Richard (OldStager) Posted June 8 Posted June 8 Well, it was bound to happen one day... Whist packing up a returns box to CBS, I made a great job of packing and used the last of the gaffer tape on the box. Only to realise I had left the free postage sticker inside the box !!!!!!!!!. Wasn't that cheap after all to send this back, need to buy another roll of gaffer now 5 Quote
Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset Posted June 9 Posted June 9 Whilst decorating my daughter’s play room (for her birthday in March), my Mum made the suggestion of building a window seat. During discussions about where to put the TV, I somewhat foolishly suggested making it rise up out of the window seat. In the end, I couldn’t quite manage that, but have built it into the lid which works very well. It has a couple of sprung pegs which lock it it place when lifted up, and a pull cord to retract them to put the lid down. Somewhat over budget and two months behind schedule it is a relief to get it finished finally, and just in time for the Canadian GP 😊 Oh, and yes it’s resemblance to a coffin has been noted 🤬🤣 4 Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted June 10 Posted June 10 23 hours ago, Kingster said: Cooked some lush black pudding scotch eggs 😁 They look bl**** delicious! Quote
p k Posted June 13 Posted June 13 Having been to malvern and seeing as so many kits are based on mx5 mazdas , this came up locally with only 35000 miles and one owner and i managed to get the price down as well. Started to strip it down and see if you really can sell the parts for more than the car cost, I have the donor car parts required list from four of the manufacturers to see i dont sell any parts I will \need when i decide what to go for. 4 Quote
Paul Baker Posted June 13 Posted June 13 I've often thought of doing the same. Will be really interested to see how you get on 2 Quote
Naranja_Al Posted June 13 Posted June 13 MOT day, pleased to say it passed without any advisories 😎. Think the tester enjoyed his spin around the block to carry out the brake test! 3 Quote
p k Posted June 13 Posted June 13 13 minutes ago, Paul Baker said: I've often thought of doing the same. Will be really interested to see how you get on I'm already £1.45 and a lipstick up just by looking under the seats 6 Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted June 13 Posted June 13 1 hour ago, Naranja_Al said: MOT day, pleased to say it passed without any advisories 😎. Think the tester enjoyed his spin around the block to carry out the brake test! Same here today, passed no issues. Here's the view from a Westfield at the top of a 4 post ramp in case you've ever wondered what it looks like! 😁 3 Quote
Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset Posted June 15 Posted June 15 Cleaned, dried, oiled and refitted the K&N filters from my Webers. They haven’t been touched for about 25 years, so were perhaps due a clean! 4 Quote
Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset Posted June 15 Posted June 15 More from me, managed to change the offside track rod end as it had some play. Separating the extension from the the ball joint was a pain but I managed it in the end. Will try to get the other done tomorrow but it’s Father’s day so may not be allowed 🤣 Quote
Andrzej Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Commited heresy... finished instalation of Electric Power Steering in mine Track Aerorace Westfield. I know, I know... but, track I am time to time drivig has karting, veeery twisty (slow angled corners) part , mine wrists are not quite healthly (chronic so would be only worse) , and with hot sticky sliscks I use its hard. Also car has a short (2,2 or 2,4 rack, and short steering arms, that not helping in lighweight operation too) So i fight with car in this section rather than to be precise on perfect driving line . So far just tried this EPS on normal road around home , and.... looks to work really well ! Starting froms downsides - quite a lot of work - additional 8 kg located high and on weighted drivers side (maybe more than 8 kg due to size of bearing I have used but wanted to do it once for ever . And weight of brackets I have welded in chassis . Advantages : - normal drive - like normal car, so light as this is a light car so now it feeling suits it (on slow drive, not only on speeds as before) - what I hope for - more precise less exhausting and less hand-painfull drive on twist parts (and all parking / pitstop / trailer etc operations ) - now I can easily operate smaller 280mm steering wheel (so far had 300mm and it is just-just regarding space with with legs, bigger wheel for less effort was not possible to install. Will see how it works on speed. Even can easily sit in and get out of cockpit with wheel still on column! (this might be partly due to smaller wheel but also highier positioned - more upward angled column. So its based on Opel Agilla used unit (aprox 40GBP ) + controller from servtronic.com (aperox 30GBP) + fuse box , some wiring and lot of scratching my head and internet reading (did not find on this forum similar topic?) Some welding did myself, some I commisioned to experienced welder (this part on column itself). Managed to use original Westfield mouting points, so if want to go back to mechanical column its easy - just unbolt electric, disconnect some plugs, and fit old upper part of column (lower part is still original Westfield one) . Oh, had to change rev-meter to smaller one, before had original Westfield one just above column, was already tight there, bu tnow wit highier posiotion and huge bearing had to go for smaller or relocate, easier was (had a cheap one in local shop )go for smaller. Oh, and in the electronic kit there is a potentiometer to off EPS or change the amount of force. Not sure if it works, maybe on highier speeds, feel like there is some change but not huge. On max setting it not to much anyway. All even fitted under the scuttle, only had to enlarge a little cutout for colum (and had to modify footwell cover) . So few pictures, as those are more than words: 5 Quote
IanD Posted June 18 Posted June 18 So completely un Westfield related but I hope worthy of a mention. On Saturday (have been recovering since) I took part in a 20 mile walk around the Ullswater Way in the Lake district. Done primarily to support a colleague who has been fighting a chronic illness for the past 4 years meaning mobility can be very painful. He set himself the challenge of doing this and we agreed to support him. I mean how hard can it be. But wow was I in for a shock. I made the mistake of not doing anywhere near enough training for this though I thought I was reasonably fit and active. But wow was it tough for someone not used to this type of thing. Unfortunately I didn't quite make it. I was just 1 mile short when I had to stop due to a knee injury. But what a day. The team supported each other to get as far as they could. All but 3 of us made it the full distance. I think what surprised me the most was how rough the track was and in places more like a bolder field. But the views were stunning despite the poor weather and I would love to do it again. I would also be a little more prepared . But Chris, who we were doing this for, shamed us all. His effort was incredible and he completed the challenge amazingly well. I didn't have many pictures of the trail itself but here are a few from the day. But more importantly a shameless plug for the charity we decided to raise money for during the walk with a bit more info on what we did. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Team-Avtel-UK?utm_term=m8ZyEENEQ 7 Quote
DeanMegaS2000 Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Car had the slim plastic and alloy radiator on when I got it. Fan was running all the time. So new Coolex one on now 3 Quote
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