Back in beige

[sladey]

Buy the stainless, unless cash is tight. If so fettle and buy the stainless when you're flush/sell the steering wheel

[jamie]

Very nice Jamie but in addition to James question where is the coil?

Under the carb on the left!

Sladey - you're absolutely right. Proceeding with this.

[Nine One One]

My original heater boxes were in good condition, and The Dude managed to remove them from the original exhaust and split them in two so they could be used on the custom 4-into-1 exhaust. The entry and exit holes from the boxes were enlarged to accommodate the larger bore of the 4-into-1 exhaust.

The exhaust I ended-up buying from Nick is the same bore as the original - 38mm diameter. If I try to fit the heater boxes, two things happen - 1. the entry and exit holes, which were enlarged for the 4-into-1, aren't tight around the 38mm pipe, and 2. the radius of the 180-degree bend in the J-tube, which is larger than the original, means the boxes won't sit in the right place to mate with the rest of the system.

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Jamie,
Cant you just use exhaust heat wrap to close the gaps up on the top and bottom of the ‘J’ tubes. That should seal them, look tidy, and better than trying to butcher the heat exchangers anymore?

Ian

[jamie]

I could, but I just ordered some stainless ones because I'm a lazy tart.

£340 delivered from Germany. They've yet to arrive, so don't know if it was a good buy or not...

[aston]

Hi Jamie - I read this and thought of you, although I don't whether it adds anymore to what you've already found out..

http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums ... headlights

[jamie]

It is very important to fit the headlights you are going to use before the car is painted... If the headlight bucket has been replaced then there is a good chance that the light will not pop over the lip or the lip is not the right shape to hold the light in place or there could be a gap.

Exactly what I didn't do. I am an idiot, and it looks like a fairly big job to put right.

[Jonny Hart]

It is very important to fit the headlights you are going to use before the car is painted... If the headlight bucket has been replaced then there is a good chance that the light will not pop over the lip or the lip is not the right shape to hold the light in place or there could be a gap.

Exactly what I didn't do. I am an idiot, and it looks like a fairly big job to put right.

If it makes you feel any better, my painter who has painted hundreds of 911s forgot to trial fit mine even though I handed them to him on day 1.

When I collected the car they were gathering dust in a storeroom. I said 'you did fit them, didn,t you?'. He looked sheepish. The headlamps went bouncing down the road...

...twice

I had to get one of wings repainted in the end.

[murph2309]

I did the same thing with my indicator units (I didn't use my 'new' lenses during trial fit) and horn grilles. Just not where I want them to be. It's a really, really easy thing to overlook if you're doing this for the first time. Don't give yourself too hard a time for it. But I do understand the frustration too....

[jamie]

Thanks guys. Nice to hear I'm not the only one, even if it isn't particularly 'nice to hear'.

[jamie]

A few months ago I did some quick filler stuff on the fibreglass parts of a friend's aeroplane build. When he took the bits over to his painter, he said 'whoever did this, get them to do everything else'.

So apparently I am now the go-to guy for block-sanding and filler work.

Here's the cowling from the aircraft. It's a Vans RV4, which is a very handsome tandem-seat aerobatic taildragger. I've taken the filler right back to keep weight to a minimum, but the aircraft has shitloads of power-to-weight and a variable-pitch prop, so a skim of filler won't stop it haulin' ass.

I'm trying to convince him to paint it BMW Kalahari Beige Metallic. Something Reno Air Racer about that colour. Turns out it's easier to choose paint for other people's things.

[Darren65]

...So apparently I am now the go-to guy for block-sanding and filler work.....

Well if you're ever short of work......

[jamie]

Cheers Darren. If I spend much more time on the car, and not looking after my business, I may have to take you up on that...

Quick update: Last week I went over to Darren's place in Swindon to collect the front screen he kindly offered to me. Whilst I was there, I got a ride in the Mongrel. Turns out it's not really a Mongrel - it's F****** nice! So crisp, with lovely details all over. He offered me a drive, but I have a rule about that, so I went for a ride as a passenger.

Look at his happy face https://vine.co/v/iZqeg2glvUI

It does revs: https://vine.co/v/iW2r1zQzhgh

The car broke down about 400 yards from home. Whilst Darren went to fetch his Land Rover and a rope, I fiddled with the fuses and got it going again. That bullet fuse box they put in the front of these cars has is such a crock of nonsense. I broke my rule and drove the car back to his house. I didn't exceed 20mph, but I can say that from 0-20mph it drives beautifully.



^The car isn't actually this colour. My phone has had it. Last weekend I replaced the protective screen on the camera lens and it's doing a lot better now, as you can see below.

This evening, with the aid of my ever-helpful girlfriend, I fitted the screen. It went in well and the seal fits a lot better than the screen I broke - it's an old screen, so I think it's more likely to be the right shape for the aperture.



Happy again

[911hillclimber]

I have that same rule about driving other's cars too.
I spin my fuses every spring time...

Those vid clips are silent on my PC!

[jamie]

You might need to click on them.

Or turn your speakers up!

Yeah, I'll happily drive other cars, but only if they're easily replaceable, and Darren's Mongrel isn't.

Once upon a time I was shooting a Lamborghini Miura for a magazine and, after telling the owner that it was one of my dream cars, he insisted I have a go in it. After some persuasion, I reluctantly agreed and set off, with him in the passenger seat, driving like a nun. After a few hundred yards the guy said I was being a fanny and that I should rag it - if I blew it up, he could fix it since he had been working on them for decades. More revs. More MORE MORE! So I did, and it was awesome.

But that's about the only time.

[Northy]

That's the perfect reason to get the modern blade replacement board that Jonny on here makes. Screw originality when a LED warning tells you which fuse has blown!