neat work mark, great progress.
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neat work mark, great progress.
That spare bit of stainless brake line was just long enough then Mark
Had about 4 ft left over Steve!
Hi Mark,
Looks brilliant, great job :yes:
Cheers,
Mike C.
nice work and dont forget to polish the pipes
Just come across this and read the lot, - great stuff Mark and can't wait to hear it humdinging past me house. Now you're this far in you gotta keep on it and the rooms below the loft will be a safer place!
By the way the local meet is no longer at the Water's Edge, we're looking for a new local for all the motors popping up in the area and will keep you posted. :cheers:
Once again Great job Mark.
I need one of those brake light switches and tee. Any pointers chap.
Me !!! I have them and other types in stock DeanQuote:
Originally Posted by newboldspeed
Those brake lines are VERY straight, no wobbles at all. It looks excellent
Thanks for the positives everyone, Lines are fairly easy to keep straight Jimmy, the trick is having the proper tools to put the bends into them.
Just a little update tonight, now I'm back at work (and also fixing the bathroom) there is less time to do car stuff.
Still painting engine bits (which are now finished) but I did get round to making the aluminium spacer bars to locate the brake reservoir lines. These will be painted silver soon.
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Bathroom repairs and a trip to Real Steel (who were shut?....grrrr......) have used up most of the weekend, but a little car progress was made.
Starter, water pump & balancer are now painted;
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And fuel tank came down from the loft for a quick trial fit before I flat & polish it up.
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Distributor rebuilt and filled with MSD uprated goodness :)
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Which will be connected to more MSD goodness :)
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Also painted the disc & hubs, another job done
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and lastly, alternator stripped down, cleaned up with new bearings and all new internals for single wire output. Just need to get it painted now and try to do something with the old chrome fan & pulley – might have them blasted & powder coated.
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Mark
Today I only did some small stuff. Rearranged the loft a bit to make parts easier to get hold of (not buried in corners!) and got the alternator primed.
I also indulged myself a bit & fitted the rear trim panel (silver) on to the roof panel. The 3 holes will have LED's fitted for the interior lights.
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Another indulgence was fitting the gauges into the roof dash panel......mmm......nice :)
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She's coming on really well now mark, well worth a little indulgence mate.
Cheers. Tim W.
Ooohh spaghetti! :)
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The tidy bit;
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and the scary bit :eek:
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see your getting to the fiddly bit now,post loads of photos as i will be watching as i have got to do the same
Wiring loom has gone on a diet today so now looks a bit thinner;
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As this lot has been removed!
On the left is wiring I don't need, in the middle is wiring that I might be using and on the right is wiring that I will be using.
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And trial fitted back into the roof to see if it's long enough - which some of it is :)
It will all be in tubular shrouding and bolted to the roof when its all done properly.
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I'm going to make several 'mini looms' for the wiring as most will be routed from the fuse panel directly to a relay panel before going off to the final destinations.
I'm thinking there will be a roof panel loom, steering column switch loom, and maybe another for the engine bay, not finished the planning stages yet.
Mark I was wondering what all the relays were for ??? I take it all your switches are light duty ?
Steve,
I like overkill :whistle: Just feel it's safer for a lot of the circuits. Probably wont use all of the sockets, just put them in as there was room for them and you never know what you might add in the future.
The loom says its man enough for no relays, but I dont trust some of it - electric fan pulls 30A so prefer that on its own circuit.
Yes, using Ford MKIII Cortina column switches, been told they cant handle high loads.
Also makes it easier to extend the loom if it only has to go a few inches to relays, I can then use new wires or splice them easier from there.