tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20545291178797667922024-03-13T02:35:12.048+00:00Panther Kallista RestorationIn this blog you can follow the restoration of a D reg 27 year old Panther Kallista (meaning small and beautiful). Each part of the restoration will be covered with photographs and video's, anyone with a comment on how to improve the restoration or if in the area can come along and give advise.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781118651294400679noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054529117879766792.post-56540042144903474722014-08-16T17:37:00.002+01:002014-08-16T17:42:27.031+01:00New AerialHi<br />
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Just an update before heading off to work on Monday or Tuesday for another month.</div>
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We have been away for a little break to Appleby in Cumbria and stopped at the Manor House Hotel, the break was supposed to be the first outing for the car but unfortunately the weather forecast was pretty bad due the remnants of Hurricane Bertha hitting the UK. So we decided not to take the Panther as I had not finished sealing in places that I thought were in need, mainly because the sealant hadn't arrived in time.</div>
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Anyway the weather wasn't as bad as predicted and we still had a nice drive around a very packed Keswick, Ambleside and Lake Windemere in the Lake District.</div>
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On arrival home my parcels had arrived and the part I had been searching for for quite a while and that was a new aerial, the one I had fitted was a Rubber Duck and just did not look right, especially as I took a pair of scissors to it and cut it down in size.</div>
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The problem with finding the aerial is that not many are on sale with the base, lots and lots of bee stings out there but are just the aerial stick ready to screw into the base already on the car, I wanted the whole thing.</div>
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I finally found one while searching through eBay</div>
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It was reasonably cheap at £15 which is not bad seeing as it is for show only but the downside is that the chromed area is on mild steel which we know from experience will not last all that long.</div>
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To try and preserve it a while longer I stripped of the rubber and covered all of the metal area in wax and replaced the rubber then once fitted I waxed the upper chromed section, should last a few more years before changing.</div>
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So out with the old and in with the new, it can also unscrew from the base for when the cover is on.</div>
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The main worry when buying blind is that the angle may be out and it would stick out of the side somewhere but it is perfect, the booklet says it is at 52.5 degrees which I guess is just what was required.</div>
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The sealant also arrived and is a RTV sealant adhesive used on fitting sunroofs and the like.</div>
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So I got at it sealing everything I could, the main problem areas when I bought the car where around the leading edges of the doors under the quarter light seals so apart from the masses of wax oil that I sprayed in that corner I have now sealed the entrance area. I did try this when first fitting but soon found that the fluidness of the sealant allowed the rubber to be squeezed out instead of being trapped and compressing down between underside of the quarter light and the door. So it all had to be cleaned before fitting dry.</div>
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I have also sealed under the windscreen rubber and frame sides plus the step rubber separators, in fact any damm thing that got in the way of the sealant gun got a good squirt.</div>
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We have had a good run around the coast and have mostly emptied the tank and what a thirsty car this is, I originally filled with £50 of fuel and topped up at a quarter tank with another £40 to bring it back to the full mark and have only done 120 mile. With the difference in price of the original fill to the second fill I am getting around 20 mpg which is around 8 mpg short of what I should be getting so I think the carb requires a little more fine tuning as at times I can smell a little unburnt fuel in the air when pulled up and as there are no fuel leaks it must be from unburnt fuel in the exhaust.</div>
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Still its a great drive with plenty of power on tap and is a totally different drive from a modern car.</div>
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Not much more to do with the car apart from tuning which I shall take to a carb specialist when I can find one locally, then look at a twin exhaust and possibly wires but they are for the future.</div>
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I had a good drive around this morning before taking the car back to the garage for the wheel tracking to be checked against the work I had done and very pleased I had.</div>
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and straight away found I was toed in by 1 1/2 degrees so he set to work adjusting the track rod end distances.</div>
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He set it up perfect but the wheel was still a little way out so he took it on the road then pulled up to make adjustments until the wheel was straight then completed the setting up back in the garage on the machine. I am pleased to say the tracking is again perfect and the wheel is centrally set up.</div>
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Another problem that was highlighted during the MOT checks was the speedo flickering and a trace of an oil leak from where the speedo cable enters the gearbox. I got under the car last week and had a look and saw that the problem lay in the internal spring circlip I had fitted, the original clip had disappeared during the restoration into a black hole so the one I used was not the original and it appears was not the correct thickness.</div>
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When I got under I realised immediately what the problem was as the cable wobbled a bit as the circlip was not pressing in hard enough so while at the garage I begged a circlip from Tony and fit in place along with the other. It took a little work to press it home but now the speedo cable is nice and tight, hopefully no more oil leaking, even if its just a trace.</div>
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Another job I got on with today was my version of the rear mirror modification, I know that there are a lot of mods out there as unless you are 6 foot 6" it will be very difficult for anyone to see over the hood cover.</div>
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I looked first of all for a new adjustable mirror on eBay with no luck so I bit the bullet and cut mine.</div>
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I started by removing the mirror</div>
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The idea is to make the mirror sit higher in the car which means reducing the length of the leg.</div>
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I masked of the leg and put some marks on to get and idea of how much material to remove.</div>
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I decided on the shorter of the two distances although both would have worked.</div>
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I used a air saw and cut the piece out.</div>
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I discarded the middle section and drilled a hole in both pieces as centrally as possible.</div>
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I then screwed in a self tapping screw in one side and cut the head of the screw, a little grinding to remove the thickness so to allow it to enter the other hole.</div>
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I test fitted then when happy I removed and filled the hole with super glue before putting back together.</div>
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The match was pretty close and with a file I got a nice finish, then a spray with primer.</div>
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Bit of deja vu today, I had managed to deface the rubber paint on the mud flaps while trying to remove dried on polish spots, I should have cleaned them as soon as I noticed them but typically I left them till later and after a couple of month they weren't going to come clean without a fight.</div>
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I jacked up the car and removed the wheel to access the rivets and removed the flap, then cleaned up with sand paper to remove the rest of the logo and scrubbed clean with detergent and a scourer. I then flashed up the computer and vinyl cutting machine then made up some more templates.</div>
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Not easy to see as the material is transparent, I masked up the area and instead of using my air brush as I did last time and had a hell of a job cleaning it I decided on a small roller.</div>
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A couple of runs over it drying with the heat gun between coats and it came out all right'ish, not as good as the airbrush as the edges have a little run under, still not bad.</div>
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I have at last found a use for the fancy number plate bolts I bought (apart from the number plate) and that was to secure the mud flaps in position.<br />
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It now looks as good as it did before I messed up.</div>
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The opposite side didn't have the same damage but I still removed it to fit the bolts and during its clean up I decided to sand off the paint and start again.</div>
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Its a lot cleaner now and looks a lot fresher.</div>
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I also had ago at getting the stereo amplifier to work with my Pure DAB receiver and I was more than a little surprised when it worked on the first plug in. The pure is designed to work by transmitting the DAB signal directly to a channel on the car radio but it also has a auxy out socket which I used and music started blasting out straight away. Planet Rock of course.</div>
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I have the aerial attached to the windscreen and have tucked all of the wires away neatly so I now have music.</div>
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I am booked in back at the garage tomorrow to have my tracking checked again, as I mentioned before, the steering wheel was out of centre when I received it back from the garage, it is now centre again as I disconnected the steering column from the rack.</div>
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I then straightened the wheel and reconnected.</div>
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You can see the rubber boot I fitted when first working on the car as the steering rod knuckles are very susceptible to seizing due to being open to the road dirt and water, a couple of universal boots fitted with a good amount of grease will keep them good for ever.</div>
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Anyway, the steering wheel is straight and the wheels look straight not pulling to either side when driving but I want to be doubly sure after working on it so in it goes again and this time I shall be there so I can see how its done.</div>
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Been home for two weeks now and busy as hell, but its been on decorating the house and not the car, but have managed some time and have spent the last 2 days on the car.</div>
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I have taken out my insurance through Lancaster and still had the agreed valuation document to send off which of course requires a bunch of photographs taken as proof so lots to do on the bodywork.</div>
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I had booked the car in at the paint shop for Monday to get all of the chips I hadn't fixed and for a machine polish, I was also not happy with the paint job on the back of the car in certain areas so had that re-painted.</div>
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I was given Rob to work on the car for the day as they where waiting for new equipment to arrive and where having a training day. </div>
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But first Ant had a little drive.</div>
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The main chips where from fitting the windscreen, no matter how careful I was I still had a bit of damage, surprisingly 3 of my efforts past Robs inspection and the one on the front wing just needed a machine polish and got 9 out of 10.</div>
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This one I had not attempted.</div>
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Rob soon sorted it.</div>
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This is the one I worked on but I had rubbed through the lacquer onto the base coat.</div>
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It just need a fine keying before re-spraying.</div>
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The other main damage occurred while it was being worked on in the garage for its MOT and was a little more difficult as it ran through 2 colours.</div>
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I have started rubbing down in this shot but it had to go right back.</div>
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The other main section was the back end, I had put a few scratches in and unlike these small isolated areas most of the back would have to be done so we started by rubbing it back, I stripped most bits off and masked the others.</div>
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Rob got to work, it only needed a couple of coats of the base then the pearl on top.</div>
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Difficult to see a difference until the lacquer is applied.</div>
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Then the heat lamps.</div>
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All lacquered then the whole car was machine polished.</div>
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Anyone who has been in a paint shop knows that it is a major clean up afterwards and so it was for me, I spent over 6 hours yesterday cleaning the dust and dried polish sprayed all over, the car may have been masked but it still got inside.</div>
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So even after a machine polish I still went at it hand polishing with fine finishing compound and got into all of the edges that the machine could not get at, then with a battery toothbrush I removed all of the dried white powder between the rubber piping and the body.</div>
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The polished stainless steps where in a bad way so got to work with the metal polish.</div>
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Once all polished I worked on it with the G3 wax then polished all over.</div>
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The engine bay and new scuttle also had a clean.</div>
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I had been using the red hood cover that came with the car and it looked quite good but Ray had made me a lovely mohair hood that I just hadn't got around to fitting.</div>
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Thankfully Ray had marked the centre so it was just a matter of positioning the hood and marking of for the first button to be fitted.</div>
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The first one was fitted then I positioned it each time and worked my way around.</div>
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I missed out a button on either side just under where the hood folds over as this would have pulled the cover out of shape.</div>
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It certainly looks good, well made Ray.</div>
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Mostly done now although I still have the mud flaps to remove and paint again as I messed one of them up trying to remove the dried on polish spots. </div>
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Got back late afternoon on Wednesday from Denmark but had the good news on Tuesday that the car had passed its MOT and was dropped of on Tuesday night. Now the work begins.</div>
