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Apr 27, 2019 20:03:59 GMT
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Nice work mounting the Fiberglass bonnet but what with all the holes it's not a "Lotus Elan" LOL Erm yeah..... it’s the spare bonnet so we can work on the better one off the car. It came from another Fugitive 4 that had been modified so much none of the panels fitted anymore.... that one did have a 1.8t Audi engine in it, so maybe that needed speed holes  We think we’ll put some mesh or something behind there for now (as fibreglassing them up seems quite a lot more work!  ) Need to fill the filler hole though, and try to add a bit of strength as the fuel filler hole is right through the bar that runs across the bonnet |
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logicaluk
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Agree, all i did when i was his age, was annoying my dad with car questions, would've loved to do something cool like this. I sure wasn't standing around at a car show at that age, talking to strange foreigners explaining what i did on the car! Thats progress. Dan |
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Apr 30, 2019 17:39:48 GMT
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I like the holes, they add a bit of drama to quite a straight and unexciting panel. Think they'd look good with mesh And they'll be really handy for filling your electrics up with water, which is always important on any retro |
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Apr 30, 2019 18:07:11 GMT
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I like the holes, they add a bit of drama to quite a straight and unexciting panel. Think they'd look good with mesh And they'll be really handy for filling your electrics up with water, which is always important on any retro Some mesh arrived (I think if we trim it, it’ll do both sides )  In the world of Scimitars these holes would be worth about 10bhp, but alas the Teutonic efficiency won’t allow for that, that only works on vehicles made in Tamworth! |
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A couple of backwards steps to start with.... Took the car cover off this morning and the near side rear mudguard has moved, I think we put the car cover on before it was fully dry maybe and the tension of the cover has moved it a bit  So to sort that, we took the wheel off.... to find this  It’s got a bit hot  checked it over and it seemed fine, so stripped the calliper and checked it over, cleaned and regreased... will keep an eye on it when we drive it. Tom then worked mostly on the bonnet, he masked the aerocatches (when he rubbed it down the other week, he took the paint off of the screwheads, so we’ll paint them for now and replace with stainless ones at some point. We bolted the edge to a board to make it flat, then drilled into the reinforcing sections and put a bit of tube in  Then put some gel coat in the hole (there is a plastic sheet underneath) with some mat, and then built up with resin and chopped strand matting (the resin we got is also yellow, which was a surprise)  I cut some strips of mat, soaked with resin and pushed around the tube in the reinforced sections to pack it all a bit tighter Did another couple of layers, then turned it over to start cleaning up the top. Tom sanded it down,  I gave him some filler and he worked out what to do with it, and filled the holes where they were low  And then sanded down again, he then started painting..... he did go straight in with the yellow and no primer (sorry grumpy! It is Montana graffiti paint though so not a massive problem except it didn’t cover very well) we ran out, so I’ll order some more and maybe try a slightly different shade We cut some mesh to put behind the speed holes, but didn’t fit as we’d then have to mask up when we paint  And while Tom was sanding, filling and painting... I went and let the smoke out of my grinder  Whilst making a replacement panel for the ply we fitted behind the seats  Partly because of the demise of the grinder, it’s fitted with cableties round the tubes for now... but looks a lot better than what was there before. We keyed and then painted the rear mudguards   Did a few other bits which we are keeping under our hats until the Weekender, but we like them All fitted in around dropping wife off for a training hike, driving with Ella and walking the dog Need to refit and sort the bonnet wiring (but need paint first) And then have a look at the carbs, think the one of the floats stuck as there was a big leak under it the other week and the oil smells of petrol (so will need an oil change too!).... might go and have a play in a bit |
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Rich
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Montana graffiti paint isn't like normal aerosol. If you try to build it up in light coats, you will end up with a dusty rough finish. Take my word for it. Took a few tries before I got it right! You need to spray it so you get a good heavy coat in one pass with no patchiness, it's VERY forgiving as the solids content is high so it resists sagging very well. If you do get a sag, just leave it. Most imperfections in this paint formula disappears as it dries. Might be worth lightly block back what you have already applied to remove any dustyness as this will show through on the next coat. It really is a one-coat wonder, don't try to build it up in light passes. you will get a lovely satin-matt smooth sheen to it if you get the application right. |
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Thanks, just ordered a few more cans so will block back and finish it off.... tbh it would have had to be done anyway, as we’ve run out Just taken a brave pill, and spurred on by this book  And any book that uses the word ‘moxie’ has to be good!!  And one by one taken the carbs off and changed the needle valves, gaskets, filters etc There was a bit of a leak around the gaskets I think  Set the floats  And repeated a second time... i suspect the IDF carbs are a lot simpler, but I’m feeling a bit braver so will have a look at the Drag engine IDA ones in the week too if we get a change tomorrow we’ll swap the oil. Picked up some beetlejuice from Fuzzes oil place at Sunday Scramble (it’s a bit cheaper than Golden Film too )  |
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Looking forward to seeing this and yourselves at the weekender!
