My German look revamp - progress report and pictures....

[samcat]

Ok, Done a small load of rewiring behind the dashboard today... Managed to remove several metres of unneeded/overcomplicated wiring! Took a while as I was checking where each wire went to/from as I was doing it. Lot less wiring and its all now nicely tie-wrapped together. Still more to do behind there, but I manged to wire up all the new dashboard bits (moved gauge, extra warning lights and the two switches).
No pictures as I forgot my camera! Doh!

Here's some pictures from a few days ago, showing the work I am doing on the front wing... was involved in a crash a few years ago and the front wing still had crazing in the gelcoat from that... So I followed EVERY crack with a screwdriver to open it up enough to get filler in there... Its now almost flat and ready for paint. Theres other bodywork going on with the outside, as any imperfections are being removed and made good.


Also you can see where I shifted the MSD to, under the rear seat. Black paint was still wet at this point!


More to do tomorrow, and I will remember my camera! Then its back to work on tues Good job we are now on BST so get an extra hour of light each evening (clocks go forward 1hr).. Gives me light to do work on the car when I finish work!

Going to use this thread as a sort of project log

Cya,
Sam C

[samcat]

Busy day today, got plenty done!

First off pics of yesterdays work...

All this wire:


Was behind here:

Check out the original colour. This was previously a rats nest of wiring, with some strage and unneccessary wiring thrown in for good measure... found one switch where all the terminals were connected to different earths... no wonder it never did anything!

Heres the carbon glovebox stereo liner I made:

[samcat]

Today I finished up some wiring, started pulling the electric windows wiring apart so I can reposition the brain and rerun the wiring in a far tidier way.
Then we started hunting down the play in the steering, tried the adjuster on the box and it didnt make any difference, took the wheel apart to check the big nut and that was fine, then took the fueltank out and checked the universal joints... One of them was not locking in properly, so replaced it with a spare I had lying around, works perfectly again!

Under the fuel tank, all nicely wax-oyl'd. It was the Universale joint in this picture that was the cause of all my problems, so replaced with a spare one I had.


New fuel filler hose, old one was of unknown age and didnt feel like it was in great condition so I replaced it:


Also moved the fuel pump to a new home, to allow easier access to the steering box adjuster.

Old location, You can see the cap over the steering box right below it:


New location allows far better access, and is a far nicer shape for the fuel hose.



Got to go back to work tomorrow, wont be working on the car in the evening... May have some news on the engine delivery though.. Fingers crossed.

Cya,
Sam C

[LLVWGL]

nice work, I must say that your car was my inspriation to go GL. I have one question though. with your stereo in the glovebox, how do you unlock the trunk?

[samcat]

T handle behind the gauges in the dash!

Simply unscrew the gauges and pull the handle
It will be on a solenoid too shortly, so I can do it by flicking a switch then pushing a button.

CYa,
Sam C

[samcat]

No progress to report today, other than the last bits for my engine will be delivered on Friday Expect pictures!

Pics of the gearbox with its mounts on and the carbs...


Thats Murphy in the background, our Old English Sheepdog. He is acutally related to the Dulux dog.

Pair of brand new Weber 44's. Nice velocity stacks too.



The airfilters have now been treated with the K&N oil so have the lovely red colour. Wrapped in plastic bags and put into storage until needed.

Cya,
Sam C

[zen]

looks like you are having some fun Sam. not a great testiment, but i am running a RAT 2316 with the 3-bar cup and not running an intermediate or welding the seams and no issues as of yet. i went drag racing and did about half dozen really hard runs with no issues. it is early though. if you have everything out and can do it, might as well while you are there. that is pretty cheap insurance.

[samcat]

Well, have unpackaged all my engine bits, taken photos of everything! Lots of really nice bits.

A few photos to wet everyones appetite!


Ceramics


Conrods


JE Pistons


Half case on engine stand


Going to go and start sizing things up today! Need to finish watching the rebuild dvd (got 2 hours into it, only another 1 to go!!!) then watch the DTM dvd, then start building it!

Cya,
Sam C

[samcat]

More pictures:

Cleaner bench:


Clearencing in the case (as the engine is stroked):


Cya,
Sam C

[samcat]

Ordered and paid for, should be delivered saturday... just need tyres

Expect pictures

Cya,
SAm C

[judgie]

looking good mate.looking forward to seeing this in the flesh,going to any shows this year? we should try and have a "gl" section at some of the shows
hae a 2056 with about 165bhp and a 3 piont brace and intermedate mount,have mad wheel hop.going with steel mounts all round soon.
cheers rob

[samcat]

Right, have got the case halves together nicely, all sealed up as per Jakes instructions



The dizzy clamp couldnt be secured as the stud on the case was too short, simple solution was to fit a different stud (luckily Dad's an engineer so has all the right tools ) - Original stud on the bottom, new one on top.

[samcat]

Gives us plenty of thread to work with. With the old stud there was about 1 full thread visible BEFORE the nut went on.



Decided to let it all 'set' for a few hours so got on with some more of the rewiring mission... Drivers door



Electric windows motor, Electric windows driverside controls, central locking and an alarm LED = 15 wires in total :shock: Nicely soldered, insulated and heatshrinked, just got to finish up the craft routing I have worked out... Nothing visible when door shut, and barely visible when the doors open Just like a modern car!

Then decided to check the rings on the pistons, making sure the tolerences were correct and that everything looked ok. Also worked out which piston goes where and which way up they go etc.



Just need to work out heights etc for compression next! Get the cylinder shims and start 'chucking' it all together.

I also managed to get a little sunburnt! A day well spent I think!
Cya,
Sam C