For maximum fun I can recommend welding the manifols while it's on the car (David's) complete with a primed fuel system...

Not that I would do that, again.

I'm assuming the plastic allows more compression/bending of the mating surfaces?

Oh well at least the timing could have been worse!

Did you mention the hire cost of the TIG?

Paul

 

Paul,
I measured the spacers ... low and behold one was narrower by 1mm at one end, must of come loose in the vice when I machined them down from 15mm to 10mm, they did warp when I did this but they are flexiible enough to bend back straight..
but not compressible at all so only thing left to let go was inlet manifold,

1 weeks TIG hire £70 notes.
(back in a mo to upload tonights stuff.)

Post gas flow has stopped working on it, so it's going back Friday FOC for this weeks use.

(£80 at another place local to me, better quality stuff by the looks of it )

Andy

 

excuse the poor quality of the photo's,
a mate popped round, spied the camera and started snapping away.

Bet he got arc eye taking one of me welding

rather good though I think

Andy

 

 

Now I am certain that any similarities between Fuzz and Dr Who are not just a coincidence. Not only can he fit more into a Scooby engine bay than any self respecting Time Lord can fit in a TARDIS, but he has also managed to post to us from the future too - or have I been asleep for four months!!

 

FLMAO

scoobynet plays up when you edit posts.

Oi ! webbie... sort it out will ya only been like it about 7 months...

Andy

 

Andy if iirc when i cleaned your car for you i said and i quote are you going to mod it
You answer and i quote nah dont need to its quick enough as it is

SO what the **** is all this about LMAO

Looking good tho

 

 

Gossy,
I Think I might need your services when it's finished..
must have at least 3mm of dust over it now


As for not modding it, what can I say.
I get the same stick off the family.

Andy

 

Ever get the feeling your going backwards ?

tonight I have.

got the alternator bracket ready to adjust the position.


welded up the hole ready to re-drill in new position.
centre punched the measurments in.


voila'


start to fit it and scratch head over tensioning bracket end.
Then DING it dawns on me, why the hell am I moving it. I'm not doing a front entry mod !
I can put the reservoir over on the right hand side and leave the alternator where it is..
DULLARD
gave it a miss now till tomorrow in case I do anything else stupid

That was a wasted evening then.


Andy

 

andy
be glad to oblige you still got my number?

07870 757043

well if you didnt you do now

 

LMFAO..

David

 

Fuzz - Any chance you could send me the dimensions of the air filter plate.

Would save me a lot of time when i build mine

 

will do Nezz,
gotta go collect the "new" spacers now.

there goes another £20
old ones were £27.98 for the 15mm..... wasted

Andy

 

why what was wrong with them?? the not flat bit???

David

 

the bow wasn't a problem (it would have pulled flat)

it does however, need to be of equal thickness along it's length.
it was this that caused a "gap" under one of the corners of the inlet manifold and subsequently on tightening up it snapped the lug off the inlet [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
fixed now though

Andy

 

couldnt you just use a large cutter and mill it flat again?

 

the more I plane it, the thinner it gets, the hotter it gets, the more it bows. ROCK<><><><><>< >hard place.

easier to just buy some more, that's 10mm already and flat


No enthusiasm
Andy

 

I must be having the equivalent of rag week at the moment, snappy, argumentative and can't be arsed with this car.....

The alternator now welded back into the original position.
bit more scrap plate made into tiny bracket for reservoir mounting.

Somewhere here will do.


new bracket welded in.


welds ****, brackets on the **** but it's done and i'm off to bed.


...................................

The measurments for the filter plate.



Andy


Andy

 

Andy,

Go look through my fmic thread.. look at the times you ripped the **** out me when I said I cant be arsed..

What you need to do is get someone to take you out in there scoob..

And I hate to say it, but it is all worth it in the end... stuff the cost

I need to take the diff out of mine but cannot be arsed..

I just look at the car and think nah.. if I do some work it will cost me money..

David

 

Andy,

Could you post the one of the measurements I have marked in red please.

From the picture it looks as though the two sides of the plate are not a 90 degrees to the floor, is this correct or is it a fish eye effect fromt he camera?




Cheers,

Nezz.

 

Nah, definatly looks sloped.

 

 

not done much lately except fit this.




Looked at the filter plate and thought "must measure that later, for Nezz"....... subsequently forgot

Andy

 

missing a vacumn pipe.

 

I like the way you have though this all though then proceeded to place the FPR in a place which makes it really difficult to adjust ( unless you have a 90 degree screwdriver that is, I dont )

 

hehe, you can adjust with reg temporarily undone.

Andy,

To surface the plastic you need to clamp it down to the bed, not in the vice as the vice grip bows it.

Paul

 

Nezz10

I've just drawn up Fuzz's plate template on CAD - I'm toying with the idea of making one in carbon fibre.

The missing dims are:
Horizontal = 386mm
Vertical = 266

Hope this helps - see you all @ Japfest - Fuzz can I have a passenger lap

 

Nezz,

I have thought it all through.

Note the one bolt fixing..
undo slightly, flick the wrist and voila !!!



David,
Missing the inlet manifold !!

Drew isn't far out with those measurments.
This is what I measured.


Ian,
No probs with a passenger lap... if it's finished

two weeks till intercooler core arrives.

trouble is i'm off wreck diving in the Clyde Estuary for a week on Friday
kinda ***** things up a bit !!!

Andy

 

all I ask is for five minutes peace

but no.... someone wants a service before I go away


Anyway a small amount of time to adjust the length of the coolant reservoir support bracket.


nothing spectacular I know

I have ahem! "adjusted" the p/steering reservoir AGAIN. much happier with it's position now, sadly no pics..
Right that's it for a week..
see y'all on the 26th

Andy