Alex's v8 re-build thread warning pic whore inside >:)

[fjmuurling]

Something like this ??

Some StSt flat, a couple of cobalt drills a saw and a file and two evenings of work. where applicable i had the nuts / bolts welded to the flat bar.

Freek

[Alex Carter]

Oh yes thats brilliant exactly what I need

[Alex Carter]

so been a fustrating time what with delays on parts so ive been getting on with the little jobs .

 

 

the parts arrived for the translator bar and as the turbos came back stripped

 

i ordered some new gaskets to refit the manifolds for when the turbos get replaced .

 

 

 

 

a bit of sanding and flattening the years of grime and soot

 

 

 

re- fitting the manifolds working round the bolts to even the spread .

 

 

also removed the remain seal and fitted that again after the methods i used last time might have created leaks hopefully this time itll be ok.

 

now my rear lights .

 

 

i dont have a third brake light in the spoiler and the conversion lights are good but only the outers work unless you use the fog light and then its only half the unit and looks weird so i made this .

 

 

its a home made relay loom that after some carefull drilling and filing i now have all four lights at the rear doing the same thing and it looks fab ill post a vid of it all working later .

 

the gearbox translator shaft ends came in so a little grease and spanner work got it operating smoothly as it did 15 yrs ago

 

 

[Alex Carter]

so a little bit done today

started buy fitting my new mirror but noticed the plastic shroud on the lotus is thicker than the citreon one so began swopping the bits over .

 

 

 

then on the door ready for paint 

 

 

 

then i started to strip and clean more of the pipe work and found this 

 

 

 

good job i have a mate who welds alloy

 

 

and the lights 

 

 

 

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/ascaudio/?action=view&current=20121215_151341.mp4

Edited December 16, 2012 by Alex Carter

[Alex Carter]

pipe all welded 

 

 

[Alex Carter]

 

look whats  turned up

 

replaced these the old ones were cloudy and rusty

 

 

finally got it all fitted again ! and started to put the bits back.

 

Edited December 30, 2012 by Alex Carter

[Günter]

that can't be right ..do you really want to say that Lotus-cars managed to send you the missing bits

..within 2012  (at least)  ?

 

 

*good luck!

Edited December 31, 2012 by Günter

[Alex Carter]

lol yup just

[Alex Carter]

Edited January 1, 2013 by Alex Carter

[Alex Carter]

had some more time down the unit today.

this will be the new heater panel once finished .

took out the gear stick re greased the selector and fitted this new rubber boot .

this is the leather back in

then the dash panel

[Günter]

what happend there around the dials/gauges   ..have you used the hacksaw to cut the holes ??

[Alex Carter]

? Its just where the dust has stuck to the edges of the masking tape to protect the carbon when cutting . Ill post a picture of it cleaned off for you .the holes for the speedo and rev were cut with a jig and blade and the little ones with a holesaw .

[Günter]

ok, if its only dust all is good  -it just looked strange, like splitted carbon fibre

[Alex Carter]

had time to split the rear brakes today.

cleaned sanded and painted the rear calipers.

need to order a seal kit from sj as a few were perished .

then got to put the dash back together after all the fettling .

[Alex Carter]

little more in the bat cave.

got the seal kit for the rear calipers and began the onslaught very confusing but finally go my head round the seals and turned out quite nice .

few hard job

[Alex Carter]

got some repair and fabrication done tonight

.

these are the corner trims from the arch behind the oil coolers ive taken the rusty mesh out after cutting the rusty bolts off and noticed the two side edges were broke on both .

and this was a hole where the guy before had all the weird stuff holding the spoiler on underneath now fixed

after some fibre glass work and some paint both repaired

and my lovely cracked rattling heat shields

why take the time to drill and add new metal to broke shields and make them rattle when it would have been better to replace i dont know some people . well ive cut welded and shapped a new thicker piece of stainless and not looks much better .

oh and i got the polish out again get that wax layer up while hes sat still

[Alex Carter]

new shield fitted

and new altenator

[MikieP]

Can I fly you here to the US and pay you to do my SE? My mech has not touched my car in almost a year. Beautiful work! MikieP

[Bibs]

A number of posts have been removed at the request of the OP. Please stick to topic, the reason for these removals is not for discussion.

 

Ta

[Alex Carter]

thank you kind sir

pipe cleaning

too

a little better

[Vulcan Grey]

Alex,

 

While you are at the cleaning...  Not sure if you are aware but there is an LT thread where some have discovered that sand blasting the intake plenums is a very bad idea due to the ability of the blasting media to get caught under the baffles for the PCV system.  There is no sure way to clean all that out, without removing the baffles.

[Alex Carter]

no blasting used vulcan just time spent on a wire wheel so all dust is external and after every session i used a parts washer to clean all parts before drying and blowing with an air line

[Günter]

as for the 'sand'-blasting, as some of you can recall from my rebuild ..there is a simpler and save way of just using salt and sodium !

 

it is washable and does not harm the internals

[Günter]

for the aluminium-pipes there is also no need to use a wire brush to remove the natural oxidisation, as this is a natural process and takes place later on again

 

if you want to clean off all the dirt & oily stuff without brake cleaner or petrol -just wash them in concentrated alcaline bathroom-cleaner/pool cleaner and brush them with a simple finger brush with plastic brushes on it after that.

Edited February 13, 2013 by Günter

[Alex Carter]

so been hard at it again

firstly this what a bleedin nightmare so the manual says measure 103mm from the base this mark should be level with the edge of the block.

sounds simple enough but the measurement is on the bend of the dip stick pipe so i straightened the bend a little and was able to get the right length but the straight edge then means theres no space for the manifold it brings the pipe to closer to the block so ive put the bend back in fitted the manifold and i think im roughly 2 mm away from the right measurement so ill have to not fill the oil to the very top mark just under .

then turned my attention to the engine a little

removing cover cleaning up old oil and dirt from years of driving neglect .

started with the water pump pully in the parts washer replace the old rusty bolts and greased up the mount.

cleaned and oiled the drive tension thingy

then the hydraulic pump question why is the water pump pulley plastic and and this one heavy metal ????

so shot blasted

thought about brush paint and then thought better of it needed an aerosol finish

looks fab

so with the cover cleaned and the pulleys cleaned painted oiled and re fitted

i then went to the dirty breather pipes

little time on the wheel to get rid of the grime

cleaned the hoses and clips looks better

theeeeeeeen

i had the rear suspension blasted and powder coated and re bushed a while ago so i thought id have a test fit

aaaand relax