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1/10/2000
Tried to drill holes in some M8 bolts to use as handbrake cable clamps, but all of my 3mm drill bits were blunt. Will have a go at sharpening them, but will probably just have to buy a new one.

Clamped on the quick attempt at a clutch pedal bracket, but it looks like there is still going to be far too much movement in it. The original bracket mount was chopped off so that it would fit under the chassis mounts for the whole pedal box, but thinking about it now it would have been best to leave that on and just chop enough out of it so that it would fit. I'll have to read up on removing the pedal box from a car, and if its not too difficult just get a new clutch cable bracket from a scrappy, otherwise it'll have to be some really beefy home-made thing...

2/10/2000
Got my brother to pick up a cheap pair of Dellorto 40's for me from The Toy Shop in Newcastle, which should be a bit more reliable than from a freeads newspaper, and a lot cheaper than brand new. Apparently they are off a 1600 Crossflow, which was bored out to 1760, so looks like they probably won't have the right bits in for a 2.1 Pinto. Now just need a manifold, linkage, and service kit for them, and some vaguely correct jets etc. to get it going well enough to pass SVA until it can be set up properly on a rolling road.

24/10/2000
After picking up the carbs at the weekend, I made a start on cleaning them, as they are fairly dirty on the outside. Hopefully they are alright on the inside...

25/10/2000
Took the carbs apart just enough to find out what bits are in them so I know what I will need to replace. They contain:

while according to the carb jetting program from Dave Andrew's site, what I should have is something like:

So it looks like most of the internals will need replacing apart from possibly the venturis. I will check with Contact Developments anyway to see what they recommend to be enough to get the engine running.

28/10/2000
Finished cleaning the first pair of carbs.

29/10/2000
Cleaned the second pair of carbs.

Total hours this month - 14.5
Total build hours - 259.0


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