tday with the freezing snowy cold i tried to start her up.
with no throttle I crank, she fires briefly and struggles to get going before stopping. crank again and she just turns, even with WOT.
could it be dirty dizzy or just flooded. took plugs out and its flooded. whirred the crank away with no fuel pump to purge out the excess fuel.
to dry out the wet plugs i grabbed me blowtorch to burn it dry. it didn't explode in me fingers as i thought, just burns with a normal lighter flame meh
all dry, reinstalled and she fires up a treat.
drove her in the snow with the short shifter for the first time. jeez its a short throw that requires abit more effort, have to get used to it.
selecting 1st gear on the move was originally tricky cos i had to keep gently pushing it and eventually in its own time as the mechanism lines up & synchro allows the arm to engage 1sec later it slots in.
now the short shifter exaggerates the difficulty as i'm coming to a stop so i'm having to push abit harder and wait. the stiff ball bearing joint has slightly loosened up but unfortunately i think i'll have to replace em n remachine the middle spacer in the future.
i guess the LSD is gone cos when one wheels over snow and the other on dry tarmac i blip the throttle and it spins easily
anyway now to make my camera rig beam. i plan on mounting the support plate near where the rear hand grips are. next to the hand grip screw holes are unthreaded holes that petrude out the furthest, rather convenient. the sunroof bracket edge was slightly in the way so trimmed em off
bolted the plate up
measured the distance between the lowest part of the plate, 95mm and cut that length of tube.
holding the tube level in position i measure the angle of the plate relative to the tube using a protractor which is 35deg
i cut the 35deg angle with the mitre saw
perfecto. will need to tack it in place while in the car so its definately in the right position. gonna have to cover my seats beforehand
thinking of making a rear strut brace between the damper top nuts. would ya think it'll offer any advantage? do the rear damper columns move much in/out during hard cornering?
or is it more beneficial to try n cross brace the rear end chassis from twisting?