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procrastinator, i decided to drill as shown below , the metal of the flywheel on mine was not cast iron , but also did not seem to be typical steel , it machined grey , but made spirals not chips , so i am gussing a v soft steel or grey iron , not sure how it would weld . to drill i moved all the holes out as far as possible so to increase their torque carrying capacity .Anyrdup ,have a read of this latest post and if there is anything you want to ask fire away Meanwhile.. Well its very quiet in here , but i will keep on plodding on in the great clutch debacle , i spent a little while trying to get the hub bolted to the flywheel ,without making it ll very weak ... It was not as simple as it looks ,all the flywheel holes on the transit flywheel , that i was trying to keep in line with the new holes , where not equally spaced , and then to add to the complication ,neither were the DB9 flywheel holes . in the end i had a clear plastic flexible sheet , cut to match the outer and inner diameters of the hub , that i kept marking up ,and swapping from hub to flywheel and back , trying to remember to turn it over each time , and then wiping off the marks and starting again .i had one ring of holes , the inners , then the DB9 ring of holes , then the new ring of holes i had to drill , all fighting with each other . in the end i am happy its as good as i can get it ...as far away from both the 4 big flange bolts ,and also as far away from the inner ring of holes as well . hub ,with grubs in the old holes.. you can see the new holes are in the outer ring of ,um ,holes . bolted up , oh yes i also machined the centre of the hub to locate on the flywheel centre .. also shortened the bolts to suit the thinner flywheel . then worked out how much to machine off the hub to get it to fit in ,6mm in the end .. lathed that off in .25mm slices.. finished.. then retapped my dedicated bolts that hold the hub to the drive flange .. so i could shorten them to suit the 6mm thinner hub , and still have thread to work with . lastly i drilled the clutch operating arm stud hole 14mm 5mm deep ,so the stud was 5mm further into the case.. this allowed me to miss the arm with the clutch .. ( V decided this picture was so lunar landscape she was going to paint it ,and call it "The Hole" ) and here is an idea of the clearance ( after i just about did myself in carrying the whole 85 lb assembly over to the gearbox and sliding it in ).. amd my lash up .. not sure the oil should be that colour . OH ! ,,good news is , the new clutch /flywheel assemby is 38.5 lbs , the old transit stuff was 45 lbs ,so much lighter now . so that's all a good bit of pregresstasticnessnosity ,i will now hoick it all apart again , and trim and fettle , then it can go back together for good . thanks for watching , don't be a stranger regards robert.
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Well, that was a marathon. Just spent the last week reading from page 1 to 296 over on rns. What a machine! What a guy! What a girl! (V of course). Hope I get to see it in the flesh one day. THank you BAZZ ,gold star for stamina in the face of utter nonsense ,i hope the medication to bring you back to normality works ok . really appreciate such kind words .
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Well done with all the clutch work Robert.
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I also am fiddling with an Aston twin plate clutch and flywheel. Not exactly the same as yours, my flywheel is certainly heavier, yours been lightened maybe? Anyway I am trying it on an Audi v8, and like yours the holes are not where I want them. Considering welding them up and re-drilling. Some people say fine some say madness, what are your thoughts? I will probably do it anyway just to see what happens. Be very, very careful. Flywheels if they let go are extremely good at amputating feet, so if you do decide to weld one then seriously consider a scattershield outside the bellhousing. They normally let go under heavy load so its never going to be a small explosion.
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tristanh
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Loving the ingenuity, Robert.
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Whether you believe you can, or you cannot, you're probably right.
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phew, that was an exercise in dogged determinationness Robert, pretty sure it will repay you by working as predicted, and to that end, I await with bated breath and fingers crossed the report that shall be forthcoming to confirm this,when this is written and posted I shall rejoice and offer my heartfelt congratulations!!
crack on ,you that is not the clutch!
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Well done with all the clutch work Robert. Thank you Phil , it all got a bit involved ....as usual ! any joy with your monster ? I also am fiddling with an Aston twin plate clutch and flywheel. Not exactly the same as yours, my flywheel is certainly heavier, yours been lightened maybe? Anyway I am trying it on an Audi v8, and like yours the holes are not where I want them. Considering welding them up and re-drilling. Some people say fine some say madness, what are your thoughts? I will probably do it anyway just to see what happens. Be very, very careful. Flywheels if they let go are extremely good at amputating feet, so if you do decide to weld one then seriously consider a scattershield outside the bellhousing. They normally let go under heavy load so its never going to be a small explosion. wise words , a lack of tyre grip, and good 12.9 bolts holding it all to the crank , help keep things together too. Loving the ingenuity, Robert. merci Tristan ,time will tell if its all ok ! phew, that was an exercise in dogged determinationness Robert, pretty sure it will repay you by working as predicted, and to that end, I await with bated breath and fingers crossed the report that shall be forthcoming to confirm this,when this is written and posted I shall rejoice and offer my heartfelt congratulations!! crack on ,you that is not the clutch! Rejoice ...such a good word RW,i feel freshly motivated to deliver , if only to rejoice in your rejoiceingnessnosity ..ness.
