Yesterday.
We started with a general dismantling of our carefully constructed self images. There was much grunting and sighing as we staggered around, then I got a back spasm.........
After some pills, much jokes and some tubes of goo provided by fellow amateur expert invalid the Colonel...it brought to mind Frank Zappa's "Cozmik Debris"
The mystery man got nervous and he fidget around a bit
He reached in the pocket of his mystery robe
And he whipped out a shaving kit
Now I thought it was a razor
And a can of foaming goo
But he told me right then when the top popped open
There was nothin' his box won't do
With the oil of aphrodite, and the dust of the grand wazoo
He said you might not believe this, little fella
But it'll cure your asthma tooSo once that was kind of sorted out we went our separate ways, me to the front, he to the back. I worked on replacing the important parts of the brake system, new master cylinder and after that new wheel cylinders. One day someone will make line nuts for bundy tube that don't form an atomic inter-valent bond with the cheesium that brake components are cast from but until then I'll be happy to complain about how they are always in a position that makes it impossible to get a useful tool anywhere near them. It was MAP gas time....and re-freezing courtesy of an aerosol air-duster.....that took care of that, then I noticed that the ball flare on the end of the line was not a ball anymore, I had a practise run at making a nice ball flare before I cut it off and put the line nut back on, sweet.
Down the other end The Colonel was finishing the business end of the new gear shift, with only 5% of the moving parts that the old one had there is a palpable sense of excitement that we might be able to wring all four gears out of this new box...... It was soon discovered that the whole thing operates beautifully but all the gears are in different positions.....
After seeing to the wheel cylinders it was time to bleed the brakes, the pedal didn't seem to want to return, that minor issue was rectified and we were soon underway.....
Then the job that no-one was looking forward to. The rocker covers on this motor are big enough to attach an outboard to and to take fishing so expecting them to fit within the shut line of the cowl was always going to be an ask. I'd been wrestling with the solution to this......flop a fibreglass mold of the whole cowl?......
We had a yeast and barley based elixir and I took up the 5 inch grinder, pussy footing around wasn't going to get this car to Gairdner. I cut off the scoop which was too far forward and not wide enough to cover the velocity stacks. Then we cut an opening appropriate for the induction. Once we had it sitting back on the car the interruption between the covers and the cowl were easier to see. We marked them and cut a window in each side, a tiny bit more adjustment and it buttoned up.
Today? I'm back in Lancefield, I have some hammers and some Al, let's see how this turns out
Once again we have to say thanks to the marvellous Andy Welker for his suggestion to investigate Schroth Harnesses.
https://www.schrothracing.com/products/hybrid-iii#1595I'd spent the better part of three weeks trying to get a sensible response from Simpson.. we wanted a seven point SFI, cam lock, all clip in anchor harness suitable for a HANS.... they just stopped returning my emails because overseas freight is too hard.
HMS just asked whether I had an address I could have for them to freight to, of course I did. They were prompt polite and the best bit? SFI certified on the day it was shipped....not six, eight, 12 months previously...... couldn't recommend their customer service more highly
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