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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. |
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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. |
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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 :-) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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There
is more to follow soon. |