johns wedge rebuild

[Engineer1949]

i managed a good day on the wedge today very wet out so got the chassis fully repaired by fitting the outrigger and the body brackets ,got it all bolted up with new stainless bolts i also stripped out the rear body mountings as they had deteoriated badly letting the rear sag which meant the shut lines on the doors where bigger at the top,so all new pads and bushes fitted with new stainless bolts i then scraped and wire brushed the entire rear chassis and gave it a couple of coats of smooth hammerite plus got the offside fuel tank back inplace just need the new hoses to get the nearside one fitted probably the worst job on the wedge over with,i have now managed to source the fuel hose for the tank fillers and got the second tank in place.


john

Edited by Engineer1949 on Sunday 13th October 19:31

Edited by Engineer1949 on Monday 14th October 19:14

[Engineer1949]

not got a lot done recently but hopefully over the christmas break will get at it again turned up the pistons for the callipers look quite good so can now get the back end built as all the bits are made up and painted.


john

[Engineer1949]

been at it today finished the new brake pipe work to the rear diff assembly plus fitted all the new 7840 fuel hose to the refurbed tanks and got the diff assembly installed into the car so a big lump back in ,progress at last.

john

[mrzigazaga]

Coming along nicely....Looks like you will be all done and driving it by the spring...

[Engineer1949]

good day yesterday got the drive shafts fitted to the diff also dry fitted the new rose jointed bottom stay bar all looks good,then drilled the new fixing holes for the spherical bearings to replace the rubber bush at the forward end of the trailing arm, then cleaned up the trailing arms and got them painted new wheel bearings fitted with new seals got to source one new circlip then they will be all complete, made up the new 20mm shafts to go through the new spherical bearing the bearings are actually 25mm so got to make a bush for the centres but the housing on the 20mm bearing didn't look as robust as 25mm hence the choice, then turned my attention to the controls i took out the steering column as that is being replaced with electric power steering unit similar to the unit i fitted in the chim then took out the brake and clutch master cylinders for overhaul also make the paint job in the engine bay easier with everything removed, can't wait to get back at it.

john

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Mate..Looks like you are steaming into it...Do you think it will be done by the spring?...Maybe take it to Burghley house on the 13th April...Cheers...Ziga

Edited by mrzigazaga on Tuesday 31st December 11:47

[chapperssx]

Hi John making great progress there fella with some interesting jobs on the to do list !! Are you going to give the old girl a full respray ?? Plus what do you have planed for the interior ??

Edited by chapperssx on Tuesday 31st December 11:52

[Engineer1949]

Probably wont be done for april but you never know yes full respray interior will be cleaned up as basically its good drivers seat needs some attention and new carpets but the next big job is the all new fully adjustable front suspension

John

[superwedge]

your doing a great job,done lots to my one, be nice to take the body off thou,

[Wedg1e]

Some good work going on there John... I'd take the old column switchgear off you if the price was right

[Engineer1949]

Ok wedg1e but i want to retain it for the moment to assist with the new wiring will help to track down what the wires do but its yours for a couple of beers.

John

[adam quantrill]

John I would put nylocs on here:



as the standard ones will work loose and undo.

[Engineer1949]

They all have high strength retainer shold be no problem reason is i cant source any a4 nylocs must be available but couldnt source them locally.

John

[Engineer1949]

another milestone today got the offside rear suspension all built up, i fabricated the top rails for the coil over shocks which once i have the adjustable shocks will give me infinite ride and height adjustment plus the ability to experiment with the spring rates quite like the idea of a much more upright shock with lower spring rate which give a much better shock travel to wheel travel ratio more the way later cars are going, still early days yet a bit more welding to finally fit the shock rails then paint and start all over again on the nearside.
there are also a couple of pics of the lower wishbone i have fabricated for the front suspension gives easy and fairly extensive camber adjustment needs the shock mount making and welding in place plus the bracket for the tie rod but pleased so far.
ignore the crow st welding migs gone tits up going to stick weld them tomorrow after some serious grinding but at least they are in place.

john

[GBinUSA]

very cool. nice work.

[JMF894]

Some fabulous work gone into this, keep it coming.

Jimbo

[Engineer1949]

its been to long since i had a chance to get any more work done on the wedge what with the new workshop and my new to me military land rover, but thats all done now apart from getting the lathe and mill in place and wired up, marvellous stuff this retirement, but i had a good session and got the nearside suspension all fitted in welded and painted the new kemppi mig is a joy to use can't wait to get stuck in the fronts, also been doing some work to the new electric power steering i have worked out how to fit it etc. just need to implement the ideas couple of pics of work to date.

john

[MPoxon]

Fantastic work John. Good to another TVR rebuilt to your own high standard.

[Engineer1949]

this build is sooooo slow but got a bit more done friday front suspension is now a reality couple of mods to get it perfect but am happy with the result fully adjustable no stripping down required to adjust plus lighter and far more tuneable shocks springs etc. etc. the shock on there at the moment is an old chim bilstein will be having gas gold pros probably as have fitted a couple of sets recently not least to my chim and they seem o.k. for fast road.


john

Edited by Engineer1949 on Sunday 6th April 20:35

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Mate...That front lower wishbone mod looks interesting...There's some clever engineering going on there...Ziga