Thread: 113-372

G'day All, JFIS, the S3 depicted in some pix in this thread is now no more, JohnE has the engine and some other bits that he indicated he needed/wanted, I have kept some items peculiar to S3 that may be sold at a later date, thanks to John for keeping to his schedule and picking up the engine etc, as those of you who have been here will know SPACE is at a premium anyway that space is now taken with a S2 C/R & S2A 88"GS anyhow cheers Dennis

G'day All,
Finally had some time to spare and do a few minor jobs on 113-372.
After making repairs to 110-852 and dismantling S3 29-864, & clean up afterwards. I needed a exhaust manifold for 'Wee-Wullie' I stole his replacment from 113-372, so I ordered one from Blanchards in the UK, it arrived about 3 weeks ago but no time to fit etc, anyway it's now fitted, here was 'Wee-Wullie's' it is cracked between cyl's 2-3


it was not able to be welded, here is the new one from the UK on 113-372


it just needs a 5/16" Whit/bolt and spacer to finish that job.
Next in line was to replace the grommet in the bellhousing that fits snugly over the clutch transfer shaft, I knew it was going to be difficult to fit insitu, I did consider removing the G/box but I was too lazy for that
with rubber grease on the grommet I found a suitable short length of steel tubing, and with a little bit of effort it all went in like a finger in a dogs **m , with that in place, the slave cyl was fitted

thats Monty checking out what I'm up to, he is a Pomeranian, cheeky too.
Today I turned my attention to the bulkhead seeing I am rotesred off for 2 days (gee I have put in some hours at 3 different facilities since 19/12/10)
anyway I carried it out under the carport, too hot in the sun ,
I decided the other night (always thinking when at work) that I would use part of a footwell replacement panel, the top section (footwell) was intact no rust etc, so it was carefully marked out, spot welds drilled out, and cut to required size, placed under my footwell press come indentation maker (for the want of a better description LOL)
5 minutes later, 3 near perfect indentations all equally spaced at 125mm, next drill out all spot welds (or as many as you can find), mark out where to cut, and remember that we are only cutting the outside section of steel.


Not wanting to cut through the stiffening plate, this was achieved without any problems

Next trick was to make sure that everything was in proportion before offering it up into position, few minor adjustments with angle grinder/cutting discs etc and away we went


All was going well using the mig until the breeze got stronger, I had to stop as the welds were starting to look like bird droppings (gas getting blown away, maybe tomorrow will be different, time will tell, anyway cheers Dennis
ps still no further ahead with my 110, waiting for TNT to deliver a new gear set from Ashcrofts in the UK, the gear set is somewhere between here & Liege Belgium (it left Liege 20/1/11 @ 0800hrs) so it ought to be close,,.

G'day All,
Well I have come to a standstill yet again, I have no way of transporting the bulkhead to have it grit blasted, so it waits until my 110 is back on the road

I think I could find a few minor tasks to perform, but quite a few things are waiting for the bulkhead anyway thats that job done, cheers Dennis
PS just looked at TNT's site, apparently my gear set ?'delayed, recovery action needed!! my bloody oath recovery action is needed, geeez, pay a motza for air freight and this is what ya get,,.!!!

So you made some replacement pressed floor sections, is that what I read?? or were they from another vehicle ?? (I have to contemplate just such a thing in my ambulance soon). I've been looking at some nice units from the US, but the company is difficult to deal with.

G'day All, No Richard, I used commercially available footwell replacement panels. I made a tool for pressing in the ribs x 3.
I used the RHS footwell replacement part (see page 8 in this thread) and what you have to do to keep it looking original.
The LHS was a different matter, it was OK in the upper section of the (original footwell) so I used only a part of the replacement footwell, by that I took off the side section, keeping only the vertical face and the lower section of the footwell as can be seen here in this pic


hope thats of some help, cheers Dennis

Mmm, Interesting. Keeping the pressed ribs in the footwells is importaint to me, hence why I was looking at the ones in the US that have them pressed in. As I don't have the gear to do it, they will be the go for me I think.

These are the ones I am looking at. http://www.roversnorth.com/store/p-5...i-iia-iii.aspx I think the price is good, even if they are hard to deal with, jsut not sure how much of it i'll replace at this stage.

G'day All, Richard, those footwells in the US are not quite the same as we get here, what you indicated is what I used on the LHS of the bulkhead, I cut off the top half and side plate, now you will need to check to make sure that you have no rust up around where the pedal pendant boxes sit on both sides, as that company in the US sell those parts separately, cheers Dennis
ps the only way to know 100% is to have the bulkhead grit blasted first, it will soon show any weak spots/rust etc,,.

Richard,

Dennis has excellent advice there, I wholly agree that grit blasting reveals all.

It also shows up all the pitting and weak areas. If you can make a die like Dennis has (or Dennis makes one & sends it to you) then any 'good' engineering place with a press can press in the 'dimples' to a measured & cut piece of sheet steel. viola you have you metal bit!

Remember that to make the die, and press sheet here would be a LOT LESS than importing a piece of steel from the USA. And, you have that die forever. You can make more floor pans if you need to. As for the re-enforcing in the top. I have a template for that. (PM me please)

Ian

Originally Posted by Dinty

G'day All, Richard, those footwells in the US are not quite the same as we get here, what you indicated is what I used on the LHS of the bulkhead, I cut off the top half and side plate, now you will need to check to make sure that you have no rust up around where the pedal pendant boxes sit on both sides, as that company in the US sell those parts separately, cheers Dennis
ps the only way to know 100% is to have the bulkhead grit blasted first, it will soon show any weak spots/rust etc,,.