Susan by Tristared

3 minute(s) of a 45 minute read

Certainly is useful...

This is the grommet set -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Grommet-Set-Rubber-Blanking-open-closed-blind-Grommets-assorted-sizes-125pc-/161605868593?hash=item25a075dc31

Again really useful, the windscreen wiper motor mounts can be found inside, and blanking for the dashboard grab handle.

10-27-2015

Following on from the blasting and zincing the parts where coated in three layers of Epoxy Mastic 121 which is pretty impressive stuff.

Using a bench mounted wire wheel to remove excess paint off where the bushings go on the wishbones, without realising that the arms were bouncing of the nut that holds the wire wheel on – it barely marked the coating.




…and all in, and now sporting stainless domes filled with copper slip on the threads, no more wincing when driving through standing water! Man imperial sizing is a pain the ****.

I took a couple of coils off the springs, it’s still not quite right in my opinion, but I want to investigate using a 900 upper wishbone with the spring pivot, so no great shakes, I can always take more off.




No arb at this point - because this is what I got back from the blasters. Quite what was going through the mind of the technically gifted toddler when these went on, is beyond me. The bushings were D sectioned???

Just one of a number of bodges I’ve had to reverse on this car. I’m going to make some new ones – they really don’t handle well without.


Now – on to some new fun stuff.

Having come across a link on the forum to the chap in the US who came up with the pressurized cooling system (in fact here’s the link - http://www.vsaab.com/html/Articles/Cooling.htm) Well, that was a red rag.

I didn’t subscribe to his particular method of attachment, so I made my own bracket that straddles the gutter on the bulkhead – I’m over working in stainless, the stuff is just too hard, so on this project I switched to brass.








A spare rad went to the reconditioners with the instruction to weld up the filler neck (my other 3 core rad with the neck still in place is now redundant, and due to costs – up for sale, see section on this forum if you’re interested).



…and in!




Low speed shake downs where completed last night, and all seems to be functioning as it should.


How boring.