{"id":8099,"date":"2022-09-30T10:48:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?page_id=8099"},"modified":"2022-09-30T10:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:48:37","slug":"build-images-september-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/build-images-september-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Images – September 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Back in its box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rolling the car out for the final time with no engine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Engine mount hex key is 9.5mm in new money<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gearbox very close to chassis member. Refused to budge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The front of the engine gets really close to the front diagonal chassis member <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Holding up the gearbox end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ready to take the hoist back to Pete. Thanks Pete!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gearbox mounts all torqued up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Aww! Rats! That didn’t work! Should have kept the plug in the end of the gearbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marking up the faces so I knew which faces I’d ground down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Captain Dremel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Grinding down a 12mm hex key to fit imperial engine mount bolt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lunch was calling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trolley jack added to support the back end of the gearbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just before we start on the main event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leveler at the end of its useful travel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wider angle view of the chassis and footwell protection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Protecting the footwells from coming into contact with a swinging engine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Removing the engine mount struts seemed to make the install go better<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leveller sits more in line with the engine but not quite perfectly so<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Additional earthing point from battery to chassis insert on passenger footwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leveller with extensions added<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Additional earth point – chassis insert in top left of this picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Engine mount with earth lead loosely attached<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Load leveller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Engine hoist in long configuration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Engine hoist in short configuration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Engine hoist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LH engine mount and earth lead attached<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Quite a bit of the top radiator hose poking out of the front of the engine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Top hose with larger jubilee clip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Radiator top hose – “L”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Horns attached to steering rack cross member<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Snipping cable tie restricting horn cable from reaching the space connectors on the horns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Electrical connections closer together. The bolt and spacer are also shown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Undoing the horn bracket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Front ARB bush mounted to front chassis with clamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Front ARB inserted into upper wishbone and shroud covering the joint. Just need to snip off the ends of the cable-ties.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Upper wishbone ARB excess with powder coat removed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Upper wishbone ARB recess after one attempt at fitting ARB. The powder coat on the front end of the recess came off easily, on both sides.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ball on the end of the front ARB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red front ARB bushes inserted into their clamps. Note I’m using WD-40 PTFE lubricant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Washer bottle pipe coiled in boot and attached to full filler pipe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Washer bottle tucked under radiator hose. Picture from recently built 420R at Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Washer bottle pipework and electrics connected through fuel filler shroud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Washer bottle mounted in boot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Washer bottle bracket mounted on off side boot body work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dinitrol 3125 Corrosion Protection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dinitrol 3125 sprayed into the curved lower bodywork in the engine bay. You can see the heatsheilding running all the way up to the body work – Grot Trap?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Front brake hose connects to front calliper with coupling and copper washer. The tapered end of the coupling is towards the hose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Front brake hose connects to brake pipe with nut and star washer. Star washer next to the bodywork.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Final front brake hose assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Supplied brake hoses and couplings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Track rod end now set correctly to 13 turns for SV chassis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Track rod end not on far enough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bottom upright joint. There’s a very small gap between the special nut and the lower wishbone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My prop keeping up the upright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My upright prop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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19mm spanner can be used to wiggle the upright and give the caphead bolt a better chance of going in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wobble bar and socket used to tighten upright top joint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stool \/ Creeper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Top of near side front damper. The bolt is laborious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joint of chassis, headlamp assembly and upper wishbone. You can see the lug on the headlamp stem that folds under the chassis at the bottom of the headlamp stem plate (I hope that makes sense)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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15mm and 22mm pipe lagging for chassis protection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Headlamps installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is what happened to the first headlamp heat shrink after forcing it through the oval hole and stay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heatshrink got rucked when feeding into the first \nheadlamp stay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is what it looks like if you forget to add the stay. DON’T DO THIS!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All wires heatshrinked up, just need to finish putting the headlamp back together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is what the three layers of heatshrink should look like when heat has been applied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inner Radiator Cowl no longer fitted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8099","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8yl38-26D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8097,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/build-images-august-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":8099,"position":0},"title":"Build Images – August 2017","author":"John Martin","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Add IVA trim as shown here Pad and indicator. 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