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To say I was lucky to find Tony the owner of the garage is an understatement as there are not many garage owners that would take a car in for a month and go over it in his spare time with a fine tooth comb to sort out any problems and fix them. I gave him a list of things I wanted checking extra to what would be normal for an MOT certificate with the permission to fix anything he found and to treat the car as if he was going to be driving it and one of the biggest things he found was the steering column.</div>
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He initially identified a problem with the indicators as they would not automatically switch off after a turn was complete and the steering lock did not work, on removing the steering wheel he found a bit of play in the column and thought it was the bearing that was gone.<br />
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He removed the steering column from the car and found a couple of things wrong; thankfully none of the problems found where caused by me as I had not removed the column from the car only the knuckles in the engine bay.<br />
He identified the problem causing the movement as the spring being in backwards, it is a tapered spring and needs to be fitted the correct way around to give the tension on the column. This was put right and a new bearing fitted, looks like its been removed in the past. </div>
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He also found that the wheel did not engage far enough down the shaft and that the whole of the frame was in the wrong position, once he explained the problem to me I realised that the difficulty I had removing the screw from the top binnacle cover was caused by this as it was set partially under the dash and was hell to get in and out.</div>
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The frame then came out and was marked to re-position it setting everything a little more forward and drilled.</div>
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I don't propose to understand quite what the problem was but everything went back together and the indicators now automatically stop and the steering lock works. Also the screw to remove the binnacle top cover that I had such a difficult time removing is now in its correct position and easy to access.</div>
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I now have another problem which he did not realise until the car was being driven to my house and that is the wheel is a few degrees out of centre, this was not caused by Tony as I had thought for a long time that when I replaced the steering column to the rack it was in the wrong position I could not really tell as the wheel alignment was so far out, now it is set up correctly it is pretty obvious. So one of my jobs is to move the rack out a little and re-adjust the spline where it enters the rack to centre the wheel.</div>
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The tracking and geometry is fully set up for KPI, Caster and Camber.</div>
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Again this is something I am not trained in but Tony had all of the gear to do the job which he said was twice as old as the car but still worked just fine.</div>
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I would love to be able to explain what was going on with each picture but I am just a thicky.</div>
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The KPI (King pin Indication) is 2 3/4" on both sides which is unadjustable and is set by the upper bearing.</div>
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The front wheel bearings were set up correctly, I had them set up Ok but just a little on the loose side, they have to have play to allow for the expansion of the bearing due to the heat generated and I had them a little to loose.</div>
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The brakes where tested and the rear brake shoes also got looked at and although they have auto tensioners on them a few adjustments where made.</div>
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He has also found a couple of other things that I shall have put right although one of them could have been done when up on the ramp and that is a small oil leak from the speedo cable where it enters the gearbox. I had fitted a new rubber seal in there but he thinks it just needs repositioning as it may not be in far enough, there is also a shaking on the speedo dial until it reaches 40mph where it settles. He said he remembers this was problem on the Cortina and there was a fix at the time which will be looked at in the future.</div>
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I was also missing the lock nuts for the flexi brake pipes where they are fixed onto the brackets, he has replaced them.</div>
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The Carb has also been adjusted for the emissions and it ticks over and runs lovely.</div>
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The clutch was checked and I had set it up correctly also the timing was spot on at 9 degrees and the tappets were good so at least I got some things right.</div>
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The modification I had made to the cooling system works well, this was fitting the expansion tank as suggested by Terry B and also the electric fan works great. I have had the car out most of the afternoon and the temperature has held steady, think it was around the 170 deg F mark but will check.</div>
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Another mod that I should have done before was the fan belt tensioner, I realised when I had the problem with the alternator cabling that it was to close to the rocker covers and needed a longer belt but hadn't got round to it. The problem was caused by the fitting of the new ally rocker covers as the old covers are shaped to allow the alternator to fit. </div>
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And even tighter round the back.</div>
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I made a longer tension bar, unfortunately I was working from memory as I only had the length dimensions with me and got the angled cut out on the wrong side but this turned out to be no problem when fitted.</div>
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The new belt is a 1175mm x 10mm</div>
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The extra distance brings the alternator out much further away from the rocker covers.</div>
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I took it of SORN this morning and bought 6 months road tax as it will get laid up for the winter and I shall SORN it again then but lots of jobs to do.</div>
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The dash needs a little work as removing the light cluster to get to the wiring and to remove the 24v lamps that had been fitted caused a bit of damage to the veneer, I shall have to think of a fix for this. I have also booked it in with Ant at the paint shop for the 4th August where the paint finish will get a machine polish and any more paint damage will get fixed but other than that it drives great and I only stalled it 3 times while out.</div>
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Been a bit busy lately so not much done and the weather has been great so what time I had available was used to get the car outside and start on the paintwork repairs, I am a total amateur at this in fact it is my first time at chip repair but I have a fall back plan of taking it back to Ant's paint shop and getting my mess sorted.</div>
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When sorting thru my bills for the agreed valuation I came across a Panther brooch I bought quite a bit ago while combing thru eBay I also found the bill for it which was £37 wow a bit expensive I think now but it is very well made and looks great on the grill. I had to modify it a little by cutting of the brooch locking pin and gluing on a bolt.</div>
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I have around 6 repairs to do to the paint work and thought I would start in the most inconspicuous place in the door jamb, the damage was caused when I was trying to lift the door in position, just me and Lynne and it touched the paint.</div>
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Pot of water for you paper grades I worked with 600 800 and 1500 grits and kept them wet all of the time. </div>
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High build 2k primer, I have found early on that when using a tin of spray primer then using a solvent paint causes problems where the edges lift off which does not happen with a 2k primer. </div>
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Solvent for thinning and paint prep for cleaning plus a tack rag for the dusting off.</div>
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Small mixing pots which I get from Asda and are disposable shot glasses.</div>
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2K Lacquer and hardener, I used the same hardener used for the primer.</div>
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Air brush with fine spray pattern, I have a number of air brushes from the Badger type bottle suction to the 2 stage top feed, this is the preferred one as it gives a very fine spray and is fully adjustable.</div>
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The damage to the door jamb was around 8mm wide and was just the top coat but once I rubbed it down it still required a little primer.</div>
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First job was to mask up rub it down with a piece of 800 to feather the edges.</div>
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I then mixed up a small amount of primer and air brushed it on.</div>
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Then cut back with the 800 and carefully rubbed it smooth and level.</div>
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Then I mixed up the base coat with thinners and airbrushed, extending the area a little.</div>
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Once dry I rubbed it down with 1500 and polished</div>
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So for a first attempt I was rather pleased</div>
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Just below this one on the rear wing was a deep chip, no idea how this happened but with things so tight in the garage I am very surprised I have a paint job left.</div>
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I rubbed out the sharpness and feathered the edges.</div>
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Instead of using filler I thought I would try a few coats of high build.</div>
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I rubbed down between each coat until happy with the level.</div>
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Then airbrushed on the base coat.</div>
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You can see the edges of the paint so I rubbed this down with 800 and give it another coat but this time allowing the pattern to go a little wider.</div>
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I then lacquered and rubbed and polished.</div>
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The worst chip was a deep one right on the front of the wing, I remember this one as the wing was next to the work bench and a tool or nut or something rolled off and hit it.</div>
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This one needed a little filler, so I cleaned with thinners and filled.</div>
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Another failure is in front of the wind screen mount, this happened when fitting the screen by myself and it went a little astray.</div>
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It was all going so well until I got a little impatient and started sanding before it was fully cured which made a little bit of a mess, its really just a colour shade difference but will need re-doing.</div>
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Not to bad for a beginner but once on the road I shall take it to the paint shop and have them go through it checking and polishing.</div>
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When buying the front registration plate I asked the guy there about a reliable mechanic who would be more interested in the car than making a quick buck and he put me onto the guy across the road, so of I went and could not believe my luck. He knew Panthers from old and Cologne engines and was more than happy to take the car in and go over it with me. Time is not a problem as he will keep the car when I am away and go through all of the requirements for the MOT and set up every thing I want doing.</div>
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One job we got onto straight away was the inability of the battery to charge, I knew I was having problems but not to sure what it was so I bought a new alternator and fit that thinking this was the problem, but I still had no charging readings.</div>
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I had the car picked up on Tuesday and on Wednesday we got started and straight away found that the lamp on the battery indicator was out and also it was a 24volt we changed the lamp to complete the circuit and still had a problem in that it would charge then stop when something was moved. The problem was traced to the blue wire from the alternator to the lamp so I disconnected this wire and ran a new one and the problem was instantly solved. I have also found a 24 volt lamp in the headlight indicator so all 24 volt have been replaced with 12 volt.</div>
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We also got set up on the headlight angle machine and found that I had mixed up the drivers side wiring from Low and high beam, I got on and changed the wires around then did a test and tightened into position all perfect.</div>
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So I shall be going down to the garage trying to learn a little more but more than likely it will be done when I am away as it is a very busy place.</div>
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I have also been a bit of a bad boy again and spent some of my time car hunting.</div>
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I fell in love with the BMW Z4 Sdrive when I first saw one a couple of years ago so I pick mine up on Saturday, its a 2013 plate only 10 months old with 3120 miles on the clock in Orange with a fantastic black and orange leather interior. It's the <a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bmw+z4+1.8i+orange+design+pure+traction&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=bmw+z4+1.8i+orange+design+pure+traction&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=" target="_blank">1.8i M sport</a> with 19" alloys I was going to go for the 2.0i but age, low miles and 2 years warranty won me over to the 1.8</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781118651294400679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054529117879766792.post-64126103467567292642014-06-12T18:10:00.000+01:002014-06-12T21:13:58.301+01:00Grill and Steering Wheel<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We have had a few days of nice weather so we have been out and about but today I got some work done. I still have not found the Log book for the car so have had to bite the bullet and pay out the £25 for a new V5C so just waiting for it to arrive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I now have the car insured and tried a few insurance companies but none could beat Lancaster Insurance which is advertised in the club magazine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wcv3eSOQIO8/U5nWwLJkUHI/AAAAAAAAC9U/5EpMcpm7C_g/s1600/Lancaster+insurance.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wcv3eSOQIO8/U5nWwLJkUHI/AAAAAAAAC9U/5EpMcpm7C_g/s1600/Lancaster+insurance.jpeg" height="320" width="224" /></a></div>I got Fully Comprehensive with Breakdown, Legal plus agreed valuation and a host of other things for £184 and because I was a club member I also got £30 discount so £154, cheapest I have ever had.<br />
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While waiting for the V5 to arrive I thought I would get on with things I was going to wait for so yesterday morning I called Bruno and at 0930 this morning a new shiny grill arrived.<br />
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I decided where the brackets should go and slotted them into position first.<br />
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Things went pretty smoothly and only ended up with one scratch to the paint work.<br />
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I said when I found that the TVR seats did not work for me that at least I had learnt how to colour leather well today that training proved itself as I thought I would have a go at the steering wheel.<br />
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The colour just didn't match at all.<br />
