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9 minutes ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

@Gary (KugaWestie) - North Oxfordshire AO Where did you get your roller door from? Any good and how much? PM if you prefer to keep price off screen (it was £30 darling...)

https://www.rollerdor.net/shop/category/diy-roller-garage-doors/

I am happy with them for the cost. 

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So the reason I mentioned the roller door was because my wife thinks it’s a good idea as it will make getting trailer in and out much easier. She even offered to go halfers on it. Result. 

So I mentioned that “one of the lads” recently fitted the type we were looking at for his Cobra build. “What’s a Cobra” she says.

So I show her a pic and now she wants me to build one!

Sadly spare cash and garage space dictate this can’t be done unless I sell the Westy.

So maybe when I retire - maybe...

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1 hour ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

Did you miss the bit about lack of cash :d

Minor detail

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Anyway, back on topic...........

The new Fulcrum pins and special washers arrived today

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So I have loosely fitted the lower wishbones, final torque up will be later when the car is close to kerbside weight

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I am waiting for some replacement bolts to come for the front suspension, but I did have a rummage around in my imperial tray and found some nuts and bolts suitable for the front coilovers, so I hung them on loosely tonight

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Front corners almost complete. I need to drop the hubs back off to fit the discs. All the bolts are loose at present, final torque up will be later

 

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Looking good.

Must confess to slight feelings of envy that you are at the ‘bolting shiny bits on’ stage already. 

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1 minute ago, corsechris said:

Looking good.

Must confess to slight feelings of envy that you are at the ‘bolting shiny bits on’ stage already. 

Thanks :)

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I got the front discs fitted this morning 

 

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This afternoon I moved to the rear of the car, and after a monumental battle I got the diff fitted complete with the wishbones. The battle involved some angle grinder work as after fitting the diff the first time I realised it was binding on a weld on the chassis, so I needed to trim this down a bit and then start again with the fitting

Pressing the needle bearings into the wishbones

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A spacer tube then goes through those needle bearings, but they needed some tlc first

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Before and after, cleaned up with a flap wheel

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And after two hours of grunting, sweating and swearing, job done

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The diff is that heavy I could not lift it, I had to wiggle it onto a jack 

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It’s really coming along, always looks so much better when you finish building up the suspension on an end.

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