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What hath we wrought when we give advice from past experiences and realize that we might suffer from shipwright's disease. I spoke to the problem of the little scuttle vent tube for someone's TR4 the other day, suggesting that extending the tube down into the bottom of the blind panel would be a good thing. It still is a valid improvement over just dumping the scuttle water right into the fender void. But whilst gazing upon my TR6 in the garage (a favorite pastime), it dawned upon me that the drain channel behind the bonnet drains directly into this same void! Dummy. I stuck a light probe down into this abyss and noted a frosting of rust starting to rear its ugly head. Not good. I had cleaned and painted these two chambers some years ago but must have used the wrong coatings (don't ask). So, today, missing talking to the guys at TRF, I called and ordered two new panel kits so I can have something to do over the next few weeks of too-wet-n-hot-to-drive summer. I could reuse the old/new panels but because I had undercoated the wheel wells, getting them off in one piece will entail massive scrapping a digging. When I remove the panels I will <u>completely</u> clean both chambers and do the properly sequenced POR15 process and then overcoat with a good paint before sealing them back up. Not a good design, I must say, but what we are stuck with.
Ordered new rear spring rubber packings as well, new/old ones slipped off, major squeaking noise figured out. This is always fun, pulling down the rear suspension. Good time to check the rear hubs and those wonderful little bolts into the aluminum swing arms that I had HeliCoiled some years ago. Wonder if the other bolts did the same. (DPO had actually JBWeld-ed them into place! Removed two of them with my fingers.)
Since I have converted to tube shocks on the rear, I can't help but notice the the full fury of the coil springs is unleashed on the hyper-extended tube shock whilst the car is on jack stands. The OE lever shocks have a very stout forged arm that has a special pad to rest on when the car sits in the air. I dunno about the ability of a tube shock to handle this much pull. I know when I jack against the swing arm to take the shock off, there is a lot of spring action left in the coil when I lower it down zero. (Muscling the coil out is always fun.) Any thoughts?
Ah, shipwright's disease, gotta love it.
Ordered new rear spring rubber packings as well, new/old ones slipped off, major squeaking noise figured out. This is always fun, pulling down the rear suspension. Good time to check the rear hubs and those wonderful little bolts into the aluminum swing arms that I had HeliCoiled some years ago. Wonder if the other bolts did the same. (DPO had actually JBWeld-ed them into place! Removed two of them with my fingers.)
Since I have converted to tube shocks on the rear, I can't help but notice the the full fury of the coil springs is unleashed on the hyper-extended tube shock whilst the car is on jack stands. The OE lever shocks have a very stout forged arm that has a special pad to rest on when the car sits in the air. I dunno about the ability of a tube shock to handle this much pull. I know when I jack against the swing arm to take the shock off, there is a lot of spring action left in the coil when I lower it down zero. (Muscling the coil out is always fun.) Any thoughts?
Ah, shipwright's disease, gotta love it.