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Looking forward to seeing this and yourselves at the weekender! Indeed, and you and the van too! |
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And the last bit today.... When we last took the Fug out it puked some oil on the tinware  And onto the drive under the engine, had a little look and the oil smelled of petrol, was over full and seemed thin. Which could only mean that petrol was getting in there, it was leaking out from various places because it was thin, puking out because it was over full, and not doing a lot of lubricating either But it had only done 50 miles since the oil change and only puked on its last run.. so don’t think it’s too much of a problem I’d got another fuel pump for the big engine, before being advised to fit an electric pump... and managing to blag one off of a mate After the Weekender we’ll be back onto the big engine and getting it fitted in the Fug, so will be sorting the electric pump then (and changing this engine over to a blanking plate too, so we can swap engines with only a few pipes and wires) So took the one fitted off  Gasket stinks of petrol and the underside of the pump does too, so replaced gaskets and fitted the new pump  Think that’s found where the petrol in the oil is coming from, a crappy Brazilian fuel pump |
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Small update, went out for most of the day but changed the oil this afternoon  Bit over full  There was about 4 litres of oil/petrol came out  And refilled with fresh oil, there isn’t a proper filter in there only a strainer, this oil had only done about 50 miles I reckon, and there are no bits in it, so we didn’t bother cleaning the strainer Whilst pottering about we keyed and painted the front mudguards matt black to match the rears  And the headlamp housings are a bit ropey, with pitting and some rust starting to break through... we citric dipped them and painted them with a can of metallic grey that was kicking around, so we painted them matt black to tie in with the mudguards  We’ll have to look for some, but don’t want chrome (especially not cheap new chrome ones!) Had to push it up and down the drive as the wiring is dangling where we disconnected stuff at the front end, once we get some more paint we can repaint the bonnet and then refit lights etc, and go for a drive |
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May 10, 2019 21:01:37 GMT
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Not got much done in the week, but Goodwood is about 2 1/2 hours from home, and we’ll be setting off Friday evening. It’s not too bad for me, but Tom just gets to sit in the passenger seat. So I’ve picked an intercom up  They are an older model, so cheap... which is nice And have FM radio, Bluetooth to phone and an intercom We’ve fitted them tonight  And had a bit of a play working out how they work, which has got us some ridicule  But starting to get the hang of them Also, got a plug and socket for the wiring to the front lights and horn.. so will try and wire them up whilst we are painting the bonnet.  Fingers crossed that it doesn’t rain tomorrow afternoon. |
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May 10, 2019 21:14:08 GMT
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Looking good guys.
Could you show me a pic of how your front mudguards are attached, as I need to make some up for mine.
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May 10, 2019 21:18:13 GMT
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This is what we did colinhd Used a bit of angle that replaces the thick camber washer (it’s about 6” long) and then bent 2 stays up. Welded a couple of nuts onto the stays to bolt too. When we make the next ones, we’ll swap to flat bar under the guard and tigerseal them on so there are no bolts. Waiting for them to stress crack, as we’ve been warned they will . but it hasn’t happened yet... we’ll use any info we find from that in the replacement ones too HTH Today was mudguard day We replaced the thick washer under the camber adjuster ball joint with some box section that was lovingly shaped to fit the spindles We then bent some 10mm tube around the shape of the wheel, was planning on getting this done using bending machines or something but running out of time, and like everything on the Fug, we make stuff and that way we learn how we should have done it  But anyway, it’s better than this!!  And removable with 1 bolt   Then we moved onto the rear...... In our defence, we’d spent quite a while planning the front, I’d sorted some bits of box and tube and discussed with Tom at length... We’d had a chat about the rear mudguards but nothing to the extent of the fronts. So we weren’t really ready.... We are away next weekend for a weeks holiday then back for the weekend before the Gathering, so that is our last fettling time, we really needed something in principle today... I’m resourceful, and stepped up to the plate!!! We took the old side bars and cut them up to make a couple of bars  Then using the old rear guards, we fitted them. They are frame mounted so can’t run close like we liked....  OK, we ran out of time and bodged it!!!!  Needs a bit of adjusting , and if we paint the guards black (I’ve got a couple of cans of black Montana) we might get away with it  We can do that when back off holiday, and need to swap the cable ties to something a little more engineered, but it works And if it rains on the way to the Gathering, we won’t get wet we won’t have water rooster-tailing into our laps whilst getting wet |
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May 10, 2019 21:27:20 GMT
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Cheer mate,
I'm being a bit dumb this evening!!
The box-section is under the top balljoint nut, with another nut?
How do you then get all the guard off??
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May 10, 2019 21:42:27 GMT
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Cheer mate, I'm being a bit dumb this evening!! The box-section is under the top balljoint nut, with another nut? How do you then get all the guard off?? It’s a bit of angle, here is a photo  But it’s dark and raining, so I’ll take a better one tomorrow But undo the two bolts on the guard (that’s why we bolted the guard on!) and remove that, then undo the camber nut and the angle and the frame stays wiggle out. Then refit the thick washer and nut ‘Moler’ on Vzi has built a pickup volksrod, and has cut down guards with a single stay (but from memory something is different about his spindles) but with a cut down guard you may be able to run a single 5mm bar stay behind the wheel to a guard  |
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Got a couple of jobs this morning.... First one turned out to be changing a light switch, so popped home again and we’ve painted the bonnet  It’s not ideal conditions for painting; windy, chance of rain, outside etc And it’s gone a bit black..... ![]() i.imgur.com/KxTS9aa.jpg_/img]How long does it take for spray paint to dry?! |
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May 11, 2019 10:15:05 GMT
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 Excellent Happy birthday whoever, by the way. Save us some cake?
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May 11, 2019 10:39:12 GMT
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Save you the wait for the stress cracks on the mudguards - this was 5mm x 25mm flatbar after a couple of months  |
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Last Edit: May 11, 2019 10:39:51 GMT by wightfug
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May 11, 2019 10:54:06 GMT
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Save you the wait for the stress cracks on the mudguards - this was 5mm x 25mm flatbar after a couple of months Yeah, construction is a bit different to that at the front, so hoping we’ve not got all the stress at a single point... done a few hundred miles and keep checking (but not got time to be changed before the weekender anyway) the backs are similar, and we added the web down the back... as advised, but we’ll see over time I guess |
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checked it over and it seemed fine, so stripped the calliper and checked it over, cleaned and regreased... will keep an eye on it when we drive it.
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