So after a weekend off kit car work for a stag do in edinburgh I got down to working hard on the car over the weekend. Still nothing attached to the chassis though!
I've prepped and painted the back plates for the rear discs, same with the front caliper carriers to go with the shiny new calipers I've got. Cleaned up the diff ready to put in, but haven't painted that as it looks fairly good as its aluminium rather than rusty steel.
The majority of the weekend was taken up with sanding out the insides of all the wishbones ready for the bushes to be put in. The bushes are definitely an interference fit! Very hard work getting them in even with a vince to push them in! I was about 2/3rds done before my arm got too knackered to do any more! So they are next on the list to finish. Maybe can then get something attached to the car.
Lots of other purchases too ready for installation on the car, so many little bits to get in addition to the kit! e.g. for the fuel system:
Low pressure fuel pump
Swirl pot
High pressure fuel pump
Some 8mm pipe
P clips to hold the pipe
Plus I'm sure we will end up needing lots of parts for joining pipes together in places.
Also bought a sierra master cylinder off ebay as we forgot / didn't realise we needed to get that from the donor car. Hope we don't find too many more things like that!
The boots on the driveshafts have seen better days too, so am going to replace them too.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me to take some photos of all the bits and pieces we've got ready now, but I'll make sure to get some as they go into the chassis. Hopefully some more good progress over the easter weekend - should be able to get the diff in and start attaching some of the wishbones. With a break for the kit car show in kent at some point over the weekend. Hopefully I can buy some seats off the GBS guys at the show too, as i quite liked the seats when I sat in them when picking up the kit and they are very reasonably priced when you look at other options.
Monday, 29 March 2010
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Trestles
Been busy on the car over the weekend. Lots of planning for the tasks to do on the car - will put the list on here soon for you to see.
Nick and I also finished the second trestle, so the car is now up on them, giving us space underneath to keep all the car parts - so we can work around the car now!
I've been de-rusting some of the old sierra parts - lots of elbow grease! Plus some rust eating gel etc. Still not finished tho.
Made some decisions on the brakes - going to be keeping the drums on the back, as putting discs on is just going to be an expense and not going to affect how it drives much - its more cosmetic. I've also been buying lots of the discs / pads / drums / shoes etc for the brakes - which will be one of the first things we will fit to the car.
Hope to get some pics up soon along with the list of tasks and some idea of all the extra little bits we need to buy that hadn't thought of before hand - so hopefully others can plan in advance.
Nick and I also finished the second trestle, so the car is now up on them, giving us space underneath to keep all the car parts - so we can work around the car now!
I've been de-rusting some of the old sierra parts - lots of elbow grease! Plus some rust eating gel etc. Still not finished tho.
Made some decisions on the brakes - going to be keeping the drums on the back, as putting discs on is just going to be an expense and not going to affect how it drives much - its more cosmetic. I've also been buying lots of the discs / pads / drums / shoes etc for the brakes - which will be one of the first things we will fit to the car.
Hope to get some pics up soon along with the list of tasks and some idea of all the extra little bits we need to buy that hadn't thought of before hand - so hopefully others can plan in advance.
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Collection Day!!!
We hired a LWB Transit and drove up to GBS today to collect the Zero kit. Seemed fitting that the sun came out to, the M25 had no traffic, and for once it wasn't freezing cold!
Anyway, a quick stop off first to pick up the Omega Gearbox courtesy of ebay. Smaller than we thought and lighter than the Type 9 thanks to being all alloy. Came with hydraulic clutch cylinder too which helps.
Our chassis on its trolley.
Loading up the Transit.
Some other cars there when we got there, useful to take pictures of certain areas for reference later. The GBS guys gave us loads of tipe which we promptly forgot.
We ticked everything off while loading up, there's so many parts that come with the kit. GBS had very nicely given us orange harnesses to go with the orange GRP.
Top tip - get some pipe lagging to protect things (for 22mm pipe, about 60p a length from B&Q), cheap, easy to cut and stays on by itself.
