Recent content by briany

Roy, I'm really behind on paperwork I'm afraid but will get to it v soon. However this is to let you know I will be coming to the Classic this year in my CAV. I missed it in 2006 by a whisker as couldn't quite manage to get the car on the road in time so v keen to get there this year! Not...

So far as I can tell, these are identical to the screws which came with my CAV: http://www.a2a4.co.uk/acatalog/POZI_FLANGE_SELF_TAPPING_SCREWS_A_2.html. they are a UK company but may well ship overseas if you can't find them anywhere else. Brian

Door adjustment The doors hinge off a vertical bracket which bolts through the chassis side panels just behind each end of the dashboard. The inner surface of the side panel is probably trimmed with carpet so you may need to remove this to access the nuts. Once you loosen the two bolts (just...

I got my CAV through the SVA test yesterday on the second attempt. Unlike some recent experiences reported on this forum the tester (at the Mitcham test centre) was extremely helpful - it was marginal on a couple of issues but he was happy for us to keep at it and get it through. Next step is...

Hi Jay - interested in your post. I have built one of these cars in the UK so if you have any questions feel free to PM me. In fact if there is anyone else out there in the UK who has built a CAV I'd like to hear from them! I settled on this car from the alternatives after seeing a built car at...

Paul, A perennial topic I fear - fitting electric mirrors to a GT40 - in my case a CAV. I have acquired a pair of BMW Mini mirrors and have figured out the wiring and plan to use them with the Ford Mondeo switch thingy. My question though concerns how you have mounted the mirrors to the car...

Paul, very interested in this central locking pic. Can I ask, are you using these door locks / catches in the picture below? If so, how do the central locking motors "drive " the catch - or do you have a separate deadlock pin through the door? On the SVA issues, have you thought about putting...

I'm assuming some of the CAV owners out there have fitted central locking. I can cope with the electrical side of things with the solenoids, remote, wiring etc, but what have you used for the actual lock? The mechanisms the CAV comes with I believe are latches rather than locks and there seems...

Paul, where did you put the hole - underneath the main bulb or to one side? Brian

Back on the subject of headlights! I have the Valeo units Lee describes and am about to drill the back of the light to fit a park / pilot light. I thought I would check on availability though in case of accidents! My local factor tells me Valeo say they are no longer available although I...

Cheers Brian You know, I think this is the same light? It looks so similar to the ones I have - but as you know, they "look" bigger on the CAV than the GTD. I'm thinking the issue may be the depth of the rebate for the number plate. I'll remeasure tonight. I should be bolting the transmission...

This, I think, is a question for GTD owners. I have a part completed CAV and the supplied number plate lights I'm sure are great for "squarish" rear plates but for a new style UK plate, where they fit is actually covered by the plate. I noticed on the GTD that they have similar shaped but I...

A postscript to the above thread.The solution to this problem turned out to be very straightforward. My issue was having a pilot bearing which "expected" an 18mm input shaft whereas the input shafts on later 016 tranaxles are 15mm. McMaster-Carr sell a hardened steel collar made by Ina...

A postscript to this question for anyone in the UK wanting to get this done - Real Steel know how to do it. I tried Bassett Down Balancing who probably would have been fine except their head guy is out of action for several weeks. Brian Yeomans

Wow Ron - is there anything they don't sell? Looking at the McMaster Carr site it looks like the solution is to fit an inner ring to the bearing - the existing bearing has an 18mm bore whereas I want to take it down to 15mm - and page 1023 has the exact part. Thanks again Ron. Brian Yeomans