Big day

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Tatey

Let us all know how it goes! How much did the prop cost you?

will do Tatey

The prop has been made to measure by Dunning & Fairbanks in Leeds, I ordered the uprated one that can handle upto approx 250HP from the crankshaft.....cost was £105 + £12 delivery + VAT...Total £137.??

cheers
andy

[twinturbo]

Supa, all gives me extra time to make the garage ready for the return of my chassis.. By the time I am done you will have room to be able to swing the cat

Powered moving is just as monumentous as the first fire up. I remember the day I drove my converted saphire out the garage. Awesome.

TT

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

Supa, all gives me extra time to make the garage ready for the return of my chassis.. By the time I am done you will have room to be able to swing the cat

Powered moving is just as monumentous as the first fire up. I remember the day I drove my converted saphire out the garage. Awesome.

TT

Spud even suggested to me today to get it trailored to the next track day & give it a shake down run pre IVA... but sadly, all pennies are going towards the test itself.
But I,m sure just being able to reverse it out of the garage & drive it back in instead of pushing it will put a big smile on my ugly mug



cheers
andy

[Enoch]

Nice one Andy. I bought my prop from D&F it's a lovely job. Mine cost a load more though as I had to have the MT75 adapter as well. Really good service from them and they were amongst the cheapest that I could find.
I am sure you will savour that very first drive, I know I enjoyed mine
Enoch

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Enoch

Nice one Andy. I bought my prop from D&F it's a lovely job. Mine cost a load more though as I had to have the MT75 adapter as well. Really good service from them and they were amongst the cheapest that I could find.
I am sure you will savour that very first drive, I know I enjoyed mine
Enoch

Cheers Enoch,

swmbo thinks I,m daft being excited about being able to reverse it out of the garage ( she doesn,t drive at all).

Yes, the service from D&F has been very good, I confirmed the dimensions of my prop on tuesday, I asked if poss would I have it in time for this weekend, the guy said that they would do their best as they had guys on holiday, I phoned today as he suggested & Yes, its made & its on a TNT wagon en route to me, very good service indeed

cheers
andy
ps...off to read your build update, always enjoy your updates

[HandyAndy]

I,d like to say a huge thanks to forum member "Tex"

He came over to help me bleed my brake system on sunday afternoon, tho it wasn,t without a slight mishap .......

Terry had asked me before we started if I,d checked all connections were tight in the brake lines, yes was my answer..

filled up the M/C & started pumping the pedal, bleeding each of the rear drums & front calipers, must,ve done it about 4 times each, still not getting a firm pedal......had thoughts of the nightmare that Ash had with his brakes,

I then noticed a small pool of fluid on the floor.....guess who hadn,t fully tightened the brake pressure switch????

Once that was nipped up, I,m glad to report that the brakes are now leak free & has a firm pedal pressure

Which only meant one thing....another little test drive still grinning from ear to ear.

So, a BIG thanks to Tex, cheers mate .

Am now considering to doing a track day next saturday night ....must resist lol

cheers
andy

[spud69]

THE CALL OF THE TRACK CANNOT BE RESISTED

Well Done...AndyH

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by spud69

THE CALL OF THE TRACK CANNOT BE RESISTED

Well Done...AndyH

Arrrggghhh ....I must resist,

tell you what Spud, I,ll get stuck in on the final few things left to do to my car & see how things are by tuesday, if the car is track worthy I,ll go for it....gulp.

Brings back memories of itching to get back onto a Race bike after suffering broken bones in a previous crash, ended up riding again with still broken fingers such is the call of the track.

cheers
andy

[flyerncle]

Do it you big girls blouse !!!!! you know you want too.

I can understand the feeling with getting the car moving under its own power ,I was high for a week after my first solo flight and still remember it as though it was yesterday.

See you at Teeside .

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by flyerncle

I can understand the feeling with getting the car moving under its own power ,I was high for a week after my first solo flight and still remember it as though it was yesterday.

I,m sure all the other builders that have got their car to a driveable state would agree......it is a weird feeling being able to drive something that you have created from the book instructions, remembering the times when we,ve cursed at it or been confused by something....this all gets forgotten the very moment you push the clutch pedal down & engage first gear.....the feeling cannot be explained,

All I,d like to say at this point is

Thankyou Mr Chris Gibbs

cheers
andy