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Post by healeyneil on Jan 10, 2020 15:06:12 GMT
I should add that Id love for someone to be able to prove this wrong !
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Post by healeyneil on Feb 19, 2020 0:58:57 GMT
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Post by dougie on Feb 22, 2020 6:15:28 GMT
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Post by healeyneil on Mar 11, 2020 14:23:24 GMT
 well, this should be easy. No need to lift / tilt the engine and gearbox any great amount.    and so it proved, except for the rather oversized ( and previously unnoticed) clutch release arm maybe 20 minutes all in 😀 Next up will be making a gearbox mount |
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Post by bbh on Mar 11, 2020 19:52:14 GMT
Looking good.
Are you planning on covering the hole the clutch release are goes through with a rubber gator or similar, or leaving it open?
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Post by healeyneil on Mar 12, 2020 8:23:06 GMT
I was going to leave it open. It hadn't occurred to me to think of a cover !
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Post by bbh on Mar 12, 2020 20:07:36 GMT
I had the same debate with myself. Not long after I picked up the conversion kit I ordered a Toyota 90deg drive for the speedo cable and at the same time the Toyota rubber boot for the opening. Drive worked well as that fitted the box, but the rubber boot, whilst a good fit around the release lever didn't come close to fitting in the hole in the bell housing. I the promptly forgot it until I was about to fit the engine / box into the car and decided I would try to do something about it.
I made up an aluminium plate to cover the hole in the bell housing and then cut out a hole in that which would fit the Toyota rubber boot. I then drilled and tapped a couple of holes in the bell housing and secured the plate / boot combo. Now I thought I had a pic, but cannot find one, so I will try in the next couple of days to get a shot
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Post by bbh on Mar 14, 2020 19:34:46 GMT
As promised ....  |
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Post by healeyneil on Mar 15, 2020 18:29:28 GMT
That looks neat. I've made my gearbox mount- simple, if inelegant- a bit like myself . I also had a go at a gearchange mechanism using bits of scrap - hence the chequer plate - it sort of works, so if I can't buy a well engineered solution at a decent cost, there are alternatives. I also tried my new radiator in place - about 6" in front of where the fan should be !   |
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Post by dougie on Mar 19, 2020 3:15:32 GMT
That should work nicely, now what type of shift knob to install......?
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Post by healeyneil on Mar 23, 2020 15:44:02 GMT
 version 2 gearchange |
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Post by healeyneil on Mar 28, 2020 17:27:33 GMT
 Finally, a satisfactory gear change. It took a lot of time and head scratching. Oh and trial fitting ! The gear lever itself is made of 3 pieces, the original top part of the housing is bolted to 4 pieces of aluminium plate, which all was put together using an electric drill, an angle grinder, some hand files, and a cheapo tap and die set, oh and a welder for the gear lever ! |
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Post by bbh on Mar 28, 2020 20:26:27 GMT
Interesting to see the iterations from the start with the Toyota forward extensions to the "final" solution above, which looks quite tidy. Those aluminium plates are certainly not going to move.
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Post by healeyneil on Apr 9, 2020 17:32:41 GMT
As I have a wheelless BMW Z4 stuck on my ramp now ( wheels went to my tyre guy, who then shut cos of the virus) I have very little working room so I'm pottering about with small jobs     ive cut out the top of the gearbox tunnel cover, and glassfibred in new, making it flat across the top. I'm dreaming up ideas for how I want the dash to look. I think 60s/70s grand tourer is what I want - think Gordon Keeble etc Where the radius arm box protrudes into the cabin, I've trimmed the corner off and will weld in a filler piece. That little trim gains me almost an inch in legroom. Also the fibreglass seat I'm using has been trimmed away in the same place. i cut the bottom off my petrol tank. As it's a modified version of the Healey tank I thought it might be easier than a new tank. Looking at the horrible state of this, a new tank is on order, although I suspect that this damage was done by a small amount of water lying in the well. Im even trying to make a gearknob ! |
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Post by healeyneil on Apr 19, 2020 22:17:53 GMT
Keeping busy, I've made an opening bootlid, and had a trial fit of my chosen tail lights. From the Midget I bought and broke for the Frogeye, I had saved the panel which contained the boot hinges  Suitably trimmed down, it will be bonded into the structure, immediately below the rear window. I have bonded plates into what will be the new bootlid to accept the hinges, and also reinforced the panel to stop it flexing. Also had a first fix of the tail lights I like - A lot of work to do to make them fit    |
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