My haggard FD

[Spendyrx]

Is that the exhaust you were fabbing on the drive a few weekends ago? What's the purple thing all about? It looks like it's attached to the brake master!

 

[Calum122]

Oh that alternator pulley is cool as!

 

[jack.am]

Is that the exhaust you were fabbing on the drive a few weekends ago? What's the purple thing all about? It looks like it's attached to the brake master!

Yeah, the 3” flange just wasn’t working and the bottom c-band was a touch out. Flexi should help everything line up and stay there.

Purple thing is a Super Now brake stopper, braces the cylinder to the turret to stop firewall flex. Genuinely makes a massive difference!

 

[jack.am]

This is the sixth time we have rebuilt this oil feed and we have become exceedingly mediocre at it:

 

[jack.am]

Sparkly rebuilt alternator, also gave the bracket and adjustment bolt a spruce. In retrospect I should have just ground off the old power steering bolt. Also did some pinch weld maintenace, grinding back some surface rust and re-undercoating.

 

[jack.am]

Did a profeshunal gauge install

Also pressure tested fuel system, tested new starter motor. Just need to fill with coolant and then can go for mapping round three...

 

[Spendyrx]

Ha nothing like a good pro install

 

[jack.am]

I’ve been plagued by an exhaust leak on the v-band from turbo to downpipe. I’ve tried everything from welding a new flange to the downpipe to making a copper gasket for it. Today I had a go at draw filing the flange.

Lots of high spots:

Getting there:

And after an hour or so of several passes it only made a tiny difference. Still leaking. I guess I’ll just put up with it.

 

[jack.am]

Also bought and fitted some Enkeis to replace the Ultralites, stepped up a tyre size, raised the ride height and gave the arches a roll.

 

[JoeLanger]

Black

 

[jack.am]

Lol, you want to see it now the water has dried off

 

[Nas80]

Are you sure it isn't the clamp. I read that once you have tightened them they are bent outward making them a bit loose

 

[jack.am]

This is clamp number three, but yeah I have tightened and retightened it a few times. The exhaust is solid though, it won’t twist or move okce the clamp is tight.

One day if I can be bothered I’ll remove the whole lot and get both mating surfaces on a bench sander.

 

[jack.am]

Aaaaaaargh!

AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHH!

Total fucking bastard shit bitch lasagne. Removed the old fuel filter and just looped the feed line to bypass, new high flow fuel filter will be going here:

This one is two stroke friendly and serviceable, the paper ones apparently can swell with the oil and not filter so well.

 

[tomCTR]

8 or 10 hole Dm’s??

 

[jack.am]

8, I’m not quite full homo enough for 10.

 

[tomCTR]

8, I’m not quite full homo enough for 10.
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Those radium filters look funky, removal internals to clean out every now and then I guess to?

 

[jack.am]

Yeah, you can screw the end cap off to pop out the filter element then just give it a rinse and wipe with petrol. Shouldn’t ever need to replace the element.

 

[Nas80]

What size element did you get

 

[jack.am]

Stainless 10 micron