Zero Life

On a drive out a few weekends ago, while trying to get past a couple of cyclists on a bend (yeah, my fault), a car came round the corner tow...

So, on with the repairs... first, take off the N/S front wing. It's attached in the same way as the O/S so it may also make an escape at...

Sadly,  IVA was a fail but for minor stuff so one more test should do it. I had hoped for a dry day and I got that OK,  as well as 32 degC...

Today was a biggie - my seats arrived and look great, although tiny. Unfortunately,  they're so small that the universal runners I'v...

One of the best days of my build so far... The plan today was to get the wheels on,  roll the car out,  clear out the dump that is my ga...

Brake fluid in and bled and,  touch wood,  no leaks so far since the Great Flare Fiasco. Spent some time on the front tunnel and auxilia...

Well,  you live and learn,  I guess.  This week,  my education involves the relevant merits of single and double flares on brake lines. Bott...

Thread lock arrived so I was able to bolt up the rear brake calipers and test the brakes.  All seems to be fine - discs lock when pedal is p...

Time to sort out the brakes - bolts arrived so bolted the front calipers on: And fitted the front flexible brake lines to the copper bra...

Well,  tonight turned into quite a significant session. I really want to try fill the coolant system and check for leaks before I go much ...

I was tempted to put a 'milestone' tag on this post but it hasn't really been enough effort to justify it - I've fitted the ...

Well,  the 42mm socket arrived - great! It's got a 3/4" drive and my torque wrench has a 1/2" drive! Cue many swear words. Bac...

Starting to get really annoyed with this hub nut socket. I thought I'd measured it to be 40mm and so ordered that size socket. Arrived t...

JIT is the commonly used industrial system which stands for Just In Time, meaning you ensure that you order parts so they arrive just as the...

I was getting a bit panicky about how many jobs there were that I'd  started but couldn't finish - handbrake,  pedals,  master cylin...

I've been keeping my eye open for a brake fluid reservoir as they're supposed to be hard to find and that was proving to be true.  N...

Turns out the only thing I thought I'd done right yesterday was,  in fact,  wrong :-).  Well,  not horrendous but the passenger footwell...