Few little mods today
Discussion
Stainless wheel nuts, although all the nuts were replaced at the last service as well as the studs
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Also replaced the allen bolts for the windscreen panel with some knurled thumb screws, didn't like the look of the steve heath ones so sounds some others online, stainless steel of course
Also replaced most of the F1 panel allen bolts and cup washers,
Before
After
Also went went to replace the dash bulbs, i had already ordered some from the threads on here, but when i come to the speedo, and rev counter i have different push in bulbs, so going to order some more, put one in the temp/oil gauge and am happy with the blue, had nice blue in my ZT which i used to like.
Also adjusted my exhaust to get it centred in the cut out better, glued my carpet back in having pulled some up to find my leak, with was the door seal again in the end, even having replaced it and sealed it, sorted with more sealer, and one nice dry cerbera, and its been well tested over the last few days.
Peter
before
After
Also replaced the allen bolts for the windscreen panel with some knurled thumb screws, didn't like the look of the steve heath ones so sounds some others online, stainless steel of course
Also replaced most of the F1 panel allen bolts and cup washers,
Before
After
Also went went to replace the dash bulbs, i had already ordered some from the threads on here, but when i come to the speedo, and rev counter i have different push in bulbs, so going to order some more, put one in the temp/oil gauge and am happy with the blue, had nice blue in my ZT which i used to like.
Also adjusted my exhaust to get it centred in the cut out better, glued my carpet back in having pulled some up to find my leak, with was the door seal again in the end, even having replaced it and sealed it, sorted with more sealer, and one nice dry cerbera, and its been well tested over the last few days.
Peter
http://www.c4mc.co.uk/products/Metal%20Hand%20Scre...
http://www.c4mc.co.uk/
Link for the thumb screws top, they do both 316 and 303 grade stainless, but this is reflected in the price too, you have to register on the site to view the prices but the ones i brought are 303 grade stainless and where £9.98 each, i also got some nylon washers off of ebay so that they don't sit directly on the panels.
I'm keeping hold of the nuts as they fit my jeep and the nuts are looking crappy on that.
http://www.c4mc.co.uk/
Link for the thumb screws top, they do both 316 and 303 grade stainless, but this is reflected in the price too, you have to register on the site to view the prices but the ones i brought are 303 grade stainless and where £9.98 each, i also got some nylon washers off of ebay so that they don't sit directly on the panels.
I'm keeping hold of the nuts as they fit my jeep and the nuts are looking crappy on that.
Peter,
Do you have the sizes of all the bolts you changed under the bonnet... My Cerbera never came with any! The windscreen panel just sits there and the lower panel in front of the engine has never been fitted... came in the boot...
Would love to order the correct ones and get everything as it should be!
Thanks Rich
Do you have the sizes of all the bolts you changed under the bonnet... My Cerbera never came with any! The windscreen panel just sits there and the lower panel in front of the engine has never been fitted... came in the boot...
Would love to order the correct ones and get everything as it should be!
Thanks Rich
the knurled thumb screws were about £9 each, they were stupidly priced for what they are especailly as i made one at work to replace a lost one in less that half hour.
How many do you want and i'll make you some for the cost of the material and postage as i need to make some spares any way but will be cheaper than £9 as labour is free, make them at work, just the material to get.
They are M6 if i remember correctly.
How many do you want and i'll make you some for the cost of the material and postage as i need to make some spares any way but will be cheaper than £9 as labour is free, make them at work, just the material to get.
They are M6 if i remember correctly.
Also went went to replace the dash bulbs, i had already ordered some from the threads on here, but when i come to the speedo, and rev counter i have different push in bulbs, so going to order some more, put one in the temp/oil gauge and am happy with the blue, had nice blue in my ZT which i used to like.
Peter what bulbs did you find? I managed to replace my oil/ temp with 10mm 501 quad led Which worked well but also found that my speedo seems to be a 5mm push fit which i hadnt ordered. ( now ordered 286 5 mm wedge base)
When I got to the clock and amp gauge they seem to be a 7mm 233 type.
I had 2 x 233 T4w but they don't seem to work, I wondering if the wattage is to high?
Which bulbs have you fitted to the clock and amp gauge?
Would appreciate your feed back
Darren
Thanks for that, I've got the digital speedo and have today ordered the same.
It turns out that my clock and fuel gauge had the polaritys the wrong way round, this wouldn't matter for
Standard pin bulbs but with LEDs the poles have to be correct, Ie - on the surround and + to the bottom.
Thanks for the response, pics look great.
D
It turns out that my clock and fuel gauge had the polaritys the wrong way round, this wouldn't matter for
Standard pin bulbs but with LEDs the poles have to be correct, Ie - on the surround and + to the bottom.
Thanks for the response, pics look great.
D
pmessling said:
After
Gorgeous !!
Also replaced the allen bolts for the windscreen panel with some knurled thumb screws,
Quite confused here. Can't get to BlackBeauty to check at the mo' but where, exactly, are these located ?
(Have you get a pic with more bodywork in the same picture so that I can locate 'em ? Ta !)
Also replaced most of the F1 panel allen bolts and cup washers,
Before
After
Brilliant ! Need some of these to top-up my set ( and colour-coded ? ? )
...., which was the door seal again in the end, even having replaced it and sealed it, sorted with more sealer, and one nice dry cerbera, and its been well tested over the last few days.
Another interesting point for me here: My door seal WAS ab-fab for several years but recently it broke. At the time a flat, metal something-that-appeared-lie-a-carpet-tack dropped onto the floor.
It disappeared. Do you have any experience in these car door seal tacks ?
Peter
Thanks for the original post, Peter.Gorgeous !!
Also replaced the allen bolts for the windscreen panel with some knurled thumb screws,
Quite confused here. Can't get to BlackBeauty to check at the mo' but where, exactly, are these located ?
(Have you get a pic with more bodywork in the same picture so that I can locate 'em ? Ta !)
Also replaced most of the F1 panel allen bolts and cup washers,
Before
After
Brilliant ! Need some of these to top-up my set ( and colour-coded ? ? )
...., which was the door seal again in the end, even having replaced it and sealed it, sorted with more sealer, and one nice dry cerbera, and its been well tested over the last few days.
Another interesting point for me here: My door seal WAS ab-fab for several years but recently it broke. At the time a flat, metal something-that-appeared-lie-a-carpet-tack dropped onto the floor.
It disappeared. Do you have any experience in these car door seal tacks ?
Peter
You always present examples of how perfection can be improved upon
and Thanks for the Bump, Fubes.
Woulda missed this one otherwise
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