With the upturn in weather, it is nice to wheel the Turner 950s chassis out into the open.
Work has progressed on the rear suspension (we made new trailing arms eighteen months ago as the originals had fatigue cracked. To improve their life a little, we have included an extra 'lozenge shape' doubler plate to help transfer the loads.
Brackets to provide location for an additional torque reaction radius rod between the nearside chassis and axle.
Bumper and dumb iron fittings.
Routing pipes and fittings.
The front suspension has been together but it is easier to remove springs for the last bracket welding and alignment.
Unlike the Turner we haven't wheeled the 30's Triumph Gloria Vitesse out into the sunlight yet, although we hope to drive her shortly.
Here we have been doing some more rainy day work that is time consuming but necessary.
Below: Assembly of the replated parts and the finishing work of interior lamps including the wiring replacement.
Looking from the inside, we are marking a plywood template to provide a pattern for the outer skin of the sunroof rear section. We will also provide a leather cloth edging covering the wood before the headlining material begins, protected from any damp ingress.
30s Peugeot 401 and Jaguar Mk II.
Here we have been working on a Jaguar head. It has been pressure tested and had new guides and new valves. We have lapped the new valves and are now measuring valve clearances to order new shims as required.
The Peugeot is having pistons fitted, this should have been the last stage but, as with the Jaguar head, we have run into poor quality issues on new parts, there will be a separate post regarding this problem shortly.
Peugeot
Measuring oil control ring depths as fluctuations on each ring have given a considerable problem.
Although we have a problem with oil rings, the odd protrusion of pistons is necessary as the pistons and rods have to be entered from below and then rings fitted prior to re entering the pistons into the bore and the rods connected. Bore sizes on these engines do not allow rods to pass through.
Benjie is showing patience... though equally annoyed at parts issues.
And Finally, we have been working on this American Chief engine.
Here we have stripped the oil pump for inspection and have been digging through thick oil filter and oil pipe clay like deposits. I have seen this before, especially in hollow crankshafts and mechanical engine dampers where the oil contaminates compress as they centrifuge out, but these filter deposits are among the worst!
