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Clutch did not go in.
The gearbox came off nicely, all went to plan, removed the old clutch and offered up the replacement.... it was from a GTi. Previous owner had given us the wrong one. Gave him a bell and he said he'd send us the right one, which arrived yesterday and is barely better than the one we removed.
I've given up and will be buying a new clutch kit tomorrow.
GOOD NEWS:
Made up the mounts for the bucket seat and welded them in. Cut one piece of box section and welded it in across between the sills infront of the handbrake housing, and cut another piece and welded it between the exhaust tunnel and sill. It couldn't go all the way across as the handbrake cables get in the way. I then welded the adjuster plates i'd made up on top of the box section, which should give some easy side to side adjustment.
Pictures in a minute.
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Didn't quite finish the welding as I ran out of wire. Will pick up some more tonight and finish it off. How the car is at the moment, engine held up by trolley jack and car on axle stands.
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
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Club RR Member Number: 142
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Those white steels look ace. Are they 106rallye jobbies?
p.s. good progress with the seats.
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1964 Rover P5 i6 1987 BMW 525e - The Rusty Streak 1992 Micra K10 2001 BMW E46 316i 2002 BMW E46 330Ci 2013 BMW F31 320d 2018 BMW G31 530d
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The wheels are unknown 2 are ET20 and two are ET28, all are 5x13. They have been roughly brush painted white on the front and are properly manky behind They do look good on it though
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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All fully welded in One welding tip.... thin metal is more easily welded with thinner welding wire. Went down from 0.8mm to 0.6mm and am finding it much easier. Adam
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Oh yeh and I also bought a new clutch for it today. £52.90 and they had it in stock at Motorist discount, and they'll give me a fiver if I take the old one back! Not bad at all! Will get it in and back on 4 wheels on the weekend Adam
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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J.P
Posted a lot
I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
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Shame about your clutch issues Adam! Seats and the cage will make it feel like the Car it will be if you get what i mean.
Some serious tyres on the steels!
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Shame about your clutch issues Adam! Seats and the cage will make it feel like the Car it will be if you get what I mean. Some serious tyres on the steels! Avon ACB10s. Wet weather Formula Ford tyres! Quite old but should be fairly grippy
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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The past few days have been extreeeemely productive. Started off by fully welding up the seat mounts and bolting in the seat and harnesses, which made the car feel more like a car! Then on friday evening a decided I'd spend 5 minutes cutting down the door bars to the rightlength. In order to do that I had to tack the brackets in place and so before I knew it, with the welder out, I had cut down and welded in the door bars! (It was also 10pm and the parents/neighbours weren't too impressed). Then saturday morning came. Due to my dad's stubborn refusal to go down to halfords to buy the correct tool to undo the filler/drain plugs on the gearbox last weekend, there was part off a filed down 3/8ths drive stuck in the filler plug which was refusing to come out. This meant the correct tool, reluctantly bought the next day, would not go in and the plug was stuck. Luckily he managed to file two flats on the sides and get a spanner on it, which after a fair amount of swearing and wrestling brought it out. That meant we could get on with putting it all back together with the new clutch! After 6 hours of wriggling, shouting and levering it was all back together and on its (new) feet. I went to start it and it all went dead.... oh dear. We fiddled with the fuses and, by chance, i turned the ignition on while my dad was leaning on the battery and it worked! Turned out that i hadnt done up the battery connection properly.... always the small things ehh! Sunday coming right up.
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Today was spent doing odd little jobs. First was to adjust the clutch, which turned out perfect. The release baring is wurring a fair amount at the moment but hopefully it'll bed in. Then I bodged up a bracket for the coil, which was just floating around the engine bay Using two right-angle brackets and some random bolts I had i managed to attach it onto the original holes quite easily! I also forgot to mention that the pipercross airfilter we bought off ebay for £9.50 arrived on friday, so i got that fitted. The coil is the thing between the battery and the head I then removed what was left of the bonnet release mechanism (it had been removed at the bonnet end, so the cable was just dangling around), removed the spare wheel holders and adjusted the handbrake so that I didnt have to pull it almost upright to get it to do anything! With the help off a set of 5mm spacers I managed to fit the KN Jupiters with Yoko A021s off the Locost, which previously wouldn't clear the front calipers. They look great, although from some angles they appear to be too baloony. This evening I set about refitting the front lower bumper and grille (which was previously attached by 1 cable tie). I also dug out the timing strut my dad had made for his Elise, which fitted very nicely on the numberplate screw! Timing struts are the thing to have... will be making a carbon one this week More photos:
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Oh, and the bad bits: Those Yokos run like a barsteward on the back Rust, nasty bodgetastic filler job: And I managed to cross thread 1 of the rollcage mount threads, and damaged 2 others M8 tap will hopefully sort it, crossed fingers.
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Last Edit: Aug 5, 2007 21:21:35 GMT by Adam
1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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I fixed the threads on the roll cage mounts and bolted it in properly this evening, having bought myself a tap and die set today It's all shaping up! *touches wood*. Retro-Rides show here we come!
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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J.P
Posted a lot
I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
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Progress, sweeeeet I'll have to see this one at Retro Rides. Get the cage painted to match the Steels!
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Probably said this before but it looks so very good!
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The one thing that lets it down is the absolutely terrible spraying on the bonnet and grille. Its started to peel and is showing bits of grey and red through the black!
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Saru
Part of things
No Brand Loyalty
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I think this car is ace!
I reckon those mags would look better with 1 size narrower and 1 size lower profile tyres.
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1974 Saab 99 EMSI bought a new car. It's 35 years old. My friends said I was mad. We'll see.
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Made these today: Mmmmm real carbon fibre radio slot covers. More cabon fibre on its way as well hopefully! I love my job
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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street
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6.2 ft/lbs of talk
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Nice work! This cars ace, I love those Jupiters on it personally Nice use of carbon fibre aswell, nice detail Keep up the good work!
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oof carbon. i love carbon, makes me feel funny. where abouts did you get yours from? i need to make some blanks for my dash aswell
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oof carbon. I love carbon, makes me feel funny. where abouts did you get yours from? I need to make some blanks for my dash aswell I'm working at Gould Racing at the moment, so its some offcuts of carbon I laid up and cured as practice You can buy it in sheets I think but it ain't cheap! Check Fluke-Motorsport, I thinkg they do it. Carbon timing strut next I think. Adam
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