One topic, many questions...

[Andrea7]

Hi all again.
As I told before, I started to work on the car finally.
In Italy it's really difficult to find someone who knows something about TVR cars....so I really need and appreciate your helps.
I think that icould be a good idea to start only one topic for all my questions...
I don't want to mess around the forum with all my topics...

So.....let me start with a couple of things..

1: My cigar lighter is broken.
How the hell do you dismantle it?
I can't figure out how to get behind it.
And I can't even figure out how it was originally attached because parts are missing.
Could someone take a picture?

2: Gear leather gaiter: it's the only part really worn of the interior.
I want to change it with a new one.
This morning I took it apart without problem...but all the lower part isn't fixed to the gearbox tunnel in any way....
How tho part it's originally fitted to the tunnel?

It goes without saying how much your help is appreciated.....

Thanks ALOT

[Andrea7]

My gaiter

[Andrea7]

Thank a lot to all.
I'll send you some pictures and let you know my progress as soon as I start to work on it.

[Andrea7]

Hi all.
New work, new question....
I started to work on the helmet holder to fix the upholstery which seems a little bit tired.
I had use some special M3 tapes to "glue" leather and carpet.
The problem is that, when I took apart the helmet holder, I discovered that isn't any fixing at all: someone put only a really poor bihadesive on the base of the mould which touch the central electric loom......
Could you please help me and let me know how this part is originally fitted?
1999 Cerbera so Tuscan style seats.
Thanks

[Andrea7]

This is the final result.
Much better now.
Unfortunately I don't know how to fix it without any fastening......

[Andrea7]

Brilliant.
Any of you have a picture of this fixing?

[Andrea7]

You are all so helpful!
Great to know I can count on thi forum!
Greetings

[Andrea7]

+1
no ashtray at all...and no slot for it.

[Andrea7]

Byker28i said:

Juddder said:

I love the fact everyone's got various different modifications going on around the silver key, cigar lighter and ashtray / no ashtray

Success today with my drill / dremel sander bit strategy, and shiny new USB charger and Volt Meter installed in the enlarged hole - I work a mask and used a hand hoover as fibre glass dust is meant to be particularly bad to inhale

Now if I can just work out what the switch in the ashtray does, which I would swear was a fuel cut off switch until I tested it yesterday and it did exactly not that and the car started and ran fine in both positions...

Passenger Ejector seat. You must have a broken wire somewhere if you've been flicking it.
Obviously with the fixed roof, It pops the door to door open and tips the passenger out sideways..

[Andrea7]

Tomorrow morning I'll start with mechanical stuff:

-Compression Test
-new oil
-new oil filter
-new air filter
-new fuel filter
-new differential oil
-new gearbox oil
-valves clearance
-new brakes pump

It will be a long week......

As usually, I need to ask some info:

-could you please tell me what values I have to expect about compression?
I had read some here but anytime are different values....
Is it maybe because of the way you perform the test?

-could you please let me know what clearances I have to put on exhaust and inlet valves?
As before, too many different info.....
Maybe because different cc needs different values?
I don't know....

N.B. My Cerbera is a 4.0 speed six

Regards