Throttle Body Vacuum Leak, New Bearings
Bought a leak tester recently. The DIY version I had been using is jank, this is plug and play - works really well. As an initial test I check the...
Shock Refurb Part 1
Last year the MOT person mentioned there was excessive movement in the rear shock mounts. After some testing it was mainly the top mounts. They are from Gaz Shocks, purchased...
Differential Bushes
The differential has been sqeaking and nods up and down under load so it was time to get some new bushes. Both sets of bushes are from https://www.powerflex.co.uk/ - the...
Engine and Gearbox mounting bushes
Recently the alternator hit the chassis when I changed direction, a good indication that the engine and gearbox mounts might need some attention. Unfortunately the alternator bearings were damaged due...
New front wing stays
The front wing stays rusted and broke again, did a temporary fix a few months ago, but finally it's time to make some new ones which will hopefully be more...
Fuel pipe refresh, car pee’d all over the floor!
Car pee'd on the floor... It's a bit drippy here at the back, but also at the front on to the start motor - not overly safe and smelled pretty...
Front indicator stalks refresh
The front indicators were starting to rot pretty badly, replacements are not very expensive so I decided to change them for new. The new ones are little bit shorter than...
Seat Repair
The Cobra Roadster 7 look nice, but the construction quality is questionable at best. After 6500 miles the driver seat broke in two. I'm very happy the nice SVA man...
Upper wishbone refresh and wishbone mounting rod
I changed the upper bushes today. They were rally design ones, which I've now replaced with Powerflex. I thought the bushes had worn as things didn't look straight anymore. Turns...
Reassembly, paint, lighting, electrics
The rear wings, tub and spare cover are back from http://www.specialisedpaintwork.com/ for some touch up work and removal of all the stone chips on the wings! The wings were starting...
Rear rust clear up
Doing some clean up work, the Sportster has been on the road for a while now so it was time to check for rust and clear anything up Little bit...
Alloys are ready for rubber
It took 1 halfords referb kit (minus paint as there was not enough), 6 1200 grit wet and dry sheets, 2 cans of primer, 3 cans of Honda Nobel Silver...
Wheels
Sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding.... after find there is not enough paint in a halford repair kit to do a proper job it turns out you can't buy the paint separately?!?!...
Wheels
We've decided to use the stock 4 stud alloys to start with, but with larger tyres that we've got from and E36. The alloys have seen better days after a...
LSD Restored and fitted
New pictures in the gallery showing the cleaned up and de-rusted limited slip differential fitted to the Sportster. More new pictures of the front with the brake calliper and wheel...
Restoration & new clutch
The restoration of old parts and generally making them look nice continued today. Also installed the new clutch. New pictures are up (paint is still wet though)
Shiny
3 new pictures today! One very shiny rocker cover, now polished and painted black. Inlet manifold slowly cleaning up. Not sure how much more I will do on this one.
More clean up work
The engine is slowly coming together bit by bit. Taken the inlet manifold off, cleaned up the throttle body with Carb/Injector cleaner.