Big day

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

Ahhh, that makes perfect sense to me now, I get it

And thats how mine are fitted

now what ever we do...lets not make a wishbone in the shape of the letter "M" LOL.

cheers Mark.

andy

I aim to confuse daily........

[HandyAndy]

I,m sure this car of mine likes living in the garage too much

when you think all is well, it goes & does something to wind me up .....snapped the clutch cable now ( & yes it was a new cable when I installed the engine) ok, I know its not a major setback but it still means more time to sort it out.

Tho, thankfully my local motor factors let me rummage thru their old stock of clutch cables & I think I,ve found one that will fit, its an inch longer than my Capri one so will fit it tomorrow, might need to make the adjuster longer by creating a spacer where it passes thru the bellhousing, its from a P100 so hopefully all will be well & driveable again tomorrow

Still got an issue with my oil temp gauge, might ditch it , oil pressure all ok so happy with that, I just wanted the extra gauge to even the dash panel out

cheers
andy

[baz-r]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

Thanks Lee

Good question

In the bible the rear lower wishbones are shown fitted in 2 different ways....page 44 fig 4.16 shows 1 way then on page 74 fig 5.32 shows them the opposite way

I chose the position from page 44, after looking at other builders build pics etc & also thinking of any possible torsional tension the bones have when car is under load ( tho this was purely my own interpretation of the effect ) when travelling forward, as the car won,t be in reverse that much etc etc

Hope this helps, & being totally honest would also appreciate any thoughts on this, interesting question

cheers
andy

tringle front single leg to the rear that way the single tube at the back is under tension and will not bend and the tringle (linked at 2 chassis points) is under compresion when the hubs are pulled forward under driving force.

that make sence?

[HandyAndy]

After seeing Carl,s car go thru the IVA earlier this week it gave me some much needed motivation to get myself out in the garage , thanks Carl .

So...

apart from the following she,s finished ( at last i hear you all say )
center mirror ( on loan to someone else at mo )
Bonnet catches ( can,t decide which to use , Dzus or the rubber ones )
Edge trim on front wings ( on loan )
The rubber covers over track rods / steering extensions ( want to check tracking etc before final fitting of the rubber covers )

Positive or negative comments welcome please guys
cheers
andy

[HandyAndy]

1 more photo

cheers
andy

[rpjg1975]

Andy

Only comment I would make would be damn good job mate. Looks the dogs danglies

Russ

[TSM Locost]

Sorry Andy. had this come up on LCB last week, you have done what i thought was right in that the front wing must be level with the front of the tyre. looks as if i was wrong according to the link below, if no work search LCB for wings. i have emailed you a pic. new fangled tech not my scene.





Mike.

[HandyAndy]

Thanks Russ

Tho I must say I couldn,t have done it without this forum & all the help from all forum members , 2 years ago it was a "pipe dream" that I thought would never happen.

Building my car has been a roller coaster of ups & downs but thankfully I kept at it ( again with support of many friends from this forum ) & she,s finally finished .

Just the last hurdle to go

cheers
andy

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by TSM Locost

Sorry Andy. had this come up on LCB last week, you have done what i thought was right in that the front wing must be level with the front of the tyre. looks as if i was wrong according to the link below, if no work search LCB for wings. i have emailed you a pic. new fangled tech not my scene.





Mike.

Thanks Mike, I,ll look into that , might need a little adjustment on the wings maybe

cheers
andy

[Bonzo]

Well I think you should give it to me Andy

I promise to look after it for you

Well done Andy, just one more fence to jump & your build will be on the road