[Fuel Filler Grommet - Fit it first?]

Thanks Chaps,

Tank persuaded into position and bolted in last night, the filler neck looks nicely centralised in the hole.

Had a trial run with the old grommet (with lashings of lube Darren!) and, as expected, it split

Pete, I am assuming from your comment that the new grommets suffer from the prevalent dodgy rubber syndrome? Looks like I have no alternative now unfortunately.. 

Cheers,

Keith

[Fuel Filler Grommet - Fit it first?]

'69 Vitesse Mk 2 Convertible

 

My Vitesse is slowly going back together and I was doing battle with the fuel tank last night. I can only seem to wrestle the tank into position with the filler neck grommet removed from the wing. My question is; can this be re-fitted once the tank is in position? I had a trial run and was not entirely convinced that it could however my original grommet is pretty shot and brittle.

I am going to order up a replacement grommet but would like to know how others out there have fitted these.

 

Cheers,

Keith

[Vitesse Convertible Bulkhead Seam Finishing Strip]

Hi Folks,

Does anyone know if there is a suitable finishing strip available for the seam above the windcsreen on a Vitesse convertible bulkhead? My strip is pretty rotten at the ends and I would prefer to replace it if possible. Otherwise the deaded filler may have to come into play

Cheers,

Keith

 

[Rotoflex Vitesse Rear Trunnion Kit]

Thanks Gary,

I have seen photos of a few chassis on the 'web with the radius arms going to the middle of the rear outrigger. Mine are angled a lot further in. I'll have to do some more digging...

Cheers,

Keith

[Rotoflex Vitesse Rear Trunnion Kit]

The vertical links are now fitted, both sides looking and feeling good. The head-scratching has resumed though...

The diagram in the workshop manual shows Vitesse radius arms as being straight, by that I mean the 'ends' are at right angles to the 'tube'. Mine are at an angle more like the GT6 drawing. Does anyone know if there was a changeover in the design at some point? I assume these must be correct for the car as they fit OK.

More worrying is the complete lack of shims/spacers in the hub. The bearing pre-load seemed to be OK but I am now changing over to CV conversion driveshafts. How likely is it that no shims would have been required on both sides originally? I have found much bodgery elsewhere on this car so am a bit concerned that the bearings may not have been fitted correctly.

Cheers,

Keith

[Rotoflex Vitesse Rear Trunnion Kit]

Thanks Chris,

Some suitable washers have been liberated from the work's store....

Cheers,

Keith

[Rotoflex Vitesse Rear Trunnion Kit]

Thanks for the replies chaps, much appreciated!

I'm just back in from the garage after having another look at the vertical links. They look more like Chris's second picture and certainly don't match the dimensions in my workshop manual. The manual says 82.092mm, mine are more like 75mm.

 

Chris,

Did you just add standard flat washers to take up the difference?

 

Cheers,

Keith

 

[Rotoflex Vitesse Rear Trunnion Kit]

Good Morning,

 

'69 Vitesse Mk2 convertible.

I was re-assembling the LHS rear suspension yesterday and appear to have a 'gap' between the inner wishbone and vertical link. The washers/dustcovers on my new rear trunnion kit do seem to be made of quite thin material compared to the originals. Torquing up the bolt just seems to be crushing the outermost washers, one of the inners can still be spun by hand.

I was debating about fitting a spacer washer but why should this be necessary?

Is this just an example of the often discussed inferior pattern spares that are available these days or is there anything more sinister I should be checking for?

Thanks,

Keith