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hurray!! I've finished polishing the inside!! :yes:
I can start polishing all the other bits now :no:
Anyway, as a reward to myself I bolted some more bits on, fuel pipes go in;
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Rearview mirror is fitted, no looking back now! :lol:
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Today was another good day in the garage
Got the roof bows fitted (no photos – forgot)
Spent a lot of time going round the car tapping out all the threads to remove the paint – cordless drills are very useful for this!
Then fitted the fuel pump, but lost the pinch bolt for the bracket – I expect it will turn up at some point, probably hiding with the handbrake which has also gone missing :whistle:
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Got the brakes fitted;
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Also fitted the cable outlets to the rear valence for the lights & tow hook plug, trunking will be longer and shrink wrapped into the teardrops etc for total waterproofing.
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And flatted & polished the dashboard. Then fitted it and thought, f**k me, that looks the dogs bo**ocks! Very happy with it :D
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More soon.
Looks great. I like the black and white contrast, although it doesn't look like there'll be much white left on show when it's all together?
Hi Rem,
Its actually grey, but you are right, none will be on visible when its finished. Mad? ....me?? ....possibly :D
At least you will know it is all protected. You won't have to worry about what's happening behind the panels!
She's coming on really well mark. Keep the photos coming.
Cheers. Tim W.
Exactly why I did it. Had whole shell media blasted inside & out, so had to paint it anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by rem
Did this tonight; :)
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Turned out ok, I knew those tube benders would be useful one day!
Just need a couple of these connectors (middle of pic) to join it together again;
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Anyone wanna buy these? :)
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Also fitted my spreader/towing mount bar. Towing eye threads into where the silver bolt is and exits through the flip front cranking handle hole.
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Also fitted most of the brakes, loosely at present as I chipped the paint :whistle: which needs touching in now.
The nacelle is also fitted.
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Nacelle from under the car.
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Fuel pipes all now re-done :) good for 1000bhp now :incheek:
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Handbrake fitted, it will look a lot better when the leather gaiter is stitched around it.
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Calipers rebuilt with stainless pistons, got a bit of a problem with them though as the dust seals will not stay on the caliper body. I even scraped the paint back off to see if that was the problem, but they still pop off.
Even with the steel retaining rings fitted they want to slide off.
I think I'll need to glue them on, would threadlock do the job? or would something like Evo stick be better?
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Looking very posh Mark. :yes:
Dave.[:D]
Strange that mark as most stay on by themselves ? try tigerseal on well cleaned parts
looking good mark i was going to say sikaflex but JSF beat me to it hope to be doing what you are soon keep the updates coming
Cheers fellas, seals on properly now, I used a small brush to paint on some high strength green goo for thread locking, it's brilliant stuff.
Seems to have done the trick ok and will be easy to remove later on if required.
Got the front suspension back on today, some paint removal was required, not all on purpose :no: Touch up brush to the rescue ;)
Keen eyes will see I also painted the bolt heads and nuts after they were tightened.
Was hoping to get the hubs, brakes and wheels back on tomorrow, but subsequent inspection of the wheel bearings put paid to that. They mostly are ok, but I think new ones would be safer. I know they are Capri 2.8i but no idea what year. Maybe local motor factors will have some tomorrow?
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Hi Mark I'm pretty sure all years had the same bearings.
Cheers Marcel, looking at the bearings today (now I've removed them lol!) I'm fairly certain they are actually new, I think I renewed them when I got the brakes. They have new seals, and all are packed in new clean grease, the marks I saw yesterday on the races are probably just witness marks where they have been stored for years.
Hmmm......I remember this AFTER I have removed them from the hubs :mad:
As I was a bit stuck with the wheel bearings I decided to get on with some other bits. Flatted & polished the inner A post panel, and fitted it to the car, fitted being a slightly flexible word as it doesn't. Panels are silver but look white in the photos.
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Not sure how this has happened as it fitted properly when I built it, I can only think I trimmed the body back a bit when I did all the body prep work. Hmmm....some careful trimming will be needed to avoid damaging the paint, luckily the inner panels are aluminium so not too difficult to do. I'll have to repaint the edges carefully by brush.
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Rear section of the ally roof panel is now fitted, you can also see the roof bows fitted too.
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I also flatted & polished the boot top panel, its now fitted with the boot lights and centre switch as well as the boot strap mounts.
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I fitted one wheel back on as I had only stripped the bearings from one hub, only temporarily fitted for the mojo boost :) Wheels need buffing, again!!
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Its fairly coming on keep up the good work it looks cool as f**k:cool:
Thanks mate!
Tonight was 1 step forward 2 steps back :(
Trial fitted the rack, which for some reason did not fit straight any more? (paint thickness??) a little file work on the bolt holes sorted that though.
Then realised I don't know how to set up the front suspension again. It was all done on Wayne's jig, but unless I wrote it down somewhere I don't know what to set the wishbone lengths to so it's all in the correct place again........bugger.
Rack fitted;
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The other bit I don't know the settings for is the ends of the rack. I cannot remember if we set the ends properly or if they are just done up.
Can anyone let me know what the settings are for tightening the end sections onto the track rod arm ball sockets?
Also they need repinning, how do I do this?
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