grumpy the 7th Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Further to previous posts I've been playing with cardboard under the car and I've made a template to cable tiewrap on the crucifix at the front and to the 'Y' frame under the footbox's for a 'protective cover' to the sump pan. Another suggestion is to use the engine mounting bolts (longer ones) and fasten a formed plate to these and to something solid at the back of the engine area. It's function is only there for scraping (slowly) over humps & the like, as opposed to a fully fledged guard to repell boulders & kerbs at high speed. The intention is to make it out of 3/16 ali or 3/32 steel plate. Any thoughts? rog C7 TNT - it's dynamite (Honda Irish Green and Peugeot Graphite grey ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Steel is heavy, ali better. Others have had good results with heavy nylon sheets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy the 7th Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 That's a thought I actually "borrowed" a roadworks sign for the purpose some months ago. Got it home & found it was 1/4" fibreglass, I cut it to shape but couldn't get it to bend properly without putting stress fractures in it rog C7 TNT - it's dynamite (Honda Irish Green and Peugeot Graphite grey ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy the 7th Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Double post - Got a stutter of the fingers - Dooohhhhh Edited by - roger heeley on 2 Feb 2005 14:25:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gaines Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I have made up a polypropelene (sp) guard which is about 10mm thick. It runs from the front cross menbers to behind the bellhousing, it is easy to cut on a bandsaw and can be bent once heated on a strip heater. It is the same material as a plastic cutting board. I can send you some pictures if you want. Regards, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy the 7th Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 John YHM rog C7 TNT - it's dynamite (Honda Irish Green and Peugeot Graphite grey ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricol Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 On a Westie I used for trialling, I put a bar across the chassis attached to the rear lower front wishbone mounting using longer bolts. The 3mm thick steel guard was bolted to that, bent down under the sump and bolted to the two lower bolt holes on the bell-housing, with a welded on "tail-piece" under the g.box to all that to slide over protubrances rather than bring us to a halt. Never noticeably any additional vibration - but then again I did have smoe M12 cap-heads thro the engine mounting to stop them flexing and allowing the engine moving too much. Bri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gaines Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Message to Roger and Joe, Can you send me youe e mail address so that I can send you the pictures. Regards, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy the 7th Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 John YHM rog rog C7 TNT - it's dynamite (Honda Irish Green and Peugeot Graphite grey ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 "...1/4" fibreglass, I cut it to shape but couldn't get it to bend properly without putting stress fractures in it" - have you tried heating it up? Probably not the best material for the job though, since it'll probably flex/fracture when it scrapes over a speed bump. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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