AndyH
September 21st, 2007, 06:22 AM
Back from SVA... Better than I thought it could have been and certainly not the total in depth check that I though it would have been.
Issues are:-
"Eye" bolts for seat mountings need to show "8.8" strength.. By bad luck the face that has this stamped on them were all facing in... Big chap doing the test, and I don't think he fancied the wrestling match to get back in just one more time!! The Eye bolts have this mark, so Done
Bottom of dash not radiused to 19mm.... Foam to fix..A bit surprised at this.
Front indicator not 350mm from ground... Remove lense and paint inside to a line that is 350mm from the ground and then it'll be OK seemingly... no prob
Mirrors not capable of being held in position... This is a bit of a pain, but needs a strip (I need to break the mirror to do this!!) and some gunk to tighten the joint up. In hindsight, I knew about this... pain really.
Rear tyre does not display load index... Can get off the internet seemingly.
Contactable edge not radiused less than 2.5mm:-
1. Bonnet and boot catches.... rubber glued on will suffice
2. Side repeators... Fulvia teardrop type. I'll change these ones for a dome type unit...Just need to find one!!
3. Exhaust silencer and mountings.. Mounting will be a bit of rubber strip... Edge of exhaust not sure, but need a "U" channel to cover. Must be do able
Protect Battery +ve terminal (Plastic widget to cover up.)
Brake balance bar need to restrict travel... Need a nut with hole through this and the bar and roll pin to secure.. John H... I know you told me this, but I thought you needed to double nut it as well and I didn't have thread for this. Only needs one nut.
As a point of note... I put a couple of spacers on the balance bar in the inside of the cylinder push rods.. This limited the amount of adjustment I could make front to rear and helped with the brake test. This was never questioned and worked well.
N/S/Rear handbrake low effort.. This is the biggest question mark, but at worst I'll need to replace the caliper.
Speedo true speed in excess of speedo speed... Calibrate speedo (£50)
Rear Axle weight in excess of design weight... I need to write a letter to advise that the new design weight is 650Kg.
Pretty good really... No major gremlins. Rear view from interior mirror was OK, even with the rear louvre panel in place.. This I thought would be a problem.
Didn't check some of the detail that I thought... brake pipe fixing, seat mounting, "E" marking of wing mirrors... Maybe he did and I didn't notice.
Heh Ho... Feel a bit better today... Doen't appear to have used any water on travel there and back, so maybe it was just air in the system.
I'm even hopeful that the ticking is just an injector... A couple of them are louder than the rest.
For info, the side windows passed... The letter seemed to do the trick.. Further conversation required me to confirm that the side windows are Polycarbonate and not Perspex.. Polycarbonate is a recognised safety material. Gerry will oblige with a letter.
Andrew
Issues are:-
"Eye" bolts for seat mountings need to show "8.8" strength.. By bad luck the face that has this stamped on them were all facing in... Big chap doing the test, and I don't think he fancied the wrestling match to get back in just one more time!! The Eye bolts have this mark, so Done
Bottom of dash not radiused to 19mm.... Foam to fix..A bit surprised at this.
Front indicator not 350mm from ground... Remove lense and paint inside to a line that is 350mm from the ground and then it'll be OK seemingly... no prob
Mirrors not capable of being held in position... This is a bit of a pain, but needs a strip (I need to break the mirror to do this!!) and some gunk to tighten the joint up. In hindsight, I knew about this... pain really.
Rear tyre does not display load index... Can get off the internet seemingly.
Contactable edge not radiused less than 2.5mm:-
1. Bonnet and boot catches.... rubber glued on will suffice
2. Side repeators... Fulvia teardrop type. I'll change these ones for a dome type unit...Just need to find one!!
3. Exhaust silencer and mountings.. Mounting will be a bit of rubber strip... Edge of exhaust not sure, but need a "U" channel to cover. Must be do able
Protect Battery +ve terminal (Plastic widget to cover up.)
Brake balance bar need to restrict travel... Need a nut with hole through this and the bar and roll pin to secure.. John H... I know you told me this, but I thought you needed to double nut it as well and I didn't have thread for this. Only needs one nut.
As a point of note... I put a couple of spacers on the balance bar in the inside of the cylinder push rods.. This limited the amount of adjustment I could make front to rear and helped with the brake test. This was never questioned and worked well.
N/S/Rear handbrake low effort.. This is the biggest question mark, but at worst I'll need to replace the caliper.
Speedo true speed in excess of speedo speed... Calibrate speedo (£50)
Rear Axle weight in excess of design weight... I need to write a letter to advise that the new design weight is 650Kg.
Pretty good really... No major gremlins. Rear view from interior mirror was OK, even with the rear louvre panel in place.. This I thought would be a problem.
Didn't check some of the detail that I thought... brake pipe fixing, seat mounting, "E" marking of wing mirrors... Maybe he did and I didn't notice.
Heh Ho... Feel a bit better today... Doen't appear to have used any water on travel there and back, so maybe it was just air in the system.
I'm even hopeful that the ticking is just an injector... A couple of them are louder than the rest.
For info, the side windows passed... The letter seemed to do the trick.. Further conversation required me to confirm that the side windows are Polycarbonate and not Perspex.. Polycarbonate is a recognised safety material. Gerry will oblige with a letter.
Andrew