Restoration of 128/4430

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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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I did notice that the wheel centres were also perfectly aligned (horizontal) :D

I did think of mentioning this to Jason for the mark 1 on their stand but thought better of it :wink:
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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zacmarshall wrote:I did notice that the wheel centres were also perfectly aligned (horizontal) :D

I did think of mentioning this to Jason for the mark 1 on their stand but thought better of it :wink:
Not so easy on a Mk1 or 2, ask Lewi :wink:
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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zacmarshall wrote:I did notice that the wheel centres were also perfectly aligned (horizontal) :D

I did think of mentioning this to Jason for the mark 1 on their stand but thought better of it :wink:
I think that concours competition has scarred me for life :shock:
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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I'm still working my way through a snagging list of minor jobs on the car and have now found the annoying rattle when the a/c came on and have spent a few hours today calibrating my fuel gauge which showed a higher than normal reading and the low level light never came on.

I had to drain the tank and remove the sender unit to adjust the float height but now it reads perfectly and the low level light comes on with just over 2 gallons left in the tank so it's one less thing to annoy me. The sender unit should read approx 220 ohms with an empty tank and the low level contact should read 0 ohms to earth, this is worth checking if you fit a new sender unit as mine was a new unit and by not checking as I assembled it meant i had lots more work to rectify it.

Next job is to make some more adjustments to the passenger door as this is the only closing panel I am still not happy with.
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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can I ask what is wrong with the door and how it wil be sorted?
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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The problem is now that the rear of the passenger door is not closing by about 4mm and by adjusting the goalpost in slightly it closes up much better but after a while the goalpost moves back out.

So i will remove the rear trim and goalpost to see what is going on.

After employing many experts and making adjustments myself i am nearly there with the closing panel gaps but i will be taking much more intrest in the fit on my next project before the final paint is applied as everything is much harder and scarier to adjust once the paintwork is finished.

The doors are not 100% perfect but much better than many i have seen and i am now happy that the drivers door and bonnet are good but its been a hard and expensive learning curve for me to get this far.
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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This is the car I want my own (128/4451) to be like.

It's a benchmark in restoration and perciverance.

Can't wait to see how the FF will turn out...

John P
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Understeer - Hitting the fence with the front of the car
Oversteer - Hitting the fence with the rear of the car
Horsepower -How fast you hit the fence
Torque - How far you take the fence with you
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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Pymmie wrote:This is the car I want my own (128/4451) to be like.

It's a benchmark in restoration and perciverance.

Can't wait to see how the FF will turn out...

John P
excuse my ignorance.......what ff?
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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Brinny11 wrote:
Pymmie wrote:This is the car I want my own (128/4451) to be like.

It's a benchmark in restoration and perciverance.

Can't wait to see how the FF will turn out...

John P
excuse my ignorance.......what ff?
This one
http://www.joc.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=19250

Even with Dave not being happy with the gaps it was still better than the Cropredy / Bavarez cars
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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ta :D
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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Finally got round to sorting out the passenger door catch, having removed the goalpost the holes were made slightly larger and it was refitted with a rubber gasket I made up which helps it stay where it is fastened so hopefully it will not move out again.
It was a fairly quick and easy job once I got started, heres a before and after photo.
Still not 100% but at least it doesn't look like ive left the door open.

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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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Well done Dave, good result.
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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Good fix, I'm glad to see the dirt in the wheelarch as well a sign of a used car.
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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I have had a fair few owners asking me what I used for the insulation and heat proofing on the bulkhead so thought I would add it here for future reference of other owners.

The insulation material is the same as commonly used in industrial a/c and air handling units
I got mine from:
http://www.pipelagging.com/sheet-insula" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... tion-plain

I think you can buy this from most industrial a/c wholesalers.

For the heatshield the material I used is called Aluminium Glass Cloth (Heatshield 780) and cost me £25 per metre, i used 3 metres on my car and this allowed for some mistakes.
I bought it from a company called:

Textiles Technologies Europe Ltd
Kingston Mills
Manchester Road
Hyde
Cheshire
SK14 2BZ

Email sales@textiletechnologies.co.uk
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Re: Restoration of 128/4430

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I have tried to stick to originality when rebuilding the car with the view to carry out any upgrades only to issues that became evident over time rather than update everything and this has mainly been ok.

I have had an issue with the rear springs though, I did fit a new set when the car was restored and they were 2" too high until the car started being driven they then began to settle but just kept settling with the result of the car sitting 1 ½ " too low.
I was going to wait until winter to sort this but did not want to chance damaging the underneath of the car so a pair of coil overs have been fitted to to car today and I can now adjust the ride height to suit also they have the advantage of 14 damper settings.

Other than this and an annoying small power steering leak the car has been great and no other upgrades will be required.

Now looking forward to the Cornwall weekend I just need to ring the insurance company as I've almost used my 3000 mile limit this year.
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