NickJ Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Nice work on the switches, its quite a satisfying job! Be careful with getting into them with sandpaper though, if the contacts are plated at all, it can make them worse, grab yourself one of these fancy fibreglass pens https://www.warburtons.co.nz/shop/Shop+by+Category/Tools+%26+Supplies/Brushes/Hand+Brushes/FIBRE+GLASS+SCRATCH+BRUSH.html They polish up the contacts without disturbing any plating etc and have the bonus of being easier on curved surfaces than sandpaper. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Slideways~ Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Probably said this before but, amazing job and so thorough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 +1 to that, love your work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 18 hours ago, NickJ said: Nice work on the switches, its quite a satisfying job! Be careful with getting into them with sandpaper though, if the contacts are plated at all, it can make them worse, grab yourself one of these fancy fibreglass pens https://www.warburtons.co.nz/shop/Shop+by+Category/Tools+%26+Supplies/Brushes/Hand+Brushes/FIBRE+GLASS+SCRATCH+BRUSH.html They polish up the contacts without disturbing any plating etc and have the bonus of being easier on curved surfaces than sandpaper. Im pretty sure these predate any sort of plating, but I might grab one of those for the future anyway. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacnud Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Awesome work on this! It is a fascinating thread to follow on a unique car for sure. Keep it up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Good idea to change the rear hose. Those particular ones with the textured outer were original equipment on a lot of cars in the 70s and 80s and they can be quite deteriorated without showing any signs of perishing on the outside like a 'normal' hose 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 3 hours ago, cletus said: Good idea to change the rear hose. Those particular ones with the textured outer were original equipment on a lot of cars in the 70s and 80s and they can be quite deteriorated without showing any signs of perishing on the outside like a 'normal' hose Might cut the old one open and see what I can see then. Certainly agree it looks like the original 40 year old hose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 You may just fall in love with the 650i! Either that or the previous owner knows something you don't and is willing to trade it for a more reliable TVR haha 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 hours ago, fuel said: You may just fall in love with the 650i! Either that or the previous owner knows something you don't and is willing to trade it for a more reliable TVR haha Hope not on both accounts! New owner of the tvr is in for a surprise I think. I suspect his mechanical abilities might be limited, poor tvr might end up at the "specialist" again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPR Sierra Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I’ve followed this build and am especially interested in your K jetronic build on the fuel injection in fact I’ve rebuilt my warm up regulator and fuel distributor with kits I’ve brought off eBay ….. now I’m at that stage where I need to tune it and because you have done such a wonderful job of explaining it I’m keen to follow that .now my next question is if you have the time could you contact me to discuss further thanks Maurice. (Hope this is allowed I’m in Nelson) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 hours ago, CPR Sierra said: I’ve followed this build and am especially interested in your K jetronic build on the fuel injection in fact I’ve rebuilt my warm up regulator and fuel distributor with kits I’ve brought off eBay ….. now I’m at that stage where I need to tune it and because you have done such a wonderful job of explaining it I’m keen to follow that .now my next question is if you have the time could you contact me on xx to discuss further thanks Maurice. (Hope this is allowed I’m in Nelson) Im pleased to hear someone else is giving KJet a shot. Too many people hear "its impossible to work with" or "dont touch it or you will ruin it" and are scared to work with it, but its not that bad. Im not much of a phone person, but feel free to PM me or email me via https://tasteslikepetrol.net/contact/ Be worth removing your number too, just in case spammers grab it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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