Hi Alex .....had considered tigging the thermo housing but at the end of the day I had/have quite a bit of hosing, so I knew I could cover most routing anyway ....I think I will probably stick with altering the down pipe as it will make the routing of the side pipe exhaust easy, like one 90 degree bend and out the side panel.
Started attacking a problem that I knew would be coming, one of the downsides of getting that gearbox as far back as I did was the clutch slave cylinder of which I did not have was going to be very tight against the chassis....so I do what I usually do...hit ebay for a cheap alternative and got 2 new items for around a tenner, one is a master clutch cylinder from a land rover defender and the other is a Alfa 156 slave cylinder, I got this because it has a very low profile, incidently does any one know the thread of the flare nut on this, I know the land rover is 12 x 1 but I need to find out the slave so I can get Sylvain to make up a short line for me to match the rest.
So yet again ...thinking cap on as to how I am going to mount this in the same location as the original.....so raiding the scrap bin I find a piece of tubing that was once a coffee table leg and the flat bar was also, which I will be utilizing for my wing stays, they are both nice and thick.
So I cut a 2" section off and cut a slot length ways in it so as to provide a clamping action once a couple of mild steel tabs have been welded on, then welded another two tabs on, one to lock/locate and one to mount, as you vcan see from the photos there is no space left in that area so this method WILL work.
table leg as mentioned above with clutch slave cylinder
13th February 2013, 01:35 PM
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