11-01-2015, 08:39 PM
Nice to meet you yesterday, Martin, hope you weren't too bored by the incessant diesel chat lol.
Not got much in the way of pictures of the leg work, suffice to say there's been lots of fettling going on. All the flanges have been filed flat and gaskets have been finished up. Made some clips and chafe protectors for oil pipes, filed down some bits for clearance etc.
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I also decided to heat-wrap the manifold pipework, try and keep the heat where it should be rather than cooking the oil lines. Such a pita job, even with Jonny's help. There will be some heat mat going on at some point in the near future, will spend some time playing with the thermoprobe first to see where we need the extra protection the most.
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We're now at the point of reassembly, so the bigger brackets were bolted on and engine mounts dug out of the garage. Didn't take long to tidy everything up, connect the various plugs still trailing and get it ready for installation. Stuck the master cylinder on too, while we still had the engine out.
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Then drop her into the bay...
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That's where we got up to today, i need to finish welding up the downpipe before we can do any more with the chassis - the engine needs lifting off the top mount to get the flexi slipped down the back. That will have to wait until i can get a new battery for my welding mask, as it had a good go at giving Jonny arc-eye earlier. In the meantime i shall continue fitting brackets, fuel lines, ancillaries, etc, etc.
I've started to make progress with the interior too, made up a couple of blanking plates with fixings for the blowers as they now only do screen or feet. Charli has been helping me make my new centre console out of a bit of mdf.
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Half way there, we'll finish that and sort brackets and feeds for it too before the next update. Then it's just plumbing everything in and making up the inlet pipework. Getting close now...
Not got much in the way of pictures of the leg work, suffice to say there's been lots of fettling going on. All the flanges have been filed flat and gaskets have been finished up. Made some clips and chafe protectors for oil pipes, filed down some bits for clearance etc.
[attachment=21095]
[attachment=21094]
I also decided to heat-wrap the manifold pipework, try and keep the heat where it should be rather than cooking the oil lines. Such a pita job, even with Jonny's help. There will be some heat mat going on at some point in the near future, will spend some time playing with the thermoprobe first to see where we need the extra protection the most.
[attachment=21086]
We're now at the point of reassembly, so the bigger brackets were bolted on and engine mounts dug out of the garage. Didn't take long to tidy everything up, connect the various plugs still trailing and get it ready for installation. Stuck the master cylinder on too, while we still had the engine out.
[attachment=21087]
[attachment=21088]
Then drop her into the bay...
[attachment=21089]
[attachment=21090]
That's where we got up to today, i need to finish welding up the downpipe before we can do any more with the chassis - the engine needs lifting off the top mount to get the flexi slipped down the back. That will have to wait until i can get a new battery for my welding mask, as it had a good go at giving Jonny arc-eye earlier. In the meantime i shall continue fitting brackets, fuel lines, ancillaries, etc, etc.
I've started to make progress with the interior too, made up a couple of blanking plates with fixings for the blowers as they now only do screen or feet. Charli has been helping me make my new centre console out of a bit of mdf.
[attachment=21084]
[attachment=21085]
Half way there, we'll finish that and sort brackets and feeds for it too before the next update. Then it's just plumbing everything in and making up the inlet pipework. Getting close now...