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Thanks. The alternator bracket and tensioner is from John Eales. £65. Also using his crank damper and pulley and trigger wheel.
http://www.johnealesroverv8.co.uk/9.html
http://www.johnealesroverv8.co.uk/9.html
carsy said:
Thanks. The alternator bracket and tensioner is from John Eales. £65. Also using his crank damper and pulley and trigger wheel.
http://www.johnealesroverv8.co.uk/9.html
Thanks Carsy http://www.johnealesroverv8.co.uk/9.html
Time for some shopping...
What about the auxiliary belt size?
Cheers
MPO
So, the reason for taking the body off was engine-related rather than chassis-related. Coupled with the fact that the chassis on my car was fine beforehand and there couldn’t possibly be any issues with it. Right? Wrong.
Actually, the chassis looked fine to start with. It was only after it went for blasting that the issues started to become more apparent. The holes on one of the front corners were matched by reasonably heavy corrosion on both rear corners (but not yet holed). One of the wishbones was also holed as can be seen.
Having said all that, 90% of the outriggers were fine. It was therefore decided to cut out the affected parts only and weld in replacement sections. Joins were internally sleeved with appropriate sized tube before seam welding. This gives better heatsink and weld strength. Finally, all welds were ground flat before powder coating. The joins are now absolutely invisible. The overall alignment has all been retained because most of the outriggers have been retained.
The stay bar on the wishbone was cut out and a replacement bar welded in. I liked this pragmatic approach – get new parts where required and repair what was there where this is sensible.
New parts included all renewable items including bushes (stayed with metalastic as didn’t want to upset the ride quality), bearings, seals, fuel pump, brake/fuel/oil/water lines, drop links. At the same time, all parts were cleaned and/or blasted and painted or powder coated.
I had the shocks reconditioned by Gaz. I would recommend this – it was only about £120 for all four including P&P and VAT. I also had the exhaust chrome ceramic coated and it looks great.
Then, before you know it, it was done!
It goes without saying that I'm over the moon with it. I'm writing this retrospectively and got back yesterday from almost 1,000 miles to the Le Mans Classic and back. Brilliant.
Actually, the chassis looked fine to start with. It was only after it went for blasting that the issues started to become more apparent. The holes on one of the front corners were matched by reasonably heavy corrosion on both rear corners (but not yet holed). One of the wishbones was also holed as can be seen.
Having said all that, 90% of the outriggers were fine. It was therefore decided to cut out the affected parts only and weld in replacement sections. Joins were internally sleeved with appropriate sized tube before seam welding. This gives better heatsink and weld strength. Finally, all welds were ground flat before powder coating. The joins are now absolutely invisible. The overall alignment has all been retained because most of the outriggers have been retained.
The stay bar on the wishbone was cut out and a replacement bar welded in. I liked this pragmatic approach – get new parts where required and repair what was there where this is sensible.
New parts included all renewable items including bushes (stayed with metalastic as didn’t want to upset the ride quality), bearings, seals, fuel pump, brake/fuel/oil/water lines, drop links. At the same time, all parts were cleaned and/or blasted and painted or powder coated.
I had the shocks reconditioned by Gaz. I would recommend this – it was only about £120 for all four including P&P and VAT. I also had the exhaust chrome ceramic coated and it looks great.
Then, before you know it, it was done!
It goes without saying that I'm over the moon with it. I'm writing this retrospectively and got back yesterday from almost 1,000 miles to the Le Mans Classic and back. Brilliant.
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