18th December 2007

Crikey another week!

Well, it has been quite a few hectic days, on-going email problems at a friends, collecting Thomas from Cardiff and my PC playing up badly requiring two rebuilds in as many days. Father-in-law also had a planned hip replacement op last week for which a quick run back to the hospital today was required – all is well though!

So, nothing has been done really since my trip to Dax to get a few bits and bobs. I have a lot lined up to do now when time permits including finding a Jaguar XJS 3.54 Powerloc differential. Many bits to fit including a 17.5 gallon fuel tank, that’s getting on for 80 litres or nearly £100 of the real go faster juice. I can see the Cobra will be low mileage for some time.

There will hopefully be some progress before Xmas in which case I’ll add pictures and an update.

Oh! And Tony I haven’t forgotten, just suddenly very busy.

11th December 2007

Crikey, has it been a week since I posted. Ah well it was Nicola's birthday and I went on a visit to Dax (the kit manufacturer) plus I've had a bit of a problem with the rear brakes, after removing the back axle. I'm looking for a replacement diff now from a 1985 Jaguar XJS.

So sorry for the lack of updates (and web cam). Both will be back as soon as I've got the rear brakes all tidied up and ready to go back in.

Here's the petrol tank ;-)

Edit: Just checked the front callipers and the pistons there don't move either.

4th December 2007

Started stripping the back axle today after a bit of cleaning. I have to remember where everything goes so I can put it back together properly. One problem is getting the shims right so the rear wheels are sitting at the right angle.

This is the cars nearside and there are three shims on the outside of the disk one slightly fatter.


On the inside of the disk there's only one shim. However if the replacement differential is a different size these shims will need adjusting.







The fulcrum rod has to come out and the layout of it's washers and shims retained.







And what on earth is this green stuff coming out of the hub carrier joint !

3rd December 2007

The back axle is now out, and it was a tough job. It was relatively simple but only because I had a lot of advice on how to do it from the Cobra Replica Club. I had some difficulty with some very tight nuts and bolts but with two scissor jacks and a trolley jack it came out quite easily. I now have to clean it and take it to bits to fit a new diff (when I get hold of one).