Repeaters

Just managed a bit of time after work to fit the repeaters.
10 minutes thinking time as they come with a chrome surround but the rubber is stuck to the light .
Worth running a small screwdriver between the rubber and the light to break this seal smoothly in order to get the chrome shield on first .
The first one took me nearly 30 mins armed with Vaseline to try and get it in .
Second one 5 mins  ..Put the rubber insert in the hole first and then the repeater just slid in .
Point to note wiring here is reversed white is earth and black is live

Repeater ( didn't plan for the selfie )

First Door

Only have the Drivers door as there was a problem with the passenger door so it has to be re done .I have been looking at it for a while and thought today I am going to try and fit it .
First thing was to score a line 12mm all the way round the frame .
Followed Dales blog again on this and used a nail in a piece of wood


View of my scored line
 

Out came the Dremmel again with the mini cutter (found the chuck of the dremmel works loose and the cutter sods off !!!) so plier's tight sorts that .

Now on to the door famous last words again the holes were already drilled for me to accept the lock except the lock didn't fit.
The solution was to cut off the part of the opening bar that is not used and then it fits easy ( picture to follow as I was so engrossed in the moment never took a picture)



Updated picture  showing the cut off bit

Got the door fitted but not quite happy with the closing as the handle does not return so like other builders will need to source a spring to help with this.
Door closes and is close but not spending any more time on it as it will be coming off to fit the spring .

First door well pleased
 

Front lights

Tackled the front lights so at least it starts to look like a car
found this easy as the holes were already cut for me by GD .
All I had to do was drill another hole to clear the horizontal adjuster ,I opted to use 4mm Stainless nuts and bolts instead of the supplied self tapers

Now it starts to look better

View from the inside showing the bolts

Throttle cut out

As mentioned on a previous post decided to cut out the double skin next to the accelerator like other cobra owners as things  are a bit tight down there .
Copied Dales measurements from his blog and went for 50mm up from the floor and went 220mm up 140 across at the top and 205 across at the bottom .
Didn't use a hole saw as I was scared that the pilot drill may go though the outer skin so went in "cold" with the dremel mini cutter .
It was easy to tell when I was though the fibreglass as the cutter goes easy .
This has left me with straight corners instead of rounded ones which I think I like but may regret this at a later date when it comes to carpets etc


View of the cut out from the clutch cut out

 

View from the drivers position
 

Need to get hold of some west system figre glass now to tidy the area up .

Update ++
Went to a local Fibreglass dealer (Ian Flockton ) who told me I could use their  resin instead of the west system as it is compatible with foam (blue in colour).VERY sceptical was I so he gave me enough to use as a test o the foam I had cut out and it is fine and less than 1/2 the cost result ,well happy 

Lights

Set to fit the back lights expected this to be a simple job as the holes were already drilled for me by GD .
Decided to fit with the mounting screws vertical as I found a locating peg on the lens and I wanted that to be on the bottom.

Once the holes are filed out to accommodate the earth connection its a simple job to fit .
As the car is not quite level on the trestles I have made the holes slightly larger so there is a bit of movement for the final fit once I have a level platform to work off .


Pedal box

Looking at blogs I realised that it was not just a simple job ( what is ?) of fitting the pedals .
Sitting on a make shift seat (2 bits of wood and a quilt )guessing the height as no seats yet , figured I would go with the recommended height suggested by Andy from GD .
Next was the pedal spacing as everybody else seems to bend them apart a bit ,can see why with all that power catching the wrong pedal would be interesting to say the least .
Comparing the pedal centres to my Insignia
That had 6 cms between the clutch and brake and 6cms between the brake and throttle .
On the pedal box I had 5 1/2 and 4 1/5 respectfully .
I set to to bend these in the vice with a large adjustable spanner moving the brake 15mm to give me 6 cms and the clutch 20 again to give me 6 cms .

Hopefully this will make sure that my size 11 shoes will only touch the intended pedal.
This is still a bit of a gamble as know it is rather snug in the foot well .should know better when I fit it .
While the pedals were apart I drilled the top of the throttle .
It requires a 6 mm hole 1mm from the top in 8mm bar so a bit tight .
I have cheated a bit and drilled a 5.2 mm hole and taped it 6mm
Also plan to follow other cobra guys and cut out the side wall to give me a bit more throttle space more on that later dremel out again .
 

pedals after adjustment (can just see the 6mm tapped hole in the throttle)