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Robin Hood
May
Sunday 1-5-11
No work on car. Need some more penny washers 10mm/25mm.Monday 2-5-11 (Stoneleigh show)
Spent about £300 on bits and pieces, tools and battery were the majority
of the cost and a short
oil filter for engine from GBS as the original oil filter will foul where
the steering column will go.Tuesday 3-5-11
Marked out the crescents to match the rear panel and filed down all the sharp edges. Marked up
template for steering column "cover".Wednesday 4-5-11 (Skegness trip)
No work on car. Thursday 5-5-11
Fuel sender now in the tank, tank is attached to the fuel pipes but not bonded
in yet.Saturday 7-5-11
Fuel pump wiring now done and cable ends changed to match the sender. TANK
NOW BONDED IN, so I hope I haven't missed anything.
 Tuesday 10-5-11
Boot shelf cut and shaped and wiring tie wrapped on tank support clips
that had been bonded onto the tank. ORDERED SUMP. This will be
required as the original sump will be too long for the car.
Rubber strip hole punched and fitted to the shroud using cleko fasteners.
 Wednesday 11-5-11
Bonded the rubber strip to shroud. Cut some carpet pieces and the plywood differential cover.
Attached the first piece of carpet onto the back of the seat panel. Varnished
the wood pieces on one side.
Drilled the last four holes in the rear panel on each side.
 Thursday 12-5-11
Bought Raceline sump and engine loom from GBS. Expensive, but well worth
it. Varnished some more of the wood panels (other side).Friday 13-5-11
Another coat of varnish. Ordered a brake pipe flaring tool £10.
(Turned out to be complete rubbish though)Saturday 14-5-11
More coats of varnish and 2 more pieces of carpet attached.
 Sunday 15-5-11
Sump cleaned and built up ready to attach to engine. Follow the
instructions carefully and loctite the bolts holding the baffle plate.
 Monday 16-5-11
Cut out more pieces of carpet and applied another coat of varnish.
Ordered and paid for a hydraulic cable crimper £42.98. This proved useful
as the cable set that GBS could supply would not fit on the battery I
bought earlier.Tuesday 17-5-11
Finally fitted 4 rivets on large P clips on H/B cable. (These would later
be changed for an alternative routing of the cable). Broke an "unbreakable"
drill bit. (Note: I bought these at the Stoneleigh show with a promise to
replace any broken ones free. Turns out to be a big Con Artist, so
beware of this bloke if you see him again. He demonstrates using lots of
parts which have been drilled out. I suspect the drills he uses
aren't the same as those he sells.)Wednesday 18-5-11
Bought main fuel pipe for the filler neck £23. Also picked up the replacement pedal box cover and lid. These fit!
Created main fuel pipe box cover. Also dropped the MDF plate I was making
causing some slight damage which was annoying. The damage was repairable though.
Cut the fuel filler pipe to fit.Thursday 19-5-11
Wired up the Reverse, Fog and number plate lights. Fitted the boot floors and
main fuel pipe. Fitted
the box around the filler pipe. Riveted the bottom of the back panel and some of shroud. Fitted
the final bolts
to the uprights going up to the roll bar. Terminated the ends of the battery cable with crimper (16mm needed on ends
for a secure fit as the 25mm turned out to be too loose).
Cut the boot floor carpet to fit. Put grommets on all the holes where wires go through
(IVA requirement) and
put outer wiring through panel for the lights on the wheel arches.
 Friday 20-5-11
Varnished the fuel filler box section.Saturday 21-5-11
MILESTONE:
The engine has left the floor ! It's finally "IN" ! Sump attached, gearbox trimmed and
painted. Some adjustment to release arm required yet though.
Need to add more oil to make up the 5 litres required and also need to torque down
the sump bolts.
Need to bolt the gearbox to the prop shaft
Need to tighten the lower engine mounting bolts (the hidden nuts).
 Tuesday 24-5-11
Tried to mount gear stick and stripped thread from gearbox -
 !Wednesday 25-5-11
Drilled out and re-tapped to M10 a thread in the gearbox that I stripped
yesterday for the quick
shifter. Fitted gear lever and cut holes in the side
inner panels for the seatbelt harness and a hole for the gear stick. Fitted M12 bolts to final fix the prop shaft and marked with yellow paint
to help see if bolts are working loose.
First fit of front engine wiring loom. Cut some trim for door edge.
Thursday 26-5-11
6 hours to cut 6" of aluminium (very awkward place!). I should
have cut this BEFORE mounting the engine!
More drilling and fitting of the passenger side inner panel and the
outer crescents. Some work done on the drivers side. Painted the gearbox
where the extra piece was cut off.
 Friday 27 -5-11
No work on car. Bought more tools and tightened the hidden bolt in the sump.Saturday 28-5-11
Fitted the outer crescents and inner panels and cut trim for the shroud.
Test fit of one wheel arch.
 Sunday 29-5-11
Drilled 2 holes each side for end of shroud and did some panel beating to shape
and fit it.Monday 30-5-11
Drilled holes and test fit of the near side rear wheel arch. Bonded and riveted
the curved part of
the shroud.
Bent the dash panel around a scaffold bar and panel beat the door opening edges
over the chassis.
Tie wrapped the loom and fuel pipes in the tunnel.Tuesday 31-5-11
Drilled and fitted the off side rear wheel arch and put it aside for later.
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