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[lozzzzzz]

Wow there is some bad use of English in that last post, I mean WOW!!!!

[lozzzzzz]

I've finally had a good day on the car, its been a while since I've had a good long sesh in the garage, but yesterday I got all the earth's properly attached to the busbar with crimped and soldered ring terminals. 


The moment of truth arrived as I started the car and attached the laptop to see the inputs on screen.  The car started really quickly (not sure if that related really) and the inputs were rock steady, the temp input was the worst and used to jump all over the place by 10 degrees now there is no movement at all, it just stays on one number and clicks up to the next as the engine warms up.  BRILLIANT!!!!!!!   very happy with that    I'll get the car mapped again when its back on the road and have the gas mapped properly too. 

Next was to change the piddling earth straps for one big sealed 35mm^2 earth strap, I had to take the exhaust manifold off for this which was a bit of a pain, but all went well. 


And then I got round to fitting the new GAZ rear units.  GAZ made them shorter by 1" as requested so the axle is over an inch higher on full droop, this means the exhausts can be raised and will hopefully stop hitting the road when I drive through a dip in the road. 


I tried adjusting the exhausts but I'm asking too much by just loosening the clamps and re-tightening in a different position so I'll have to cut and shut them next. 

More to come

[omega3000]

Excellent 

[Rods2]

Looks like you had a good productive day. 

[lozzzzzz]

Thanks Gents a little more productiveness last night too

I had a little while in the garage yesterday evening and got the exhausts raised, which involved cutting a small section out, bending the gap shut and welding it up again in SS.  The lowest point in now 35mm higher than it was .

It look s better too, with the exhaust being just 1cm or two below the lowest part of the chassis now:



Very happy with that, hopefully no more horrible scraping noises and sparks out the back. 

Next is to change the clutch reservoir hose again, (still haven't found anything that stands up to brake fluid, next thing to try nylon with SS over-braid, I'm hopeful with this one. 

Then fit new front springs, sort the petrol gauge (which seems to be sticking on empty and only occasionally telling the truth), then faff on with the fuel filler cap to try stopping it pressurising the tank, then....    It's ready to be taxed again and sent off for cage making

More to come.

[omega3000]

Nice one , i would have gone the side pipe look but not sure if thats acceptable for mot man nowadays  Looking good all the same 

[lozzzzzz]

I think Mr friendly MOT would have let that through but a short pipe give less room for silencers and noise is an issue, the other thing is catching on speed bumps and generally bottoming out.  I've always found side exits to be a compromise unless the sill area is seriously modified to accommodate. 

I do however agree that they look cool

[lozzzzzz]

These updates are getting less and less interesting, It used to be I've made new suspension wishbone and my own manifolds, well last night folks, in the hour I had working on the car,

I changed the clutch hose...  Another job ticked off the list though. 

Here is the old one, its turned the fluid black and you can see the DOT4 "sweating" through the hose:


Now it looks like this:


More to come (hopefully more exciting)

[aaronjb]

 

I was behind a white Scimitar last night - I've seen it knocking about New Haw a few times now, but it reminded me of this thread

Don't think his has had quite the work done to it that yours has, though

[omega3000]

Here is the old one, its turned the fluid black and you can see the DOT4 "sweating" through the hose:

 

And those hoses look relatively new 

[lozzzzzz]

The hose was brand new less than 3 months ago!  The hydraulics man said it can withstand all sorts of oil! 

Thing is I'm not DOT4 is an oil, its a nasty chemical a little different to most of the other fluids in cars. 

Anyway I'll keep trying till I find on that can stand up to the DOT4

[omega3000]

Worth noting  Wonder if that is the cause of power steering pipes on omega to weep 

[lozzzzzz]

Yesterday was fuel tank day. I had to sort the fuel gauge problem.  While I was messing about looking around the fuel tank i noticed a stain that looked as though it had been leaking.  It would make sense for a weak point to have been found as the tank had been pressurising.  So off came the bumper and the tank. 

The bumper was easy, there were captive bolts and other things making it easy that I'd forgot I'd done, and light clusters came off with 4 screws and one waterproof multiplug  
You can see evidence of the tank leak:


I pressurised the tank and put soapy water on and found a simgle point leak.  Reasonably easy to fix   I've heard of connecting it to the exhaust of another car to ensure it doesn't blow up in your face so I gave that a go, it worked (I'm still breathing) but it did put a lot of water into the tank from condensation:


Its repaired now, all welded up.  Oh and the sender problem was easy, the float has a hole in it and was was full of petrol making it more of a "sink".  This meant I'd kept putting petrol in the tank worrying that it was empty, so when I came to empty the tank there was s**t loads in there! I look 10 cans to empty it.  There was a right panic moment when all four cans were full and I went to put the plug back in, petrol flowing everywhere, all down my arm and I'm fumbling with freezing hands that don't work properly!
Oh yeah I was saying, I robbed the float from the latest Omega and grafted in on to the Scimitar sender:


More to come

[Rods2]

Neat trick to deprive the tank of oxygen 

[lozzzzzz]

Moderators,

I've lost a few posts, there was a wanted about the plenum bolt covers, the for sale that I was about to add prices too, and a post in this thread which is MIA.  Will these be returning or do I need to do them again?

Thanks