The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

[owelly]

If it doesn't work, I'll pull the belt off and run without it. The battery will outlast the car.

[owelly]

And just for Loz, I had a few minutes during my 'lunch'...
One rough welded stainless chimbley..


Five minutes with flappy wheel...


If I could be bothered, I could polish it with a Scotchbrute wheel in the grinder but I was overcome with lethargy.....

[tommi]

i think it looked cooler with the welds

[owelly]

Update!
Engine all plumbed-in and electrics attached. Radiator fitted and filled with wet. Been waiting for fresh fibreglass supplies that arrived this afternoon so another hour sniffing resin should have the bulkhead finished. Moved most of the wires to under the dash as opposed to wrapped all over the engine. Need to decide where to mount the fuse box and relays next then re-attach scuttle panel, bonnet and nose cone. Last job before it got too dark tonight was refitting exhaust. Also nred to decide where to fit the Vapor Digi-dash. I tried it the other night and although its a but small, it does the job.
I'm not going to have time to fit the LSD and de-dion before 15th so I'll see if I can pop the Atlas!

[TeamTotalWankel]

Bmey, you've been a busy bod Mr O!!
Will you be taking it to upset the MOT man again?

[loz]

That looks really good Owelly, I'll definatly be giving that a try when I get back to it. you're welds are really neat, are they MIG'd?

[owelly]

Will see what my MOT man says this time! Need to rewire the lights but that's no big deal.
Yes, I used my trusty, really cheap, MIG welder to do the chimney. I couldn't use the TIG as I needed one hand to hold the bits in place as I tacked them and then I got carried away and finished the welds!

[TeamTotalWankel]

Will see what my MOT man says this time!

He may well be speechless but will probably look like this -

[owelly]

You know there are days when you can stand back, take a look at the work you've done and think to yourself "yup, I'm pleased with that." Perhaps the job isn't finished or will meed to be redone but for the moment, you're happy with progress. I was stood looking at my Turd (as you do) and as it was sat burbling away on the drive, I decided to plug in the Vapor digi dash to see if it worked. The tacho takes its signal from a ht plug lead and was rather erratic but I have ears so a tacho isn't too critical then I noticed the engine temp. 120*C. Then the coolant expansion bottle sneezed and steam cleaned my bush. The bottom of the rad was cold, the top of the rad still has my fingertips welded to it.
The pump is pumping as there is water circulating through the expansion bottle and bleed pipes.
So, stuck thermostat? Why be OK yesterday but feck-up today? Do I mess about trying to take out the stat to test it or just use it but watch the temp? I think I know the answer and it will be slightly easier to change it before the scuttle and bonnet go back on.
Hey ho. Off I go.....

[rjudgey]

just leave the stat out! must be that what else could be blocking the radiator?

[owelly]

Well, I decided to have a looksy at the thermostat.


You can see it's been moving and according to my Pug V6 bumf, it has to move 9.5mm. The slidey marks confirmed it had been moving but it was stuck solid when I tried to pull it out! It slides through a rubber lip seal and this seal had gone hard. A part of the lip on the seal had folded back and it looks like this was causing the stat to stick. So, rather than try to buy a new one, I did this...


That's right. I took a photo.

As the stat form a seal between the ally waterway/tube/casting thing and another waterway/tube/ casting thing, the flange <<snigger/>> had to be refitted, so I pulled its guts out.
Now all of the rad gets hot and the fan keeps things under control. All good.

[TeamTotalWankel]

Stats the way to do it mate (I know )

[owelly]

....any way. As the car was working fine, I did this...

[owelly]

And started to fit this.....

[TeamTotalWankel]

Good work 'welly
You're starting early this year aren't you? Could 2012 be the Turds year??