Neil Fletcher Racing

The Rebuild - Part 4.

Or as it will be re-titled

JIJ9975 - Running Reports No1.

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After working at the car for nearly 4 years, "The Rebuild" is finished apart from one or two very minor jobs.  At the end of "Part 3" I had taken the car out on her first event at Drumhorc Hillclimb. Her next outing was to AVO Day 2003.

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	One of the first things that needed doing after coming home from AVO Day was to get the car fully prepared for an MoT test. Then I would be able to get her taxed for road use and then get out and do a few rallies.
	The main thing for MoT was a proper mechanical handbrake. A cable from a disc braked Sierra was obtained, if you look closely you will see one end of this has already been attached to the caliper on the Navigators side and then loops up over the axle. The other end of the loop is lying on the ground beside that wheel.
	The Sierra cable has two adjusters where it loops forward to the handbrake itself. One of these attached onto the standard Escort cable mount. I then cut and shaped these two bits of metal to make another similar shaped mount to fit on the opposite side of the transmission tunnel. More info and photos on this mod - once I find them :-)
	Another job I needed to do was refit my homemade Sumpguard. This wasn't required for MoT, but was most definitely a requirement for the sort of rallying I do.
	As you can see from both this photo and the one above, the first thing I did was give it a good blasting and a fresh coat of silver paint - its an all steel sumpguard.
	The two black mounts to the left of this picture are two normal anti-rollbar clamps. My guard is mounted on the rollbar at the front using them. The legs in the middle of the picture then rest under the chassis legs in front of the engine cross-member. The final two legs then bolt onto brackets welded to the chassis legs, roughly where the legs sweep downwards in an "S" shape.
	A closer look at the bottom side shows some of the many scrapes and bangs that the sumpguard has suffered over the years. Now you see why I say its a definite requirement for rallying.
	In this photo I have already attached the front of the sumpguard to the anti-rollbar using the clamps mentioned above. then I'll swing it up under the crossmember and bolt the rear legs in place.
	There is more to follow soon.

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