Thursday 5 July 2012

Five minute job this ..................

Famous last words.......  started to fit the heater/header take off pipe positioned the pipe as it should look on the edge of the top panel like so ...


but found once properly in place it wanted to meet the bottom hoses exactly on top of the anti roll bar mount .........

would have been no problem had I not had the front anti roll bar !
A call to Westfield confirmed they had heard of the problem ! It seemed to me there were two options one was to cut off the bend in the take off pipe and make the join with a preformed 90 degree hose to the bottom hose. The only problem with this would be the lack of a swage on the cut end of pipe which could blow off under pressure. The only thing likely to blow off under pressure at this time is me !! LOL. The second and simpler option was to try and bend the pipe enough to clear the roll bar mount but still make a join with the bottom hose. A huge pair of plumbers pipe benders were pressed into service, the pipe was not a good fit in the benders but with a bit of care I managed to bend the pipe enough to make a join. A few suitably placed P clips later and all was well .....

A five minute job took over two hours perhaps something for those retrofitting a roll bar to bear in mind !
I then secured the top rail and fitted the temp sensor, the sensor was a very tight fit in the threaded boss and was tight before it gripped the ground terminal fitting around its base. I was very conscious of not overdoing the thread so introduced a couple of stainless washers to make the sensor grip its terminal before it possibly stripped its thread I made sure the terminal was clean and well grounded and used a little thread sealant and boy is it tight ! Finally adjusted the ride height after a conversation with the factory so tomorrow can torque up the suspension. 4 hours today 126 total.

3 comments:

  1. Paul,
    Make sure you have enough clearance on the chassis top rail to allow the bodywork to clip over - I'll need a couple of fettles to clear comfortably

    Jon H

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  2. Thanks Jon,

    I hope to get some bodywork down here from my friends for next weekend but the steering column and dashboard or rather lack of is driving me mad ! will bear in mind the top rail hadn't even considered that !
    good wishes
    Paul

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  3. Paul,

    Neither had I!!!!!

    Back home from a couple of long days working away hopefully will make some progress over the weekend but the promised package from WF hasn't arrived so I might have to go and buy some bits.

    Jon H

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