UK Maxie progress...

["Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am posting the mail below for Robert who is having some issues with 
sending to Topica....

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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 12:28 AM
Subject: UK Maxie progress...

Well, kinda getting somewhere.
 
My brother (Stuart) & I both had the afternoon off work so we could get 
the car down to a mid-week show/cruise in North London at a place called 
the Ace Cafe (http://www.ace-cafe-london.com/dis.htm#Table). You may 
have seen it in an American Chopper episode!
As it's only a few miles from the garage of the guy that built our 
engine, we arranged to get down there a bit earlier and take the car in 
to have look at what could be causing our driveline vibrations.
Up on the ramp, and able to give the crossmember & prop a good old 
'wiggle' (not so easy with the car on axle stands), we could see that 
the trans mount and rear UJ needed some attention. We just about managed 
to get the trans mount out from the crossmember without dropping the 
exhaust, and found that the rubber block had almost split into two. Not 
able to do much about that, there and then, we put it back in place with 
a view to getting a replacement.
Next up was to see what was causing the UJ to move around when fully 
clamped in position. We found that the circlips inboard of the bearing 
caps are too thin in cross-section for the grooves in the UJ. This came 
about because the company that rebalanced the prop & fitted the new UJ, 
forgot to supply the circlips, so Paul (the engine builder) fitted some 
that he thought were ok. Turns out they were metric, not imperial (inch 
size) as they needed to be.
Hopefully getting some Imperial circlips from our trans guy.
The other area we thought might be contributing to the vibrations was 
the deeper sump which was just touching on the drag-link. Stuart got 
some 2 & 3 mm thick plates made up at work to fit under the engine 
mounts so we fitted one of each (total 5mm) under each engine mount to 
raise the engine & sump to clear the drag-link.
 
Unable to locate the earlier style of trans mount in rubber, we've 
ordered one from Schumacher with polyurethane. Hopefully this wont be 
too stiff?
 
We're hoping these 3 things will go a long way to cutting out some of 
the bad vibes we get when we try & accelerate from anything above 40mph.
 
Anyway, back to the fun stuff. We got back to the Ace Cafe around 5.30pm 
before the car park got rammed, and consequently couldnt leave till it 
cleared out soon after 11.
 
One of the best night of the year round these parts, as pretty well 
anything goes out on the road in front of the Cafe. It's amazing how the 
police havent clamped down more!
 
Some pics here that I took: 
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/rob426uk/Executioners%20Spring%20Riot%202007/

 
and some by one of the more keen photographers within our club: 
http://www.grantgb.com/springriot2007.htm
 
Another good show coming up in a couple of weeks at Brooklands, the 
world's oldest purpose-built racing circuit. Hopefully get the trans 
mount & circlips sorted out before then.
 
Bye for now
 
Robert
63 Polara 500
England


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