Right, so I have been quiet for a while now due to strating uni again and not having much time for anything
but I have managed to do somethings.
the sticky throttle cable is pretty much sorted no, still a little odd, but I shall try to sort it all properly at a later date.
I found that the cable was also fouling at the carb end so I cut the white bit off and stuffed the end into the hole
and then after driving The Otters car, found that my throttle pedal is very high up! so I adjusted it to this:
and it is much nicer now
I also fitted my arches so I am no longer running it 'illegally'
I think they suit perfectly!
I will get some new ones when money permits, just not yet
I also went to castle coombe this year (Aweome day!
) and bought myself some fancy things:
I firmly set my slef down the path of going for center clocks:
I also got another one with the surround (not in as good a condition as this one though) primarily for the guages it came with:
both original smiths ones (cleaned them up before taking pictures
) although I realise the temp isn't in the greatest of conditions
I also got hold of a sportex exhaust (although have since changed plans (because my middle box is knocking badly so want a single box system to clear the problem) and am currently sat awaiting a delivery
I made a minispares order after discovering that I could move my engine quite a lot with just my hand
ordered solid subframe mounts (as my rubber ones were a bit wobbly) and some poly bushes for the engine steadies:
along with the oil pressure fitting kit:
and got to work:
seeing as I am set on having center clocks, I am going to be getting a dash and matching center console for christmas as a joint present from pretty much everybody... and everything will be in it's right place by then...
changing the bubframe mounts went fairly smoothly,
got him back in his favoured place:
and they all got swapped over (even if it did take me a fair while to do
)
Changing the steady bushes, didn't go so well.. as I discovered that this had happened:
the bracket which holds the lower steady to the subframe had sheared off and was just there making lots of noise.
but according to my mechanic they don't really do anything anyway, so I left it off and will just be attaching the 'ultimate engine steady' instead for peice of mind...
I also have been having a leaky car for a while and have decided that I need to find the source of the leak, one of the big areas I suspect is that there is no checkstrap seal on the drivers door, but I decided to take the door cards off anyway:
all the black tape you see, is what I covered up after taking them off, and the door cards were also a little damp at the bottom so hopefully taping the holes up should help prevent leaks from there, and as The Otter pointed out, gives it a 'racer look'
As well as all this, my drivers side seat has collapsed
:
now I have to start thinking about new seats too
then at 10:48 whilst finishing off this article, this arrived:
and when i got through it's well wrapped shell, much green goodness revealed itself:
don't think I have ever wanted to get something on the car as quickly as this!
hopefully there will be another update soon with it on there...
so that is all the news for a month,
hope I haven't caused some of you to die of old age whilst reading through it,
I'll try and keep the rest a little more concise than this one
thanks, for reading,
Rob
