Archive for the ‘tr6’ Category.
January 4, 2009, 10:07 pm
It’s been a busy few days, whilst I’ve had some time off. The Land Rover is progressing, slowly but surely. Bill has come up with a list of things that need done and/or purchased, and I’ve started making it happen. The roof has been loosened off all around the Land Rover, in order to lift the front of the roof up and slide the bulkhead and windscreen upwards and outwards. This also requires all the wiring to be disconnected, steering column, cabin heating system, and the like. So far I have the floorbox and footwell floor out (from a week or so ago), and I got the heater matrix disconnected and removed today. The coming week will see the wiring labelled and disconnected, and then we should be really getting somewhere. Also on the cards for the next 8 weeks is the purchase and assembly of a new glazed and ready-to-go door top, and associated bottom. This will accompany my other new door down to the folks that are doing the chassis swap.
The TR6 has been victim of procrastination and indecision on my part. I finally made my mind up today, and have decided to get hold of a completely new rocker shaft, arms, springs, and bits. The current one is usable, with some TLC and gentle driving. But for the sake of 90 quid, and a few hours work, it’ll put my mind at ease when driving in the mountains around Europe. The carburretion willalready be skewiff up there, I’ll have enough stuff to worry about. The top end oil feed kit will also make things run a bit smoother for the new parts too.
To cap it all off, the ESC for my model plane lost some of the magic smoke, and the motor is playing up. The local shop has taken it back and is waiting for an engineer to have a look at it. On a whim, I bought a USB cable for my transmitter, so I could hook it into the computer for some training applications. The Futaba trainer socket is loose and intermittent, and the T/X is 1 month beyond the warranty. Magic.
November 16, 2008, 6:58 pm
After a slight hiatus, progress has been made on the TR6. Last Saturday, I managed to head out to the garage and get the fuel pump changed, along with the pipework to the carburettors. Instead of solid pipework snaking around the rocker cover and being held in place by a bracket attached to the thermostat, it’s now shiny braided hose (originally bought for the AC), secured in place with P-Clips.
 
My dad had taken the time to remove the old rocker cover, clean the head, and fit the new gasket and rocker cover. It looks the part, and I just need to clean up the block now 
Also on the completed list are the seat rails. Bill had come out for a catchup, so he devised a cunning method of replacing the rivnut in the floor with a welded in replacement. This allowed the seat rail to be bolted down correctly and finished off. I just need to fabricate a plate for the control rod latch on the seat rail, and all will be good.
This Saturday afternoon was spent fitting the new ignition coil, distributor cap and HT leads. Last week I’d cleaned and adjusted all the spark plugs but it still ran rough today. Somehow… all the plugs were still set wrongly. Readjusted them, and all 6 cylinders fire nicely
The smooth(er) running highlights one other issue. The rockers need adjusted.
November 25, 2007, 8:14 pm
Finally got the exhaust of the TR6 fixed. A bit of a hassle it was, as the corrosion had rusted a hole in around one of the rear mounts. The whole rear section had to be cut off, done a week or so ago by Gordon, and then over the course of a few nights I trimmed off the bad metal and welded in a patch. Today was the big day as the exhaust was mounted back on, this time using a home made connector, and sealed up with Gun Gum and a Gun Gum bandage around the joint. After half an hour of idling, we had a toasty warm exhaust with no holes in it. Job done
August 17, 2006, 11:07 pm
One of the busiest weeks I’ve had in a long time. The advance base is almost up and running, but we’ve fighting with the new vlans and the voip system for the past few days. After 3 days of what seemed like getting nowhere, the system all magically sprung into life at 5.45pm – Just in time to go to the pub.
Met up with Marie to fix her computer on Tuesday, Neil to discuss a business plan on Wednesday, and Willie to tow his car this evening. Dave and I are heading to the pub tomorrow to celebrate our VOIP over VLAN victory, and Charlotte and I are working on the TR6 on Saturday and at Knockhill on Sunday. Willie and Janet took us out for a very nice meal at the 1901 this evening, and it was good to catch up. Hopefully we can do similar again
