Indy - Guy said:The GRM post-Challenge relay delivered some goodies:
Notice the little hand, that's my helper reaching in to help unload.
Now that you have wheels when does the work restart? Need AC and I to come over one weekend and watch you work?
In reply to Stampie :
Work is going to restart soon, and once I get some strategic progress done, I'll probably post a Midwest build party event you and Angry can come to and observe.
Motivational shot.
What do you think?
In reply to Indy - Guy :
I really like those wheels.
That is AWESOME
That shelf has a nice set of wheels!
Mmm, Micholetti designed bodies...
Nice to see I am not the only one with multiple colors on old british sheet metal.
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Scotty Con Queso said:That shelf has a nice set of wheels!
Funny you say that. Just last night Indy-Kid#2 and I were discussing how to get this project moving forward again, and I told him: "We need to start by not letting it be a shelf any more"
In reply to stafford1500 & AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
British Metal is Best Metal.
In reply to frenchyd & Dusterbd13-michael :
I think these wheels give a general node to the style used when Triumph competed at Daytona in 1966:
It ain't much, but at least I got the shelf cleaned off.
Next up is fix the regulator on the buzz box welder and refill the bottle....
In other news, after much agonizing, I've decided to sell the Jaaaag. That'll free up some money and mental space to refocus on the TR4.
Progress. Not directly on the car, but got the welder operational and finally OFF my work bench. First, started with an old bed frame
Cut and hacked.
Added some metal with the "glue gun"
And added a bit of paint
Any suggestions for cable management?
In reply to Indy - Guy :
steel "Shepherd's hook" plant hanger
Does the side door of the welder still open? Or is it going to live on the outside of the bed frame, forever unlatched(not that I've ever seen such a situation...)
Shepard's hook idea is interesting. More bed frame could simulate a similar solution if you haven't used it all up
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
That's a good suggestion, I'll have to figure out how it'll work.
In reply to Gumby:
Good eye. The door doesn't open as it sits. I knew that as I was progressing, but chose to ignore it in the interest of "progress, not perfection let get completion".
I can either lift the welder up for roll changes, or as you suggested, just leave the door propped open. 
And yes, I have more bed frame rails for a possible addition
British car show today in Indy. Good for additional motivation
Indy - Guy,
Thanks for posting all the pictures! It is so close and I would have been there if I was not staying home with a covid-positive relative. At least now I can see some of what I missed. Looks like a lot of great cars... and Indy - Kidz!
In reply to so_slow :
Yeah, it had a decent turn out. Sponsored by the Indy British Car Union, and was at the Lions Park in Zionsville this year. I see you have an Elan. If you would have made it out, you would d have had the only one in attendance.
I grabbed this pic from your "garage". Looks like it's the same one as your profile picture. Hope you recover quickly from the COVID.
The Indy kids had fun climbing a tree in the park too:
Edit here's a few more pictures
The little guy wanted to help too
As you see, we got the rear of the car jacked up.
The fuel system has really been challenging me, actually haunting me if I'm honest. I hated the plan I put in motion months ago ( it actually might've been years ago, I'll have to go look). And I feel really bad hacking the hole in the truck / spare tire area. I had planned to use a gravity fed swirl pot. That was dumb. (Why didn't one of you guys talk me out of that?)
I've since realized I have two ports in the bottom of the tank....
Those ports in the other picture are located about where those two bolts you see at the bottom of the tank.
I think I can use one of the ports for fuel supply to a high pressure EFI capable pump (maybe one of the Ford units Robbie posted in the FLAPS compatible parts thread) then plumb the return line back to the other port.
Question is, can I send fuel back to the tank through the bottom port?
Does this all sound good? Problem I'm overlooking?
In reply to Indy - Guy :
Very very excited ...
So, on the ports for fuel.
Tbe pickup side should be fine for that. Im ASSUMING the ports are 5/16 or 3/8 in diameter, not 1/4. It shouldn't starve an e2000 pump mounted to the frame rail feeding a stock 5.3. Id prefer to see something larger, but its not really necessary.
Im concerned about running the return to the bottom of the tank like that. You'll have a lot of head pressure to fight against when its full, and that head pressure will change with tank level. I dont know if that will actually make a difference, or if it will change fuel pressure at all.
Can you run the return to a bulkhead fitting scabbed into the filler neck? Seems like an easy place to stab it.
Dusterbd13-michael said:Can you run the return to a bulkhead fitting scabbed into the filler neck? Seems like an easy place to stab it.
The filler neck on these is a rubber hose about 4" long that goes straight up, so that won't work. You could add a fitting to the top of the tank somewhere. Ideally, you want to dump the return fuel into an internal sump built around the outlet. Since that outlet is way over on the driver's side of the tank, it will starve in hard LH turns.
When we ran Webers with a stock fuel tank, we got away with standing the fuel filter and pump vertically in the corner of the trunk. When we converted to EFI, there was a low pressure filter on the pump input and a high pressure one on the output. This worked well enough.
After several months of distraction:
I'm gonna make this build a priority again.
This pic was over in the other thread, but I wanna put in here too, well, because I'm flanked by two Challenge winners. That's why:
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