FlyFifer
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No problem Spider, good advice never goes amiss. Mate has an old school garage currently with an E-Type FHC, 50's Morgan, two MGB GT Sebrings (3.9 V8 & A 2.0ltr Zetec) XR2i with 25,000 miles. a Lotus Esprit, Hillman Minx and a droop snoot Firenza all in various states of build. When asked about a replacement clutch and pressure plate for my T6 set up he produced NOS Ford items from his squirrel stores that fitted straight onto my flywheel and 23 splined gearbox shaft. Just need a release bearing now, neighbour over road runs a bearing outlet and spoke with him about a replacement this afternoon. Price, I owe him a pint (he never goes to a pub so going to be difficult to honour that one!) Still awaiting return of cylinder head from having it checked & skimmed (only if needed) plus valves reground etc. The list of parts to rebuild grows daily, going to change all the hoses & clamps re-routing to suit install since old Fiesta rad changed to an uprated alloy 3 core larger capacity item. These jobs are never straightforward once started, it's the golden opportunity to address those areas that you were always going to address but so far never actually got around to doing. Willie.
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How easy does that make it look? Leveller definitely worth having & a good pictorial showing one in use, great stuff. Willie.
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The nylon type rope around my engines intended for pulling cabling through ducts and has quite a breaking strain but only used for moving the engines around the garage. I have an engine crane leveller for the actual lifting/installing making angle adjustments infinite when trying to align everything up plus it's directly bolted to the engine. For an extra £25 over the price of the hoist well worth purchasing, makes the whole job much easier and, as you rightly implied, safer. Willie.
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This is what happens when time to fully service a K-Series VVC engine installed in a GT6/Spitfire. No room to change rear belt as it's very close to bulkhead. The engine under the hoist is being rebuilt this week with new head gasket, stretch bolts, water pump & both belt kits etc. Will be sourcing a replacement full clutch to suit prior to installing the engine. Will clean up the casings etc whilst engine is out & still on the engine stand. Willie.
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After much re-plumbing, new heater control valve, altered bracketry, altering oil pressure gauge take off from t-piece at remote oil filter (fitted under rad) to suit replacement pipe the new alloy radiatior is in, filled with new anti freeze & tested. Tomorrow will see it hit the road again so no drink for me tonight, licence more important than a whisky or three! The chassis touch up still to be done once all proven to be water tight & working satisfactorily.
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Toledo_Man wrote:I've noticed that you've got Sprint alloys. Are you having any issues with the offset? What size tyres are on them? Rears have spacers fitted, came with car to extend wheel outwards to fill the arches, fronts clear GT6 calipers without issue. Tyres are 185/60 x 13. Willie.
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Like all things on a kit build nothing is as easy as 1st thought. With the alloy rad being 50mm taller adjustments to the bracketry required to sit vertical as before. Additional brackets on new rad also required removal to help fit back into original position albeit dropped 50mm which in turn means moving the remote oil filter which sat underneath the old rad. Time beat me tonight and stopped work around 21:00 to keep the neighbours reasonably happy. Willie.
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Alloy uprated higher water volume race spec radiator arrived this morning to replace the single core one fitted which was marginal at keeping the K-Series cool in the really warm weather. That's me off the Christmas shopping run now there's work to be done in the "man cave" :)
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5861 wrote:Pic of newly finished exhaust manifold for the 1.8 K-Series prior to installation courtesy of Pipe Dynamics, Leven, Fife. Willie. Heading home from Chic Doig's around 15:30 today & met backed up traffic at big roundabout in Glenrothes, once at front of queue I was out at 1st opportunity & gave it a bit of stick turning onto a duel carriageway which had a fairly greasy surface. T6 stepped out & caught on the throttle which was immediately deployed once more for some more sideways fun leaving all in my wake. This car has been transformed since the full s/s exhaust completed & fitted, looks like the original smaller bore manifold was holding back some of the ponies.
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Pic of newly finished exhaust manifold for the 1.8 K-Series prior to installation courtesy of Pipe Dynamics, Leven, Fife. Willie.
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thebrookster wrote:Willie, a) We need to try and meet sometime, I would love to see the difference between your T6 and Chris'!! I never seem to be around when you call in to see Chris! Or if you happen to be passing the Loch Lomond area give me a holler, I can always put the kettle on!! b) Any chance of sharing the details for this engineering firm? I intend on EFI'ing my 2000 at some point, and I also prefer to work with people who know what they are doing! Cheers, Phil Hi Phil, a) a possibilty sometime in new year. Will pm you re b). Willie.
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Recently stumbled across a local garage run by a "Fred Dibnagh" type character. Completed a 5 year apprenticeship in the 70's, worked at a good few local dealerships learning what he could whilst pursuing his interest in building and racing stock cars. Engines built by him still sought after yet, he has self taught himself engineering techniques over the years to eliminate "mistakes" made by engine builders when this work was farmed out. He bought up many lathes and milling machines etc from local companies to give him the capability to do as much "in house" as possible. He is making me a custom EFI system utilising the engines standard injectors mated to throttle bodies from a motorbike, all engineered on site and all done after hours between 5 and 11 in evening to keep costs down. His payback is using my set up to sell more units to other interested parties. I'm amazed that I hadn't known about these places until people pointed me in their direction when speaking with me when out in the T6. Willie.
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Cheers John, I cannot believe the difference to the driving experience since having this installed, it has definitely been worth the expense. The manifold differs from the mild steel one in as much as the flow of the bends are more equal, the collector joint is a short 4 into 2 into 1 giving an easier exit route for the exhaust gasses. Some clever pipework and welding making that possible from the guys at Pipe Dynamics but difficult to photograph in situ to show how they acheived this. (Both guys were pipe fitters/welders in Rosyth Dockyard prior to starting up in own business). Nothing more to do than put fuel in the tank and add some more miles. Willie.
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Custom exhaust manifold with Lamda sensor plus a flexi coupling added today to complete the full S/S system and has made a massive improvement to the T6. Hopefully a pic attached, not cheap to have made but that's it for the lifetime of the car. Willie. http://i.imgur.com/UfNfhbG.jpg
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John I think you are on the right tracks. I had two French guys eager to buy my T6 pre rebuild for your asking price & one still emails asking to have 1st refusal if I sell once finished & back on the road & he'll pay whatever my costs were over asking price. Tempting as that is I think I need to enjoy it for another wee while. Quite sure you'll get your price. PS: Also got moulded carpet set for T6, with it not being a standard car every piece of carpet needs altered & steamed to fit plus I'm missing N/S rear wheel arch moulded carpet but think another extra piece can be made to fit. Willie.