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J666AYP

posted on 3/12/18 at 05:18 PM Reply With Quote
Well that was easier than expected


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big_wasa

posted on 3/12/18 at 07:12 PM Reply With Quote
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What label machine have you got ?
I've got two looms to build and that would add a nice touch.

Cheers


Just a cheapy amazon one mate and some clear heatshrink tube from china. Let me know what you want and I will run some off for you if you want.

Jay




Thanks I will have a look.

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J666AYP

posted on 4/12/18 at 09:34 PM Reply With Quote
Thats better

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nero1701

posted on 5/12/18 at 07:23 AM Reply With Quote
Looks really good mate
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Iomlocosts4

posted on 5/12/18 at 06:33 PM Reply With Quote
Hi

how long does the propeller shaft have to be?

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J666AYP

posted on 6/12/18 at 09:42 PM Reply With Quote
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Hi

how long does the propeller shaft have to be?


Hi mate, In all honesty I have no idea as yet. The std merc one cant be used due to the length of the sections and the slip joints.

When I take it to the place in town to get the prop made I will forward on the dimensions.

Jay

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J666AYP

posted on 6/12/18 at 09:43 PM Reply With Quote
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Hi

how long does the propeller shaft have to be?


Hi mate, In all honesty I have no idea as yet. The std merc one cant be used due to the length of the sections and the slip joints.

When I take it to the place in town to get the prop made I will forward on the dimensions.

Jay

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Iomlocosts4

posted on 7/12/18 at 01:08 AM Reply With Quote
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Hi

how long does the propeller shaft have to be?


Hi mate, In all honesty I have no idea as yet. The std merc one cant be used due to the length of the sections and the slip joints.

When I take it to the place in town to get the prop made I will forward on the dimensions.

Jay


Thank you. Its alright, I was just wondering if you already made the measurement. A custom prop shaft will save some weight.

The support bearing will not be needed and the remaining tube will be large enough diameter and short enough length to be easily shortened and still be over engineered. This seems like a good opportunity for DIY.

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J666AYP

posted on 9/12/18 at 05:28 PM Reply With Quote
More slow progress on the electrics.. I now have:

•Working indicators
•Working light feeds all round (need to buy headlamps, rear fog and reverse lamps)
• Working hazard switch and feeds
• Fan wired (need to buy a temp switch)
• Horns wired
• Alarm/immobiliser completed and wired to indicators
• Fuel pump feed
• Ignition switch and light sorted
• Oil temp feed/sensor all done
• 3rd brake light mounted and wired (mega bright, should keep me safe from the school run mum's in 4x4's)
• 99% of loom routed through car
• Working inertia switch
• Common grounds done and dusted
• Power cables fixed to chassis

I have brought some cheapy tail lights as a 'up and running' fix but I quite like them so they may stay. Just need to make up some pods for them.




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J666AYP

posted on 12/12/18 at 04:09 PM Reply With Quote
I was not happy with the flat pannel in dash so I have changed it abit. I now have a new cubby hole as a bonus.



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J666AYP

posted on 20/12/18 at 05:57 PM Reply With Quote
Abit more progress. Going to brace the diff frame into the harness plate and do abit of triangulation. Also all the rear lights are fitted and working. Have also started to mock up the bodywork ready for mould making.




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PAULD

posted on 21/12/18 at 10:30 AM Reply With Quote
Glad to see you are getting on with the back end Jay. If I can help give me a call, I sent you my new Phone number, hope you got it.
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J666AYP

posted on 21/12/18 at 11:06 AM Reply With Quote
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Glad to see you are getting on with the back end Jay. If I can help give me a call, I sent you my new Phone number, hope you got it.


Hi Paul, hope you are well buddy. Have not recieved your new number mate, drop me a text when you get chance.

Jay

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J666AYP

posted on 24/7/19 at 01:41 AM Reply With Quote
A bit of progress, fingers crossed I will have more time to work on it from now on.
Belts finished
Inlet nearly done
Car loom almost finished
Diff blasted
Manifold elbow now 3" not 2.5"
Larger injectors brought
Diff breather reworked
Coolant hoses nearly finished just need a couple of weird elbows







Oh and just for the record sandblasting sucks.

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J666AYP

posted on 9/8/19 at 01:54 AM Reply With Quote
Have been doing some tinkering. Was thinking about potential future issues and how to avoid them... I have already walled off the cone filter from the engine bay to reduce intake temps. This got me thinking about airflow (or lack of it) inside the engine bay.

My rad/fan is shrouded on the back side so I thought I would do some ducting. The top half will vent straight out of the nose cone (was very shocked at just how much air it throws out). It also stops a load of hot air blowing onto my boost pipes and should reduce the parachute effect in the engine bay.

The bottom half when built will blow through ducting, past the exhaust manifold and out the O/S wing hopefully taking some of the heat away with it. Anyway still a working progress but you get the idea.




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J666AYP

posted on 10/8/19 at 02:48 PM Reply With Quote
Messing round in garage last night



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J666AYP

posted on 3/9/19 at 10:03 PM Reply With Quote
Has been a busy couple of weeks!

