mk2cossie
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Oct 31, 2018 17:17:25 GMT
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After going on an extended walk this morning, and then proceeding to be lazy after lugging my beloved Panasonic CRT to the tip  I managed to draw some plans up for the speaker pods on the parcel shelf  |
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mk2cossie
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mr
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Your car is pre 91.....you don't need a cat on that
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Got the car from 105 bhp at the crank to 152 at the wheels.nitrous going on next.....if it ain't broke,keep bolting on go faster parts until it is........ www.fordgranadaclubuk.freefo.de |
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mk2cossie
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Nov 15, 2018 21:20:34 GMT
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Well, last Thursday (a week ago already! Time flies by when you have so much fun back at work  ) I managed to pester my dad to be helper and get the rear screen fitted back in the car. Much fun was had, and a bowl of warm water with Autoglyms finest shampoo as lubricant for the seal got it in! Also managed to turn the air quite blue with the choice words I have learnt over the years     So that's one big hole filled and hopefully a lot more water tight for the car over winter. Also means I can now see how much the parcel shelf doesn't fit now, and how high the speaker pods can be  |
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mk2cossie
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Nov 22, 2018 21:00:49 GMT
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Obviously, after getting the rear screen fitted back in my fabricated parcel shelf no longer fitted! So after several attempts to-ing and fro-ing, attacking with my little polishing tool and a big sanding block I got to here....  And after working out how tall the speaker pods could be, mocked up like so    |
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mr
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nice. id be tempted to slip something into the big centre shelf void though. maybe a power cap or a fire extinguisher etc.
what are you going to cover it all with? that speaker carpet stuff they use on subs? I only ask as that stuffs hard to keep clean,stuff gets stuck in the fibres.
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Got the car from 105 bhp at the crank to 152 at the wheels.nitrous going on next.....if it ain't broke,keep bolting on go faster parts until it is........ www.fordgranadaclubuk.freefo.de |
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It is always a bit fiddly to fit a self made parcel shelf, the measurements are hard to get 100% spot on.
Have you considered tilting the pods forward by a few degrees? I guess that could look nice. What are the round holes in the shelf for? And what ere the rectangular holes for? Vent from subwoofer?
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mk2cossie
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Nov 23, 2018 13:28:57 GMT
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It is always a bit fiddly to fit a self made parcel shelf, the measurements are hard to get 100% spot on. Have you considered tilting the pods forward by a few degrees? I guess that could look nice. What are the round holes in the shelf for? And what ere the rectangular holes for? Vent from subwoofer? I shall see how they are as boxes first, and then possibly tilted tops in the future  The round ports are where the speakers were originally, and I've just ported the pods in to there for a bit more volume and space to let them breathe. The rectangular hole in the middle is a storage cupboard thing, the flap for it will be attached to the shelf itself. And it was an utter swine getting the shelf trimmed to size just enough to fit in there, more so when I've covered it The rectanular holes in the speaker pods aren't going to be left open, there will be a laser cut bit of plywood going on the top to slightly recess the speaker grill, and the tweeter will be flush mounted to that |
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Last Edit: Nov 23, 2018 13:39:14 GMT by mk2cossie
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mk2cossie
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Nov 23, 2018 13:37:59 GMT
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nice. id be tempted to slip something into the big centre shelf void though. maybe a power cap or a fire extinguisher etc. what are you going to cover it all with? that speaker carpet stuff they use on subs? I only ask as that stuffs hard to keep clean,stuff gets stuck in the fibres. There is no point putting an extinguisher in there, what use would that be when I need it in a hurry  And no need for a power cap either, as the battery is less than 3feet away from the biggest amplifier, and both of those are digital anyway It will be covered with some of the finest faux suede curtains I posted a few pages back that I got from Amazon  |
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Nov 23, 2018 14:05:55 GMT
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faux suede should look spot on, i've got a big sheet of it in green for my rear seat too.
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Got the car from 105 bhp at the crank to 152 at the wheels.nitrous going on next.....if it ain't broke,keep bolting on go faster parts until it is........ www.fordgranadaclubuk.freefo.de |
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eurogranada
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Nov 26, 2018 15:12:10 GMT
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Are you not going to angle the speakers a bit more to the passenger compartment? I once basically made what you have now and then cut through them at an angle on a band saw. This makes them less boxy and less upright... getting the sound more into the compartment.I don't have a pic anymore but hope you get what I mean.
