Why does everything simple take so long...

[Byker28i]

Using the TVR to commute this week as the Mazda has broken a tensioner and broken the alternator belt. As it drives the aircon, waterpump, power steering, the car decided it wasn't going to allow it to be driven and went into limp home and then stopped.

I thought the clutch was pumping up a little yesterday on the Cerbera yesterday, so thought I'd check fluid levels...

Remove shroud, remove airbox and hose, remove all the sealant, undo the screws, top up the oil. Then to be sure bleed it to ensure there's no air in it.
Then it's half an hour cleaning up the mess someones made before with the sealant
Then, it's spotting the covering plate is also covered with sealant so tidy that up, then deciding it's tatty, so rubbed down and repainted in Rosso Pearl as I've some for the model car.
Then I spotted my revs were slightly high as the throttle linkage had been put back wrong and was slightly fouling the fuel rails. So that was fixed, after finding better bolts/nuts from my stock of spares, selecting shiney ones no-ones ever going to see...

Then put it all back together again...
2 hours, to top up an egg cupful of fluid...


Still on the bright side - nice drives to work

[Granturadriver]

Looks great - and to be honest: screwing is almost as enjoyable as driving!

[QBee]

That photo, suitably cropped, would be a good entry for Sprint magazine's monthly competition.
The deep shine does you credit

[Imran999]

Because it’s a 20 year old budget-supercar designed and built in the UK.
But, it’s as thrilling as almost anything you can buy this side of a GT3 - and a lot more unique.

[Luckyone]

With them being hand built in the first place then having been taken apart so many times since there is nearly always something you can make better whenever you do a job on them, part of the charm!

I thought I got all things I did in a hurry or with out access to the correct parts or tools while it was parked on the side of the road when I rebuilt it properly, but still find the odd bodge to fix. Mind you they must have been reasonable bodges to have lasted the 20 odd years we’ve had it now!

I used to love taking the Cerb to work in central London in the early naughties long before all the average speed check cameras & when there was still enough empty space to embarrass the Porsches and Ferraris on the A4 too....

Edited by Luckyone on Tuesday 22 September 09:06

[Byker28i]

I've still not put the panel back on over the clutch master. It's had scratches touched up, all the sealant removed and I'm trying to find a better solution that will be water tight but still allow the panel to be removed easily for inspection/top up.

I've some rubber edging with sealing for the panel now to try

[Byker28i]

Needs more tidying up but I've now got a clutch cover thats removeable easily. Not as neat as the other solution previously posted, but edged, and some sealant underneath left to dry first makes a good seal when the cover is screwed on

[Mr Cerbera]

Nice solution Dave