Pete Lewis Posted November 17, 2023 Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 no rush it will reveal all thats needed as you progress just get some good tea bags and biscuits in Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 🤣 Trouble is, Pete, it won't be me doing it!! I never learned to weld, sadly. I do all the other works. Club leccy ign went on recently, Club hazards got fitted a while ago. Havr some LED reversing lights to put in next. Holding an electric fan . . . am un two minds about this though. But don't know why. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted November 17, 2023 Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 thats fine you dont need an electric fan why do you feel you need one ??? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 Mainly due to the high Summer temps, I guess. Original 4-blade steel fan in place currently. And being in the S.E. there is always a huge chance, wherever I drive, of getting stuck in a jam for long periods. If she's running at tickover, crawling along in 40+C I feel she'd need all the help she could get - that 4-blader isn't going to cut it.🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted November 17, 2023 Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 could you fit a later 7 blade plastic (also a lot quieter) you need to have a good air flow under the bonnet to keep fueling happy Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 Absolutely! To be fair, there's very little original in a car of 1970 vintage! Dashboard. Engine. That's about it!! 🤣 Yes, a 7 blader is probably the way to go. Why quieter?? 🤔 Best, C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted November 17, 2023 Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 quieter is down to the blade design used on on my Vit6 when we had her , far better than the metal fan and lighter . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 I can see that happening, then !😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 Captive nut/flanges?. I just bolted through and put new stiff nuts and large washers to spread load, also make sure you have the bracing tubes between the top and bottom of the side rails or the rails will crush. mine where tack welded into place but I was working on a bare chassis. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 Appreciated! One of the two, supplied by the Brimmer Brothers, did NOT have bracing pieces and I had to pester them to get those. I haven't actually checked to see if North West Kent garage welded them in, yet but will be bearing that in mind - thanks for said reminder!😉 Just for info, Chic Doig is undertaking fabrication of a repair panel for the 'B' post, sill-round-to seat-heel-kick corrosion that's currently there. Is welded to the 'B' post support underneath, apparantly. Best C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 Folks:- with poly-bush, body-mount kit in hand and with photos you have kindly supplied showing some of the washers and captive nuts used, can anyone kindly supply an 'exploded' diagram type drawing of which goes where, please? My guess is the captive nut (with steel washer?) will be inside each of the tubular mount brackets, receiving a long bolt from underneath the side rail. Question is; are there other washers deployed in between the top of the side rail and tubular mounts?? Sorry to be so continually ignorant about this matter. Best, Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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