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I had to thin down the colorant as it had thickened up a lot and I have found out an important tip since doing the seats that instead of using water to thin the colorant I should use the gloss final coat as this lends a toughness to the colour that water does not.<br />
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I prepped the leather surface by first cleaning it then using a solvent I removed the old surface finish and then sanding the leather with 800 before giving it a light misting with the colorant.<br />
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I dried between each coat until I thought it was close then tried it in place.<br />
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Now I have the air brush out I will start on the scratches I have managed to collect by working in such cramped conditions for so long.<br />
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Managed to get some busy in until rain stopped play but it was mostly things we have looked at in the past so just really a progress report.</div>
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The door card was pretty straight forward as I knew what I was doing and the problem I had of finding the screw holes for the door lock was solved by lining up with rivets first to make location easier.</div>
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I managed to slacken off the passenger door locking mechanism and lined these holes up then screwed on the cover plate.</div>
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The cheek plate went in and I found out I had cut the rubber door seal about 20mm short, doubt anyone but me would notice.</div>
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I have fitted the ashtray but run out of the chrome screw cover so have ordered another pack.</div>
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Strange thing with the steering wheel in that I am sure it was a lot lighter when I bought it as I had the colour coding taken from it, lot darker than I remember it being. I still have a lot of the leather stain left so may try changing the colour.</div>
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I also got out the wash bucket and gave it its first clean since the paint job, I have kept it under cover but it had still picked up a lot of dirt.</div>
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The aerial went on to have a look, it is still to long for my tastes and shall try and trace a small bee sting.</div>
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Starting to look good and is ready for its MOT unfortunately as with every thing else in this house the log book has disappeared, looks like I shall have to fork out £25 for a new one then next week it will miraculously turn up.</div>
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I also remembered the rearview mirror, not that I can see much out of it but if I remember correctly there is a mod that can be done to get more rear vision.</div>
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Been round to the local garage and they are happy to set things up for me, I need tracking, head light alignment, clutch setup and engine set up and carb tuning plus of course the MOT so still lots to do.</div>
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Back again, a little later than expected as the weather was to bad to get off the ship so I waited until we arrived back in port before getting off then a nice little break away in Yorkshire with a satnav that was possessed with evil spirits. It has a new home now with a warning to the new owner about the need for a exorcism before it sends someone over a ravine.</div>
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Before going I picked up my seats and they look very nice, the match is not perfect to the door cards but close enough for me. Unfortunately the drivers seat was missing one of the headrest guides and the other was all cracked and broken so off to work they went and I made a couple of new ones on the lathe.</div>
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I have given them a couple of coats of primer and satin black, shall fit them later.</div>
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Passenger side first, I fit the runners and gave them a good lube with silicon spray.</div>
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The runner touch the underside of the seat where the padding turns, no problem with the passenger side as the seat will rarely be moved forward but the drivers will be back and forth each time I get in and out so it will be nicely worn in no time.</div>
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On looking at both seats I thought it was strange that the back of the seats appeared to be leaning slightly to one side, (both inwards) I even undid the hinge bolts to try and straighten them up. No joy there as the bolts are in the correct position, then I thought maybe because of the cramped area in the car that it maybe designed in to bring the side of the back away from the side of the car. It works.</div>
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Fitting was not to much of a problem after I realised that it was easier to fit the front bolts a couple of threads first then the rear before tightening down.</div>
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Drivers side next, I first had to fit the door stop and the new door light switch.</div>
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I had to buy another set of switches as after searching everywhere I could not find the last one anywhere, no problem only a couple of pounds and it worked perfect first time. </div>
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When I fitted the passenger door stop I fitted the 7 standoff washers that came off originally, this time I decided to fit without the washers. The door does not open quite as far but after a warning from Terry B about the door opening to far a causing a crease in the body work I thought to err on the side of caution.</div>
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Next came the carpet, not very good at carpet fitting as I seem to keep getting it off centre but you can't see any gaps and from the drop down it is all glued in place so it won't ride forward.</div>
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I also fit the seat belt and cut the holes for the seat bolts.</div>
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Just a matter of bolting down the seat, this time I started at the front and it went in no problem although I can only find 3 allen bolts so will have to make a trip tomorrow for a new one.</div>
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Looking very nice, no problem with the slide, it positions lovely.</div>
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Will have to fit the headrest guides and source a pair of headrest's which will need recovering but I'm sure Bruno will have a pair.</div>
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Last day at home as off to work tomorrow for a month, not as much done this time home and some of what was done has had to be rectified as every Kallista owner reading this blog would have known that I had made a complete arse of fitting the rear of the hood. I had never seen one folded before so did not realise the importance of the snap studs and the fitting of the studs, I thought it was a normal fold down hood oops! </div>
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So many thanks (yet again) to Terry B for putting me straight.</div>
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I fixed the mistake by removing the fancy bolts and replacing with the studs only this time following Terry's direction I riveted the rear 5 male studs on top of the material pulling the hood (with the steel bar inserted) flat onto the body. Whereas before I had riveted the male studs to the body so that the hood was popped onto the body, this is why the steel was lifting the hood off the body.</div>
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The male studs on the sides were riveted directly to the body and the female half of the studs where fitted back on the hood, I had to buy new female studs for this as I did not have enough of the original set left, only a couple of pounds but I have had to wait a few days for them to arrive.</div>
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Not as perfect as I would have liked it and somehow I have managed to get a little glue on the rear screen which I am very annoyed about, I could have easily removed it with a little thinners but am worried it may haze the plastic of the screen so will have a go on the original hood screen before testing it on one of the corner panels.</div>
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The seats have gone to a upholsterer, I found one only around 10 miles away near Durham called Station upholsterers, just a small messy place with the owner of around 70 years old but the pair of Austin Healey seats he was working on proved how good he is. He also does all of the work for Northumberland police and looks after the vehicles of Lord Lampton the Earl of Durham, so a bit of a find.</div>
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Not much else done due to the weather being fine and Lynne wanting to go out and when it was raining we stayed home but I could not get the car out of the garage to work on the drivers side.<br />
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I have refit the original door membrane, I was going to renew it but could not find any heavy duty plastic sheet and as the original was Ok I glued it back in place.</div>
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I fitted the 2 screws for the door handle so as to locate the holes once the card was on.</div>
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The door card already had new attachment fittings in place so it was just a job of hooking it over the window and popping them into the holes in the door.</div>
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The door capping has to be in exactly the right position otherwise it will either prevent the door from closing or hit against the edge of the dash, so to get it correct I got inside and closed the door then offered it up before drilling new holes for the self tapping screws. I did try to find the original holes, I had taken accurate measurements but no way could I get the screws to find the holes so I drilled new ones.</div>
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I had tried to find chrome surrounds for the door furniture but without much joy, Terry put me onto the chrome surrounds for the door lock which came from a Mini, which I bought, but the door opener surrounds are a but more difficult to find. The surrounds from the Austin Allegro 2 and possibly the Vanden Plas model are chrome but I could only find one so I am not bothering with the chrome and just keeping to the black.</div>
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The door opener surround went on first.</div>
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I have tried to fit the door lock surround but one of the holes won't line up and I do not as yet have a small enough drill for a new self tapper to go in so it will have to wait till I get one.</div>
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I next cut the vinyl around the window winder and fit that.</div>
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Then pressing on the card I felt for the screws on the door handle and very carefully cut to expose these holes and screwed on the handle.</div>
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I have also added an extra screw in the centre of the capping as it was bowing out slightly and fitted chrome screw covers.</div>
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I thought I would have a go at folding the hood; correctly this time, the directions for folding where printed in the January February issue of the club magazine, I must have read them then but old age is setting in and I still messed it up.</div>
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I started by lowering the windows and un-popping the sides.</div>
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I then folded back the hood helping the rear window to fold back over the rear of the car and made sure the catches were in the closed position.</div>
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I then pushed the frame flat and folded the rear screen back over the frame into the car.</div>
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I could then neatly fold the side screens over to the middle.</div>
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I have a nice new black mohair hood cover made by Ray but have not fitted the studs yet so I have retrieved the original cover and cleaned it up a little and it matches the paint finish very well, in fact out of the whole original car this is the only piece that is still in good condition.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781118651294400679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054529117879766792.post-67524007411834603312014-04-21T18:07:00.004+01:002014-04-21T18:17:47.001+01:00Passenger sideHi<br />
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Had a little time off over the Easter with Lynne as she took some time of work but have still managed to squeeze some jobs in and (as normal) found a rather large and expensive problem.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400615756181?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649" target="_blank"><b>fancy bolts</b></a> arrived for the hood which surprised me as I thought by the address that they where from Hong Kong but arrived within a week from and English address.</div>
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These are for number plate fixing and are made from stainless, lots of different colours available and I may change for the red ones at a later date only £7 for 20.</div>
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I had found that the steel bar running through the rear bottom of the hood was pulling the studs off and I could see daylight when inside so I bought these to pull everything down tight.</div>
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I have left the last one on each side as a stud as these seem to want to pull of when the hood is lowered and I don't want to put any more strain and wear edges on the hood than necessary.</div>
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Quite pleased with how they turned out.</div>
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I also did a little work on the hood edges where the corners are formed over the edge of the header rail, I had stuck the edges together but thought a bit of stitching would make it stronger so out with the needle and thread.</div>
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I have also fit the windscreen wipers which look Ok, need to fill the water bottle and direct the sprays to test them.</div>
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I decided to get the passenger side completely finished before working on the drivers side and started by fitting the seat belts.</div>
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I have seen red belts on eBay which I shall try and buy, I wrote to them last year and gave the Ford number of these ones but they didn't bother responding. I don't know what car these where originally designed for but at £60 a pair I don't want to end up with the wrong ones.</div>
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Next was the passenger door swing back stop, I had forgot about these when I sent the last lot to the powder coaters but they cleaned up ok. I had to unstick the carpet to get to the bolts and use new washers for the stand off distance, there was 7 washers fitted so I replaced these with stainless as the old ones were rusted.</div>
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The other job on this side was the door jamb cheek plate, just 3 rivets for this piece then hammered the rubber seal in place.</div>
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The rubber trim has plastic stoppers fitted to the ends of the rubber to give a flush appearance unfortunately there was only one left when I bought the car so shall try and make some.</div>
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Next job was the foot well carpet, this was easy to fit as I used impact adhesive, I pre-fit the carpet in the correct position then unrolled back from the foot area and glued and fit that section first then worked back to the seat area.</div>
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I did not glue after the raised section as the seat rails will be bolted down hard and should prevent any movement forward of the carpet. I have cut out the bolt holes for the seats and have been trying to figure out what goes in the 5th hole, its covered in this photo but is tapped into the floor pan against tunnel next to the most aft seat bolt. I have just plugged it at the moment until I either get told what it is for or find the bit that goes there.</div>
