Time in Garage: none
It has been a quiet week Triumph wise. No garage time since the last entry
Tonite I ordered replacement fasteners for the transmission to engine mounting. No luck in locating my cleaned and painted fasteners so I decided to reorder tonite...Included was a new brake switch, drain tap and hold down clamps-brake line to differential and a few other odds and ends. Also I was offered a new front bumper at a discounted price. I sat on the fence for a few weeks but decided to commit today as I am going to eventually need one....
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Body Off Again/Brake Line Routing
Time in Garage: 3 hours
Yesterday I determined to remove the body from the frame one more time. Access to the bolts I need to cut off/remove (on the outrigger flanges) is too difficult with the body on the chassis. I also decided having the body back on the stands makes for easier access for the tasks I need to complete in the near future.
Last night I was very low energy but decided time spent in the garage was more productive than watching tv so I ventured out for an hour or so and tried to install brake lines. I has previously rerun them but removed them when I had the chassis straightened/checked in 2012. They have been kicking around the garage for months and often getting in the way...after some trial fits I got most of the lines figured out but ran into trouble with the rear axle configuration. Now resolved based on research on the Internet...an excellent resource..
Yesterday I determined to remove the body from the frame one more time. Access to the bolts I need to cut off/remove (on the outrigger flanges) is too difficult with the body on the chassis. I also decided having the body back on the stands makes for easier access for the tasks I need to complete in the near future.
Last night I was very low energy but decided time spent in the garage was more productive than watching tv so I ventured out for an hour or so and tried to install brake lines. I has previously rerun them but removed them when I had the chassis straightened/checked in 2012. They have been kicking around the garage for months and often getting in the way...after some trial fits I got most of the lines figured out but ran into trouble with the rear axle configuration. Now resolved based on research on the Internet...an excellent resource..
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Body Reunited with Frame (almost)
Time in Garage 3-1/2 hours
Reunited the body to the frame this afternoon!!!!looks good!!!
Reunited the body to the frame this afternoon!!!!looks good!!!
Friday, October 18, 2013
Back to Parts Sorting and Garage Clean Up
Time in garage 7.5 hours over 2 days
I have misplaced a container of cleaned and painted fasteners I took care of last winter. In my quest to locate them I have ended up going through every one of my stored parts boxes ( in the garage and the storage shed) and sorting the needed parts for the final assembly from the spares. Re boxing and labelling followed. Unfortunately no fasteners turned up! I am not sure where they are which is a bit of an aggravation. The container is obviously stored somewhere out of sight or it has been accidentally boxed and turfed out during one of my garage clean up sessions. I am going to do one more pass today. If not located I will need to repurchase...
The "sorting" activity turned out to be time well spent.
I also reloaded all the '57 body panels back into the tub ( from the storage shed) and retarped the tub for weather protection.
My garage needs a reorganization and clean up which I began yesterday. I plan to continue the activity today.
I have located a "parts" chassis that I could incorporate to get the '57 into a rolling chassis stage. I am not sure how I am going to proceed at this point?
I have misplaced a container of cleaned and painted fasteners I took care of last winter. In my quest to locate them I have ended up going through every one of my stored parts boxes ( in the garage and the storage shed) and sorting the needed parts for the final assembly from the spares. Re boxing and labelling followed. Unfortunately no fasteners turned up! I am not sure where they are which is a bit of an aggravation. The container is obviously stored somewhere out of sight or it has been accidentally boxed and turfed out during one of my garage clean up sessions. I am going to do one more pass today. If not located I will need to repurchase...
The "sorting" activity turned out to be time well spent.
I also reloaded all the '57 body panels back into the tub ( from the storage shed) and retarped the tub for weather protection.
My garage needs a reorganization and clean up which I began yesterday. I plan to continue the activity today.
I have located a "parts" chassis that I could incorporate to get the '57 into a rolling chassis stage. I am not sure how I am going to proceed at this point?
Monday, October 14, 2013
Missed Tasks
Time in garage 3-1/2 hours
Yesterday morning I woke up realizing there were no anchor nuts installed in the replacement floor boards for mounting the transmission cover and that I needed to get them drilled and nuts adhered. I also discovered later in the day was the missing attachment bracket that sits near the parking brake lever. ( this is the advantage of having the '57 still around!) I fabricated the new bracket and drilled the holes for the cover. My son is going to get me some thin gauge mild steel to fab the lip that goes around the floorboard opening for the transmission cover...this will need to be installed soon. It would have been preferable to have the lip installed prior to applying the HPC coating but I am not too concerned this step was missed.
I decided yesterday to remove the heater and take out the instrument cluster and old wiring harness. I have been having to work around the dangling harness on numerous occasions so it was nice to see the entrails gone! The heater hoses were super rotted and just crumbled when I was disconnecting the heater. I accidentally dropped the heater core on the driveway after undoing the last nut which was totally avoidable. It doesn't look damaged? Even more parts being removed ....arghhhh!!!
