johns tvr rebuild

[SILICONEKID340HP]

haircutmike said:

John, good progress!

What's the autograss powered steering column?

Haircut ,you are getting very excited now

[haircutmike]

Very, .

[Engineer1949]

had half a day on the car today, gloss painted the block, manifold and rear bearing carriers also etch primed the heads and primed them ready for gloss on wednesday, also removed the wiper motor and the housing it all runs in so ready to start cleaning up the body around the removed screen,


john

[Engineer1949]

just a couple of pics of the painted engine etc. the heads show the dark etch primer then the high build primer prior to top coat.


john

[Engineer1949]

got on well today removed the wiper motor and associated gear plus the housing there in, needle gunned the rear bearing housings the front stub axles and rear hubs all now primed ready for gloss, plus the diff which had been cleaned earlier.


john

[haircutmike]

John, where are the shiny new dampers, especially if you are to use it on the track?

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Looking good ! but seems you are going wild with the paint brush ,Your motto is ,if it does not move paint it

[Engineer1949]

Standard shocks are very good in my view never got on with adjustable you just end up continually playing, tvr produced a good handling car so as the shocks are nearly new just painting everything to the new colour scheme orange and black i do like something to look good as well as perform good terrible english.



John

[Engineer1949]

only got half a day today but got the heads, diff,shocks, front hubs and stub axles plus rear bearing housings all in gloss, also pushed in the new bushes as required to the suspension arms.

john

[Engineer1949]

got back in the tvr mode today repainted the shocks black for better contrast with the orange springs plus got most of the masking of all the painted components, start the engine build tomorrow.


john

[Jonny cobra]

WOW i do like this thread ....

JC..

[griffdude]

Hi John, if you don't want to shell out for new shocks (understandably), bilstein do a pretty good value referb service. I get mine done regularly as it makes a huge difference to the handling. My original shocks were 10 years old & were appalling before being rebuilt (only done 45k too).

[Engineer1949]

Cheers for that griffdude had considered that but they are relatively new so will give them a wirl i have got an old set so may be i will get them overhauled as spares.


John

[Engineer1949]

good day today got the rest of the painted components unmasked ready for assembly and made a good start on the motor rebuild, got the cam in then the crank, torqued up all spins lovely then assembled the piston conrod rings and installed them with there new shells so beginning to look like an engine again.

john

[Grey Ghost]

Any more progress or has someone got you working on their boat currently ?

[Engineer1949]

got it in one but got at it today, got the heads on inlet manifold, flywheel etc. pus started polishing the shiny bits.


john

[Warwick67]

Hats off, fantastic work

Incredible progress too, I rebuilt the engine on my 2500M and it took me about 4 months....

I need to rebuild the suspension on my Chimp, this is inspiring stuff

[Grey Ghost]

Warwick67 said:

Hats off, fantastic work

^^^^^^^^

This, great thread with excellent piccies

[pearly]

Fantastic stuff John, it must be your Broadland blood because obviously don't like sitting about just like me , but I think it will be a while before I gain anything like your engineering knowledge . You must have dismantled everything you touched as a child .
I'd love to come and see the car when its done also, I'm not far from you.

[Engineer1949]

Thanks for the amazing comments plus anyone is more than welcome to come over have a cuppa etc. just email the day before as work sometimes gets in the way.



John