sunday 1st July 2012
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Isn 't his preserp?

CHIMV8

2,768 posts

221 months

Saturday 7th July 2012
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How long off till you test the PAS John?

Engineer1949

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1,423 posts

144 months

Sunday 8th July 2012
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Back from wales and back to chim during the week the main thrust being clutch gearbox on plus machining and welding steering test hopefully week after that work is going to get in the way a bit so maybe longer timescale



John

CHIMV8

2,768 posts

221 months

Monday 9th July 2012
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Engineer1949 said:
Back from wales and back to chim during the week the main thrust being clutch gearbox on plus machining and welding steering test hopefully week after that work is going to get in the way a bit so maybe longer timescale



John
Fingers crossed

CHIMV8

2,768 posts

221 months

Monday 16th July 2012
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Hows it going,no report for a while

Engineer1949

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1,423 posts

144 months

Thursday 19th July 2012
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Sorry to everyone who is following my rebuild but a rather time consuming job has come in aka a house boat refurb and new floats well on the way now so back to the chim next week.


John

CHIMV8

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221 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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Engineer1949

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1,423 posts

144 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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Well at last the house boat is back on its mooring so can cocentrate on the chim,been to emerald and collected the ecu,coils and all the bits very helpfull folk and luckily just down the road,blower is arriving wednesday so can really crack on,trimmers have made a start i have given them the centre with gear stick in as a test piece if i am happy with the work they can have the door cards seats etc plus make up the carpets so exiting times ahead plus a few headaches , all part of the fun,p.s steering is all sorted just got to machine the relevant pieces on thursday and that can be tested then prefitted to finally sort the bracketery.




John

Edited by Engineer1949 on Saturday 11th August 09:56

CHIMV8

2,768 posts

221 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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Engineer1949 said:
Well at last the house boat is back on its mooring so can cocentrate on the chim,been to emerald and collected the ecu,coils and all the bits very helpfull folk and luckily just down the road,blower is arriving wednesday so can really crack on,trimmers have made a start i have given them the centre with gear stick in as a test piece if i am happy with the work they can have the door cards seats etc plus make up the carpets so exiting times ahead plus a few headaches , all part of the fun,p.s steering is all sorted just got to machine the relevant pieces on thursday and that can be tested then prefitted to finally sort the bracketery.




John

Edited by Engineer1949 on Saturday 11th August 09:56
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carsy

3,018 posts

165 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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Keep going John. I am eagerly awaiting the SC setup.

Grey Ghost

4,583 posts

220 months

Sunday 12th August 2012
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Good to hear things are picking up again, work getting in the way of all things TVR can be a bind hehe

haircutmike

21,844 posts

204 months

Sunday 12th August 2012
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Grey Ghost said:
Good to hear things are picking up again, work getting in the way of all things TVR can be a bind hehe
You're not kidding, my busiest time of year as well when I could do with a bit of garage time.

Engineer1949

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1,423 posts

144 months

Monday 20th August 2012
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well been at it again started on the body some stress cracks where the front is laminated to the tub which i have ground out ready to relaminate, also the area behind the manifold on the offside where the heat shield is supposed to be (most had gone)has been badly affected so i have cut it out will use it as a mould for a new one and laminate in place. the prefit on the steering is great brackets sorted but not fabricated as yet, i was going to extend the steel on the pedal box to accommodate the bottom bearing but i have decided to leave it so as it can break out in the event of a shunt and double up so to speak on the double knuckle setup and sliding joint of the autograss power unit, blower fitting wednesday will take pics as i work got to sort the drive alignment and belt adjuster position and fixing i promise pics will follow just been full on lately.


john

Engineer1949

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1,423 posts

144 months

Thursday 23rd August 2012
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had a good day yesterday started fitting the blower got the fixing bracket on plus the blower attached to it,i have done the measurements for the new driver pulley for the crank and ordered the billet of ally to machine it from which should be with me tuesday,also worked out the tensioner arrangement got to machine the bracket for that it will use the idler supplied from sc power,but as this is a preserp engine there is a fair amount of fettling to do but seems all sorted in theory,fitted the trumpet base with its modded trumpets from sc power with the gasket supplied by them to help keep the plenum chamber cool,also got the plenum chamber riser fitted to increase the plenum capacity,all the mods are done to the connections to the plenum plus cleaned out the waterway which was very blocked,fitted the bracket i am going to use for the coil packs supplied by emerald,i took out the original fuel rail fixings and fitted nice stainless capheads to finish that side of things off,so looking good so far working with the gear supplied is a real pleasure beautifully made and well engineered.



john















Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 08:07

Grey Ghost

4,583 posts

220 months

Thursday 23rd August 2012
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Excellent

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SILICONEKID340HP

14,997 posts

231 months

Thursday 23rd August 2012
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Thats looks superb ,did you make that very complicated super charger bracket.!

Edited by SILICONEKID340HP on Thursday 23 August 09:39