I am looking into some Fiero seats! I checked some out for my MGB a few years ago and I think they would make a good enhancement to the car from a comfort perspective. The seat rails need to be positioned and drilled for attachment so I might as well find some seats and custom fit them. Of course seat belts will be need to be purchased and installed at some point...
A productive day all round!!!
Yesterday morning I woke up realizing there were no anchor nuts installed in the replacement floor boards for mounting the transmission cover and that I needed to get them drilled and nuts adhered. I also discovered later in the day was the missing attachment bracket that sits near the parking brake lever. ( this is the advantage of having the '57 still around!) I fabricated the new bracket and drilled the holes for the cover. My son is going to get me some thin gauge mild steel to fab the lip that goes around the floorboard opening for the transmission cover...this will need to be installed soon. It would have been preferable to have the lip installed prior to applying the HPC coating but I am not too concerned this step was missed.
I decided yesterday to remove the heater and take out the instrument cluster and old wiring harness. I have been having to work around the dangling harness on numerous occasions so it was nice to see the entrails gone! The heater hoses were super rotted and just crumbled when I was disconnecting the heater. I accidentally dropped the heater core on the driveway after undoing the last nut which was totally avoidable. It doesn't look damaged? Even more parts being removed ....arghhhh!!!
I am looking into some Fiero seats! I checked some out for my MGB a few years ago and I think they would make a good enhancement to the car from a comfort perspective. The seat rails need to be positioned and drilled for attachment so I might as well find some seats and custom fit them. Of course seat belts will be need to be purchased and installed at some point...
A productive day all round!!!
Saturday, October 12, 2013
HPC Coating Applied in Trunk Area
Time in Garage: 3 hours over 2 days
$$$ spent $70-paint and respirator cartridges..
The body is still sitting in my driveway-countdown to October 20th body to frame reconnect continues-the body prep is done! Yesterday afternoon I sprayed the trunk with the High Performance coating ....outside temp was around 50 degrees F which was a bit low but I got around the low temp by utilizing my space heater placed under the car cover once the coating was laid down. I'm not too overly concerned about paint adhesion ( room temperature is optimum) as the trunk area will be covered with carpet...the coating took about 30 minutes longer to set up which was to be expected...the spots spray gun worked well...I was glad I sprayed outdoors vrs in the garage..
My main focus will now be on the frame prep....painting and body work will recommence once the car is moved back into the garage...outdoor ambient temperature is just too low to continue...
$$$ spent $70-paint and respirator cartridges..
The body is still sitting in my driveway-countdown to October 20th body to frame reconnect continues-the body prep is done! Yesterday afternoon I sprayed the trunk with the High Performance coating ....outside temp was around 50 degrees F which was a bit low but I got around the low temp by utilizing my space heater placed under the car cover once the coating was laid down. I'm not too overly concerned about paint adhesion ( room temperature is optimum) as the trunk area will be covered with carpet...the coating took about 30 minutes longer to set up which was to be expected...the spots spray gun worked well...I was glad I sprayed outdoors vrs in the garage..
My main focus will now be on the frame prep....painting and body work will recommence once the car is moved back into the garage...outdoor ambient temperature is just too low to continue...
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Trunk Area Prep
Time in Garage:3-1/2 hrs
The weather was fine yesterday. I prepped the trunk area for the High Perfprmance coating..seam sealed etc. Probably another hours work to do before the finish is applied ....
The weather was fine yesterday. I prepped the trunk area for the High Perfprmance coating..seam sealed etc. Probably another hours work to do before the finish is applied ....
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Intake and exhaust Manifold Installed
Time in Garage:1-1/2 hours
On Monday the weather caved in...rain and much colder temperatures thus I was unable to continue with painting so I moved into the garage and prepared the exhaust and intake manifolds for installation and attached them to the engine.
I have a misplaced fastener issue to address. There is a container of cleaned and painted fasteners that t can not locate right now...more searching is in order...
A colleague came over last night to look at my project. He has a 1976 MGB he has owned since new that he is contemplating reconditioning. Based on his mechanical background I think he appreciated the work I have done so far. I ventured over to his place and looked at the MG. Good starting point for sure...it will be interesting to see how he proceeds...
I spent some time going over my task list and marking off what I have completed. I also did some planning for the Oct 20th reuniting body to chassis...lots of t asks to do yet...
On Monday the weather caved in...rain and much colder temperatures thus I was unable to continue with painting so I moved into the garage and prepared the exhaust and intake manifolds for installation and attached them to the engine.
I have a misplaced fastener issue to address. There is a container of cleaned and painted fasteners that t can not locate right now...more searching is in order...
A colleague came over last night to look at my project. He has a 1976 MGB he has owned since new that he is contemplating reconditioning. Based on his mechanical background I think he appreciated the work I have done so far. I ventured over to his place and looked at the MG. Good starting point for sure...it will be interesting to see how he proceeds...
I spent some time going over my task list and marking off what I have completed. I also did some planning for the Oct 20th reuniting body to chassis...lots of t asks to do yet...
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