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 Post subject: Re: KLJ895W tinkering...
PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:03 pm 
Fantastic work with great pics.Welding must have cost a fortune.Good luck with the rest of it. :D


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 Post subject: Re: KLJ895W tinkering...
PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:18 pm 
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Yes, there has been progress!

Pictures will be uploaded in due course.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:59 pm 
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well well well, here we go again ladies and gentlemen. i am very very sorry that it has taken so long, i started a new job in March, including moving away from home and everything that comes with it so unfortunately the dolomite took a back seat for a while :(. but yet, here i am trying my best to get stuff done and hopefully i will get some momentum up!

after much deliberation I decided that it was best to get the exhaust built. this is one of(if not, the last) major fabrication job left which will require welding on the shell itself. So to prevent any faux pas regarding welding onto a painted shell, this is the next step.

anyway, to the pictures! just in case you have forgotten what it looks like....

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The next step is to get the exhaust built. This will be done by a chap called Kevin who runs BM Wizard in Oswestry. He is a BMW specialist but also does custom exhausts. In my ringing around i spoke to 5 or 6 seperate fabricators, all of which gave off varying degrees of enthusiasm and knowledge about a) dolomites and b) the engine itself.

One of them even asked me "oh is that the 6 cylinder engine? the straight 6?" :shock:

IN contrast Kevin exuded enthusiasm to me and we ended up spending a couple of hours on the phone(spread over a couple of phone calls) talking about the project itself and how he would go about the design process and such.

To facilitate this, we had to fit the gearbox. We struggled for a while to fit it but then realised that when me and Alan cut the tail housing about we never trial fitted it to the car....... :oops:

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as you can see, the gear remote is fouling against the tunnel. oh s##t, we thought.

After a few frantic conversations, and panicked conversations with Alan himself, we decided to make the gearbox fit...

So we marked it out....

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and ended up with a hole!

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as you can see, it ended up fitting quite well! it was agreed that when 90% of the car is custom built, I am bound to come across problems like this. the strength that was cut out isn't consequential in terms of the structural integrity of the shell when it isnt going to be driven and that strength will be returned in some fashion before its painted.

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we then bundled it onto a trailer and took it to Oswestry.

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and there it is awaiting its next big step!


exciting things to come :D

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:31 pm 
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hey chaps and chapettes!

exciting stuff is happening!

remember when I delivered the car to a chap called Kevin in Oswestry?

well, this is what he came up with.

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looks good eh?

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what do you all think?

i am now given the task to get a running engine together and then the second half of the exhaust can be built. This is so he can properly spec the exhaust against track day noise limits. Kevin has given me a year to do this.....whether that happens or not we shall see :P

watch this space!

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 Post subject: Re: KLJ895W tinkering...
PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:16 pm 
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Is there anyone there?

I post these pictures up because I am told that people like to see them.

I am an avid fan of this forum and the help it gives to new and old owners of our cars alike, but at times I can certainly see why individuals have got disgruntled and, for want of a better word, left.

I will continue to post the pictures as it gives me an accurate timeline of what I am doing/going to do to KLJ.

I hope this doesn't ruffle any feathers....

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Please do keep posting, I for one am enjoying every update :thumbsup:

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:00 pm 
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Thanks Howard.

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 Post subject: Re: KLJ895W tinkering...
PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:50 pm 
Just look at the number of views.
That'll tell you if people are interested!

(people ARE interested).


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Yes please! :)

Very good thread is this one..in fact, I missed it a bit when it went quiet.. :( :lol:

As my resto's are done, it's nice to view others on the go and being completed. 8)


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Bill, i hadn't thought to look at that. Makes me feel better :)

Haha monetary problems and the procurement of a job away from home and the car means i know have the money(getting there) but not the time! The opposite to the situation before getting the job....


Thanks everyone.

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This is an interesting project.

I have a T9 'box in an 1850, it was necessary to shorten the remote by 74mm, thereby achieving a gear lever location akin to a Sprint.
For the gearstick I welded a Dolomite three rail straight section onto a Sierra lower part of the g'stick. It was necessary to heat and bend the Sierra bit
to give what has proved to be a very good solution. A Sierra gearstick on its own is too short to be reached comfortably.

Rather than use a Dolomite o/d mount, I went for the sturdier Sierra item, which fits a Dolomite cross member with some work, but not too much :) .

I am thinking you will not be using the cable operated handbrake since an hydraulic alternative is available?



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we're back again!

progress on the gearbox mount.

we are using a standard sprint mount (just turned round to face the other way)

this piece of box section then sits on top of it...

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and then an uprated gearbox mount for the type9 itself sits on top of this...

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here you can see the whole assembly. gearbox at the top, type9 mount in the middle on top of the box section and then the sprint mount underneath.

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this is looking from the back (towards the front)

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off the car and in the vice ready for welding

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welded!

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and here is the complete assembly. fully welded up. the engine and gearbox are now supported on their own mounts :)

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more progress next week!

Thanks Ian :).

we did it like this.

Nooo hydraulic clutch is a a good solution so will be going that route.


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Volkswagen Golf MK4 TDGTI 150 MM53VNT Sold 7-8-17
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:58 am 
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I'll add my +ve comments about this thread too...

Some great stuff here, Don't know why you ever thought we weren't interested...:-)

Keep it coming,....

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:10 pm 
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Thanks Jonners. Looking back on it i was a fool!


The next question is, shall i get it dipped....?

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Thanks Jonners. Looking back on it i was a fool!


The next question is, shall i get it dipped....?

Pete.
Depends on your reason for doing so. I'm definately an advocate for it as you know but it is expensive.

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