25 August
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Made a pressure bleeding adapter from some alloy bar, a piece of
radiator hose and a couple of jubilee clips, and managed – with a bit of
leakage from around the top of the reservoir – to bleed the front brakes. The
pedal now feels much improved.
I’ve offered up the sidescreens, shortened them and drilled and
located the ferrules. I used a woodworking fixture to pilot the hole normal
to the curvature of the door skin. I’ve bolted the ferrules through with 1/2”
UNF nuts and capped off with rubber covers in case of an issue at IVA retest.
I’ve discovered the screen alignment isn’t perfect –something to address
after painting.
I’ve made ferrules for the hood sticks – something missing from
Gerry’s hood kit!
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08 Sept
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Today passed my IVA re-sit! A real landmark!
The examiner – not the same one as for my original test – looked at
all the points addressed, wheel arch extensions, different seats, locknuts on
steering and suspension components, spacer on Panhard rod, wash bottle firmly
tied. The rear fog lamp was tested, as was the field of view through the
mirrors. The brakes were tested again to check nothing had got messed up.
I’d arrived just over an hour early, but I was seen to as soon as I’d
got the car off the trailer, and by the time my booked appointment was due, I
was putting the car back on the trailer again, ready for home!
Overall I found the IVA process fair enough, the examiners at
Chadderton were polite, professional and helpful. Nevertheless it was quite stressful worrying about the
possibility of a second failure!
Other things – I finally collected the elusive cockpit carpet set and
‘BMW’
gearbox cover from Gerry at
the Donington kit car show. At least this gave me an excuse to have another
close look at the Ace on the Hawk stand. Using some budget carpet I already
had I’ve been trimming the boot, complete with lift out plywood cover for the
spare wheel . Nothing’s glued in place yet but loose fitted it all looks
quite passable.
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10 Oct
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The car’s still being prepared for painting – I took a couple of pictures
at Christopher Neil’s bodyshop.
After three weeks DVLA seem to have discovered my application and a call
from them this week confirmed it was being processed. Fingers crossed!
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Friday, 10 October 2014
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