Gt6s

My sheds are too big and untidy for blasting. some with loose mortar falling off the walls A 20 ft road container would totally be the answer but funds do not allow. Can afford to build a cabinet but I have a body tub needs blasting too so I might need to do that total loss of the  medium.   BTW Sand should not be used. Cheap it is, but gives off silica dust. Not as effective as the proper medium either.   Laurence

I do not have a  cabinet but I have just got a sand blaster pressure pot. The compressor a 14 cfm 150 ltr tank seems to run it okay, even for wheels. At present I am blasting items in a large wooden box but the medium still gets blown out. Need to build a large cabinet for it. Either that or get a road container to sandblast in. Bit OTT that !    Laurence

Nope, ripping the felt off works fine. Have three cars, all one this way. Laurence

These felt seals are garbage. I rip the felt off and fit it loose against an original backer plate. Laurence

Diff arrived today. It is very much a Quaife copy, machined slightly differently at the crown wheel bolt heads. But otherwise identical. Quaife left. Blackline right. Blackline etch printed on side of the unit. Quaife courtesy of a mate for the photos. Laurence

If somebody can break one, it is probably me. Could break an anvil. Laurence

My suspicions exactly tho Spec 25 say they make em. They do look identical to a Quaife  But CNC machines can punch out copies by the bucket load either here or in China. Laurence

Indeed I think they are all the same. I actually found another seller and another name on the bay of much evil.   Laurence

Nick Here is the link to that other one I mentioned. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Spitfire-GT6-Herald-Helical-ATB-LSD/223281410345?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D42049dbcef81402c894077d8d587f4fe%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D381678950992%26itm%3D223281410345&_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042 Laurence  

Nick Ring Rally Design I am sure they could get you one. Also noticed the other night another brand listed at £400 free delivery on evilbay Search Spitfire Gt6.   Laurence

I see that Steve. 2 sold 0 available. As far as I am aware a bit of machining is needed to fit a 3.27 crown wheel. On a Quaife anyway. Welcome to the world of donuts. Good luck. Laurence

Okay I already have two Quaifes but found this on the bay of evil @ just over half the price of a Quaife from Rally Design Bought one for the Sixfire got to be worth a shot. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blackline-Triumph-GT6-Herald-Spitfire-Helical-LSD-HLF080/233036752837?epid=19026843913&hash=item364212a7c5:g:vG4AAOSw7R9cClgq:rk:38:pf:0   Laurence

I will bid £ 1 provided delivery to Northern Ireland is included.😆. Regardless of condition parts will be useful to someone. Even the PI kit, a bucket of diesel and time work wonders. DO NOT SCRAP IT !! Even if you give it away. I like free stuff.   Laurence

Yup sounds about right. Overlap at TDC. Go for it. Laurence

Thanks Michael Had heard of the use of cable ties to do this. DAM COMPUTER BUTTONS STICKING AGAIN. The thing about remembering being wrong Is the remember part. Really bad memory. A mate pulled me up on this one day about an occasion I was wrong. I told him. "Strange, that is exactly the time I remember."    Laurence

Pic shows a test piece from the actual hide. Upper tension on the machine needed MINIMUL tweeks to change from two layers oh heavy vinyl with high density scrim foam to actual leather. happy. smelling mistakes included FREE hellish computer  buttons freezing up.   

You do not need to declare anything. Just MOT and tax as normal car Just no tax payment. Laurence

Not the Gt6 seats but instead the Kirkeys for the Sixfire. Got the aluminium seats modified today to suit the already altered PVC and foam covers. A couple of quick snips to the ribcage areas with the plasma cutter to the door sides of the seats to allow easier access / exit for fat carcasses. Pic gives a better idea. BTW both sides of seats should be the same. Covers still need a little bit of very easy altering as I decided to cut the seats a little differently from my original plan. Laurence

I made a fibreglass one some years ago I covered the GARBAGE old one in fiberglass then ripped the carboard one out in pieces. Still have that one.   Laurence