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I've skipped over this thread for too long, so just read the first and last couple of pages to catch up. If I had the lunacy to try this, I'd be using nissan RB engines or VQ40's if I wanted a shorter nose. Jag engines aren't as plentiful over here, and 1/2JZ's command a premium. Plus they are EFI (I don't like carbs) and boost ready But carry on, it's making good noises
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Well done with all the clutch work Robert. Thank you Phil , it all got a bit involved ....as usual ! any joy with your monster ? I'm embarrassed to say that progress has been .....Nil! I have been spending more and more time on "Big Trains and trucks" on the Great Central Railway.
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ah , the seduction of big brass instruments ,,,not to be underestimated !
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I've skipped over this thread for too long, so just read the first and last couple of pages to catch up. If I had the lunacy to try this, I'd be using nissan RB engines or VQ40's if I wanted a shorter nose. Jag engines aren't as plentiful over here, and 1/2JZ's command a premium. Plus they are EFI (I don't like carbs) and boost ready But carry on, it's making good noises Thanks Sciclone.....Yes,the jag engine seem to be good and available here , the RB engines are about 10 times the price lol.
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So where is the long smoky burnout video then? ? ? ?
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Hagar,
I'm a mod on rods n sods so pm me your password & email address & I'll get it sorted for you.
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hagar , thank you , , interestingly originally i had designed the front prop with a cv joint and a uj at the front , before i even drove the car legally on the road i was leaning into the driver side footwell revving the car with my hand , and the prop snapped right by my ear , 4 inches in front of the gearbox ,,the prop flapped about , but its so short it cannot get up any umph .i may have got a bit of cv joint grease on my cheek ,but it was no drama .
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well today i have been eating bampton butchers sausage inna bunguette... Apart from that i have been playing with my oily box . flywheel on and loctited and torqued up .. clutch ditto.. smoothed off all the fins where i had hacked them away for clearance .. clutch assembly bolted up ... i decided not to lift it in by hand ... even with the 7 pounds lighter flywheel clutch .....the assembly now weighs 185 lbs . and plonked in the hole .. i asked theo what he thought ... and said .. SUPPER !! regards robert.
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eternaloptimist
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Too many projects, not enough time or space...
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Good work there.
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XC70, VW split screen crew cab, Standard Ten
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Soon be smoky burnout time
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Hope I get to see it in the flesh one day. At RetroRides gathering. On the BNMAC stand *coughcough* *come on Robert don't be a wallflower* Do you mean Gathering or Weekender? We’ve booked both, but one is much sooner than the other
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Mar 10, 2019 11:37:52 GMT
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I was looking back through the rns thread just now,to make myself feel like i had actually achieved something,it all seems to be taking so long ...and i saw this little post about my medical mri scan i had,for no feeling in my foot .I thought , for those who have not waded through 300 odd pages of twaddle , it may be new and provide a good idea of what to expect if you have to go through the same sort of test .
Well today was slightly surreal , and did not go as expected .
Due to a bit of a back prob , i had to go for a MRI ,which was a new experience for me .
I trolled up and waited for my turn , unfortunately due to me having forgotten i had my bondage pants on , i had to go bare bum gown mode ,but that was ok, just a bit cold on initial reclination .
The nurse showed me this white tube MRI thing ,just about big enough to fit in without a stiffy , and as i eyed it dubiously she announced i would have to be in there for 45 MINUTES ,without moving , at all.
she gave me a little grey bladder to squeeze if i felt the need to for extraction ,and then proceeded to fit me with ear plugs ,and then ear pads to drown out the noise ..i was previously unaware of all this , or how tiny the tube was. and yes i do get a bit claustrophobic at times .
Onto the machine gurney i went ,and the head is slightly lower than the torso , so swallowing was also a bit of a non starter .
the conveyor fed my quivering grey faced anatomy into the machine (bit like on Thunderbird 1) and i lay there looking at the ceiling 2 inches from my face 6ft inside the tube .
wonder what happens now i thought , my query was answered by a cacophony of squeaks rumbles and concussions , that sounded like a mob of gorillas had been let loose in the percussion dept of the bbc special effect wing . incredibly , some of the noises actually made a tune , so i spent a little time thinking up lyrics .
i also spent more time imagining medusa in lots of different colours ,and trying to go to sleep and trying not to look at the ceiling 2 INCHES AWAY .
she popped up on the tannoy with a cheery little "all ok in there " to which i replied "gnarffle phnapple yup" .
