Another wedge with an Mot
Discussion
Well after a long winter and a short summer rebuild my SEAC is now back on the road with a full Mot with no advisories 
But where is the sun gone, I mean its rather miserable out at the moment and all I want to do is get out there and get the suspension tweaked and get some miles under by belt for the 7th coming Rusty
Its been quite an adventure to get the car finished, I had a small list from last years Mot to go through and then added a few other bits to it as one dose
In the end I had the diff out for rebuild as it had some oil leaks and play in the drive bearings, both tanks out for refurb as one was leaking, oil cooler out and checked for leaks, turned out to be an old union to be at fault plus the rad out and a drain tap put into the bottom and a new mount for my temp sensor. The chassis was rotten at the rear where the diff cradle bolts too so that was removed and a new piece was fabricated, new hand brake cables made and installed, the SEAC has an umbrella stile handle under the left side of the dash and they are a right pain to set up, well it was removed, cleaned, painted and reinstalled with new cables and works a lot better still not the best though...
Had loads of parts powder coated and a good clean and repaint of the chassis with some new access holes in the boot plus I used neoprene to line the boot instead of foam, looks ok and feels ok too.
reinstall the tanks with new pipe work and removed the old rubber lining that TVR glued up in there at is was coming off in its own way, instead if rubber I used silver heat reflective tape and glued a rubber backing to both tanks before they went back in, looks pretty cool with you put an inspection lap under it plus made a small mount for the remote bleed nipple for the rear brakes and it was just cable tied on before and looked crap, plus I got a removable steering wheel boss, the ultimate in securing your car, just remove the wheel and put it into the boot
Lastly just need to give it a good wash and polish and get the geo sorted then the sun will come out and I will be able to play
One hopes....
But where is the sun gone, I mean its rather miserable out at the moment and all I want to do is get out there and get the suspension tweaked and get some miles under by belt for the 7th coming Rusty
Its been quite an adventure to get the car finished, I had a small list from last years Mot to go through and then added a few other bits to it as one dose
In the end I had the diff out for rebuild as it had some oil leaks and play in the drive bearings, both tanks out for refurb as one was leaking, oil cooler out and checked for leaks, turned out to be an old union to be at fault plus the rad out and a drain tap put into the bottom and a new mount for my temp sensor. The chassis was rotten at the rear where the diff cradle bolts too so that was removed and a new piece was fabricated, new hand brake cables made and installed, the SEAC has an umbrella stile handle under the left side of the dash and they are a right pain to set up, well it was removed, cleaned, painted and reinstalled with new cables and works a lot better
still not the best though...Had loads of parts powder coated and a good clean and repaint of the chassis with some new access holes in the boot plus I used neoprene to line the boot instead of foam, looks ok and feels ok too.
reinstall the tanks with new pipe work and removed the old rubber lining that TVR glued up in there at is was coming off in its own way, instead if rubber I used silver heat reflective tape and glued a rubber backing to both tanks before they went back in, looks pretty cool with you put an inspection lap under it plus made a small mount for the remote bleed nipple for the rear brakes and it was just cable tied on before and looked crap, plus I got a removable steering wheel boss, the ultimate in securing your car, just remove the wheel and put it into the boot
Lastly just need to give it a good wash and polish and get the geo sorted then the sun will come out and I will be able to play
One hopes....
...Well done that man....I would send you a slice of south London sunshine but its pants here too...
Doc Toad said:
Well done Campbell - assume the old man was supervising throughout..?
Best of luck with the RNR, don't worry - once its over you can take the beast to bits again
Martin
Ooh haha thatnks Martin and yes the old man supervised throughout Best of luck with the RNR, don't worry - once its over you can take the beast to bits again
Martin
And not I have no intentions to take it apart again, well at least that's the plan. (still one or two tweaks in the pipe line)
I would be good to catch up some time, I think ill have to come down to your neck of the woods for a wee drive and not for work
Cambelt
Gassing Station | Wedges | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff