Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

[Paul C]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Oh bugger the system in my car is out of date and was just going to send it away to be refilled , sounds like I need to start saving for a new one then .
I dont use my car for competion like yourself but worried it may not work if out of date

Ian, Castle Combe refill lifeline extinguishers. Also there is some where in Essex that do it as well. If that is nearer to you i can find out their name if you like?

[Paul C]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

How is your weekend going Paul? Making good progress?

[105Ian]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Ian, Castle Combe refill lifeline extinguishers. Also there is some where in Essex that do it as well. If that is nearer to you i can find out their name if you like?

Hi Paul , Essex is nearer to me and that would be very helpfull if you could find there name for me .

Thanks very much , Ian

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

How is your weekend going Paul? Making good progress?

Hi Paul - not too bad, got the following done so far:

Clutch fitted
Gearbox in
Prop-shaft back on
Exhaust manifold on
Exhaust on
Gear lever back in (after we eventually found it! )
Plumbed in system mounted (much nicer fit than old one )
Dry sump tank adapters fitted
Oil lines re-fitted through car
New clutch feed and bleed lines made

Also got the oil tank breather dropped off at CAM auto to be swaged - so should be here next week.

Started looking at the wiring that I have to do but scared myself Anyone know a decent auto electrician?!?

Have found a home for my old handhelds, but if anyone needs a 2.25kg Lifeline Zero 360 plumbed-in electrical system, drop me a line. Am also ready to sell at least one of my Corbeau Pro Series seats in Kevlar/carbon....

Cheers,

Paul

[mista weava]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Am also ready to sell at least one of my Corbeau Pro Series seats in Kevlar/carbon....

Cheers,

Paul

What date on the seat Paul?

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

The wrong one I'm afraid Richard - one of my seats is out of date now, so need a new one before Monteberg (presuming it's running by then obviously)

Paul.

[mista weava]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

I think you'll find that you won't need a new one for Monteberg.

VAS rules state 10 years.

I shall be there with an out of date pro-series.

I've checked with Angelo and it was fine for Moorslede, I'll double check for Monteberg too.

You could be in luck.

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

That'd be a result - thanks Richard

[mista weava]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

You have email, which you will like.

[RobS2]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Hi Paul, I have dropped you a PM. Cheers Rob

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Not much progress recently as I've been overseas again, but had the car at its spritual home in Essex this afternoon to make the new radiator fit. This basically involved Gary using bigger and bigger hammers on the car while I pretended to do others things to save me watching.....



Got home to find that the special Saturday delivery promised by Demon Theives hadn't arrived - so plans for having car started next weekend now look doubtful Now I know why I only use them as a last resort......

More updates tomorrow hopefully...

[david_white]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Looking good Paul, nice progress.

[105Ian]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Good to hear a bit more progress Paul , and if it involes Gary and a hammer and reshaping a bit of metal its got to be progress in the right direction

[mista weava]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

2weeks...

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Cheers guys. I couldn't do what I really needed to do today because of some parts not arriving, but we did manage to keep progress heading in the right direction...

Made carbon fibre bracket for fuel pressure regulator
Connected ECU power and earth points
Mounted electric water pump heat sink
Fitted radiator and top/bottom hoses
Added radiator bleed pipe
Fitted fuel tank sight gauge protector
Fitted dry sump catch-tank and overflow hoses
Began tidying wiring loom

It now has oil and water in it - and no puddles on the floor (yet!)

A couple of pics, first up the funky sight gauge protector........I need it for Belgium events but can't believe that you don't see more on other cars



And a shot of the nearly complete engine bay showing the new big header radiator. It might be the first clear shot of the removable front panel too....



I've now got to do a few evenings or take day off to get the car ready for the first engine startup - but not giving up on doing the event in Belgium yet, despite the fact that it'll be over this time in two weeks time!!

More soon,

Paul