Over the weekend, having recovered from a slight hangover, I knocked up a pair of trestles to put the chassis on.
P.S. its not a wide angle lens making it look wonky, it is actually wonky :-) sturdy though.
Anyway, a quick stop off first to pick up the Omega Gearbox courtesy of ebay. Smaller than we thought and lighter than the Type 9 thanks to being all alloy. Came with hydraulic clutch cylinder too which helps.
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| From Kit Car 070309 |
Our chassis on its trolley.
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| From Collecting Zero kit |
Loading up the Transit.
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| From Collecting Zero kit |
Some other cars there when we got there, useful to take pictures of certain areas for reference later. The GBS guys gave us loads of tipe which we promptly forgot.
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| From Collecting Zero kit |
We ticked everything off while loading up, there's so many parts that come with the kit. GBS had very nicely given us orange harnesses to go with the orange GRP.
Top tip - get some pipe lagging to protect things (for 22mm pipe, about 60p a length from B&Q), cheap, easy to cut and stays on by itself.
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Over the weekend, having recovered from a slight hangover, I knocked up a pair of trestles to put the chassis on.
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| From Kit Car 070309 |
Friday, 26 February 2010
Saab sold!
Now that we had taken everything we could think we might need from the Saab, it was time to get rid of the Saab 900. Seems that there is quite a lot of competition to pick up scrap cars, lots of people in the paper offering money for picking them up. I got £140 for what was left of the Saab 900 and they came and collected it! Which was great! Considering it had no engine and I only bought it for £300.
I think I could perhaps have got some money for the Sierra too, though it had no wheels so didn't roll so I was just happy for someone to take it for free, but maybe could have got a bit of money. Oh well, the power of hind sight! If anyone else is planning to scrap a car, its prob worth having a look around to see if you can get some money for it...
I think I could perhaps have got some money for the Sierra too, though it had no wheels so didn't roll so I was just happy for someone to take it for free, but maybe could have got a bit of money. Oh well, the power of hind sight! If anyone else is planning to scrap a car, its prob worth having a look around to see if you can get some money for it...
Thursday, 25 February 2010
How quickly things change!
Well, after my earlier post saying that we hoped to pick up the kit this weekend, it turns out it won't be ready in time, so we'll have to wait another week unfortunately.
Waiting
So we have been waiting for the kit to be ready for a little while now. Over the last couple of weeks we have done a few odds and ends on the Saab, removing all of the wiring we could get out, just in case we need it. Also removed the intercooler and one of the ABS sensors which apparently is used for speed sensing for the engine.
It looks like the kit will be ready to collect at the weekend now though, so planning to hire a van and head up to collect it on saturday, exciting stuff!
It looks like the kit will be ready to collect at the weekend now though, so planning to hire a van and head up to collect it on saturday, exciting stuff!
Saturday, 6 February 2010
ICE
Just another little bit of info, Nick discovered that we are likely to need another box from the car, much likely the ECU, but called the ICE module. Found this deeper under the drivers side dash, had to remove a few things to get to it, it was just to the right of the steering column.
We are now debating how much of the wiring we will actually need, difficult to know what we will end up needing to get the engine working and what we won't. There is a forest of wires in the saab! Hopefully we will get everything we need, but if not, most parts seem to be on ebay.
We also got hold of the manifold from a saab 9000 to replace the manifold on our saab 900 engine. The manifold from the 9000 is more compact and to the side, as opposed to the 900 manifold which sticks up above the rest of engine, and would therefore likely be a problem for fitting the engine under the Zero bonnet.
We are now debating how much of the wiring we will actually need, difficult to know what we will end up needing to get the engine working and what we won't. There is a forest of wires in the saab! Hopefully we will get everything we need, but if not, most parts seem to be on ebay.
We also got hold of the manifold from a saab 9000 to replace the manifold on our saab 900 engine. The manifold from the 9000 is more compact and to the side, as opposed to the 900 manifold which sticks up above the rest of engine, and would therefore likely be a problem for fitting the engine under the Zero bonnet.
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