Donnington Prep

Well in preparation for Donnington this coming Sunday and in light of the contact and brake issue at Silverstone quite a number of things have been worked on in the last week or so.
Firstly there was the matter of the electric reverse mechanism that was bodged in the first place. We sort of worked on it a few months back but really it just needed scrapping and replacing with a decent mount.
So Johns engineering skills came the forefront in a completely new base plate and mounting method which firstly holds the motor in place and secondly does not flex at all.
We also fed it power with a much better cable to help reduce any power loss.
In the pictures here you can see the old (black) bodged bracket which actually held the motor at the wrong angle! and the John special bracket with the motor attached.

And would you believe it - last night the Fury reversed up the gravel drive and over the lip into the garage, under its own steam, three times in a row !!!


Other items on the list to do were to rebond the rear tub to the lower panels at the passenger side rear after contact with John Goodwin pulled it away. Never syringed resin before but it was fun and effective. Next I made up a new ali bracket to hold the front of the sidepod onto the chassis and repaired the rear wheel splat. More difficult than all of these was the process of removing Johns paint and tyre marks on the paintwork!

Earlier in the week I had repaired the brake line pipe to the rear drivers side brake drum. In the slight touch with Mike into the first corner of the first start it cracked the end off the pipe and broke the seal. It was a simple process of borrowing the correct tool from Paul and re-inserting. I also checked out the other pipes for fractures but they look in good condition.

And wow, this car is much easier to bleed the brakes on than the Westy. Rears I actually did on my own and last night as a finishing touch, John and I did the fronts to push through some of the more heavily used front liquid. Pedal pressure good ;)