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mk2cossie
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Nov 26, 2018 21:39:50 GMT
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Are you not going to angle the speakers a bit more to the passenger compartment? I once basically made what you have now and then cut through them at an angle on a band saw. This makes them less boxy and less upright... getting the sound more into the compartment.I don't have a pic anymore but hope you get what I mean. I shall see how they perform as they are first, then version 2 may be angled at the top What I should've done is just bought some hi-fi bookshelf speakers and chopped the back off them. Would have been angled and well made then, and most likely veneered in a similar colour wood to the door card inserts Also, it is a tad tricky making speaker boxes with an angled top when they are layers of 18mm stacked up |
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eurogranada
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I understand. For reference, I glued the individual layers together and let that cure fully. After that I sanded the layers to look as one smooth block before cutting on the band saw. Worked pretty well. Only a little tweaking to get them to sit fully flat after cutting by running them over an A4 size piece of stuck down sandpaper.
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mk2cossie
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Nov 27, 2018 13:25:22 GMT
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I understand. For reference, I glued the individual layers together and let that cure fully. After that I sanded the layers to look as one smooth block before cutting on the band saw. Worked pretty well. Only a little tweaking to get them to sit fully flat after cutting by running them over an A4 size piece of stuck down sandpaper. The next step is to screw/glue the layers together. So that cutting the bottom is always an option I guess Trying to remember what I did with the staple gun for the last parcel shelf, or if I borrowed sommeones  |
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i've got an air nail/staple gun you can borrow if you need it bert. thinks its loaded with the long narrow staples or long nails but I guess they take a selection of gunning things
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Got the car from 105 bhp at the crank to 152 at the wheels.nitrous going on next.....if it ain't broke,keep bolting on go faster parts until it is........ www.fordgranadaclubuk.freefo.de |
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mk2cossie
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Dec 26, 2018 20:56:21 GMT
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My friend got me a new cooling fan at the beginning of the month, so I thought I ought to make an attempt at getting that fitted up and work out new oil cooler mountings. The old fan brackets were alloy, and hadn't agreed too well with the stainless steel rad brackets and machine screws. 3 of the main ones came undone, plus the rubber mounts for the old cooler (which is still fitted to prevent loss of ATF in the meantime) but the offside lower cap head would not budge, even with a bit of hammer action or torx bit wedged in to it. So out with the 80 grit disc on my hand held battery polisher and ground the head off! That left enough thread sticking out of the rivnut to get a pair of grips on and just unwound it out  New brackets chopped out at my friendly welders and bent up to shape and drilled by myself. Bit of angle grinder action saw them trimmed a bit to shape and they seem to work a treat Fan fitted in place  And cooler in front of it  |
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Last Edit: Dec 26, 2018 20:58:15 GMT by mk2cossie
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mk2cossie
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Dec 29, 2018 21:49:49 GMT
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Steering wheel has been demolded and the dashboard wiped over as that was rank as well. And have now placed a box of granules in the rear to see if that helps absorb some of the moisture in the interior. Fitted my new bootlid rubber, and removed the spacer washers I had previously fitted to adjust the panel lines Also thought it wise to chamois the inside of the glass as much as I could, and also check the boot. Only to discover the bloody spare wheel well almost full to the brim with water  Hoping that was when the rear screen wasn't fitted, so shall monitor that more closely now! Inbetween moments of looking after my brothers motley crew over the last few days, I managed to get the parcel shelf trimming started  Just the 3 holes to cut/tuck the Alcantara through and attach the parcel shelf box lid. Also managed to get the fan and oil cooler properly mounted up as my order of stainless nuts and washers turned up on Thursday    Just need to rescue the fittings off the old cooler or order up some new black alloy fittings |
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Dec 30, 2018 23:54:46 GMT
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My car suffers mould.sufferred even worse when I was working on it in the garden under a cover.buy a bucket from the pound shop and fill it with cheap salt.trust me,leave that in the foot well and the could will stop .I need to get another bucket full as mines sat still and will be for a few months.
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Got the car from 105 bhp at the crank to 152 at the wheels.nitrous going on next.....if it ain't broke,keep bolting on go faster parts until it is........ www.fordgranadaclubuk.freefo.de |
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Dec 31, 2018 11:07:41 GMT
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The fug lives up the farm in a 16’x8’ shed, we’ve put a vent into it to allow a bit of airflow. We up there yesterday and we had some mould on the seatbelts and steering wheel, was quite surprised! The corsa gets a bit damp, we put a tub with crystals inside which seems to get most of it. Can’t find any wet patches, but when I washed it the other day noticed the door runners were wet quite far in, so wonder if enough moisture works past to cause the condensation (?) Anyway, nothing very constructive to say... happy new year |
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mk2cossie
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Dec 31, 2018 14:35:28 GMT
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Thank you johnthesparkyI'm hoping it was just because it is outside under a cover all weathers, and it was moisture that had snuck in whilst the rear screen wasn't fitted  It has been left uncovered the last few days, and appears to be fairly good in there at the moment. Shall update with a few more pics on here today hopefully |
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