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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:50 am 
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Thanks chaps! There's a few more decals to go on but nearly there.

Planning on going Tony but I might be working away so we'll see.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:33 pm 
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Agree with all the other comments it looks fantastic. Hope you can make Dolly Day so I can view it. Well done Shaun.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:24 pm 
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Thats superb.

Well done and now....foot down and enjoy it :)


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:12 pm 
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Had I created that, I'd be too scared to drive it!


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 11:00 pm 
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Thank you very much chaps!

Planning on going to Wiltshire but I won't know for another week yet....


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 8:31 pm 
That looks the mutts Shaun :)


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:23 pm 
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Hi Shaun,

Did you ever get to the bottom of the gearbox/thrust bearing noise?


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 12:25 am 
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Hi Shaun,

Did you ever get to the bottom of the gearbox/thrust bearing noise?
In a word, no.

When the car is started in neutral for the first time, the gearbox sounds quite normal.

Depress the clutch and bring it back up again and the grumbling noise starts.....I'm assuming it's the release bearing .....


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:22 pm 
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Hi Shaun.....Interesting..

Although mine has now quietened down now, I had a similar noise when I first mated the newly rebuilt engine and gearbox up.

I think mine was the new spigot bush rotating in the crank rather than the gearbox shaft turning inside it. I noticed when I installed it that it was a light press fit in the crank and tighter (not overly so however) fit on the input shaft on the gearbox.
I think that its now had time to wear in that the bush is now staying put in the crank and doing what it should do.

From memory it started to make a noise when the clutch was pressed. Makes sense as it would be when the gearbox input shaft would be static (assuming its in gear) and crank rotating.

All quiet now, so fingers crossed thats all it was..perhaps similar to yours?


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:00 pm 
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Swapped the tyres to the new minilites today and chatted about getting it MoT'd first week of April so things are moving again!

Speaking of moving.....

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Will be doing spanner checks over the next few weeks and fitting a 1 litre oil catch tank to the crankcase breather to comply with the MSA competition car rules, sorting the front bumper and towing brkt and then we should be go to go!


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:15 am 
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Very Nice, love the side pipe. 8)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 1:54 pm 
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Love it. Hope it goes as good as it looks. Fantastic result Shaun. Hope to see it at a the national day.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:54 am 
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Cheers chaps!

Think it would look good next to yours Tony at the NEC later in the year!

Not sure about the National meet as I think this is the weekend before the Revival and we're going down there ​the weekend before so might not be able to make it. Will check.

In the meantime, started the crank case breather today......

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....and finished the windscreen washer set up.....

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 7:17 pm 
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Super Al came round yesterday and tracked the car up adding a little toe in whilst he was at it...... None of that fangled laser aligning malarky for this magician!....

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... and​ then off to the MoT station.....

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....So finally......

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 7:31 pm 
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Well done mate and no advisories. My 1st mot they advised no bumpers fitted and number plate on bonnet.

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