Over the past month I've been quite busy recommissioning the GT6. The latest iteration of my fuel system is all together and has been pressurised successfully. The major components are the same as before, but I am gradually doing away with the basic rubber hoses held on with jubilee clips, in preference of braided hoses and JIC fittings.
You may be able to see in the pic below the two fuel return pipes in the fuel tank, these 1/4" pipes were welded in, once I has happy there was no vapours left in the tank.
To keep the fittings low profile and ensure good flow, the connection to the outlet of the fuel tank is now on a banjo fitting.
The main power cables are back in, this time the cables have been run through the sills where possible to keep them hidden away and away from the seat. The cables have been covered in spiral wrap as it passes through the sill to prevent chafing, before heading into the boot area, where the battery will be sited.
I had a couple of issues recently during the rebuild, first off was the master cylinder bracket. I could see while bleeding the systems that the bracket was flexing slightly more than I would have hoped, so I have added some extra strengthening pieces to it, which seems to have solved the problem.
The other issue I had was when I went to fit the silencer, for some reason the brackets on the underside of the boot floor pushed it too far over to the passenger side, this could be due to the brackets being in a different place on this body or that the body is in a slightly different position on the chassis.
To get around this, I cut a couple of spacers to keep the silencer in the right place. The plan is to do away with these when the new silencer is fitted.
Some time later, after lots of small jobs had been ticked off over, I was been able to start run and move the GT6 under it's own power. The list of jobs is starting to get smaller, but the trouble is that I keep having to add to it as I notice other things that need doing before the MOT.
Not the best of pics, but here you can see the new gearbox tunnel which follows the lines of the original one much more.
I know for sure that the tracking needs to be done as I can feel it crabbing as I went along the drive.
A couple more problems made themselves known though, the speedo was not working, this turned out to be the pick-up sensor position and once it was wound in a bit it was working fine. The other issue was that it was a little tighter than I would like to get in gear. Since it was last used on the road, the car has had a new gearbox, clutch and the gear linkage has been re-bushed also, but driving up and down the drive through the gears has loosened-up the gear linkage nicely.
Before the MOT I have to get some new wiper blades, replace the brake light switch, stop a blow on the silencer join and replace one bulb. With this in mind, I have booked it in for a MOT towards the end of the week.
And here it is out in the sun, a bit dusty and dirty, but it is getting there.
You may be able to see in the pic below the two fuel return pipes in the fuel tank, these 1/4" pipes were welded in, once I has happy there was no vapours left in the tank.
To keep the fittings low profile and ensure good flow, the connection to the outlet of the fuel tank is now on a banjo fitting.
The main power cables are back in, this time the cables have been run through the sills where possible to keep them hidden away and away from the seat. The cables have been covered in spiral wrap as it passes through the sill to prevent chafing, before heading into the boot area, where the battery will be sited.
I had a couple of issues recently during the rebuild, first off was the master cylinder bracket. I could see while bleeding the systems that the bracket was flexing slightly more than I would have hoped, so I have added some extra strengthening pieces to it, which seems to have solved the problem.
The other issue I had was when I went to fit the silencer, for some reason the brackets on the underside of the boot floor pushed it too far over to the passenger side, this could be due to the brackets being in a different place on this body or that the body is in a slightly different position on the chassis.
To get around this, I cut a couple of spacers to keep the silencer in the right place. The plan is to do away with these when the new silencer is fitted.
Some time later, after lots of small jobs had been ticked off over, I was been able to start run and move the GT6 under it's own power. The list of jobs is starting to get smaller, but the trouble is that I keep having to add to it as I notice other things that need doing before the MOT.
Not the best of pics, but here you can see the new gearbox tunnel which follows the lines of the original one much more.
I know for sure that the tracking needs to be done as I can feel it crabbing as I went along the drive.
A couple more problems made themselves known though, the speedo was not working, this turned out to be the pick-up sensor position and once it was wound in a bit it was working fine. The other issue was that it was a little tighter than I would like to get in gear. Since it was last used on the road, the car has had a new gearbox, clutch and the gear linkage has been re-bushed also, but driving up and down the drive through the gears has loosened-up the gear linkage nicely.
Before the MOT I have to get some new wiper blades, replace the brake light switch, stop a blow on the silencer join and replace one bulb. With this in mind, I have booked it in for a MOT towards the end of the week.
And here it is out in the sun, a bit dusty and dirty, but it is getting there.
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