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Now for the big expensive problem, the seats. </div>
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I have spent nearly 5 hours on these seats trying to get them to slide with no joy, I can get them in but without any movement on the sliders as they jam up straight away. No problem on the passenger side as this does not have to move but not so on the drivers as I need to move forward for the best driving position then right back to get out.</div>
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I fit them by having the seat fully forward and bolting down the backs then moving back as far as possible to reach the front bolts and bolting them down and that is it: solid, no movement what so ever. To get the seat out again I had to dismantle it which allowed it to move forward to access the rear bolts again.</div>
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I have had both seats fitted with the same problem on both sides as the width is just to much and jams them solid so by by TVR seats and I shall have the originals upholstered, I shall find somewhere local as Ray lives down in Cornwall which is a little to far to drop them off. Just a decision now on Leather or Vinyl depending on cost, I got these seats cheap and learnt how to restore leather and look after it so at least I have gained something out of it and they do look rather good.</div>
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I shall finish of the carpet and fit the door cards and all of the little jobs until the seats are ready.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781118651294400679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054529117879766792.post-3249873877019478132014-04-16T17:47:00.001+01:002014-04-21T18:10:19.463+01:00Side MirrorsHi<br />
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Another few days of jobs done but little evidence of anything achieved, I did get the bonnet on, with a little help from Lynne. Pretty straight forward this time as I have had it on and off so many times that lining it up was pretty straight forward, not so getting the nuts and washers on underneath, this was an exercise in contortion. I finally managed it but wish my fingers where a little longer.</div>
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Looks a lot better now, one of the jobs hidden away was the engine bay; after all of the work I had put into it cleaning and painting, it was a mess. This was in most part down to the sanding dust during the respray and being worked on and around for what seems forever.</div>
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I have moved all of the wires out of the way and washed everything down then repainted all of the black on the sides and rails, can't really see from this photo but its looking a whole lot cleaner. had the engine running a few times a day and it starts after only a couple of turns, would like to get it to start on first turn but maybe needs a little setting up.</div>
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The sun visors where just sitting around so I got these cleaned up and screwed on, the hinges had a lot of rust spots coming through.</div>
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The cost of new ones are in the stupid range so I put them on the wire wheel and they came up great, I had the old visors recovered by Ray and they came back great.</div>
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Another job was the windscreen wipers, I had bought a full set of TEX wipers from an MG supplier and there are not the best quality.</div>
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The wiper blades are ok but the arms are pretty bad so I got out the old ones and had a closer look at them.</div>
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These are of a much better quality and are adjustable, no idea why I bought new ones as I am supposed to be doing a restoration and these just needed restoring.</div>
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I first removed the springs from the underside and wire wheeled them to key the stainless and remove any loose paint.</div>
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Then a couple of coats of primer with a 1500 rub down between coats then sprayed with gloss black, I usually use satin but had run out which I am glad of as the gloss finish looks great.</div>
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I shall let the gloss fully harden of and fit them tomorrow.</div>
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Another item I should have restored was the side mirrors as the new TEX pair are pretty much rubbish. I knew this as soon as I had fit them as the securing section inside the mirror frame should have been tapered to securely connect to the tapered locking block but this was a straight flat on the casting which meant that it had nothing to grip to when the grub screw was tightened. </div>
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I had drilled out the grub screws on the original set as they were mild steel and had rusted in, this damaged the threads which was the reason for the new set. </div>
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I was going to try and modify these new ones when one just dropped off while I was fitting the hood so they had to go. After a good search on eBay I came across a set of <b><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131163877327?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649" target="_blank">WINGARD side mirrors</a> </b>at around £40 inc p+p and thought they would look good.</div>
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They arrived this morning and they look fantastic, they don't have the angled extension to bring them higher up but for the looks I can live with that.</div>
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They also match the plinth I fit to the side lights.</div>
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I am very tempted to splash out the £40 for a new set of chromed plinths and replace the colour coded ones, I shall keep the light colour coded although I have 3 spare chrome ones. We shall see.</div>
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I started the fit by removing the fitted set.</div>
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This left me with 2 holes in the door, unfortunately these holes do not match the fixing in the Wingards, as these have a slide on fitting and a bolt on hole. There was no way I was going to drill an extra hole in the door so I had to modify the Wingard fixing.</div>
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After searching for suitable material I found a strong piece of aluminium extrusion which I cut and shaped to fit inside the space. I marked of the door hole size then drilled and tapped a hole for a 6mm bolt and glued and riveted the piece in place.</div>
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I had to go to the local bolt shop to find a decent S/S bolt as only screws are provided and ended up with a couple of 6mm round heads with an allen key hole for tightening.</div>
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Good quality plastic seals are provided and it was then just a matter of winding the window fully up and getting my fingers to go to shapes they were never designed for and fitted rubber washers first then penny washers and nuts.</div>
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I really love these mirrors and they totally change the look of the side of the car, very pleased with them.</div>
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I have sat in the car to see how much you can see through them and with a bit of moving around they give good rear vision.</div>
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I guess the carpets and seat are next so busy day tomorrow.</div>
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Spent the morning at the paint shop where a curbed alloy was being doctored, hate it when I curb but got a good price from Ant so had it fixed.</div>
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The rest of the day has been spent very nervously fitting the hood, a bit expensive if I make a dogs doodads of it. The studs are already in place following the original holes from the original hood I am a little unsure of having studs around the rear, I know that it is a soft top and if anyone wants in it would be easy enough but its even easier if you can just pull the rear studs and climb in. So after a good search on eBay I found a supplier of decorative round headed bolts, not to expensive so I bought a pack to have a look at, if they are good quality and look good then I shall replace the studs. Not as if the hood will ever come of again.</div>
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I have had overnight to try and figure out how to fit the hood single handed as really it should be a two person job even if you know what you are doing, I did fit a new hood to the MX5 I had around 5 years ago but if I remember the frame was off the car and there was no gluing involved.</div>
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I decided to do the gluing in stages as I was using impact adhesive and wanted to get it right first time, so first job was to stretch the corner and mark the area to apply the glue on the underside with some chalk, I then glued around 6 inches and let it dry.</div>
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I then pulled this corner into position and held it there rubbing it smooth until the adhesive had taken.</div>
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I then repeated this on the other side.</div>
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Both corners were in position and pulled tight.</div>
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I could then lift the centre of the hood and brush glue onto the frame and the hood, not much chance of keeping these section separate for the glue to dry so I pulled the material into position and rubbed it smooth and tight.</div>
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I had already cut slots in the material to go either side of the clips.</div>
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The front had to be glued in so I brushed on the glue all of the way along the front underside and rubbed it into position, the leading edge had to have a sharp edge so I spent a bit of time making sure that was tight in position.</div>
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The corners had lots of extra material and I had to figure out how to cut of the excess and fold into position so it looked neat.</div>
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To get the fold I cut a section out from the bottom of the fold so that it would fit around the connector for the header rail.</div>
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I then glued this all up and stuck in position.</div>
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The front of the hood could now be folded over so lots more glue.</div>
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I formed the corner into what I think is the correct shape and clamped up.</div>
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I did this on both sides and positioned the seal rail, I had already cut the seal rail to size after lining it up with the original holes in the header so I was just a job of piecing the material to find the holes for the rivets.</div>
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I started at one end and riveted along.</div>
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I worked my way along making sure that the leading edge fold was as tight as possible.</div>
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When all riveted I fit the seal with a flat edged screwdriver, I put the back edge in first then slowly worked in the front edge.</div>
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After all of this work I still did not know if I had the hood tight enough as there really is no way of telling until the seal is on and clipped in position, so with this in mind I have left the excess material on incase I have take it all apart and refit.</div>
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I got in the car and fingers crossed gave it ago, it was a little difficult at first to get the hood clipped as it was a little tight but after a struggle I got the clips on and pulled it shut.</div>
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Nice and tight.</div>
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The front look good nice and tight but I can't seem to get the back as tight as I would like, still when the fancy bolts arrive I shall spend some time on the back and hopefully will get and folds out.</div>
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I shall leave the hood clipped for a few days to let the glue harden off then trim the excess material of from around the front of the frame.</div>
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I shall get the bonnet fitted next week but first I want to get the engine bay cleaned up as it is still rather dusty from the respray.</div>
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Already to fit, I gave the plastic pieces a bit of a rub with some Turtle wax black polish which brought them up nice then sorted out some new stainless bolts. There are 2 cover pieces that fit above the bolt plate section which give it a bit of a finish and allows for silicone to be squeezed in to stop water ingress.</div>
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Before fitting the frame I had 2 plastic protectors to rivet on to the back of the body, these stop the frame from hitting the paintwork, unfortunately I dropped one which of course fell into the side of the car and went into the wheel arch, no way of reaching it. So I made 2 new one's from a piece of 3mm rubber and riveted these on.</div>
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Then carefully I positioned the frame into the slots and lined up the holes.</div>
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I test bolted it in position and opened up fully.</div>
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The rubber seal wont be fitted until the hood is on but I clipped the frame into position to check for alignment.</div>
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Once happy I undid the bolts on one side to lift the frame a little and squeezed silicone into the slot then bolted back and repeated on the opposite side.</div>
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I gave the carpet a good spray of glue then stuck everything back in position.</div>
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Now the tricky job, I know it won't end up the same as if a pro had fit it but I shall give it my best shot.</div>
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First the unpacking.</div>
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Ray made a lovely job, black mohair with a beige interior, I test fit on the frame to see what it looks like.</div>
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I had kept the old hood and retrieved it from the loft to compare, the first thing I noticed is that there is a steel bar fitted in a pocket at the back of the hood.</div>
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I managed to remove it.</div>
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On looking at the new hood I found a pocket sewn into the bottom to receive the steel bar, I first checked the holes against the body then slipped it in.</div>
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I positioned it in the exact centre and marked the holes around.</div>
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Ray had included a pack of fasteners with the hood and it comprises of.</div>
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An anvil, a riveting tool, also a hole punch (which is not in the picture), rivets and the 3 parts of the fastening.</div>
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The first job was to rivet on the buttons to the car, small problem with these in that the rivet sits recessed into the button which means the rivet nozzle cannot fit inside, bit of a problem as when you pull the rivet it ends up slack as the rivet head pulled up to the nozzle leaving a small gap when compressed. I solved the problem by fitting a 2mm nut onto the shaft of the rivet which fit into the recess effectively extending the nozzle to fit inside the recess. problem now was I kept dropping the 2mm nuts, very difficult to find.</div>
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To fit the stud, first mark of the hole.</div>
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Punch a hole.</div>
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Position the anvil.</div>
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Fit the fastening.</div>
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Then hammer away, it does not take a lot as the riveting tool is very effective.</div>
