What did you do in the garage yesterday?

What did you do in the garage yesterday?

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QBee

20,906 posts

143 months

Saturday 31st January 2015
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So you stuck a broom stick in its navel and it flashed in anger?

dazee

314 posts

123 months

Sunday 1st February 2015
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Started the wheel recolour - cheap work around until I can buy new wheels and tires to fit. Just had new rubber on so want to make the most of them.

Did the rears this weekend and will do the front next weekend. How someone in another thread said they did all in 40 minutes I've no idea. Took me that long to get the car onto axle stands for the rear and get started cleaning the wheels up to take the paint...


Danblez

276 posts

210 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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I had a productive day on a friends ramp. I got the leaky diff topped up, scraped the chassis and treated (need to follow up Dynax)and spotted a leaking hose from the newly fitted water pump and so replaced the jubilee clip.

I also glued some new elephants ears on, sorted the drivers well carpet out and resealed all the bits and bobs under the bonnet.

I then took it out on a celebratory 60 mile ride, which was definitely my favorite bit!

Next up is the hot start fix.

jojackson4

3,026 posts

136 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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Not just yesterday
Removed and repaired both manifolds


Fitted 2 new engine mounts
Finished and fitted my home made decat Y
Fitted ARP bolts and refitted them with Bobfathers mod
Just the starter and the pipe to do
smash

Sardonicus

18,928 posts

220 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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Proper job.

portzi

2,296 posts

174 months

Monday 2nd February 2015
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jojackson4 said:
Not just yesterday
Removed and repaired both manifolds


Fitted 2 new engine mounts
Finished and fitted my home made decat Y
Fitted ARP bolts and refitted them with Bobfathers mod
Just the starter and the pipe to do
smash
Hi Joe, what brand of paint have you used on your manifolds, looks very tidy indeed.

Chuffmeister

3,597 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Started to clean this up after eventually receiving one... The first one I bought went for a Yodel :



I now have to start thinking where the hoses fit and get the bracket welded to piece of flat steel so I can attach it to the inner wing where the expansion tank is currently residing. I also put new seals and a piston in these:



Edited by Chuffmeister on Tuesday 3rd February 01:06

phazed

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21,844 posts

203 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Mine came with it's bracket which I modified and bolted to an ally plate which was bolted in turn to the inner wing.

Chuffmeister

3,597 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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phazed said:
Mine came with it's bracket which I modified and bolted to an ally plate which was bolted in turn to the inner wing.
Cheers phazed. I have the bracket too. I removed it to clean it up. I was going to mig it to a plate, but will explore the bolting option when I examine it a little more.

OleVix

1,438 posts

147 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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got the body off and lo and behold, rusty riggers!



Can someone tell me the best way to remove the top and bottom balljoints from the front uprights? I unbolted them at the wishbone end...

Are there any mods I should be doing to the chassis while the body is off? Its getting blasted clean soon and then its new stainless riggers from Verporten. I will make some metal seat mounts on the new riggers.

phazed

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21,844 posts

203 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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A bit of heat and a large hammer usually works but sometimes they can be a little stubborn.

phazed

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21,844 posts

203 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Chuffmeister said:
phazed said:
Mine came with it's bracket which I modified and bolted to an ally plate which was bolted in turn to the inner wing.
Cheers phazed. I have the bracket too. I removed it to clean it up. I was going to mig it to a plate, but will explore the bolting option when I examine it a little more.
I just blew up an engine bay picture so you can see where it fits nice and snug.

I used the two captive nuts on the inner wing that were used to mount the expansion bottle and drilled one other iirc.




Chuffmeister

3,597 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Thanks again Peter. I took a few snaps of yours when I popped over last. Do you by any chance have some shots of where the various hoses all go?

jojackson4

3,026 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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portzi said:
jojackson4 said:
Not just yesterday
Removed and repaired both manifolds


Fitted 2 new engine mounts
Finished and fitted my home made decat Y
Fitted ARP bolts and refitted them with Bobfathers mod
Just the starter and the pipe to do
smash
Hi Joe, what brand of paint have you used on your manifolds, looks very tidy indeed.
They don't look like that now they have dried, there mat black now
The paints is Granville block and manifold brush on and no oven cure £6 from moterworld HTH
Peter

db484bhpv8

8,655 posts

219 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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jojackson4 said:
They don't look like that now they have dried, there mat black now
The paints is Granville block and manifold brush on and no oven cure £6 from moterworld HTH
Peter
will you post a pic once they have been run up to temp please?

jojackson4

3,026 posts

136 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Yep no problem

phazed

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21,844 posts

203 months

Saturday 7th February 2015
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Spent a couple of hours so far getting seat height and reach correct for these CF seats.

When I'm happy they will go off to be upholstered in a matching leather.


Pupp

12,206 posts

271 months

Saturday 7th February 2015
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Spent (likely wasted) the day installing new VDO dip tube fuel sender, and then draining tank and re-filling litre by litre to set up digital SPA gauge, only to discover gauge likely not intelligent enough to cope with the VDO's reversed resistance sweep compared to the TVR sender. Seriously unchuffed if worst fears realised after I have a proper look at the menus tomorrow when the tank is filled... yet another thing SPA perhaps forget to mention in their literature rolleyes

Pupp

12,206 posts

271 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Finished filling tank and programming segments on gauge... As feared, no go with VDO sender but, hey, that's only the Motorsport standard for foam filled tanks with no scope for a swing float design... tts

Sardonicus

18,928 posts

220 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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Pupp said:
Finished filling tank and programming segments on gauge... As feared, no go with VDO sender but, hey, that's only the Motorsport standard for foam filled tanks with no scope for a swing float design... tts
That's annoying Gary furious trivial jobs can be such a PITA