Siert
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Nice work!
One question: Where do your harness lap straps mount to in between the seats? I'm asking as the original seat belt buckle is mounted to the seat base, but according to FIA regulations harness mounting points can't be fitted to the seat or its mounting points.
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Dec 22, 2011 18:52:30 GMT
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Hey all, really long time with no update. Just to prove that i still own the car i've been doing a little job that i've wanted to do for a while now. I was always unhappy with the rear brake line in the car, it was far from ideal and it looked a mess so i figured now that i work for a Goodridge dealer i could rectify it...for cost price. I took some measurements of the hoses i would want then mapped out the fittings and then made up all the lines. In an ideal world i would have used stainless fittings but even at cost they're still bloody expensive so i had to make do with plated. We did have some nice coated hose though so i used that to protect the paintwork: The plan was to use a single flexi line from the M/C to the bulkhead, solid line in the car, through a proportioning valve, to a T-piece in the rear then split in to two more solid lines in to bulkhead connectors, then flexi's around the beam and down the arms to the calipers. I started by drilling a hole in the bulkhead for the new connector: and getting rid of this horrid old piece of copper pipe which i think i must have laid with my eyes shut: I then replaced it with the new flexi pipe: With that done i removed the old rear flexi lines and spent a few minutes filing down the caliper body to give the copper washer a nice flat surface to seal on (Cheers Tom) then i fitted the new flexi lines and laid the line around the beam to keep it tucked away from harm. The banjos give loads more clearance than the old straight fittings did so i'm happy with that. The next job is the one i'm going to loathe, connecting the flexi lines at either end with the copper pipe, that can wait for another day. Peace out!
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VND
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Dec 22, 2011 19:25:51 GMT
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love this car dude. awesome work as ever.
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Dec 23, 2011 12:30:29 GMT
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love this car dude. awesome work as ever. Thanks, i'm getting my enthusiasm for it back now
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Dec 23, 2011 12:32:30 GMT
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Nice work! One question: Where do your harness lap straps mount to in between the seats? I'm asking as the original seat belt buckle is mounted to the seat base, but according to FIA regulations harness mounting points can't be fitted to the seat or its mounting points. I'll take some pictures of the mounting points and post them here. Basically i have used the existing seat belt mount on the Sill side and have drilled the exhaust tunnel and used an eyebolt with a spreader plate underneath
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Dec 28, 2011 16:01:54 GMT
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Feb 19, 2012 16:18:28 GMT
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Goodbye old workshop: Hello new workshop: Should be moving all of my stuff next weekend but decided to get the car in now to making cleaning the old place out a bit easier. Ciao ;D
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