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I uses a small piece of round bar to finish of and give a flatter finish.</div>
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I finished all of the fastening where the steel bar was and fit in position.</div>
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I then marked of each fastener to either side and fit these.</div>
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After fitting the first on either side I decided against having the steel bar in place as it created a large lump in the hood and kept popping of the studs, so I removed the studs I had fitted then re-fit them without the metal bar to see what it looked like. When the steel bar was in you could see daylight when looking from the inside out as there was a gap, gone now. When it is all finished I shall lift the studs and fit velcro around the bottom to ensure a good tight fit all the way around. This may not be the correct way of fitting the hood but trial and error.</div>
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Getting it to go around corners is a bit of a problem I shall re-position when fully fitted.</div>
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The real difficult part is the front fitting, the back I can fiddle with but once I glue on the front then thats that, so after a lot of pulling and swearing I decided to fully fit the frame with the header seal in position then pull the hood tight and mark with chalk where it folds over the front.</div>
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I then released the frame and folded the hood over the chalk marks and clamped .</div>
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And this is as far as I got as I had forgot to buy the impact adhesive.</div>
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What I plan to do is to pull everything smooth then when happy to remark the chalk positions, I shall then loosen the hood and put the glue just on the top and re-clamp to the new chalk positions. When set I should then be able to close the frame to test fit, if all good then I can cut all of the folds and glue then rivet on the seal strip. Hopefully it should be nice and tight and there is also around 10mm of play on the header as I have it at it shortest setting so I can tighten the hood another 10mm after gluing. </div>
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Back at it again, been just over 3 months since things got done, mostly because of 2 months at work but I felt I needed a break as I was making mistakes and bad decisions. I think knocking the bonnet and cracking the paint was the kick I needed to leave it alone for a while so last months leave I spent ripping the bathroom back to the plaster work, re-plumbed re-tiled and fitted a very nice steam / shower and fitted bathroom furniture. 'O' and a new central heating system, but I had men in to do that.</div>
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I have been home a week and have quite a few things done, first thing was to arrange for the bonnet to get painted again, when I knocked the corner I bent it a little, I straightened it no problem but there were so many coats of paint on it that that is what cracked. Cost £80 to have it fully re-spayed and polished so that will teach me to be more careful. </div>
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I have also decided to put a few mistakes right, the first was the wiring loom for the front of the car.</div>
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I had everything working fine but was not happy with the junction box I had fitted to hold all of the wiring in one place; all safe and dry, this I thought would cause confusion in the future.<br />
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I decided to put it back the way it was originally but to make a neat job of it so I bought a big bag of bullet connectors and got to work. I ripped out all of the new wiring I had fitted and run the looms back under the wings.<br />
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I have connected and taped everything up neat and tidy and everything works perfect again.<br />
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Very good exercise in learning the colour scheme of the front loom, I can fit it in my sleep now.</div>
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The other change was the rear combination cluster, I had bought LED lights without realising that the huge reduction in load would affect the timing of the indicators in that they would flash to fast which would be an MOT fail. To fix the problem was simple, just fit a couple of ballast blocks to replicate a 12volt load on each side, but like the wiring box I had fitted I thought this would also lead to confusion so bye bye LED and hello 12 volt.</div>
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I bought this set from <a href="http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/product/rear-cluster--pair-/" target="_blank">SVC for £62 including postage</a>, not quite Lucas quality but they should be good enough. They don't come wired so first job was to get all of my colours out and fit some tails.<br />
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They bolted straight on and worked first time of connecting, looks like I know the rear lighting loom of by heart as well.</div>
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Another problem I had was that one of the wiper wheel box drives had a damaged thread from trying to remove it originally which meant that the scuttle had to be removed to replace it. I have a new one from <a href="http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/product/14w-wiper-wheelboxes/" target="_blank">SVC </a>which fit perfect, just a little difference between the new and the original in that the original had a rebate in the shaft in which a rubber sleeve was fitted.<br />
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The new one has a straight shaft and no requirement for the sleeve.<br />
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The main job I have been on since arriving home is the hood and the frame as I hope to get this fitted this time home and have made good progress.<br />
I knew from the start that hood required replacing and that there was rust patches around the front end of the frame.<br />
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The main areas are around the edges where the water gets blown in from the window edge.<br />
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The first job was to remove the clips then drill out the rivets on the seal lock strip.<br />
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These rivets and glue are basically all that holds the hood to the frame, the main attachment is at the rear where the hood is studded to the body.<br />
Once the hood was off I could get a good look at the extent of the rust damage.<br />
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It was mostly to the outside of the header and not to deep.<br />
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I put the header rail in my blasting cabinet to see how bad it was all over and was pleased that there was no penetration.<br />
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Next job was to strip it down, the plastic finger guards are riveted in and these came of first.<br />
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I decided on lots and lots of photographs as there was no chance of putting it back together again without them.<br />
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You can see how complicated it all is.<br />
Each joint is bolted with a plastic bush separating and allowing movement on each joint, I stripped it all down keeping the right and left sides separate to make re-building easier.<br />
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Everything went to the powder coaters along with the battery box, £50 for the lot.<br />
I picked them up yesterday and as always I was very impressed, beats the hell out of trying to paint them.<br />
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The battery box came up great.<br />
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The frame is just as good.<br />
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No more rust.<br />
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I started re-assembly by cleaning all of the plastic parts in soapy water and printing lots of photo's, it took a little while to figure out where to start but having kept both sides separate when I took it apart made it a whole lot easier, the threads were filled with powder coating so all of these required tapping out at 6mm.<br />
I started with the flat section and attached the first piece which was the long arm of the rear rail, when I was happy this was in the correct position I attached the opposite end and carried on this procedure all the way through.<br />
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The long cranked section went on next.<br />
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The long double bent section went on, this is the hinge which connects the centre rail.<br />
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The shorter cranked arm went on to the last hole in the rear rail.<br />
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The middle could now be attached, to make fitting easier I attached a connect bar first.<br />
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The centre bar is then attached.<br />
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The lower hinge arm is then swung up and bolted on to the centre rail.<br />
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The top bar is the last of the hinge mechanism to fit, this is the section that takes the header rail.<br />
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The header is bolted on and can be adjusted around 10mm back and forth so I have left it only hand tight ready for final adjustments.<br />
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The finger protectors are riveted in position and these went on.<br />
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I had bought a roll of 25mm sticky backed felt which I stuck onto the backs of both rails to protect the mohair from rubbing.<br />
I checked the frame for freedom of movement and put a drop of oil on each hinge section.<br />
The header rail seal comes with a aluminium lock strip to attach to and this required cutting to size and a couple of rivet holes drilled in.<br />
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The hood fabric is glued into position around the header rail and the lock strip is riveted over the top to seal and stop movement of the hood.<br />
I gave the clips a little buff up and fit these, there is a little amount of adjustment on these so again on hand tight.<br />
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That the frame built and it looks like new so hopefully it will be on tomorrow.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781118651294400679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054529117879766792.post-81781426443022407902013-12-31T16:28:00.000+00:002013-12-31T20:06:44.445+00:00Windscreen<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's been awhile but it would appear that when your wife is on holiday then so are you, still I have progressed a little; after taking 2 steps back.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It had been my plan to fit the scuttle with the wiper motor, battery and everything screwed down so that I could then fit the bonnet and sit in the car, reach over and shuffle it into the correct position then easily tighten, I had done this before when checking the the scuttle was ok after making it. All went to plan and the scuttle looked great.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RnHrZNqT1dE/UsLeIPHPxcI/AAAAAAAACQY/Rw2LSQjOG_U/s1600/DSC01598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RnHrZNqT1dE/UsLeIPHPxcI/AAAAAAAACQY/Rw2LSQjOG_U/s1600/DSC01598.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All polished and shiny ready for the bonnet which I duly fitted, life was good, the wiper drives fitted nicely and screwed down with a tight seal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YryD4PcS3cA/UrMaCeSXiTI/AAAAAAAACPY/qHEDI0xbC5Q/s1600/DSC01595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YryD4PcS3cA/UrMaCeSXiTI/AAAAAAAACPY/qHEDI0xbC5Q/s1600/DSC01595.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Time to fit the windscreen, or so I thought. This is where is where poor planing makes p"** poor performance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I prepared the underside of the windscreen mounts by sanding off the high spots in the casting and stuck on sealing tape to prevent the rough surface from contacting the paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JP456ixFx_A/UsLefWOs8kI/AAAAAAAACQo/-ASb3BqdQI8/s1600/DSC01600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JP456ixFx_A/UsLefWOs8kI/AAAAAAAACQo/-ASb3BqdQI8/s1600/DSC01600.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It fit into position lovely, the side bolts went in easily and I slotted in the centre bolts which Is when I realised that there was just no way I could get underneath to get the nuts onto the bolts. I tried everything I could think of but my fingers could not reach.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I guess this was when I realised that Lynne had the right idea and be on holiday, so car cover on and I went away for a good cry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I eventually got it together and started stripping everything apart things got even worse as I managed to knock the corner of the bonnet and damage the paint which will, I have been informed, require a whole re-spray of the bonnet for the match.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To cut a sad story short, it all came apart again and how the hell do you remove dried on silicone sealant. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The windscreen again went into position with the centre bolts in and tightened down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7VXUvLzyt8k/UsLemAOCGvI/AAAAAAAACQw/y4q4pau3KZs/s1600/DSC01601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7VXUvLzyt8k/UsLemAOCGvI/AAAAAAAACQw/y4q4pau3KZs/s1600/DSC01601.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I started to fit everything back together again when the next problem came to light which was a stripped thread on one of the windscreen drive wheel boxes, this had originally been damaged during the removal and must have been just holding on when I refitted it. So possibly it was a good thing this happened now when I could strip things down as it may have went sometime in the future and have been a lot worse. (Forever the optimist)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FAPYjjoXakM/UsLhXBV9LTI/AAAAAAAACSY/2sKhS1HGdVs/s1600/DSC01613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FAPYjjoXakM/UsLhXBV9LTI/AAAAAAAACSY/2sKhS1HGdVs/s1600/DSC01613.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These are a Lucas item, No 72891D 2wb with a 32 tooth cog and 64mm spindle to the top of the spline which as luck would have it is exactly the same one as sold by <a href="http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/product/14w-wiper-wheelboxes/" target="_blank">SVC</a>, slightly different in that there is a turned section on the original drive which is filled with a rubber sheath which is not on the SVC box. Can't see this as a problem and I ain't got a choice. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The windscreen is tightened in the centre but I have left the side bolts just nipped as there is still some movement required when I set up the door seals and for the fitting of the hood.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I had only one door fitted so today's job was fitting the other, with the passenger door I had left the hinges on the door and offered the door to the car, this worked but took a friend (Ben) to help because of the weight. Only Lynne to help today so change of plan, which turned out was the easier method.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I first fit the hinges to the car and lightly nipped up to allow some play and then offered the door up to the hinges and fit the door onto the lock, it was then a simple matter of bolting on from the inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jq852YsC77o/UsLfB8LRR6I/AAAAAAAACRA/5YWSdXh4RTk/s1600/DSC01604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jq852YsC77o/UsLfB8LRR6I/AAAAAAAACRA/5YWSdXh4RTk/s1600/DSC01604.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is quite a gap between the door quarter light and the windscreen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c6IVQk7XAmU/UsLhTyhEnVI/AAAAAAAACSQ/xTHVYcR_tz4/s1600/DSC01609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c6IVQk7XAmU/UsLhTyhEnVI/AAAAAAAACSQ/xTHVYcR_tz4/s1600/DSC01609.