Doesn’t look like I’ll get down the workshop this weekend so just a little bit done during the week.
Another piece of the footwell in place.
Doors need removing for access, now the cage is bolted back and there’s some strength in the footwell I could do that.
Spent a long time going through boxes looking for the special tool….
The pins are roll pins and can only be taken out in one direction, top one down and bottom one up….
Came out very easily but they were replaced relatively recently.
And door off.
It does drop when opening, the hinges on the door side look to be the culprits, was thinking of drilling them out and fitting bronze bearings but can’t figure out how to drill them accurately, yet…
Where the steering column goes through the bulkhead there is a bolt which sits on a pressing at an angle so made some 6mm thick steel blocks up to try and replicate it…
Spent a while trying to figure out where the hole should be but then remembered the inside welds weren’t dressed so could see exactly where the cut out part came from.
Before..
Bolted in place either side with longest m8 bolt I could find for leverage..
Pulled over so the bolt was parallel with the chassis rails and hammered around the blocks resulted in this…
Doesn't look very obvious in the picture but it's very similar profile to the original - don't know why I spent so long trying to replicate the factory look as nothing else on the car is.
Quite happy with the result as I need to do a larger version where the throttle pedal bolts in the footwell.
Not sure how well welding an M8 nut to it will go, a Rivnut should be ok.
Another piece of the footwell in place.
Doors need removing for access, now the cage is bolted back and there’s some strength in the footwell I could do that.
Spent a long time going through boxes looking for the special tool….
The pins are roll pins and can only be taken out in one direction, top one down and bottom one up….
Came out very easily but they were replaced relatively recently.
And door off.
It does drop when opening, the hinges on the door side look to be the culprits, was thinking of drilling them out and fitting bronze bearings but can’t figure out how to drill them accurately, yet…
Where the steering column goes through the bulkhead there is a bolt which sits on a pressing at an angle so made some 6mm thick steel blocks up to try and replicate it…
Spent a while trying to figure out where the hole should be but then remembered the inside welds weren’t dressed so could see exactly where the cut out part came from.
Before..
Bolted in place either side with longest m8 bolt I could find for leverage..
Pulled over so the bolt was parallel with the chassis rails and hammered around the blocks resulted in this…
Doesn't look very obvious in the picture but it's very similar profile to the original - don't know why I spent so long trying to replicate the factory look as nothing else on the car is.
Quite happy with the result as I need to do a larger version where the throttle pedal bolts in the footwell.
Not sure how well welding an M8 nut to it will go, a Rivnut should be ok.