The Critical thing to remember when modifying a sewing machine to run heavier thread, needle etc is that sewing machines are a really high precision machine, designed with very little margin for error built in. Heavy,ish industrial thread heavy,ish industrial needles mean that the inbuilt margins for error reduce, even become non existent. My machine is RIGHT AT HER VERY LIMIT running Tex 150 thread and a 22 industrial needle. Everything must be absolutely perfect. even the adjustments for the bobbin tension and upper tension become really sensitive. Basically just REALLY LITTLE TWEAKS make huge differences. Sewing machines can be a PITA. One of my best mechanical traits is that I will not let complex technical issues beat me. The other is that once I set my mind to do something I know little about, I persist, I learn, I make mistakes, till I can do it. (Or not sometimes) Never tell me I cannot do something. You cannot fit programmable engine management to a Gt6. You cannot map an ECU yourself without a rolling road. You cannot fit a swing spring over a rotoflex rear suspension. You cannot replace the carrier bearing on the prop shaft of a Dolomite Sprint (Yes you can Norman). You cannot as a learner Tig weld 0.8 aluminium. You cannot convert Waxstat SU jets without a £40 kit (Yes you can Norman). You cannot restore that rotten car or fix that write off (heard those quite a few times). You cannot rebuild that "SCRAP" (it was) 1950's Lister generator, Or get 20 amps out of it (Yes you can Norman). The latest one. You cannot use an over #86 thread or a #22 industrial needle in an old domestic sewing machine (Yes you can). As a matter of course I have been repairing the unrepairable all my adult life. It is what I do. Tho I do admit my own shortcomings. Relationships, electronics, form filling, paying bills on time, Photoshop, computer code and anything mathematical etc etc.  Laurence

Danny have a look on the bay of evil I got the BRAND NEW 180 W motor with modern controller pedal for nineteen quid. Full of Chinese ropeyness (motor wiring terminlal lugs) but easy fixed.  Laurence

Final mods to the 1955 to 1959 Brother Window Matic sewing machine today. She was giving me a quite bit of jip with the heavier thread. Now have her sussed. Now running on industrial needles. Machine is ready to go. Not so sure I am ready to start the cutting into this beautiful hide tho. Measure once cut twice Right ? Mods to the machine. Original motor 50 W Laurences motor 180 W. Manufacturers recommended max thread weight 80 domestic spool. Laurences thread weight 150 industrial large cone spool (nylon thread). Manufacturers recommended max needle size 19 (Max available domestic needle) Laurences needle 22 Industrial needle. Original worklamp filament bulb 6 w. Laurences bulb also 6 w but LED, equivalent to 15 W filament bulb. Next job get original seat covers disassembled to use as templates. One of my mates asked me today if I knew anybody who could sew in a back window into a car hood. I told him I have the machine the needles and the thread to do it. That HE was welcome to borrow it. Off now to look at some Vintage sewing machine, Quilting and Embroidery web sites. 😳 Laurence

It is definitely as clear as mud. I do not see how anyone could be prosecuted by their own interpretation of the rules as just mentioned, Certainly legally questionable at least. Full of loopholes I like loopholes.   Laurence

I am assuming this is the lower bolt you are referring too. If so any decent machine shop could bore and sleeve it for you. How bad is it ? The other option is just HORSE IT UP REALLY TIGHT. It will not go anywhere. Laurence

Thanks Nick Actually I was taught how to use a sewing machine as a child NOT THAT I HAVE USED ONE SINCE I do know about cutting templates from the original covers. And about scrim foam used to sew in the pleats ( latest piece of new knowledge) Also now about uprating and recommissioning 60 year old sewing machines. and how to convert them for heavy thread and leather work. Another new skill. Even conversant in sewing / machines. Funny the local sewing shops look at me, Leather that be witchcraft. The industrial threads and needles uprated motor LED bulb come via ebay. I also have just today modified the covers of my Kirkey seats as I will be using them in the Sixfire modified to ease access for this old fat carcase. Just to plasma cut the aluminium seat bodies now to suit modded covers. I am putting them in the Sixfire because they are too wide (Fat) for use with door bars on the roll cage in another car project.   Cheers Laurence