Chassis
Assembly ,
Initial
construction with
the Ford Crossflow,
later upgraded to Ford Zetec
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Feb 12-13 / 1999
Chassis and front
suspension.
Garage is well below freezing, but
who cares, I'm building a Seven.
PS: in my
excitement, I forgot to start taking pictures of the boxes, the
delivery truck and the bare tub, so this was the 1st proper picture
taken.
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Ready to roll March 20 / 1999
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Presorting the fasteners helps to avoid having to re-assemble :-)
Using the Assembly manual +
Tony Wheale's book helps!
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Front (Wide Track) suspension.
Note 19mm Front ARB.
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Pre-assembled deDion tube with A frame and Z arms in the warm kitchen
(Wife's out shopping - does not know) |
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Left hub/disc mounted.
Right side is left off to allow sliding all
this into the chassis, reducing the risk of frost bite due to exposure
in the garage.
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Assembly in place.
Note the ARB droplink is in the wrong place,
but I don't know this yet. |
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Suspension setting using the upper
Z-arm mount. I'll try the lower
setting later, to compare the difference
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Cutting of the diff. ear. 5min with some cutting oil and a hacksaw |
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Diff in place.
Fuel line in the foreground
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Rear anti rollbar (ARB) interference |
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Relieved top rib on the differential to clear. I wrapped some fuel
line (not shown) over the ARB, to avoid rattling
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Drop link for the ARB will interfere with the body when the suspension
is loaded in lefthand corners |
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This is the correct way to mount these. Using the 3rd vs 4th hole
and link is moved to the outside
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Adric connects the parking
brake lines.
A bit fiddly from the top.
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Loading engine /
transmission
for the 1st time. (this will become fairly routine :-)
Solo works, but a helper to guide the gearbox onto the propshaft and
clear of the side panels is very good to have
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