TVR 400SE

by **Nay** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:55 pm

stop moaning. I dont have youtube and cant see those pics lol.

Website · by **SpArX** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:30 am

Nay wrote:stop moaning. I dont have youtube and cant see those pics lol.

Hahahaha I don't think we have any filters at all

by **Unders** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:47 pm

Just a quick update.
Got the car back to my garage this afternoon. After a quick tinker with some wires and stuck a battery on she fired up! And sounds like a beast!!! Also gave it a bit of a clean.

Havnt finished yet but its looking so much better already.

by **Pugguy** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:23 pm

What a project!! Fantastic car... You may have got quite lucky with this if you got it at a good price!

by **Unders** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:45 pm

A very good price. But don't want to make public exactly what I paid.

by **Unders** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:19 pm

Did a bit more cleaning and polished it today. Also Started the interior.

You can see a bit of a scuff underneath there. Nothing Major.

The interior is now nice and cleanish. Just need to put the seats and matts back in.

I believe it may need new clutch as I cant get it into gear. Someone told me to put coke on it to free up the seized clutch plates! :shock:

I don't think that would do it any good but hey I'm no expert.
It is also going to need new bushes all round as they have perished quite considerably. And the last thing I can see that needs doing at the moment is a bit of welding on the exhaust.

I have had a lot of help on this car already many thanks to my mail order mechanic. You can get them from www.tradeinabox.com and have 24hour delivery. Here is a pic of my mechanic when he arrived.

by **chameleon** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:54 am

One method of freeing a stuck clutch is to jack up the back end SECURELY on axle stands, fire her up in 1st gear, depress clutch, rev her up then stamp on the anchors. The shock should free the plate from the flywheel.

It might take a couple of goes, but is worth a try.

Cheers
Gaz

PS I have used this method myself to free the clutch on my campervan.

by **Unders** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:09 am

Cheers. Will give it a try. Think i will try and find something a bit more stable than just axle stands for this car tho.

by **Unders** » Mon May 11, 2009 12:37 am

chameleon wrote:One method of freeing a stuck clutch is to jack up the back end SECURELY on axle stands, fire her up in 1st gear, depress clutch, rev her up then stamp on the anchors. The shock should free the plate from the flywheel.

It might take a couple of goes, but is worth a try.

Cheers
Gaz

PS I have used this method myself to free the clutch on my campervan.

Did this the other day. It worked like a charm!!!

Its so much fun to drive!! Although more problems have come to light now

Here is a little video Tree took when I brought the car up to his. Shame its so loud it distorts on the camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flF-P5Vfw3s

by **tree** » Mon May 11, 2009 12:43 am

couple of pics too.

upside down lol.

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