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I can get a bit more play on the windscreen and a little more forward movement on the door but I recon this was the same from build, probably how both doors rusted in the same place where the quarter light meets the windscreen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I had bought a length of new seal and have fitted with the top edge left a little long so as to trim when the soft top is on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7Olx8BpiU4/UsLhQSHJ4sI/AAAAAAAACSE/lKODklxNAlc/s1600/DSC01612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7Olx8BpiU4/UsLhQSHJ4sI/AAAAAAAACSE/lKODklxNAlc/s1600/DSC01612.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Its starting to look pretty good, shame about under the bonnet but I shall scrap off the silicone and refit, I shall have it re-painted if necessary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jq852YsC77o/UsLfB8LRR6I/AAAAAAAACRA/5YWSdXh4RTk/s1600/DSC01604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jq852YsC77o/UsLfB8LRR6I/AAAAAAAACRA/5YWSdXh4RTk/s1600/DSC01604.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sRH1HGV2Qm8/UsLfjxdOVfI/AAAAAAAACRY/AEHRWJBMlt4/s1600/DSC01606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sRH1HGV2Qm8/UsLfjxdOVfI/AAAAAAAACRY/AEHRWJBMlt4/s1600/DSC01606.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have brought the hood down from the loft to have a look at the condition of the frame and shall read the fitting instructions that Ray sent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SFLXetM5-D0/UsLg3e1Bh6I/AAAAAAAACR0/s5PwbEe8H4c/s1600/DSC01611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SFLXetM5-D0/UsLg3e1Bh6I/AAAAAAAACR0/s5PwbEe8H4c/s1600/DSC01611.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hopefully it will just need a little cleaning and a little paint.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have managed to get some work in, on Monday I fitted the shelf and finished of fitting the stereo amplifier and speaker system, I decided to split the system as I was going to wire up the 4 speakers to both the radio and amplifier but decided to fit the rear speakers to the amp and the 2 small speakers to the radio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vBQGqMI6Nqw/UrMTaW0kDnI/AAAAAAAACMg/5Qv51Bg2gnw/s1600/DSC01582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vBQGqMI6Nqw/UrMTaW0kDnI/AAAAAAAACMg/5Qv51Bg2gnw/s1600/DSC01582.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can see one of the speakers sticking down at the top of the photo, it is hidden when sitting in the car and is only seen when you stick your head under the dash.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The shelf cleaned up nice and screwed in easy enough once I managed to locate the hole behind the carpet. The stereo amp is bolted to the shelf and is wired in to the radio supply, I have stuck the auxiliary power supply on the underside of the shelf with the switches facing front so as I can hide any wires from Sat Nav etc away behind it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I fit the new power socket to the side of the console with a backing piece made from perspex behind it to give some rigidity to the console.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YuGpItDVZ0w/UrMSz0TYU-I/AAAAAAAACMA/fnkcIO52Nc8/s1600/DSC01579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YuGpItDVZ0w/UrMSz0TYU-I/AAAAAAAACMA/fnkcIO52Nc8/s1600/DSC01579.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7C4R3xXavQ/UrMTR9qKsCI/AAAAAAAACMY/gWHASa0Sq38/s1600/DSC01581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7C4R3xXavQ/UrMTR9qKsCI/AAAAAAAACMY/gWHASa0Sq38/s1600/DSC01581.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I still have to get the aerial sorted, the one I have is a little long but I shall see what it looks like when the hood is on, it is still not working properly as the reception is very crackly until I touch it and the reception clears, could be another earth problem as most other things seem to have been.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fitting the scuttle has been a bit of a struggle and that was down to the windscreen wiper arm, the original scuttle had a cut above where the rod came through so as to lever it in position. I had to strip it down and feed the drive through the scuttle and behind the dash, reassemble in position then fit the drives through their holes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YryD4PcS3cA/UrMaCeSXiTI/AAAAAAAACPY/qHEDI0xbC5Q/s1600/DSC01595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YryD4PcS3cA/UrMaCeSXiTI/AAAAAAAACPY/qHEDI0xbC5Q/s1600/DSC01595.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once through the holes I fit the new chrome covers, very nice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The scuttle fit in position and the fan air intake fit through the cutout hole.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A3arlmLdBUc/UrMS2WGxJHI/AAAAAAAACMQ/2T2s12zmlW4/s1600/DSC01577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A3arlmLdBUc/UrMS2WGxJHI/AAAAAAAACMQ/2T2s12zmlW4/s1600/DSC01577.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I could now start screwing everything in position and I started with the fuse box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PsF8O88Va4Y/UrMT3_8VgJI/AAAAAAAACMw/EGMjk1dh1MQ/s1600/DSC01584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PsF8O88Va4Y/UrMT3_8VgJI/AAAAAAAACMw/EGMjk1dh1MQ/s1600/DSC01584.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once screwed down I touched the paint up a little.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The battery box came next, until this was in I could not finish bolting the shelf in position as the back screws are attached to the box so once in I lined up the holes and finished the shelf I then drilled through and screwed down the battery box.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The water seal surround for the fan intake had to be both screwed and siliconed in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZlEkytaIMo/UrMUDouvr-I/AAAAAAAACNA/2HmMUWfUPxA/s1600/DSC01586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZlEkytaIMo/UrMUDouvr-I/AAAAAAAACNA/2HmMUWfUPxA/s1600/DSC01586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is positioned in front of the air intake so as any rain water comes in to the back of the surround and flows around it so the sealant has to be both underneath and on top of the surround.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9hDzjvWyxI/UrMT6hD61hI/AAAAAAAACM4/FBFqvHBSYaA/s1600/DSC01585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9hDzjvWyxI/UrMT6hD61hI/AAAAAAAACM4/FBFqvHBSYaA/s1600/DSC01585.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The windscreen wiper motor went on and before connecting to the arm I plugged it in and tested, it went round so it went on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xlOnLaM140w/UrMUcJB-DtI/AAAAAAAACNM/82DXM7N4hto/s1600/DSC01588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xlOnLaM140w/UrMUcJB-DtI/AAAAAAAACNM/82DXM7N4hto/s1600/DSC01588.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I had disconnected the drive arm when I removed it and this had to be reconnected before bolting it down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dsjZnrcrU_4/UrMUeix0T8I/AAAAAAAACNY/NLFG1I3mzhM/s1600/DSC01589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dsjZnrcrU_4/UrMUeix0T8I/AAAAAAAACNY/NLFG1I3mzhM/s1600/DSC01589.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once bolted down I fitted grommets on both the wire and drive holes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thats the main components of the scuttle screwed and bolted down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K8AUbzDMLIo/UrMUomtuKpI/AAAAAAAACNk/yJaQodDStiU/s1600/DSC01590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K8AUbzDMLIo/UrMUomtuKpI/AAAAAAAACNk/yJaQodDStiU/s1600/DSC01590.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The air inlet is also sealed to the scuttle so as none of the rain water can escape other than down the water chute which unfortunately I can't find. I know I had it last month but its hiding from me, I have plenty of U section so I have cut another.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I drilled, sealed and screwed in position.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O6fUwvak6mQ/UrMU96L2USI/AAAAAAAACOY/w2QXPsCbBsI/s1600/DSC01591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O6fUwvak6mQ/UrMU96L2USI/AAAAAAAACOY/w2QXPsCbBsI/s1600/DSC01591.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sRk9LBF9mlQ/UrMVLqjMY5I/AAAAAAAACO0/Hd-EUTbzbCY/s1600/DSC01593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sRk9LBF9mlQ/UrMVLqjMY5I/AAAAAAAACO0/Hd-EUTbzbCY/s1600/DSC01593.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new water chute is drying now and I shall fit tomorrow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0J_wk-ktz-w/UrMVE8gFwRI/AAAAAAAACOg/9W0OBEjjwHo/s1600/DSC01592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0J_wk-ktz-w/UrMVE8gFwRI/AAAAAAAACOg/9W0OBEjjwHo/s1600/DSC01592.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can see how far forward the fan intake is so as to prevent rain water being sucked into the fan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jjW5qN3pBGA/UrMVSJs3jBI/AAAAAAAACPA/H3Zu8N-6a2E/s1600/DSC01594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jjW5qN3pBGA/UrMVSJs3jBI/AAAAAAAACPA/H3Zu8N-6a2E/s1600/DSC01594.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I shall start polishing the scuttle tomorrow before the bonnet goes on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I also tested the engine today, its been around 3 months since it has ran, it took a few turns to get the fuel through but it fired on around the fifth turn and first time when I tried it before finishing for the day, still sounds great.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">See ya Paul</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781118651294400679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054529117879766792.post-32167639732286496852013-12-14T17:04:00.000+00:002013-12-14T17:07:04.160+00:00Fitting Center Console<div style="text-align: justify;">
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For some reason I thought that fitting the console would be a doddle, how wrong could I be, all day on that damn thing and have just finished.</div>
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It started nice and easy, I thought I'd fit the top brackets for the luggage rack and see what the new cover looks like.</div>
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I have not restored the rack yet and there are a few rust spots on it, I shall see about having it re-powder coated. Every thing fit nice and the wheel went on great.</div>
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I never realised just how much of the number plate and lights were obscured by the spare wheel I'm surprised the MOT lets it through.</div>
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The cover looks fantastic, black mohair with the Winged Panther embroidered in silver.</div>
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The console fit took a good 5 hours to get finished and a lot of the problems were of my own making and the others caused just by the very tightness and inaccessibility of the space. </div>
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I started by fitting the control wire back onto the vent opening on the fan, these are wires that slide inside an outer casing, one is connected to the control valve for the heater and the other to the vent, the opposite ends are connected to the sliding mech on the console.</div>
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They are kept on very tightly with special clips.</div>
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I had left the water valve wire in place and only had to fit the vent wire.</div>
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Once this was on I connected the air hoses to the vent under the dash, unfortunately I had fitted the bracket to secure the dash in such a way as I could not fit the hose, so it was under the dash to drill out the rivets then re-secure after the hose was in place.</div>
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The opposite hose was no problem to fit and went straight on.</div>
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Fitting the console proved a little more difficult as I had also fitted the other 2 dash securing brackets in the wrong place and had to drill these out which is where a good part of the day went.</div>
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The console went in relatively easy after that, unfortunately I realised that the carpet was around 10mm out of center and made the console look out of align due to the piping, so I had to unfasten the heater and move it side ways to expose the bottom bracket and cut a little out of the carpet and shunted the carpet along the few mil required. The heater had to be put back which was relatively straight forward. </div>
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Next was the new fixing holes, I had drilled new holes in the bottom of the console and marked these onto the carpet, I drilled and tapped these to 5mm and screwed the console down.</div>
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I had removed the sliding mech as it was impossible to fit the wires in position.</div>
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Having removed the slider made wiring up the console a whole lot easier as it was a little difficult to access, I bolted the start relay to one of the hold down bolts and connected the switch to the start button, the fan and fog light wiring was no problem and just plugged in.</div>
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I have tidied the wiring up a bit but it still looks a mess, I am no way nearly finished yet as the power supply to the multi adapter has to be fitted and the stereo wiring sorted, the dash brackets also need re-fitting plus 110 other jobs under the dash.</div>
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Christmas shopping tomorrow so not a lot will get done then.</div>
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Got home Tuesday evening, I was due home on Wednesday but the ship was sailing for port that day so the relieving crew came a day early and we were boated of to Ostend Belgium then Eurostar to London. </div>
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While away I have made a few purchases, the radio I bought looks great and is what I wanted fitted in the dash, unfortunately the sound quality isn't great due to it being mono. To fix this I have bought a stereo amplifier and a new set of stereo speakers.</div>
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It was a relatively cheap amplifier at £15 from China and came with a small set of speakers that I shall fit somewhere under the dash and plug either my mp3 player into it or buy another Pure Highway DAB radio and fit that. I had another look on eBay for stereo speakers and found a slim set that would (I thought) fit great in the back of the car. </div>
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I tried everything on Wednesday and the sound quality is great, I made up a bracket arrangement that allowed the speakers to fit right at the rear of the car and fit them in place.</div>
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All of the wiring was already in position so it was just a matter of connecting, I shall fit the amplifier under the shelf in the passenger section and will find somewhere for the small set of speakers.</div>
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I have also painted the luggage rack and spare wheel brackets and fitted these.</div>
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The main part I have been waiting for arrived last night and that was the center carpet section, Ray made a great job of the alteration and has put the altered section under the center console so you won't ever know it had been altered.</div>
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As the side sections were already in place I started by fitting the rear carpet, Because this area will take a lot of hammering from luggage I had another go at the carpet hidden stud fixings and after stabbing myself another half dozen times I got them to work. I also used some impact adhesive along the dropped edge and clamped into position.</div>
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I also added a little glue to the side sections and clamped them up.</div>
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The center carpet fit perfectly and I fitted more of the hidden stud fixings down the side of the tunnel to connect to.</div>
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I stretched the carpet centrally over the tunnel as much as I could then clamped into place to hold it there.</div>
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The seat belt anchors where perfectly positioned to clamp the bottom of the carpet into position so these went on next.</div>
