Engine and sump plus new sump gasket together
Saturday 21 November 2009
Zetec shortened sump
A new camshaft oil seal has been fitted to the engine. The oil seal housing was drilled and tapped ready for the M6 sump bolts. The oil seal housing isn't quite flush with the lower edge of the engine block but still within tolerance according to the haynes manual. I used a little loctite 5910 in these areas to seal the gap.
Engine and sump plus new sump gasket together
Engine and sump plus new sump gasket together
Thursday 19 November 2009
Handbrake finished
The handbrake cable has now been shortened and the clamp on ends have been fitted. The cable has been attached through the handbrake lever and seems to work fine.
Both brake drums installed:
Both brake drums installed:
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Handbrake Cable & general update
From what I have learnt so far, U-shaped cable clamps and end clamp blocks will pass IVA but sometimes fail, seemingly dependant on the individual IVA centre.
Seeing as the IVA test centre in Norwich isn't far from me, I took a drive over to ask for advice on what they would consider to be an acceptable method of shortening the cable. In a nutshell, either clamp type will pass the IVA test provided that when the handbrake is tested, the clamps don't slip.
Shown below, the u-shaped clamps which are used to join two sections of cable together and the other type which were supplied by MK for replacing the original handbrake nipple end. I'm going to use the MK clamps as I think they look neater (and also because I've already chopped the end off my sierra handbrake cable!)
The rear brakes have been assembled with a new fitting kit from Wilco. I just need to finish the handbrake cable and fit this, then the brake drums can go on.
Getting closer to having the car up on its own wheels.......
I've also recently purchased a fuel tank sender for a 1998 Honda CBR1000F and some nitrile bonded cork gasket sheet from Gaskets Direct which will be needed when the sender is mounted inside the fuel tank.
The main reason behind this fuel sender choice is that the digital speedo I'd like to use is designed to work with bike sensors and gauges. Fuel senders work by different resistances for full and empty and these resistances need to match those specified by the fuel gauge. In this case, the fuel gauge is incorporated into the digital speedo shown below. I'll check that the fuel sender resistances match exactly with a multimeter when it arrives.
Seeing as the IVA test centre in Norwich isn't far from me, I took a drive over to ask for advice on what they would consider to be an acceptable method of shortening the cable. In a nutshell, either clamp type will pass the IVA test provided that when the handbrake is tested, the clamps don't slip.
Shown below, the u-shaped clamps which are used to join two sections of cable together and the other type which were supplied by MK for replacing the original handbrake nipple end. I'm going to use the MK clamps as I think they look neater (and also because I've already chopped the end off my sierra handbrake cable!)
The rear brakes have been assembled with a new fitting kit from Wilco. I just need to finish the handbrake cable and fit this, then the brake drums can go on.
Getting closer to having the car up on its own wheels.......
I've also recently purchased a fuel tank sender for a 1998 Honda CBR1000F and some nitrile bonded cork gasket sheet from Gaskets Direct which will be needed when the sender is mounted inside the fuel tank.
The main reason behind this fuel sender choice is that the digital speedo I'd like to use is designed to work with bike sensors and gauges. Fuel senders work by different resistances for full and empty and these resistances need to match those specified by the fuel gauge. In this case, the fuel gauge is incorporated into the digital speedo shown below. I'll check that the fuel sender resistances match exactly with a multimeter when it arrives.
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