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Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Haven't done much here for a while and I'm still to resolve the last two projects that have been started here, but... moving on...
Car hasn't been running well of late and I just haven't had the time or the motivation to do anything about it.
I was behind the car recently and noticed something odd.
The exhaust was hanging down at the back to the point it was actually resting on the ground.
The rear hangers had failed AND the centre hanger as well.
Rego was due and I simply did not have the time to do the checks and fixes.
It's unfortunate that all 3 of my cars have their registration due in October.
Anyway consequently the MG is past its rego date so I'm on a short timeline to get it running right and passed.
This is about the centre hanger.
It's never had the proper hanger here and I don't have any faith in the quality of the proper hanger to spend the $s to buy it.
Previous hanger was a piece of car tyre with 2 holes in it and it lasted a fair while.
So, using the same principle as the axle straps, I made this using some SS sheet and a length of old seat belt.
I'm a bit worried about the heat but I'll let you know how it goes.
It's one piece of seat belt that is looped down and around a bush that the bolt goes through and doubles back up into the folded keeper bolted to the body.
It comes apart so I can replace the webbing when it breaks or use something else if it proved unsatisfactory.
The metal loop, the top keeper and the bush are made from Stainless Steel.
Stainless is a little difficult to drill and my holes aren't perfect, as you can see, but I'm happy.
Car hasn't been running well of late and I just haven't had the time or the motivation to do anything about it.
I was behind the car recently and noticed something odd.
The exhaust was hanging down at the back to the point it was actually resting on the ground.
The rear hangers had failed AND the centre hanger as well.
Rego was due and I simply did not have the time to do the checks and fixes.
It's unfortunate that all 3 of my cars have their registration due in October.
Anyway consequently the MG is past its rego date so I'm on a short timeline to get it running right and passed.
This is about the centre hanger.
It's never had the proper hanger here and I don't have any faith in the quality of the proper hanger to spend the $s to buy it.
Previous hanger was a piece of car tyre with 2 holes in it and it lasted a fair while.
So, using the same principle as the axle straps, I made this using some SS sheet and a length of old seat belt.
I'm a bit worried about the heat but I'll let you know how it goes.
It's one piece of seat belt that is looped down and around a bush that the bolt goes through and doubles back up into the folded keeper bolted to the body.
It comes apart so I can replace the webbing when it breaks or use something else if it proved unsatisfactory.
The metal loop, the top keeper and the bush are made from Stainless Steel.
Stainless is a little difficult to drill and my holes aren't perfect, as you can see, but I'm happy.
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