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I worked my way along one side fitting the carpet to the stud fasteners until one side was fully fastened and the excess on the side trimmed.</div>
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I was now able fit the stud fixings to the other side and stretch the carpet into position. Still having difficulty with some of the fasteners but practice is all I need.</div>
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It did not take long to finish and mostly the studs are on.</div>
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The gear stick cover took a little time, mostly as I knew that any mistakes and I would be calling Ray for another center section.</div>
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I want the rubber part of the cover to be in contact with the metal of the tunnel and not sitting on the carpet so as to wick up any water, so I fitted the rubber first and marked the holes and cut out little sections of the carpet and screwed the rubber in position. Once it was aligned by the screws I cut around it so as the rubber sits neatly in the hole.</div>
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The chrome section of the cover plate is larger than the rubber and will fit cleanly on the carpet and clamp it down.</div>
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And thankfully that is what happened.</div>
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Now time for the heater.</div>
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The heater bottom sits on the bracket and the top section is bolted onto the 2 bolts attached to the crossbar, the hoses have to be connected as the heater is raised into position on the bracket and this proved to be a bit of a problem but I managed it after a few attempts. The wiring plugged straight in and I gave it a test and it worked straight of on both speeds.<br />
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After fitting this I gave the foot well carpets a try out.<br />
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The last piece of carpet to go in was the cover for the fuel pipe, I have tie wrapped this in position for the moment and will figure out how it fits properly later.<br />
Tomorrows job is to sort out all of the wiring for the center console and get that fitted, one problem I found when locating the console holes when fitting the carpet is that one of the threaded riv nuts is turning, not much I can do about it so I shall squirt some silicone in the hole and drill and tap another.<br />
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Another problem I realised I had caused was with the start button wiring, I had wired it to the Yellow/Black and Red which worked great except it should have been Yellow/black and Black. The problem was that the first way it was wired by-passed the start switch so in effect you did not need the key, you would not have any indicators but you would have a running engine, all changed now and you need two clicks to allow it to activate.<br />
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Been working on the door caps most of the day, nice and dry this morning and I gave them a good inspection, wish I hadn't. I noticed that a couple of the areas I had filled where slightly dipped on the passenger side cap, if I could notice without the lacquer on then it would jump out at me with the lacquer on, so I rubbed down these areas and filled again which of course meant fully priming and rubbing down. I have just put the finishing coat on now so there should both be ready for polishing tomorrow.</div>
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In between waiting for the coats to dry I got to work on other things, I was interested to see what the new aerial would look like so I found a longer bolt and put it in position, still needs a bit of work but it looks a little longer than what I really wanted. Will keep on looking.</div>
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Just very difficult finding something that fits that angle, I shall ask Phil if cutting the rubber duck aerial down in size will affect reception by much, although it does not really matter as the radio is only MW and LW of which I doubt have many decent stations.</div>
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This is what I am after, any ideas.</div>
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I also made sure I had all of the parts available for when I fit the door cards so out with everything and checked them over.</div>
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What came to light apart from the missing screws was that I had not found a chrome surround for the door handle enclosure, Terry B had put me onto the chrome surround for the door lock which is from a Mini and easily available. On the other hand the door opener is from a Austin Allegro (first car I ever drove) and I have been unable to find any chrome surrounds for this model. </div>
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So I can either fit the chrome and hope I find the other in the future or leave it off, or as I will do, say what the hell and fit it anyway.</div>
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Once I found all of the screws I gave it ago, Ray had cut the holes for the winder handle and door handle in the back leaving the job of piecing the vinyl to me.</div>
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I ensured all of the screw holes in the back of the door where lined up.</div>
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Then gave it a test fit.</div>
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I then pieced the center of each cut out then refit it leaving the door handle screws in the door to feel where to cut out.</div>
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Once happy I refit the card and fit the door furniture.</div>
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I was right about painting the door capping's the red colour as it really sets off the design of the door card.</div>
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Busy last few days but very little to show for it, again I am just pottering around as the center carpet won't be here before I go back away on Tuesday for 4 weeks.</div>
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Most of the jobs have been wiring, these have mostly been straight forward although a couple of problems have come up. Phil the electrician has been around a couple of times but mostly this is to steer me in the right direction then I have been doing the jobs and he checks them over the next night. </div>
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One of the problems that came to light is one I never even dreamed off and that is the indicators flashing to fast, Phil picked up on this when he first came round and couldn't understand it until on Wednesday night when he realised that I had fitted LED rear lights then it dawned on him. The problem was that the load had dropped and the relay was working faster as the speed of the indicators is load related on the relay, so in effect I had taken out the rear indicators. This Phil recons may be an MOT failure, so to fix the problem he has given me some Resistors to fit in the system.</div>
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I need 2 x 11 ohms one for each side or 2 x 22 ohms on each side which i now have, very simple to fit, one lead fits into the indicator circuit while the other end goes to earth, we did a test yesterday and it worked perfectly as the flasher relay now has the correct amount of load to give the required flashing speed.</div>
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I have also wired up the radio and had that working on MP 3, unfortunately the original speakers are a bit broken so I have seen a nice set of Pioneer surface mounted speakers which shall sit behind the seats. I have run the speaker cable to the boot area and hid the wire behind the carpet, I also re-routed the aerial cable from the drivers side to the passenger side as it would not reach with the radio being moved.</div>
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I have been looking for the correct aerial for some months now, I do not want an electric aerial but a bee sting and have been unable to find a suitable one. Phil said I should look for a Rubber duck aerial which I had never heard of so a quick search on eBay and I found an old but new stock item.</div>
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I need to do a slight modification to it as the angle is a little out but other than that it fits a treat.</div>
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I sorted out all of the mess of wiring under the dash and fitted the ends to the appropriate switches.</div>
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It may still look a bit of a mess but believe it or not that's what yours looks like when you remove the center console and pull out all of the wires.</div>
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There will be no cigarette lighter as I have used that hole for the starter button so I am utilizing it as a power supply, this will be bracketed behind the console and the power adapter will be plugged in and attached within reach for the MP 3 and sat nav etc. As yet <i> </i>I have been unable to get power to the lighter illumination which is not really a problem but I would like to know why that circuit is dead. Another dead circuit is the fog light which is a much more serious matter, when I first wired this in it worked great, the dash light lite and the fog light lite but when I tried it the next day it was totally dead. The fuse is fine but there is no power getting to the fuse so at the moment I am scratching my head, I haven't tested the fan unit yet but on a meter test there is power. </div>
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The starter button was the next in line, I bought this as a kit and it contains everything to fit.</div>
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This is the power loom that comes with the kit, it has a relay and illuminated starter switch which clips into the starter button, it was recommended by the suppliers to fit an inline 5 amp fuse which I have done. The other parts are the push button and the snap lock wire fittings of which I had a bit of a problem with.</div>
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There are 6 connections on the loom, 2 x heavy wires which go to the ignition switch, 2 x power connections which attach to the cigarette lighter wires and 2 x illumination wires which are supposes to go the cigarette lighter illumination wires but as mine are not working I had to find some where else for them to fit.</div>
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Maybe a little difficult to make out but you need the yellow/black wire and the red wire from the dash, these are the ones you see in the movies that when you rip the wires out and touch them together you hot wire the car. I originally thought the red and black but that didn't work so I tried the yellow/black and black and away it went.</div>
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I had a little difficulty with the snap lock connectors as after first fitting to the black wire, I tried to remove it and snapped the knife section so I went back to the best method and that was soldering a connection on. I soldered both wires and taped them up, I used the snap locks on the cigarette power and earth and away it went, a bit daunting at first but very simple in practice.The illumination came from one of the dash gauges and all it needs now is to clip onto the starter button and its done.</div>
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Another job was to fit the dash fully which meant firstly fitting the cowl around the steering column, I can't remember it being this difficult to remove but believe me it was very difficult to fit. typically it wasn't till it was fitted that I realised that I could adjust the steering column to give me a little more play, not much but a little, probably would't have helped but it has allowed me to lower the column a little to take into account of the dash sticking out the thickness of the new veneered section as it was touching the cowl. I also riveted the underside brackets in position.</div>
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There are 4 nuts to slacken on the frame work.</div>
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2 at the front you can see and 2 on the back bulkhead which allows the whole assembly to drop a little.</div>
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I also spent some time trying to figure out where the top section of the center console was secured under the dash, still can't figure it out but when I had it fitted I released that the choke pull was in a really bad position as it was right in front of the gear stick.</div>
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After a bit of a think I remembered I had a nice award badge issued to Panther in 1984 for winning first prize for the Kallista design. </div>
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So out with the choke cable and on with the badge.</div>
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I then had to figure out where the choke cable would go and I had very limited choice in the matter so I drilled a hole in the only place available and it fits in great.</div>
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The warning panel is a degree or so out but that's Ok.</div>
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I also got the interior light working, I fit the passenger side door switch and wired that up to the circuit and fit the wires under the dash.</div>
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I slipped a bit of shrink wrap over the wire before feeding through the door and connecting to the switch.</div>
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The wiring circuit has a live to one side of the lamp and 2 connection on the opposite side. One connection is a positive earth so that you can switch the light to be on permanently and the other connection attaches to the wire from the both doors to act a broken earth which is connected when the door is open and the sprung pin is released to make the circuit. </div>
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Another job done on the door was the broken door release lever.</div>
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I marked of where it needed attaching and removed it from the door lock to weld.</div>
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It works perfectly now.</div>
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The door caps also needed restoration as the veneer is cracked right through on both caps.</div>
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I had bought Birds eye maple veneer to cover it and made up a softener for the veneer but the more I thought about it the more I knew I would make a complete arse of it so after a bit of thought I decided that they would look better contrasting the door cards. I have plenty of veneer on the dash so a bit of colour on the caps would look great.</div>
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I had to remove the cracks or they would just come through the paint work so out with the sanding disk.</div>
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I sanded out all of the cracks down to base wood.</div>
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I then filled and sanded smooth.</div>
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After 3 coats of primer, sanding down between coats.</div>
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Then around 6 coats of the red base coat.</div>
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Not done yet although they are starting to look good, I shall start the lacquer tomorrow and give them around 6 coats before polishing back and waxing.</div>
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I have used my new airbrush to spray these and I am rather pleased with it, I bet no one new that Snap on make airbrushes and I bet even less people have heard of Bluepoint.</div>
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I am not to sure of the relationship but basically Blue point tools are Snap on, the airbrush instructions even have Snap on in brackets next to Blue point logo. I found this out quite a while ago and am always looking for Blue point tools on eBay and buy them when I can as they are Snap on at a quarter of the price. </div>
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So now you know.</div>
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Nice quiet weekend with just a few jobs done, basically I can't progress onto the bigger jobs until the tunnel carpet arrives.</div>
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The first job was the gear stick surround, I had the underlay cut and the holes tapped so it was just a job of finishing it off. Ray had supplied a nice vinyl cover which had to be trimmed and glued in place.</div>
