Great work Paul
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Great work Paul
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Rome wasn't burned in a night
looking good, some nice work on that mate.
keep the pics coming
Thanks guys.
I'm trying to keep making progress.
Layabout.
Pipe work. I had intended to run the rear brake pipe and injection flow/return in clips but not against the floor i.e. in free air so to speak. It seems that the BIVA tester men do not like this so a rethink was in order.
I ordered a length of 75 x 3 ally flat from Metals4u and set to .
First trial fit.
All ok so carry on and fix with c/sunk stainless screws.
And with the rear brake pipe going on.
The 8mm injection pipes are still to go in.
At the other end I made a stainless bracket to hold the pipes and a stainless fuel block I machined up .
Layabout.
Nicely done
Slowly getting the pipe work done. Shot myself in the foot a bit by running the pipes through the crossmembers. It made fitting them a bit of a pig. Reason for this is that if I went under the crossmembers the pipes would be the lowest part of the chassis, not a good idea.
The 8mm kunifer fuel lines were a trial. I have arthritis in my thumbs and it was a painful job.
I still have to make a fuel block for the rear tank connections and sort out the brake pipe fittings.
Also a large expensive box has arrived from Canley Classics.
Layabout.
I fitted similar plates on the A pick up to get it passed for SVA . Also made it much easier for LPG conversion pipework.
Galations 6:7
keV, it seemed the sensible thing to do.
Cheers Tim. I want to keep it on the rottisserie for as long as possible, it makes life so much easier. The axle has messed up the balance a touch though!
Layabout.
Still plodding on with the fuel and brake lines (along with another project). The 8mm kunifer is a pig to work with but when finished will be a "proper job".
I did the same again with aluminium flat in the area below the rear seat area (although there will be no rear seat). I machined another stainless fuel block to terminate the kunifer. This will have the correct fittings for fuel hose to go to the tank.
The front is similar but has adapters to take AN fittings. It's a bit busy at the front.
The fuel blocks are a single bolt fixing with a locating dowel as well before anyone shouts!
Layabout.
I did the same sort of bulkhead fittings on Andy Fileds Pop pick up we put through SVA . As it was Rover V8 powered on outside headers they wanted heat shrounding as the pipes were near each other . I just made a flat ali heat disappater plate cover.
Galations 6:7
Two steps back over the last couple of days
I mentioned my big box of bits from Canleys earlier. I had been waiting for standard suspension links to be made as they had no stock. They kept disappearing into the future so I bit the bullet and bought a full trunnion less conversion (and new discs and calipers), a much better way of doing it anyway. My wishbones are custom and made for trunnions with my design of trunnion bushing, also rounded ends.
Guess what. The lower bearing block doesn't fit correctly. So over the last couple of days I have been modifying finish painted lower wishbones .
All done now and just need to repaint. I'll do them when I do the uprights.
No photos, I'm sick of looking at them for now.
Layabout.
Some progress but not as quick as I would like.
Pop is now down on it's front wheels, the back is still on the rotisserie which has been lowered to ride height.
I am now stripping the engine for rebuild and hoping not to find too many nasty's in there. Biggest bonus was the plugs came straight out the ally head with no trouble at all!
Layabout.
Good progress
Thanks John and Tim.
I'm now getting stuck into the engine strip down and it's interesting! I stripped the front of the engine and here's the cam chain tensioner.
The guide was broken as well.
Finally got the head off and it was clear that maintenance was not in the last owners vocabulary. The oilways were full off sticky black tar that stuck to everything. I was not hopeful. However taking the cams out revealed bearings in perfect condition, how I have no idea.
Shoved my oil drain tank thingy underneath and took the sump plug out-nothing! Stuck a screwdriver in and it cam out with black gloop on it that didn't even run off.
Warmed up the sump and slowly this started to appear.
Not nice! I have never seen oil form a heap before.
It took nearly an hour to coax it out before dropping the sump. Which still had this in it.
The pick up.
Expecting the worst I checked the crank and bearings. Spot on! How the hell that happened I have no idea.
I can order the bits now knowing it's in good shape (if a touch filthy).
Layabout.
Make sure you degrease it thoroughly including the plugged oilways as the dislodged muck can cause more damage, any chance you can hot tanks it ?
Yeah, it's going to get a good cleaning John. I don't think there's a hot tank around here but I do intend to look.
It is by far the worst I've come across.
Layabout.
it looks to be on an engine stand. if you set it at 45 degrees (sump/bottom pointing down) you could clean inside with brake cleaner and a paint brush and the crap would run out. then flip over the other way at 45 degrees (bottom still down but the other way) and clean what you couldn't get to the first go. it'll be fine.
neil.