Had a new addition to the family this week, so the build has been paused while I'm up to my elbows in nappies, milk, and baby sick!
Hopefully get back on it in a couple of months...
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Thursday 6 October 2011
Tranny Lines
I made a start on my fuel and brake line routing through the tranny tunnel this evening.
I've used 30x3mm ally strip riveted to the chassis.
Attached to it are some natty tripple clips I found which are designed for 2x 8mm pipes, and 1x 4.8mm, which is perfect for the two fuel lines and rear brake line.
EDIT: I've been asked a few times where I got the clips from, here's the details:
Manufacturer: Jetpress
Part# CAC446-NAT
Supplier: http://www.comdir.co.uk/
I've used 30x3mm ally strip riveted to the chassis.
Attached to it are some natty tripple clips I found which are designed for 2x 8mm pipes, and 1x 4.8mm, which is perfect for the two fuel lines and rear brake line.
EDIT: I've been asked a few times where I got the clips from, here's the details:
Manufacturer: Jetpress
Part# CAC446-NAT
Supplier: http://www.comdir.co.uk/
Monday 3 October 2011
California Reaming
The front wishbones supplied by Saturn use a standard MX5 lower ball joint, which is great, but a Ford Transit drag link at the top, which isn't quite so perfect as it's taper is a bit big to fit in the upright.
The answer is to use a 19mm Axminster Handy Reamer, kindly loaned to me by Saturn:
An hour or so, and a sore wrist, later and job's a good 'un:
The answer is to use a 19mm Axminster Handy Reamer, kindly loaned to me by Saturn:
An hour or so, and a sore wrist, later and job's a good 'un:
Sunday 2 October 2011
Chassis Painting
I've been out in the garage every night for the past week racing to get the chassis painted before the imminent arrival of the pitter patter of little feet.
I'm sure there'll be a few little bits to touch up here and there, but as far as I'm concerned I've now finished the chassis painting stage :)
The paint I used was Epoxy Mastic 121 from Rustbuster. I bought a 2 litre 'chassis pack' and have used about 90% of it. I think most of the chassis got 2 coats.
Though I would have loved to spray it on, I don't have the equipment so I used a combination of small foam gloss rollers and paint brushes. It was very hard to get a decent finish with the brushes, so only used those where the roller couldn't reach. The roller gave a reasonably good, slightly dimpled, finish. Not perfect, but good enough for me, particularly as most of it won't be on view!
Time to take a break from the build for a while now, and get stuck into sleepless nights and nappy changes, safe in the knowledge my chassis won't rust away over the winter :)
I'm sure there'll be a few little bits to touch up here and there, but as far as I'm concerned I've now finished the chassis painting stage :)
The paint I used was Epoxy Mastic 121 from Rustbuster. I bought a 2 litre 'chassis pack' and have used about 90% of it. I think most of the chassis got 2 coats.
Though I would have loved to spray it on, I don't have the equipment so I used a combination of small foam gloss rollers and paint brushes. It was very hard to get a decent finish with the brushes, so only used those where the roller couldn't reach. The roller gave a reasonably good, slightly dimpled, finish. Not perfect, but good enough for me, particularly as most of it won't be on view!
Time to take a break from the build for a while now, and get stuck into sleepless nights and nappy changes, safe in the knowledge my chassis won't rust away over the winter :)
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