Went to see Ian at lightening Looms today. The general consensus is that for the Type V ecu you need to have the ignition, key and the solenoid sensor for the ecu to work, non of which I have. There also seems to be a reluctance to pass on info from Ford on how to get around these problems (for obvious reasons). So the solution is to get hold of an early Type IV ecu and loom. I also sorted out a few mismatches on the loom joins whilst I was at it.
Fitted the passenger head light, again uneventful. I also made up a box to go around the heater in the engine bay to stop any engine fumes entering the cockpit. This was made from greenhouse shelving that I kept when I got rid of the greenhouse a couple of weeks ago. This is now ready for painting. I am calling in on Ian at Lightening Looms on Tuesday whilst I am in the Midlands so I should have a better idea of when the engine should be up and running.
Again work has got in the way of the important things in life. But I have re-hung the doors so they fit better and have now added the outer door locks. I have decided to only use the Sierra key locks to operate the latches. My view is that as an open top if anyone wants to get in, a Stanley knife will do and so the doors can be opened with a key from the outside but with the pull handle on the inside. I think this will look neater. The drivers head light was also fitted, this was generally uneventful and went on with no trouble. I also fitted the fuel filler and connected it to the fuel tank. The position of the tank filler was quite a way back so a bit of persuasion was needed to get the filler on the flat part of the rear bodywork and connect up to the tank.
This covers a bit of a time span but again work has got in the way of the important things in life. Anyway progress has been made, the drivers door has been put on and gapped and the passenger door has been bonded together ready for assembling next week. That sounded easy didn't it, well that was far from the truth. The door inners were fitted so that they shut correctly with no clashes , the door outers were then trimmed to fit the door holes with a minimum of gap at the front and rear (first mistake). With the door inners latched tight shut, the door outers were placed in position and the front and the bottom edges lined up. A bit of spare ally sheet taped to the pod top aligned the door bottom well. With the door front and bottom in line and masking taped in place some small strips of GRP were bonded to the inside of the door. These were left to go off over night. The rear of the door was then aligned (the passenger side took a bit of persuading) further strips of woven GRP were added. Again after these were set the door were removed and the gap between the inner and outer filled with woven and chop strand GRP. Now the fun started, when the drivers door was replaced the gap at the front was too small to allow the door to open. The door was re-hung and the front edge filed until this solved the problem. The result being a good fit with about a 4mm gap at the front and only a couple at the rear edge. The passenger side will be fitted next week. Also a couple of layers of chop strand GRP were put under the rear arches to bond the main tub to the boot floor. This was messy but no great deal. I have started to tidy up the wiring in the cockpit and wheels have been aligned much better all round. Also whilst waiting for the GRP to set the drivers seat runner were bolted onto the seats and then into the car. They fit really well giving plenty of fore/aft movement using the Mk1. Fiesta runners. A small 10mm block has been put between the seat and the runner to give clearance to the adjustment arm at the front. I have also found a source for wing mirrors following an email from another Fury owner that used a pair of Suzuki bike mirrors for his SVA (these had to be replaced on his bike when it passed). A company called M and P supply replica parts for all bikes and has about 6 pages of mirrors in their catalogue. See www.manp.com.
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