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Cornish Rattler

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  1. Finished off the odd's and ends this morning then Andy dropped a bomb shell me and Jen are going to watch the City match so that more or less stopped me in my tracks as the plan was after sorting the odd's and ends out we was suppose to be fitting the rest of the body on, screen, roof and doors so I will just have to wait now till I can have him to help me with it. Anyway on a good note I am sat here on here with a few cans as its been ages since I last had a drink
  2. Hi guys Just thinking ahead really as I intend using the 2a SWB as a weekend car plus doing the odd sea fishing trip which will involve towing a small 550kg trailer loaded with fishing and camping gear aswell as possibly 4 x adults in the 2a and want to fit parabolic springs all round but just wondering as regards the rear's what's best 3 leaf para's or 2+1 leaf para's as I want a bit of comfort aswell as being able to carry a load, what do you think
  3. that's not good but you should be able to get one easy enough and pretty cheap
  4. Yeah its draggin on now as I am doing it on my own, son was going help me with it all but his new business had picked up just after we stripped everything off so since then I have been doing it on my own but I'm getting there, just want to get started on the 2a now
  5. Finished fitting everything back on the bulkhead yesterday then had the engine running, just got a couple of loose ends to sort out as regards the wiring behind the dash then we can start fitting the screen, roof and doors back on then get it painted
  6. Fitted the lower dash in today inc the metal panel that has the air vent lever's screwed to it and sorting some of the wiring out, here are a few pic's I took just before I fitted the metal panel
  7. I used to run my 2a when it was still a 2.25p engine without a fan but kept it in the back helped save fuel and it allowed it to clime hills easier and I did the same when I converted it to a tdi and I will be doing with this one when it on the road
  8. Can't wait to get stuck into the 2a again so once the 90 is finished, refit some of the shelving I took down earlier this year to fit the log burning stove as I now have a load of 2a stuff and Defender stuff on the floor which I need to move onto the shelving to make room for the 2a coming back in as still have the head to refit and rotate the timing belt twice to reset the belt then start doing everything else to it as I have loads of work for it next year with the trailer aswell as a few fishing trips planned
  9. Did a bit more on Saturday fitted the wiper motor after removing the heater as the bracket that holds the wiper motor on slides up into the bulkhead from behind the heater then once it was fitted I replaced the wiper spindles then connected all the wiring up in the engine bay, working today so I will try and fit the dash in and connect it all up at the weekend and post some more pic's aswell
  10. Think Luminition used to do one that covered the 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder models if they are still around had one on my then 4 cylinder S3 and it was great but not sure if they are still going or not though
  11. Didn't get anything done today as its been raining off and on all day and I need to get the 90 out of the garage to work on as there isn't much room in there with the 2a stuff in there aswell so it will have to wait till weekend now
  12. Got some more done yesterday finished off the engine bay side and started fitting the wiring loom and fuse backing panel back in and partially connected up, in work today but its my day off tomorrow so I will do some more
  13. Been off for 4 days and today is the only day I have had to do anything on the 90 as I have been resting a sore eye for the last few days think I may have got something in it either from work or from working in the garage but it seems ok now so today as we fitted the bulkhead last week we only fitted it in loosely so we could fit stuff back in easier in the engine bay so today I fastened the bulkhead in properly so next weekend we can start fitting the wiring and dash back in
  14. I had a similar problem and accidentally solved it after months running without the fuel gauge reading, just check the wiring immediately next to the fuel filter there should be a thin black wire with a large eyelet on it should be screwed to the bulkhead but after I removed the filter completely from the bulkhead to do a seperate job and found this wire tucked away in the wiring, screwed it to the bulkhead and hey presto the fuel gauge worked I must have missed it some how when I did the engine swap last year, hope this helps
  15. Yeah we have ordered a pair of them to fit the new bulkhead so will fit them before we fit the dash
  16. Hi guys As the tittle say's and with me it's getting as much done as I can on swapping stuff over on our newly fitted replacement bulkhead and if possible but not expecting it fit the new flat type roof to our 90,so what's your plans
  17. Had a good result yesterday we sold the old bulkhead for £100, originally I was going to give it the scrap man but Andy ( son ) decided to advertise it on his mobile and within an hour it was sold and the guy picked it up yesterday
  18. I've been quite enjoying myself swapping the bulkhead over and swapping everything over onto it so I have decided on buying a new galv bulkhead for the 2a now so saving up like made now to buy one.
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