Alan, will you be doing the stem seals using a comprssor to hold the valves up?

I have seen it done by using an old spark plug (ceramic broken off and end removed so it has a hole through) with a welded on air hose fitting. You fit the plug, attach the air and it saves loads of time.

Don't have the plug tool but I do have a compressor if you need one. Could ask Gary Bunting on Creswell Industrial Estate if he has the tool or make your own

No mate, I've alway just set the engine to TDC for 1 and 4 (IIRC) then opposite for the other two.

I have heard people use compressors but never done it that way.

Nearly fucked up big time Saturday. I went in garage to tidy BigCab and hoover etc ready for the show the next morning but looked across bonnet and saw the poor reflection of strip light. It'll never be 100% because its fibreglass but I noticed that it had gone a bit flat compaired to the rest of the paintwork.

So without thinking I attacted it with 1200 wet n dry. But the problem came when I turned round for the buffer and it wasnt there. It's Darryl's and he'd taken it back. Doh!

Luckily there was a buffer head on the shelf so end up using that attatched to the drill fixed in place with masking tape. Took a bit longer that normal but it did work luckily.

Its got a lovely shine now, good enough for another 1st place trophy in Sheffield anyway.

This post was last modified: 30-06-2008 11:00 AM by Alanman.

so whats your next mod alan?

maybe a silicone oil return pipe

Maybe!

if you dont buy a SAMCO or simular return pipe im gona end you


burnt my hand and everything more than once

it was a fix!!! hahaha

Sshhhhhhhh!

So when are you moving the crossbar thing then alan?

I heard clare saying she wanted it gone when scott first got his cabby

Hidden Electric roof FTW on big cab.

This post was last modified: 02-07-2008 12:13 PM by ste.

No removing roof bar and no hidden electric roof.

Are you guys trying to cause me more work???

Right, not done update for a while, and for once we have done something BIG.

We've not done anything this dramatic to BigCab© for ages.

NEW INTERIOR!

Thanks to Spener for selling it to us cheap and thanks to my big sis for dropping everything to help me make two door cards and altering the back seats, twice.

I thing the car looks so much better, we're well happy and we've not even finished it properly yet.

i think the interior looks 100000 times bettter and i even like the rear bench seat over the bucket if im honest


goood mod dudes

it got SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much attention last night at mfn its so amazing that a car that has been around for ages still has this affect, and when u think there aint nothing left to do BAMMM al does something that make everyone go wow.

I think you have might the right choice there, the colours, the new door cards, the back bench all look bob on, good job

This post was last modified: 15-07-2008 11:23 AM by ste.