At some point i suppose it was all over ,but its a bit of a blur because at this stage things took a slight turn.
the conveyor of death started to move , but then bumped to a halt and a slight smell occured (not sure if this was me or the machine). up she popped on the tannoy ,
"its ok not to worry we will have you out of there in a jiffy "
now being british , i have a pretty good capacity for voice stress analysis , and she was definately not happy .
lo and behold ,tannoy girl
"there is a little problem with the machine , it appears you have a unique and peculiar brain wave pattern that has exceeded the magnetic resonance feedback loop ,and the scanner has decided to keep you in there for the time being ,its the first AI scanner in the world and it thinks it loves you ."
oh great ,i thought , that makes me what ? ,the human representation of a giant love lolly stuck in a Artificial intelligence scanners vajoojoo...wonderfull.
the nurse went and got some help , and the next thing i know they are sticking long streamers of duct tape to my feet ,and all heave ho ing to pull me out ,unfortunately , at this point they realise that the gown being open at the back coupled with the heat of the machines operation/level or arousal means my back and lower components are glued firmly to the trolley ,like a top fuel slick after the burnout .
some bright consultant comes up with the idea of cod liver oil and shoe horns , they set to with the shoe horns first , which just gives my love bite down my calves and will not release me from the AI machine of love .
then the nurse turns up with a 25 litre bucket of cod liver oil , no idea why its in a black builders bucket.
she walks towards the machine in her chrome 6 inch heels , takes a huge purler as she trips over one of the power cables (now pulsing in a frankly obscene pinkish colour) and throws the whole bucketfull over my feet and the floor of the torture chamber , a lot of also managing to enter the love tube and soak me.
so there i am ,stuck in six foot of amorous MRI AI joojooo, soaked in oil ,with the ceiling still 2 INCHES away ,listening to a mob of nurse's skating all over the vinyl floor now covered in cod liver oil ,hanging onto each other ,the walls the machine , and one girl even sank her teeth onto my big toe for stability ,which i thought at the time was a bit much .
later on i found out 3 girls had to be taken away on stretchers having down the splits by mistake and pulling various muscles not normally used to stretching that fast/far .
there was also a fair bit of giggling now ensueing ,which i personally felt was in very bad taste ,almost as bad as the taste i now had in my mouth with all the oil .
there was brief pause , and then the high muckety consultant had a brilliant idea ..
one of the maintenance functions on the MRI was a high pressure purge to blow out cleaning fluids ...... his plan was to pack towels around my body ,then activate the pressure feed ,and push me out of the tube .
i think they decided to ignore my muffled comments reflecting my concern at this approach , and they set to with a vigour, ramming blankets, towels ,pillows in the gaps around my oily body ,the fact the tannoy girl piped in and asked me for my autograph did not add to the calm zen state i was trying to assume .
finally they were ready ,and the MRI love machine tilted 20 degrees, head down, as part of its normal cleaning fluids drain procedure ,preparatory to the air feed being applied for final cleaning .
tannoy girl "ok,clear the room .initiating a gentle air pressure to the tube robert , counting down .5.....4.....3......2....1....."
now ...... it might be me ,,,,but i do feel that a gentle air pressure is not exactly took place .....
there was a slight silence , during which my inner voice went ..oh .nnooooo,,, then a massive blast of air , like the sound of a decompression chamber opening 5 minutes too early
........,and I was off !!
my slippery gleaming ,now totally naked body shot out of the tube like a human cannonball , streaked through the air with no discernible parabola , and easily cleared the temporary wall partition lining the room ,it soared over the outstreched arms of the nurse's, all looking like they were doing the BE A TREE IN THE WIND part of a self discovery course , and flashed like a streak of lightning into the neighbouring room .
unfortunately this was a delivery room ,and the head midwife was doing a training with another mob of nurses around her hanging on her every word , she was at this point crouched down in front of the expectant mother/victim discussing dilation and other disgusting stuff .
STUFF being the operative word here , i landed on her bent back ,and as i skidded off gave her sufficient impetus to force her headlong into the barely expanded , inner thigh region of the expectant ,and now very very surprised m to be. (i heard later on after this experience the actual birth was a breeze)
i finally came to rest on the laps of two of the nurse's ,and they tried to grab me ,but my oiliness meant all that happened was i got covered in a lot of red scratches , not easy to explain ones either..
Finally i came to a halt on the floor and, using a pillar ,hauled myself to me feet , wincing as the oil ran onto the scratched parts of my body not normally used to scratches and oil.
i looked around ,and finally my eyes started to focus on the scene ..
the midwife was being extracted my two male orderlies from the m to b , who was having breathing problems ,two nurses were having hysterics shouting "anaconda" and pointing at my mid area , one nurse was looking at me and rubbing her hands together with a predatory gleam in her eye ,of the 3 nurses remaining that had not run away , two of them were trying to hide behind each other (looked like they were stuck in an invisible rotating door from above)
and the last one was doing a sketch of me with a pencil and pad , and holding up her hand to scale my private components ! ...I mean !!!.... REALLY !
in a stampede all the MRI nurses arrived ,and seeing the scene broke into a spontaneous round of applause /laughter .
i went home .
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