Time to start explaining

[Barrykearley]

New covers ordered for the track rod ends.  Had a quick ring round for these M7 today - they ain’t that available currently - I’ll find em.

took all the abs sensor crap off the front hubs today and discarded the trashy heat shield mounts they are on. Shedding some lbs along the way

1 minute ago, Fridge said:

The answer is plain to see Barry. Steel cap screws, as designed.

I do agree chap - it’s just finding them. I’ve used stainless all over - but most certainly not on any stress items 👍

[Barrykearley]

A good friend of mine is having a sort out of his artwork - he messaged me today and said this ones for me to hang up at home if I want it. Absolutely chuffed - some of his stuff is magically random

 

[Escape]

14 hours ago, drdoom said:

Isn't the purpose of torquing a fastener to create distortion in the threads, so locking the assembly?

12 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

No, it’s to stretch the fastener.

If you tighten/torque a bolt sufficiently, it will stretch somewhat, and the surrounding material of the parts bolted together will also compress somewhat. If a force is then applied to separate the parts, at first that force will be compensated by the compressed material relaxing, so the bolt doesn't have to take the full load. For forces in other directions (sheer or rotation) the friction between the clamped/compressed parts will hold things in place. And of course you want to avoid any play as that will lead to wear and deformation of the parts.

Filip

[Barrykearley]

off with a magnet to retrieve the couple of bolts that are in the bottom of the vapour blast cabinet shortly 😂

fitted some of the bits back on so at least the garage floor is almost visible  

wheel bearings split off ready For new ones to be pressed on 

[cbclotus]

Well Done .  Mr K .No stopping you now   great job you are doing .Mike

[Barrykearley]

Slowly ticking through stuff.

rear bearings now bolted on. Front bearings cleaned and repacked and refitted.

cam belt, tensioner, oil filter, rear trailing arm polys and some new front top mount fixings came from pnm Friday. I’ve now some brake calliper high temp paint arrived.

ordered some kunifer this morning to replace all the brake lines. Now need to find the angular torque and feeler gauges which are conspicuously nowhere to be found. I’ll leave it to the end of the day and if they don’t appear I shall eBay or amazon some tonight. 

Back to having a tidy up round the garden today me thinks in preparation for the arrival of the skip Wednesday to fill full of assorted crap that’s piled up all over.

[Barrykearley]

Nearly thought about sticking the head back on today - had a clean up and then found an area which requires attention. It’s booked in to be sorted tomorrow at the machine shop.

onto the brake lines - these are all old rusty steel items - and in awful condition where the mot testers can’t see them 

all ripped off under the watchful eye of the mutt

The main feed to the rears was showing some interesting damage - clearly from the accident the car had many years ago 

all now replaced with kunifer - so should be a lot better. I need some thicker pipe and I will replace the clutch line as well.

[Barrykearley]

Head dropped off for rework this morning. Front and rear calipers painted with high temp paint. Fuel cross over pipe rubbed down and painted. Front brake heat shields cleaned primed and painted.

been waiting for a skip all day - and it’s now coming tomorrow - so a bit more tidying up outside before I can fit the calipers back on and do some fibreglassing.

looks like I’m back to work next week 😫

[LOTUSMAN33]

Is that an an Old English Sheepdog Barry?

Dave  

[Barrykearley]

@LOTUSMAN33 he’s a mongrel - a designer one - a genuine golden doodle. 

Hes also a bit of a twat - so dogs clearly do take after their owners. He’s currently sporting the mullet haircut I’ve given him.

[tomcattom]

That picture of the brake lines came in handy for me last night when I decided to resume work on mine after running out of DIY to do due to a lack of material supplies.

[Barrykearley]

Let me know if you need any specific pics @tomcattom - i doubt the body will be back on for a couple of months yet

[Barrykearley]

Finally refitted the front and rear calipers this morning and made up the pipes for the front ones from the flexis. The chassis is back in on piece

[Barrykearley]

Cylinder head back from the machine shop. Some interesting damage found from the previous rebuild which needed attention. This dink on pot 3 must have been there since the gasket is showing the witness mark. This wasn’t the cylinder that failed surprisingly.

8 thou skimmed off and all is good.

 

[Jacques]

Looking good Barry. It's such a lovely sight the chassis, and more so when there's actually room for doing all these little jobs which are otherwise a pain in the ...t to do when car is fully assembled.

Cheers,

Jacques

[Barrykearley]

head installed back on engine.

cam carriers dry fitted, shims checked, refitted and sealed on, shims rechecked. Belts and tensioner bearing back on - can’t bolt up the tensioner yet as I’m awaiting the stud lock to go off 

[CarBuff]

Your teacup seems dangerously close to the work site. 😬

 

[eeyoreish]

That's tea? I thought he was draining some rusty coolant.

[Barrykearley]

That’s a half drunk coffee. Managed to get two brought out to the garage from the kids. The missus was far too busy scowling at the garage time being consumed.

[tomcattom]

1 hour ago, Jacques said:

Looking good Barry. It's such a lovely sight the chassis, and more so when there's actually room for doing all these little jobs which are otherwise a pain in the ...t to do when car is fully assembled.

Cheers,

Jacques

Tell me about it. I'm have a right game doing some jobs on the front of my chassis and that's with the rads and hoses all removed!

[Jacques]

Doing some work on the front fender maybe Tom?

I remember the day of fun when the rad pack went back on  I am going to install polybushings on the steering rack. Just don't know how to reach them yet.

Kind regards,

Jacques

[Barrykearley]

Sometimes a massive tidy up is needed before the next round 

[Barrykearley]

Arb fitted, rear brake flexis on, track rod end split pins fitted and wheels on 
 

unpacked the turbo technics box and drooled at the rebuilt hybrid unit

started cleaning the crap and dirt from the engine Bay Area - once it’s all cleaned up I’ll probably whack a lick of paint over it

[Barrykearley]

Couple of hours back in the garage this afternoon. 
 

cam belt tensioned. Inlet and injectors fitted. Exhaust manifold back on. 
 

power steering pump is now missing a tensioner piece - the bolt which fixes through it is still present - and the damage to the back of the power steering pulley isn’t nice. Now all cleaned off and dressed back - but I need a tensioner !! Will need to get something made as can’t find availability of the part number anywhere 

[Barrykearley]

part 13 is the piece I’m missing. I’m curious about what thread 15 I supposed to be - as it looks to be slightly bigger than m8 but the same thread pitch??