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2024-07-04 Diff Bearing Outer Race Tool After much thought, I figured I could modify this old suspension bushing tool into a bearing puller since it's close to the size of the outer bearing race we're removing The idea is to machine these 3 fingers (green) which slots behind the bearing...

took out my spare gearboxes to test fit the new LSD and to see if the diff bearing outer race & shims can be removed easily for adjustment I fitted the LSD, closed the case and a major issue is it's too tight, it doesn't spin freely, there's too much resistance ? even though I machined the...

2024-06-30 Gizfab BBQ Meet Met with Jack at 7 in the morning to drive down to Skegness for the annual Gizfab meet Arrived at gizfab, not as many turned up compared to last yr (prob cos modified nationals show also on the same day) but good to catchup with afew andrew french came with...

2024-06-28 DIY Hydraulic Press Rather than spend another fortune buying a big expensive press to install the new bearings, I designed my own hydraulic press utilizing a small spare 2ton bottle jack I had in storage and a thick steel tubing I got from Jack sheen I'd install the bearings with...

2024-06-27 LSD Bearing Separater To remove the old bearing off the LSD I needed a bearing separater. Most of them cost over £30-100 but I managed to find a local screwfix that sells it for just £19 ? the tool wasnt big enough to reach around the back side of the bearing so I carefully cut...

2024-06-27 LED Light Wand for Night Painting I was inspired one day to make this long LED light wand powered by a 12v battery so that when I do light painting around the car I get more light coverage it was midnight, dark & quiet which was great time to wonder out to a dark spot to play...

replaced the auxilary belt which was very worn the new alternator mounting also required a shorter belt within the min/max range of 6pk660-6pk715 so I ordered a 6pk673 belt and now both belts are fresh & quiet

finished drilling all 12 holes removed the old cover, drilled the flat countersunk holes for the screw heads using my modified step drill after days of machining I finally have a new & stronger cover plate for my diff proud of how good it turned out and how precise it fits...

flipped the piece over & carefully machined the opposite face as precise as possible to accurately drill the screw holes, I'll use the old cover plate as a template. position it concentric against the machined piece using dial gauge to center it tack weld into place to secure it using...

2024-06-20 Machining Gripper LSD Cover Plate With the old LSD modelled & machining process planned, it's time to go ahead and make the new cover The little mini lathe can only make 0.1mm cuts at a time (or else it'll keep chattering) so it took a looong time and lots of swarf to machine...

The cog on the lathe motor has rattled loose again I redesigned it to use a solid metal peg printed the cog and made a little metal peg fits more securely now

Ordered some fresh bearings for the belt tensioners Removed the tensioners. The belts are abit tired & need replacing too Auxilary belt has a groove worn from the tensioner wheel Pressed the old bearing out pressed the new ones on

2024-06-16 Yorkshire Modified Show Left house from 6am We gathered near Thirsk for 6:30 as I reverse parked, nathan following behind almost went into me ? It was a relatively quiet drive to the venue till we queued at the entrance it's been a wet few days so the grass entrance was...

2024-06-15 Compact Alternator Mounting Bracket I've been redesigning the turbo layout for the past few years and the standard alternator locations are causing some issues. The current layout from my previous turbo setup is a high mounted alternator using the air-con mounting brackets But...

swapped from a high mounted alternator to a regular low mounted alternator setup. wirebrushed all the rust off painted & fitted the old belt tensioner with extended adjuster had cracked, making extra rattles but easy enough to reattach Yorkshire modified show coming up so I polished...

spherical bearing on the BC BR coilovers are slightly crusty, so gave em a little clean up

Replaced them with Alu screws ;)

replaced the rusty steel rivnuts on the scuttle planel with aluminium rivnuts and had a nice car meet down Catterick tonight

added some draft excluder tape under the instrument cowl to reduce vibration brought another cordless grinder which was on sale visiting Jack for a catch up replaced the old gear stick cover which had a broken clip old socket tool holder was broke so I designed a better one

2024-05-31 Electric Window Motor Support Bracket The heavy electric motor hanging outside the window mechanism can be seen shaking around, which could've contributed to the annoying vibrations I designed a support brace to anchor the end of the motor onto the door frame Printed...