Exhaust and Vents

Saturday was spent in boiler suits, gloves, masks and googles despite the fact that it was 36 degrees outside. This was in an attempt to cut out the three demister vents on the scuttle. There was steady improvement in the method of cutting. First we tried to keep clamp some wood to keep the three (taped together) hacksaw blades going in a straight line. Unfortunately this didn't work very well cause the wood was clamped higher then where we were cutting and it was difficult to clamp it in an entirely straight line. Then in our second and third attempt we used masking tape to as an edge to follow. This in the end didn't work to badly.

We also decided to fit part of the exhast so we cold make a template for the body. Our car is now kitted out in some cardboard, masking taped onto the chasis. This is currently going to reside there until we mark out the body as to where we need to cut it out.

We used a hole saw top cut out a section at the bottom of the scuttle so it will not foul the upper steering column, seemed to go ok.

We also filled the hydraulic clutch reservoir and had a go at bleeding it, don't know if this worked or not! But anyway it's full of fluid, the bleed nipple is conveniently situated underneath the gearbox.

Apologies to Martin for not adding to the blog recently, and thanks to him for his nice comments.