2.4E 'From Barn to Road'

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:58 pm

well done Barry, looking good

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:21 pm

Thanks all: now for the nice bit, all of those 'pottering' jobs that gradually improve things: more to follow.

BTW, Yes, Ian, that is the next project, and one that any budding Sheet Metal Students will get to see in October

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hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:44 am

so Barry, how does it drive ? A match for an 'S' ?

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:00 pm

Well done Barry, I said it before and I'll say it again

Barry wrote: Sheet Metal Students will get to see in October .

Oh you tease...

willbrown · Post by **willbrown** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:57 pm

Congrats Barry

Road report

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:33 pm

Bit of an update: the car has been used twice since the MOT.

The first time I drove pretty steadily to a family BBQ, and it behaved pretty well, except that right at the end of the drive I heard a bit of a noise from the rear, in time with wheel revs.

Had a look, and it looked as though it was a lump of tut had found it's way into the rear brakes: soon sorted, and all appeared well.

Then, on the way to the wedding last weekend, one of the driveshafts really started protesting, induced I think by a bit of full throttle/third gear action. Two things became apparent then: one, the car is really quite quick when wound up, and two, one of the driveshafts was poorly.

As per the thread under '911', it turned out that one of the CV joints has lost it's grease, which had been replaced by a sorry mixture of rust and gunge. Driveshaft has now been re-built, and I'm looking fowards to being able to drive the car again.

Next stage is to quieten the car down with a pair of gear selector shaft boots ( I fitted these to the last car, and couldn't believe the difference they made). Also I want to put in the mountings for the four-point harnesses at the same time: might do these over this weekend.

More to follow ...

Highfield · Post by **Highfield** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:20 pm

Barry wrote:Bit of an update: the car has been used twice since the MOT.

Next stage is to quieten the car down with a pair of gear selector shaft boots ( I fitted these to the last car, and couldn't believe the difference they made). ...

What are these Barry ?

Ian

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:35 pm

Where the nose of the gearbox reduces down to a diameter of 1 1/2 inches or so (and where the gear selector shaft goes into the gearbox), there should be a gaiter.

This goes around the gearbox nose, and into the rear bulkhead: when the tunnel cover is removed, you can see a round flange around the perimeter of the gear selector hole, and the outer gaiter doubles back to fit around this. This first gaiter bridges the gap between the gearbox nose and the bulkhead, keeping out some of the noise, and all of the fumes and all oil but any that leaks from around the selector shaft.

There is also an inner gaiter that goes tightly around the gear selector shaft on the gear lever side, which also fits around the same bulkhead flange. This one is a real swine to put on.

Ultimately though, these two significantly reduce the amount of mechanical, and in particularly, transmission, noise that enters into the car. To the degree that I thought that my original gearbox on my Gulf Blue car was about to expire. Once the gaiters were on, it sounded quieter than many overhauled boxes.

Well recomended, and stocked by Roger Bray (about 50 quid the pair, all in).

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:19 am

Ian - this is the inner one that Barry mentions :

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:15 am

An absolute b***h to fit, but well worth it

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:27 am

Yep: Ian, the reason that the inner one is so nasty to fit, is that it's a very tight fit around the flange.

Normally this would just mean that you pre-stretch it a bit, and pull it over. In this case though, there's so little room to get your hands in and pull it on and stretch it all at the same time.

No doubt I'll be cursing it a bit later on this morning ...

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Mind you, once you're expecting something to be awkward, it's not so bad. It's those jobs that you think you'll do 'because I've got a minute', that turn into the 4 hour (or worse) marathons that are really frustrating ....

Highfield · Post by **Highfield** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:54 pm

I guess mine needs to be pulled over the coupler, but at least it is there

Ian

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:18 pm

Highfield wrote:I guess mine needs to be pulled over the coupler

Good luck with that...

It needs to be fitted from that end, quite how it's ended up there I don't know!

Dyno Soar · Post by **Dyno Soar** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:03 pm

Barry wrote:

WOW BARRY...!!!! I have been really busy and away from the forum but DAMN !!!

What a job! You rock!

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:24 pm

Thank you Sir!

The photo does flatter it a bit, but it doesn't look bad at all really, and goes very well. No doubt you'll see it soon

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