Saturday 24 December 2011
Where am I???
The TR7: Electrics all fixed. Bubbling to drivers door, holey footwells and some minor paint bubbling elsewhere to sort. Towbar and electrics fitted and a trailer bought (funky slightly not-legal plate - below). Got an Z3 wind deflector to fit and a blue mohair hood cover. Got all the trim for the door seals. Want to replace the hood in 2012 with a new blue mohair one. Need to repaint all the black trim. MOT passed. Should be back on the road in the summer and looking presentable. Need to find shallow MP3/USB radio.
The Vitesse: Diff on, rear swing spring on, rear drive shafts on. Drilling new holes for the shocks in the chassis as the ones there were too small(!?). Should have rear suspension finished very soon. Need to then start the front!!! Project plan says another ten years at current rate of progress...
Sunday 13 March 2011
Chasing the gremlins - Part One
Today was the first part of sorting out the miriad of electrical gremlins on the TR7. A run to Stoneleigh Triumph Show, after not using the car since October, highlighted the issues.
Four new tyres via blackcircle.com and tracking sorted (18mm out!) has transformed the handling.
Temp gauge went straight to high, fuel gauge tempremental, clock stopped, left indicator stayed on, right indicator did a funky pattern etc.
I had bought some spares from Robsport to keep me going which included a complete loom, a spare dash pod, a upgraded flasher relay and an extra circuit board. I also got hold of replacement LED bulbs for the dash via Odd on the TR Drivers messageboard which should help.
The good news is that I now have a working temp gauge (wasn't the sender, although I replace this and covered myself in coolant first) after swapping the old one with the one from the spare dash. I put the hazzard lights flasher unit (from the spare loom) onto the indicator circuit and that now works - at some point I'll upgrade with the new uprated flasher unit. The fuel gauge is now working properly too (not sure how!).
Still to do - replace the bulbs and sort out the wiring for the stereo (every wire seems to be live!). I've also got to clean all the contacts and check the earths before putting the dash back. I hope to get these done on the first decent day when I'm not at work...
Four new tyres via blackcircle.com and tracking sorted (18mm out!) has transformed the handling.
Temp gauge went straight to high, fuel gauge tempremental, clock stopped, left indicator stayed on, right indicator did a funky pattern etc.
I had bought some spares from Robsport to keep me going which included a complete loom, a spare dash pod, a upgraded flasher relay and an extra circuit board. I also got hold of replacement LED bulbs for the dash via Odd on the TR Drivers messageboard which should help.
The good news is that I now have a working temp gauge (wasn't the sender, although I replace this and covered myself in coolant first) after swapping the old one with the one from the spare dash. I put the hazzard lights flasher unit (from the spare loom) onto the indicator circuit and that now works - at some point I'll upgrade with the new uprated flasher unit. The fuel gauge is now working properly too (not sure how!).
Still to do - replace the bulbs and sort out the wiring for the stereo (every wire seems to be live!). I've also got to clean all the contacts and check the earths before putting the dash back. I hope to get these done on the first decent day when I'm not at work...
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