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Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:43 am
by Edin Dundee
xvivalve wrote:Matters are now in hand.
Will any purists object to having to use metric bolts to fix the parcel shelf support bar to the sides of the tunnel? I can't find any specialist fixings to create the captive nuts with an imperial thread? I know the racers won't likely bother with the bar or the shelf, but it seems silly to create a mould that won't cater for the requirements of all...
Alun, remind me - are they clinch nut type fixings? If yes, I have a supplier of imperial sizes, cheap too.
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:53 am
by xvivalve
No Bill, they are a specialist fitting for use with GRP; I use the manufacturers with GRP work in the building industry, they also have an automotive application arm but only do metric threads.
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:58 am
by xvivalve
Would a purist ever fit a GRP tunnel?????
Good point. Well presented. I'll crack on then!
And yes, I know of at least one former club member who would have kept his car from being completed and enjoyed for the sake of not fitting a GRP tunnel if nothing else was available!
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:10 pm
by lazeruspete
xvivalve wrote:Would a purist ever fit a GRP tunnel?????
Good point. Well presented. I'll crack on then!
And yes, I know of at least one former club member who would have kept his car from being completed and enjoyed for the sake of not fitting a GRP tunnel if nothing else was available!
Alun,
Any progress here?
we would like 2!
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:14 pm
by xvivalve
I hope to have them by the Triumph Show...
Out of interest, what is the thread size of the bolts which attach the parcel shelf support bar to the side of the tunnel? Is it 3/16 UNF?
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:33 pm
by Mad Mart
It's 7/16" A/F, 1/4" UNF thread.
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:14 pm
by xvivalve
M6 would be closest then; suppose I'd better supply the tunnels with 4 x M6 bolts for customer convenience
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:56 pm
by Neil907
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:36 pm
by xvivalve
Yes, they only do metric; they are the folk I was going to use but the fabricator now has an alternative to show me...
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:30 pm
by lazeruspete
xvivalve wrote:I hope to have them by the Triumph Show...
Out of interest, what is the thread size of the bolts which attach the parcel shelf support bar to the side of the tunnel? Is it 3/16 UNF?
ok thanks Alun
thanks for all your help on thursday by the way, great help
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:07 pm
by triplesfanatic
Do we have price on these?
Dave
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:42 pm
by xvivalve
Not quite, but soon...
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:25 pm
by Hobo
Would be interested too.....
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:59 pm
by xvivalve
That's seven expressions of interest then so far; I'll base costs on a few more over time then. Was going to see a few folk today, but with the pesky white stuff around the idiots around here are failing to cope and grid locking the streets, so I stayed at home in front of the fire!
Re: Sprint Manual Transmission Tunnels
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:04 pm
by lazeruspete
xvivalve wrote:That's seven expressions of interest then so far; I'll base costs on a few more over time then. Was going to see a few folk today, but with the pesky white stuff around the idiots around here are failing to cope and grid locking the streets, so I stayed at home in front of the fire!
sounds wise!
one of the biggest dangers of weather like this is the dodgy driving by other road users.....the fluffy white stuff seems to bring it out in them!
and yay for GRP gearbox tunnels