No test today – it was cancelled at short notice. It’s not a bad thing, really, as I found a problem with the steering as I tried to get the car off the driveway and onto the road at around three hours before the scheduled test time. I wasn’t able to get more than about […]
One day to go!
A few more little jobs today. I fixed the leak from the rear screen washer. The rear headlining had to come out for this job, so it wasn’t that quick a fix. Of course, to get the headlining out, I had to remove each of the four setbelt shoulder points, the interior light and speakers… […]
Ready for the test
Well, I tidied up and bunged the snorkel drains, fitted the stay bars from the front wings to the foot wells, adjusted the steering box, fitted the steering wheel, sorted out the gear stick knobs, aimed the winscreen washer jets, torqued up the suspension bolts and did a multitude of other little jobs, and it’s […]
Preparing for MoT
There are still quite a few jobs left to finish the vehicle, like applying the sealant to various panel joints and making up the interior panels, and fitting the custom front propshaft and fuel heat exchanger (both yet to be bought), but most of the MoT preparation is done. The brakes have been adjusted and […]
Only a few jobs left to do
The seating is now complete. The floor matting was cut to exact measurement to allow the biscuit tins to bolt directly through the floor panel, using high tensile M10 bolts and steel spreaders underneath. The seats are secured to the tops of the biscuit tins and wheel arches with stainles M6 dome heads and rivnuts. […]
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