Building a GD427 Cobra Replica

Enough said…

Success on the pivot shaft:

Some careful sawing and using a vice to hold the puller slowly released the last bits from the pivot shaft.

Yay!
On the other hand, trying to pull the stub axle from its carrier broke my puller:

Oops! I then took the carrier to the local garage where their press quickly persuaded the stub axle to come out. I must get me one of those too!

All the donor parts are now disassembled, so the reconditioning of the diff is next. I ordered the gasket and a replacement pinion seal, let’s hope that is all that is needed.

Usually not visible, but I expect this tool will save the day more than once during the whole Cobra building process.

That is, taking a picture of some stupid mistake I made to explain it to someone who actually knows what he is doing and help me out. Also, good excuse to fiddle with mirrors taking a picture of the camera with the camera

As most of the other kit car builders i’ve met, i’m drooling over new tools too. I got myself an air compressor a while ago, but it didnt include an oil dispenser nor air filter kit. Today i fetched the parts for that and assembled them into a ‘bar’which will end up on a wall-mounted plate in the new garage.

The part on the left is the air filter / reducer, right is the oil dispenser. I created two outlets, one after just the air filter and one after the oil dispenser. That way i can use compressed air with oil (for rotating tools etc. which need lubrication) by hooking up at the end. By connecting in the middle it will just be clean air without the oil; I gathered that for spraying paint oil is the last thing you want in the air flow, but i have not much experience with these tools.