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Spent the weekend repairing the 2 Fibreglass cill covers. On one the resin had "Powdered" ? and had to cut out a lot. Made a wooden former to reproduce the profile and used silicon to form the radius.



Then lined with Kitchen foil as release agent


Finished artical with perfect radius corner.

Hi - not all Marcos but shows what us "Retired" folks get up to.

Sorry not keeping you all up to date but its been a busy month. I got to the point where I needed help on the electrics. Thankfully Adrian 2 lives close by and visited with some excellent advice giving me the confidence to do a complete rewire. So I have started and its going well - but interrupted. My wife is local village Church Warden and of course I offered to save them £10,000 and renew all the rainwater guttering - without scaffolding!. Here is pic of me in the bucket nearing completion on the South side. Its been 5 days work, but weather permitting, should complete tomorrow. Material cost £2000 - scaffolding and labour saving of £10,000. I also "Uprighted" the organ for £3.54 instead of the £10,000 estimate. How - hydraulically push the organ upright, underpin the supports rather than take off and replace the organ - Simples!!


On a Marcos note, I have been VERY fortunate in buying a full race prepared V6 + T5 gearbox with matching bell housing + a 4HA axle with LSD + prop shaft to cut to length. All in the garage ready to fit.

But a question arises since its a manufactured carb - inlet manifold and looks high- will the Holly carb fit in the "Standard" bonnet bulge?. I have the bonnet off so can any of you with a Holly fitted tell me a dimension from say the top of the horizontal chassis frame where the engine mount welds on to the top of the Holly inlet flange. I think I may need to drop the engine by 10/15mm to get clearance. I would rather fit the engine once - correctly. I can now forsee a Xmas startup so the 2010 Hill Climb season looks possible.

Hi

Had Sunday away from garage so, whilst fresh in my mind, I produced a wiring diagram as installed for future owners of the car:



My only problem is with the White (W) wire which meanders around from Tacho, to Ign. light, to Ign. switch. Seems it could be used to supply the power to the Tacho - hence the dotted line.

As you can see the 13 fuse - 21 connection panel purchased from CBS is now integrated together with the Ammeter.

Completed machining 2 wheels today, tyres on tomorrow.

Thanks Colin and will wait and see what clearance I have when engine in. Could be a solution to lower engine, put on a small "Collecting" sump and convert to a dry sump engine - time will tell.

Have sorted the wiring with Adrian 2's help. tacho live feed now from the horn switch wire PY.

Have found that the Salisbury 4HA axle is quite larger/different to the 7HA variety so today I am transferring disc brake assembly from the 4 to the 7, and will use the 7 without a LSD at present. Therfore a 4HA axle for sale if anybody interested with drum brakes!!.

Also looked at the "New" engine and in particular at the Holley carb. Cannot find any ID numbers - where are they normally stamped? as I need some linkage parts.

Phone call today saying the new door restaints (stitched leather) with wires through centre are being delivered tomorrow allowing completion of the wiring and then dashboards back in!

New tyres on wheels - look great with the machined finish to the original Marcos wheels.

Petrol tank installed and new copper feed pipe bent and installed, thanks to Dr. Death for delivering his spare pipe. New Holley petrol pump and filter/pressure regulator located in position and new fixing brackets to make.

Now looking at the pedal box. Has anyone upgraded to two brake cylinders with bias assembly (independant pressure feed to front and rear for safety)? if so what did you use for cylinders?