Alterations

[Guest salty_monk]

Looks as if it'll be stronger after than before as long as that plate is thick enough....

 

Any twisting will be opposed by a pulling motion on one set of bars & a pushing motion on the other...

 

If you're using the plastic injection tank like Bill & Joey's you'll need to be wary of where the swirl pot ends up....

 

Dan

[Guest macca]

If you're using the plastic injection tank like Bill & Joey's you'll need to be wary of where the swirl pot ends up....

No worries their im a carb man (potatoes, pasta, rice!!!)

[Guest macca]

BRAINWAVE

 

fill the tank with the beer

 

and have a 2 gallon bucket for the fuel, i might need to downsize to an A series 850 though

[IanS]

You have the wrong engine in 850 A series.

 

You realy want tradition so use the original austin 7 750 sidevalve

[Guest macca]

They just fell off . honest.

 

[Guest chris brown]

They just fell off

Brave man or something

[Guest Battery Bill]

Well done Macca

The first cuts always the worst

[Guest salty_monk]

Keep going...

[Guest macca]

Check it out!!!

 

Guess we need to test it on the road next

 

[Guest chris brown]

It looks like that should work now all you need is a spare wheel loop which also acts as a bumper (protecting the tank in case of a rear end shunt) I take it the tank will slot in there ok.

I was talking to another builder who has had a tank made witch is shaped so as to fit from underneath and still fit within the body.

Does any body know why Richard changed the rear from a design that worked on the 2B to this which doesn’t?

[Guest macca]

Hi Chris

 

Yes the tank fits fine now. I'll post a pic next time I try it in. I spoke to Andy Rathbone. He fitted his tank under the chassis. Well its sorted now so onward and upward

 

Macca

[Longboarder]

It may have been better to triangulate the top reinforcing bars as shown as this would have a spreading force on the rear frame cancelled by the cross bar acting in tension. The current top bars will tend to push/pull the cross tie back and forward without effectively resisting the motion. That all supposes there will be some motion at the top of the diff plate!

 

Nigel

[Guest Daren.F]

Those two top reinforcing bars are aiming at your kidneys in a rear end shunt

[Guest macca]

Looks like the top bars need moving. Both for the reasons mentioned and for the fact that one of the bars interferes with the sender unit. :angry:

The bars end at the plate and would have to move about 18 inches to reach the kidneys. The plate is solid and I think A rear end shunt with enough force to move the bars will cause greater problems than a poke in the kidneys

 

Thanks for all the comments, i'll post a modified pick when the bars are moved

 

Macca