'tool time' story: how I recreate my MK 4

[dkp_cobra]

Peter,
   
   why making the effort for a new wiring; your wiring looks pretty good compared to british standard ... [:)][:D][;)] ...
   It´s a pity not to see you in Duesseldorf on 21st and 22nd of June!
   
   Michael
   

Hi Michael,
   
   for my first Cobra restauration (a KCC kit car from south africa) I made this wiring loom:
   

   
   No problems with electricity anymore [8D]
   
   Regards, Peter

[jbottini]

DPK, can you provide the Jaguar part number for the the suspension boots please? Thanks, JBottini

[dkp_cobra]

quote:Originally posted by jbottini
   
DPK, can you provide the Jaguar part number for the the suspension boots please? Thanks, JBottini
   

   
   Hi Jim,
   
   I ordered them at Limora part number 201003. (click "Limora")
   
   Regards, Peter

[jbottini]

Thanks, will these part numbers cross reference at a US Jag store? Jim

[dkp_cobra]

Sorry, I have no idea. But I am quite sure that if you go to your next Jaguar garage with the picture they can identify the part. It's from a XJ6.
   
   Regards, Peter

[dkp_cobra]

Today, I mounted my rear hubs. I measured the torque necessary to start the rotation of the hub <u>without</u> tighten the bolt (0,345 N/m). Using different shims I detect the thickness of the washer s.t. there is no clearance of the hub to the wheel but also that the torque to rotate the hub is not greater than before.
   

   
   If I leave one shim (0.1 mm) out the torque is at least 3 times higher than normal.
   

   
   This would destroy your bearings quite fast.
   
   Here you can see the old washer (right) and the new one (left). The old one was made out of St37. It was quite soft. You can see the flutes from the shims. The new one is made of C45. Much stronger and the thickness is correct so I need no shims anymore.
   

[jbottini]

Peter, thanks for the help with the linora dust cover part number. How about the make and pn for the heim joints covers, sperical shaped with protruding  or normal holes in them? Jim

[dkp_cobra]

quote:Originally posted by jbottini
   
Peter, thanks for the help with the linora dust cover part number. How about the make and pn for the heim joints covers, sperical shaped with protruding  or normal holes in them? Jim
   

   
   Jim, I order the heim joints cover at a racing shop in germany:
   
   isa-racing
   
   I don't think that this link is useful for you but I have no more information.
   
   Regards, Peter

[jbottini]

Peter, thanks. the race car shop was the tip I needed as there are plenty of them here as well. i thought they were Old Jag parts from the thread. jim

[dkp_cobra]

Today I start mounting the plates for the cooler and the air cooler. It is not so easy to get new egde protection in these small curves:
   
   





   Tomorrow I will post pictures of the result. Today I ran out of washers [:0]
   
   But I got a new tool:
   

   
   Maybe my next project will be a tank [:D]
   
   Here you can see my screw locking for the hub bolt:
   

[dkp_cobra]

As promissed the pictures of the mounted oil cooler shroud:
   
   








   and from below the car
   

   
   A great day: back on its own feet:
   

[dkp_cobra]

Two weeks ago I wanted to install the engine but I had to recognize that the clutch had no dowel pins and that the engine mount brackets were nearly broken.
   

   
   I ordered new parts from Summit Racing. They arrived yesterday. The dowel pins:
   

   
   and the new engine mount brackets (with polyurethane) :
   

   
   So the great moment could come:
   

   
   Two critical situations: will the chinese motor crane work or not
   
   


   
   It worked:
   

[dkp_cobra]

Not so much things have happened. I have a hood now. Since I removed the small rubber spacer I had to try something else:
   

   
   and I have mounted the front brakes.
   

   

   
   Now, I am quite sure that I will not manage it to join the AC meeting in September with my cobra  :(

[dkp_cobra]

Back from holidays I installed the mufflers:
   

   
   The pipes direct after the mufflers have a wrong mounting bracket. It was riveted to the glass fire boot although there is a nice metall mounting bracket on the other side:
   

   
   I removed them and I think this is the right place for them:
   

   
   Now, I am waiting for my welder who has promised to come in an hour.
   
   The back of the end pipe should be mounted to the new aluminium boot. This is the place where I would like to mount it:
   

   
   To be on the right side I will enforce it with this angle profile:
   

   
   I hope this will work:
   

   
   The next big project will the the interior. So many (old) carpet (not the red one):
   


   
   Btw.: will I get a free one-year-membership if I pass the 10.000 hit to this subject [:D]

[AK1131]

Tell me about your engine.