BUILD ~ FEBRUARY 2003
This week the replacement diff output flanges arrived from Classic Conversions, these are due to a new instructions from Quaife. So disconnected and dropped the first drive shaft down and as the instructions said simply pulled the output shaft out. As the picture attempts to show the only difference is a circlip (well small loop of round wire). Due to the clip the shaft is started off with a soft mallet and then when it reaches home it clips into place.
When doing the offside we took the drive shaft out completely so as to give better access for fitting the pre-pump filter in the natty little bracket Dad previously made. The first piece of pipe is also on, the rear piece is waiting for some P-clips and jubilee clips.
When all re-assembled I turned my attention to the additional ali' side panels I cut in December. This took a deceptive amount of time, what with all the holes and rivets. Ended up covered in Black Death again, black fingers for work tomorrow.
03 to 21/02/2003
Well a few more weeks have passed without any physical progress, been away last two weekends and just been too cold in the evenings to venture into the garage. However, have managed to progress on the procurement front.
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Engine specification finalised, will be sourced from V8 Developments.
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R380 Gearbox, ordered from RPI. |
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Engine mounts, ordered from Runcorn SD1 Centre. |
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EBC Greenstuff brake pads, ordered from Graham Goode Racing. Craig in the performance shop was a great help working out which pads I require, as the First-Choice scrap dealer could not be specific on the donor... |
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Heaters, two 12v items from Car Builder Solutions. Plus various small items such as extra rivnuts, cable ties and heat shrink. |
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23/02/2003
First job this weekend was to adjust the steering column. As I have ended up with a late Sierra column it is a little larger than the normal Dax recommended item, so filed off some of the unnecessary flanges. Then the shaft received a coat of chrome effect paint and the outer tube some black hammerite.
I then returned to the transmission tunnel, I have been dabbling with this for a long time, I have finally decided that I cannot get it low enough for the flanges to meet the floor. The solution, cut them off! Also worked out the fixings for the front of the tunnel, on the offside both the triangular GRP panel and the tunnel want to fix to the round tube. Rather than put one on top of the other (as this protrudes more into passenger space and prevents a panel being removed) we have made a bracket that will support the tunnel. At the same time a triangular extension to the bracket makes the car that much more waterproof.
With the tunnel now in place (but not fixed down), I tried the seats again. Bad news, due to the intrusion of the dedion tunnel it prevents the seats going all the way back. With much head scratching, we have three options;
1. Raise the seats, but shame as made an effort to get them low as possible. Also this is how Peter Walker said to fix them.
2. Move the seat forward, but that then may restrict leg room and also puts me closer to steering wheel.
3. Adjust the tunnel, there is over an inch of clearance between tunnel and A-frame, all I need is ½", for the seat to fix.
The rest of the weekend was spent cleaning up the Rover ready for its service and MOT later this week.
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Last Updated 23/02/2003