Als POS

Post by **Alspos** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:44 pm

RiceThief wrote:That's a great idea on the secondary latch bracket, out of interest will the bolts holding on it be enough to hold on it it?

I hope so. It's a fail safe in case the normal latch and it's hook fail for some reason. I figure that the bracket will not easily pull out if the nuts/bolts/vent let go. And hopefully I'll have stopped by then. I could always add another bit to the bonnet support if I really needed to.

Post by **Alspos** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:34 pm

The littlest things can really p!ss you off.

Under the car doing the spoiler when I get a drip of fluid on my forehead. It's coming from the drain cock on the radiator. Tighten it up a bit and assume all is good. I put a bucket under it overnight just in case......and it still drips...aargh.

Anyway, pulled the drain screw from the radiator and found the o-ring is shagged...drive around to Repco, Bursons...no luck...also went to a bearing place nearby and viola, all good now.

The o-ring is 1.6mm thick and 9.5mm outside diameter if you go looking for one.

JDSTAZ45 · Post by **JDSTAZ45** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:26 pm

^^^^
That's really handy to know the o-ring size!
My last coolant flush included adding some silicon to avoid the drip! Yeah couldn't find the right o-ring size!

Post by **Alspos** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 1:27 pm

I reckon everyone should fit a fire extinguisher whether you track your car or not. You never know when you may need it to save your pride and joy.

I made a bracket a while ago. It's 32x5mm steel (overkill) The bracket for the extinguisher is screwed to the bracket. When you buy an extinguisher, get one with a metal mounting bracket (and you can't use a plastic one for motorsport)

It simply bolts onto the seat mounts. My legs don't foul on the extinguisher at all. Also, mount the extinguisher so the clip that undoes the strap is facing downwards so you don't hook it on your pants or whatever accidentally.

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:35 pm

Al have you considered selling the brackets for the extinguisher?

Post by **Alspos** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:06 am

RiceThief wrote:Al have you considered selling the brackets for the extinguisher?

I'm sure if there was some interest I could knock a few out. No idea what they would cost, I haven't bought any steel/aluminium that size for a while. Or maybe I could just put up a plan on making one.

And ebay has loads of extinguishers cheap

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:23 pm

Maybe put up a eoi and do a batch like when you did the strut brace.

Post by **Alspos** » Fri May 03, 2013 2:52 pm

Hosed it off, took the sh!t wheels off and took a couple of pics.

JJH · Post by **JJH** » Fri May 03, 2013 3:54 pm

Looking good Al, silver Starions rock.
:beer

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Fri May 03, 2013 6:41 pm

JJH wrote:Looking good Al, silver Starions rock.
:beer

Except when the paint is rooted!

You should be starting to feel proud of your POS now Al. Except that like Pete said, it isn't.

Hey, did you get to Sandown on the 28th for a stickynose? How many competitors were there?

popup · Post by **popup** » Sat May 04, 2013 6:30 pm

Alspos wrote:
The o-ring is 1.6mm thick and 9.5mm outside diameter if you go looking for one.

Thanks for this info! I had drained the rad and it was leaking from the drain. Just replaced mine with a 2mm thick 10mm OD (nearest I could find) and its all good again!

Post by **Alspos** » Fri May 31, 2013 12:28 pm

First drive!! (with temporary permit) Boring clip but it was nice to finally drive it further than the end of the driveway. Inspection tomorrow....plates Monday I hope.

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Fri May 31, 2013 1:47 pm

that was shameful. Not even once did you hit the rev limiter!!!

Congrats on finally getting to drive it on the road :beer

popup · Post by **popup** » Fri May 31, 2013 3:49 pm

:beer

Post by **Alspos** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:55 am

Next step done, car has been inspected and the report written. Yay!

Found my oil cap leaks, one reversing globe is out (forgot to check those) and car actually drives pretty well on a freeway.

Next step...plates!

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