New Year Update

Happy New Year All! Christmas saw little action on the Cobra, but the new year has brought a few days in the garage. And finally a weekend when the sun was shining and I could work on the drive again. Here's a few pictures of progress to date.

As you can see I still had not got round to fitting the O/S exhaust but I'm pleased to say that job's now been finished. I thought it was hard first time round but having the body on makes it that bit harder and quite a fight to remove as you have no clearance to help knock the pipes off.

Back in the garage I tackled a few of those little jobs that eat into the time and don't look like you've made much progress. I've decided that I'm not going to use the steering column lock so I removed the barrel, wiring and the steering lock parts.Removing the barrel is fiddly but if ever I have to do it again I reckon it would take less than half the time. The lock barrel has a small hole on the face of the lock, you need to rotate the lock with the key until you can slide a thin, slightly bent, piece of metal into the hole (I used an old Allen Key). The correct position is roughly in line with the casting mark on the case. Turning the Allen key eventually releases the latch that holds the lock barrel in place. I've blanked off the old hole with a blanking grommet.

Allen Key inserted and latch in the release position

Lock Barrel with Hole in removal position

Another job was to fit the throttle cable with a bracket and return spring. I need to do more work on this as I'm not sure I'm getting full throttle. I know the throttle pedal needs to find a hard stop on bulkhead and not the carburetor but I think the pedal is stopping too early - needs more work (and a sunny day again - so I can get more space along side the car)

Throttle Cable, Bracket & Return Spring