Thursday, April 25, 2013

Engine Bay "Spring Cleaning"

Some car time today, started "unclogging" my can of PU adhesive. It has not dried to a rock, so after half-hour on it, it's ready to use. I have to get that on the panels before riveting.

Then went to the car. Some time ago went with the wife to IKEA to get some stuff and saw some convoluted tube pretty cheap. Bought some and today used it to give the engine bay a face-lift. I was very happy with the result so far, better than I expected. Not completely done because I still lack clamps to join the wires to the battery. So, I didn't work on those wires. Nor on the front lights ones, since the lights aren't fitted yet. A before and after pictures are worth a thousand words...
Next session will be PU on the passenger's side exterior panel and rivets.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Little That Looks Much

Finally had a bit to work on the car, now that the new baby room is almost ready. First task was to fit the rear wheels again, so that I could put the car on the floor. Took longer than expected, but it was good to see it on 4 wheels again.

Then I grabbed the passenger side panel and fitted it. The car looks great and it made a lot of difference just to add that block of ally!

Did not get around to rivet it. That will be the next session. But looked into where I'll be cutting the panel on the driver's side so that I can remove the front part and have easier access to brakes master cylinders, oil filter...

Before going away, checked if the toe on the front was good (by counting the number of exposed threads on the steering arms, compared with measurements sent to me by Iain). Nothing to do there, which was great (and unexpected).