I had enough of trying to find a way to make the rear diff/suspension mounts up using the existing frame.... so I cut it all out and started again. I now have a nice level section for mounting from and its rock solid. Just a few welds under the car to finish.







I have also cut down my diff (only for mocking/setting up until I get a professionally made one). Cut ends have been trued up on the lathe, cored with a smaller ID tube, then been sleeved twice on the outsides (with seaming and turning between sleeves. Was all done on the lathe or jigged and has minimal run out so not too shabby at all. (Bottom pic not finished, was the only photo I took).



I have also turned down the original uprights (cast steel not iron) so I can use the bearing sleeves for my uprights when I make them.



So now its onto the uprights and rear wishbones.

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big_wasa

posted on 4/9/19 at 04:07 PM Reply With Quote
I cant believe you got the prop in the lathe

How will you stop the bearing carrier distorting when you weld it ?

[Edited on 4/9/19 by big_wasa]

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J666AYP

posted on 4/9/19 at 04:18 PM Reply With Quote
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I cant believe you got the prop in the lathe

How will you stop the bearing carrier distorting when you weld it ?

[Edited on 4/9/19 by big_wasa]


Hi mate,

The plan is to turn down some solid stock and press that into the race when I'm welding it to stop it from distorting and press it out when cool. Fingers crossed 5" of solid stock in the core and slow welding will stop any distortion.

And the lathe was mainly used to turn down the weld beads and to check the run out with a dial. It was clamped into tube holders for the majority of the welding. The inserts I turned down on the lathe were swing press (hammer) tight so it was near enough true to start with for sleeving.

Jay

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J666AYP

posted on 9/10/19 at 09:45 PM Reply With Quote
Been a busy few weeks! Managed to start building my rear uprights so I can use the Mercedes shafts/Mercedes diff. They still need some bracing but I ran out of gas for the welder half way through and have not had chance to grab a new bottle as yet. Have decided to use the poly bushes on the diff end and rose joints on the spinny rubbery end for ease of adjustment. Will get the joints and tube on order when I stock up on gas.





I ditched my original plan for the heater bypass plumbing as I had to knock up a engine block breather that sat right in my way on the N/S. So it's now routed round the O/S, just need to knock up a couple of brackets to hold the pipe up away from the manifold.

I have also got a inline fan switch that's all plumbed in and wired up.

And I found a smaller variation of the Mercedes fuel rail for a SLK that fits better than the huge CLK item. I have gutted the standard regulators internals as I am using a adjustable item for the larger injectors/mapping.



I also got fed up of looking at the multicolored interior frame so I have started filling the weld joints and smoothing it all out ready for paint.


I also got the hump with the standard sloppy cable gear selector so I remade it with joints and rods, has a far more positive feel.

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number-1

posted on 10/10/19 at 03:05 PM Reply With Quote
Hello mate, looks like lots of hard work has gone into that so far! I may have missed it in the thread, but are you using 1 or 2 throttle bodies?
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40inches

posted on 10/10/19 at 03:08 PM Reply With Quote
Is it just me, or are the Photobucket pics all blurred?
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J666AYP

posted on 10/10/19 at 06:39 PM Reply With Quote
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Hello mate, looks like lots of hard work has gone into that so far! I may have missed it in the thread, but are you using 1 or 2 throttle bodies?


Yes mate it's been a nightmare so far, every job I have started seems to create five or 6 new jobs. But I spose that's part of the fun. On the plus side having to redo everything has given me the chance to change all the fixings, I now only need 4 sockets, two Allen keys and a screwdriver to strip the whole thing down to the frame.

And I'm using the 3" throttle on the inlet, and a vac operated one from a cooper-s on the upper SC manifold.

Jay

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J666AYP

posted on 10/10/19 at 06:40 PM Reply With Quote
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Is it just me, or are the Photobucket pics all blurred?


They are showing up ok on my phone, photobucket is probably playing up yet again.

Jay

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J666AYP

posted on 1/6/20 at 10:14 PM Reply With Quote
Hi all,

Have not been up to much apart from work lately, but have managed to get a few bits done on project nightmare.

First of all the bushes I got from the bay-of-E that did not fit have been modified and are now spot on. It seems they were slightly too large to fit the crush tubes that were also about 7mm to short. So I fired up the lathe and made myown. They now fit like a dream and the bush rotates around the crush tube.

I finally got fed up enough to turn the car upside down and do all the welding underneath the new rear end and painted it while I was at it. The shafts and diff have also been blasted and painted.

The standard fuel regulator was a touch anemic so I removed all the internals and fitted a adjustable one, not sure if it's going to be any good though as its 100% chinesium alloy.

I have also started getting some assorted body pannels for butchering, it seems like the nose and bonnet will need chopping and expanding.

Oh and I got fed up of the rear bulkhead being all dented up so I have swapped that for a sheet of alloy/foam composite type stuff and bonded it on.

Next will be the seats and fuel system... wish me luck...











J

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