S1 Progress report - Roller !

[cabc26b]

With the S2 out of the way I can get back to the S1.

After being stored in pieces for years it is nice to see the car coming back together, this month assembled the corners on to the chassis and then made it a roller. Next steps are to see if the cars wheels are pointed in the right direction ( or can be made to ) finish up rear brake system then fit body - shooting for January on this.

George

[Jas]

Hi George

It looks great as always.
I saw your S2 on Youtube the other day, and it looked and sounded good too.
Will you share with us what else it is that you have there in the garage, especially the Jaguar shell and no 61 looks exiting?

Happy holydays
Jannik

[jimj]

Aren`t the diff. bolts upside down?
Jim

[garyeanderson]

Aren`t the diff. bolts upside down?
Jim

The way George has them is the way I have seen them on all of the Elans I have bought (and disassembled).

Gary

ps I looked at the S1,S2, Coupe service manual and show it opposite of Geooge's install, however I looked at the Elan S4 service manual dated March 1970 and on page R4 of the final drive show it just like george has it. Most likey it doesn''t make any difference.

[prloz]

Thought it was best practice to have the bolt head at the top.
That way, if the nut falls off, the bolt will remain in position.
Regards,
Peter.

[garyeanderson]

Thought it was best practice to have the bolt head at the top.
That way, if the nut falls off, the bolt will remain in position.
Regards,
Peter.

If it falls off, someone had a brain fart and didn't tighten it properly or used the wrong nut.
Before we get to far off topic (that would never happen on this forum)
I would like to say the chassis looks great George, and the alloy calipers sure look nice.

Gary

[cabc26b]

Hi Gary,

Thanks for the kind words. You'll get a kick out of what I fitting on the rear caliper brackets..

Peter and Jim - I have done it both ways, to Gary's point not sure it matters if you do it right - I would say this - when you have to tighten then it's easier with it this way, and if the nut backing off is the issue your worried about use some inspection lacquer on the nut.


Jannik - On the cars in the background of the pictures. the shot of the RHS - there is a disassembled Jaguar Prototype racer, Behind it is a Mercedes 300SL - I don't remember what is behind the Mercedes at the moment. On the shoot of the LHS - The roller is Jag Xk140 - this is a very cool project - lets just say it's likely to be the fasted XK you will ever come across.. Behind this to the left is a Lister - The photos show about 15% of the complex - the entire space is filled with British cars and car parts running the gamut from Prewar MG's to the prototype -

ROSS - if you are looking - the extra Rim is the one I will be sending your way this week...

George

[JJDraper]

Diff bolts do drop out if the wrong nuts/bolts are used... PO (honest) used short bolt with ordinary nut... Made one hell of a noise but no damage, apart from the bolt!

Went on to find broken Diff mount.

Jeremy