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I had shortened the gear stick when I made my attempt to fit an extension to the gearbox, unfortunately this did not work due to the drive shaft knuckle joint being a little close and I never did get around to extending it again, so the vinyl surround had to be trimmed to suit the shorter stick.<br />
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I fed the surround through the base plate and cut around then clamped in position to get the best fit, once happy I got the glue gun hot and stuck the surround to the underside.<br />
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I trimmed around the holes and screwed in position.<br />
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Will look better once the carpet is fitted to contrast the chrome and the cream against the red of the carpet, I had bought the Panther corporate logo gear knob on eBay a while ago and fit it on the stick. If anyone thinks of buying and fitting one of these knobs then be aware that they do not come threaded so you either hammer it on which probable would damage the decal or as I did tap out to 10mm and screw it on.<br />
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The door trim also arrived, If I had of realised that this trim was the same as is used for the windscreen seal I could have saved a few pounds by ordering together.<br />
Anyway it went on nicely, it just needed a rubber mallet to persuade it to fit in place and I left the ends long until the dash cheek plates are fitted then I can see where to cut.<br />
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I have also fitted the corner covers and these just need riveting in position.<br />
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Late yesterday Phil the electrician came round for an hour and figured out the problem I was having with the residual current coming back to the driving lights when in dipped, and as always it came down to an earth problem. Phil was also unhappy with the size of the wire I used for the headlights and driving lights although I bought from an auto electrical dealer for headlights, so he brought round some huge 3 core wire that he said would be best.<br />
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Can you tell the new wires, a hint (there blue)<br />
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So today's job has been rewiring the headlights, the problem lay in me trying to be good and running a separate cable from the driving lights and connecting to the main beam wire in the box plus the earth wire to the headlight earth. I have removed this wire completely and have run a short wire from the driving light to the headlight and connected to the main inside the headlight, the driving light earth wire was cut and riveted to the light body which in turn is bolted to the bumper.<br />
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I am getting a much greater understanding of the car electrics by making these mistakes which after all is what this restoration is all about.<br />
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Well I guess it didn't turn out so bad after all; car trimmers please carry on reading.</div>
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Today was a bit of a repeat of yesterday, this time I knew what went where and what I was doing, well nearly knew.</div>
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The first bits were again the two side pieces and this time I learn't a lesson from yesterday and that was to use glue on the vinyl wraps, this morning when I started all of the edges I had turned had pulled off, the carpet was stuck fine but not the edges. So today I glued each in place before moving on to the new piece.</div>
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Again with the bottom sections, I had a lot more wires this side as all of the rear lights run along this side of the car, in places I cut away a slot in the underlay and put the wires in that.</div>
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The trim edges are a lot neater here and I did the same on the other side and neatened up where the two beaded edges meet by removing one of the beads, I have also trimmed to the side of the car.</div>
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Again the footwell section was just a matter of trimming to size.</div>
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I was surprised at how fast it went with a little practise.</div>
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Next came the boot section, I have tried to use the hidden fasteners that were originally on the car and Ray supplied another load but I'm afraid that after stabbing myself a half dozen times and still not getting them right I gave up and will stick to the tape.</div>
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I loosely fit in position and marked out for the fuel pipe and cut that.</div>
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I secured the rising section at the back so that I could correctly position the area around the tunnel for cutting.</div>
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I have left a bit of overlap onto the tunnel until I get the tunnel carpet then I can trim to suit. I have also been informed by Ray that Panther did not put underlay on the tunnel section after the gearstick. Don't know why this would be, but the carpet is made to suit this and with the extra 10mm either side from the underlay it would not only put the carpet fit out but also the seats may be a little too tight of a fit.<br />
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I next fit the two seating area carpets, from these sizes I was able to see where to trim the side panels and cut them close to the sides, I have not stuck anything down as yet until I have everything in position.</div>
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Looking very good I just wish the tunnel carpet had fit as it would have been finished today, O well.</div>
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I was a little stuck on what to do after this so I got out the new demisters and seen to fitting them, these are not as long as the originals so the holes are a little out. I have used one of the holes and filled the other, I have ordered touch up paint and this should cover it nicely.</div>
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Really nice demisters from Holdens.</div>
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I also could not resist trying one of the door cards.</div>
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Got to say that you could do a lot worse than getting Ray of <b><a href="http://rssewingsolutions.com/" target="_blank">R.S Sewing Solutions</a></b> to do your interior as the workmanship is fantastic, well done Ray.</div>
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Starting to get there but that's all for the day.</div>
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First a warning, If there are any car trimmers reading this then please look away now as I wouldn't want you to lose your dinner.</div>
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Well its not that bad as I have really only just started and it probably will get worse.</div>
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And it started with a bit of a problem, as most long time Panther owners may know and as I have been learning over the last couple of years is that; No two Panthers are the same. Basically that's because they are hand built but also that they went through a number of design changes during their production lifetime. One of the design changes happened (I asked Terry B) around 1985 when the handbrake was moved two inches forward of the 1984 model, what's the problem you may ask, well a template for the tunnel carpet was taken from an 1984 Kallista and does not fit a 1986 Kallista.</div>
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So not much got done yesterday as I was trying to sort out the problem with Ray, the conclusion is that the tunnel carpet is being returned and Ray is very kindly making me a new one of the correct dimensions.</div>
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So if anyone is after a new carpet set then please ensure that the correct year is made.</div>
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Yesterday was not a whole loss as phil came round for an hour and the indicators where very quickly sorted and the hazard problem was also fixed.</div>
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Both front and back working very nicely, the problem was basically a wire mix up, just a matter of swapping them around and they worked. The hazards were just as simple as I had blown that fuse since last testing them, now that most things are wired up there should be no more problems of wires touching. Of course there are still electrical problems and Phil is coming round tonight to find out why I am getting residual current back through the driving lights, no problem just a crossed wire again.</div>
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So today was all carpet, Ray very kindly sent me a load of photos on the correct positioning of the pieces so I started with laying everything out in the car to have a look.</div>
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I stripped everything out and thought the best place to start was behind the seats on the side panels.</div>
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This first panel is a little tricky as there are a number of angles to turn the carpet into.</div>
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The second piece goes under the seat belt angled upright and because there is trim on both edges I had to decide which would overlap the other.</div>
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I went for the angled being the overlapper and trimmed the first section to suit.</div>
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I had bought a roll of carpet tape to use instead of impact adhesive so when I was happy with the fit I covered the area with the tape.</div>
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Then carefully stuck the carpet into position.</div>
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The vinyl turns around the door frame and the door trim will cover, I shall wait until it is all well stuck before cutting the excess from around the door edge. I could see a bit of a problem in the future and that is fitting the bolt for the hood even though the flap is there to access the bolts it will still be difficult, maybe its to high.</div>
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The next piece to get cut was the angled overlap, I don't know why the Panther design is for the trim edging to come only half way down.</div>
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So I have cut the stitching on the piece I trimmed of the first section and spent 10 minutes when finished to sew it onto the edge.</div>
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Not machine sewn but its behind the seats and no one will ever know.</div>
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I shall stick the angled side into position and buy some velcro for the edge as I need to access this area for the seat belt attachment.</div>
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Next was the inner footwell section, this piece just needed trimming to size and sticking on as there is no edging to worry about.</div>
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The underlay I fitted was a little close to the edge of the door where the vinyl needs to fold and the door trim fitted so I trimmed off the excess all of the way around. I also remembered the wire for the door light and fed that through before sticking the carpet on.</div>
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I test fit the sections.</div>
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I first had to do a bit of fitting and trimming.</div>
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I made a bit of a mess of one of the corner joins but that will be hidden by the trim.</div>
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After I had double checked everything I fit the tape.</div>
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I found the rubber trim and realised its the same trim used for the windscreen edge so I have been on eBay and ordered another 4m, not much point in using the old stuff with a nice new carpet, so I shall leave the trimming of the edges until that arrives on Saturday or Monday.</div>
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Well thats one side mostly complete and I shall attempt the drivers side tomorrow hopefully learning from the mistakes made on this side.</div>
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Just have to wait for Phil now and hopefully some good news with the drivers lights.</div>
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Been busy these last two days on the underlay, never realised how much of a job it was to re-lay a car. Each piece was measured up and cut to pattern then stuck down with impact adhesive, I started out with the tin of solvent free but after running out I ended up buying a tin of solvent Evostick, never realised how expensive this stuff was £14 for 500ml wow. Still it finished the job.</div>
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The first days got me up to the seating area, really difficult to cut the jute as it is interwoven with polyester strings which I imagine is to give it extra strength but it quickly blunts the blades and I ended up using a scalpel.</div>
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Got started today determined to finish it until I realised I hadn't bought sufficient to do the job, guess 2sq m just ain't enough.</div>
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I had enough to finish all of the seating area and fully under the dash, luckily for me I knew a man who has a lot of rolls stored above his paint booth so I shot off the see Ant at Paint Right who did my respray and he was quite happy to let me have some.</div>
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So I have finished all of the back area and up the sides of the doors, can't remember if the top of the fuel tank area was covered, but easy enough to put some on when I get there with the carpet.</div>
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I have been cutting holes in the underlay for the carpet studs to be reattached to the carpet and riveting back those that the rivets had rotted through and had pulled out with the old carpet, I have also bought a 25m roll of double sided carpet tape to stick it in the places where there are no studs.</div>
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I was also wondering what to do with the gear stick gaiter as the old one was just the rubber and seeing how I have a nice new matching vinyl gaiter from Ray I thought I had better spruce it up a bit so I had a little search on ebay and came up with a beauty.</div>
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It is from a <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370786306199?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649" target="_blank">MGB with a chrome outer bezel</a> and a new rubber gaiter.</div>
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The vinyl gaiter will need cutting to size but hopefully it will fit under the chrome bezel.</div>
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I knew that the centre console is very close to the gearstick and I was a little unsure of whether or not it would fit when I ordered it, I has 130mm to play with from the centre of the gearstick to where the center console ends and luckily for me it just fits other wise it would have been £20 down the drain.</div>
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I had to turn the bezel 90 degrees to where it should sit as it is longer than wider but it fits nicely.</div>
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To fit it I put the stick in the neutral position and cut around the rubber removing the underlay.</div>
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I then refit the rubber and drilled and tapped the holes to 6 mil, unfortunately being from an MGB the stainless screws supplied are 1/4" BSF and I didn't have a tap to suit so after a search I have found 3 stainless bolts and the fourth may turn up or I shall buy some. </div>
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I have screwed it down and tomorrow I shall fit the carpet and make the same cutout as I did in the underlay and hopefully the rubber will seal the carpet from the weather.</div>
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Tomorrow should be the start of fitting everything back together and Phil the electrician is coming late afternoon so hopefully some other things will be working as they should.</div>
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