<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3344"><span>Asa,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3345"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3646">Where did you get your roll cage from? I would really like to get one.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3346"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439687515059_3347">Mark</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, August 15, 2015 7:27 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">After taking the Pantera for a spirited run, and after emailing you all <br>the last time, I went back out and began work on securing the front legs <br>of the roll cage.<br><br>I had been very reluctant to cut the carpet. Why? Well that's a darn <br>good question considering it's the original stock carpet and already has <br>holes through it to the jute underlayment on the driver's side. Once I <br>took the floor mats out and was reminded of what was actually -under- <br>them... I took knife in hand and had at it.<br><br>The first photo (or last depending on how they were attached), shows how <br>I bench-fueled the rebuilt carb and leveled the floats. Using a <br>handheld vacuum/pressure pump with the jar attached full of gas and <br>attached to the fuel log inlet, just pump until the floats stop coming <br>up. You can see the sight plug is removed on the left fuel bowl (it was <br>on the right as well but you can't see it. I had set up the car as <br>level as I could right-to-left (width-wise) and at about the same front <br>to back angle as it would be on the car. It worked pretty well.<br><br>Next, there are a series of four photos showing what I did to finish <br>attaching the roll cage in the front. I first cut the carpet and peeled <br>it back for access to the rocker. Using a hole saw, I carefully cut a <br>hole near the roll cage mounting pad. This gave me rear-access to run <br>the bolts and washers up through. Then I had to insert a wrench to hold <br>the inside while I tightened the outside. I then tightened a second nut <br>on top the first to lock them in place.<br><br>One photo shows the hole cut in the driver's side. The other three show <br>the passenger side which has the battery cables running through it. I <br>first drilled the pilot hole for the hole saw. I did this by setting <br>the pilot bit in the hold saw so that only about an 1/8" was protruding, <br>that way the hole saw edge would stop me quickly.<br><br>I then ran a piece of stiff wire into the hole and felt around for the <br>cables and the immediate back side of the rocker I needed to drill <br>through. The cables felt like they were well out of the way so I <br>proceeded. You can see the cables after I got the hole cut. The last <br>photo shows the nuts and second nuts in place.<br><br>For now, I'm just flopping the carpet back in place. I'm hoping to buy <br>an oil temp gauge this week and I might need to run more stuff through <br>the rockers. Once I'm finished completely I'll tack the carpet back <br>down with some 3M Super Trim Adhesive.<br><br>I tightened all the roll cage bolts all around and we are done. The <br>roll cage is completely installed. All I really have left to do on it <br>is attach the padding.<br><br>I briefly spoke with my friend a couple doors down who has all the <br>welding equipment. We weren't able to get together today, but we will <br>tomorrow in order to weld in the O2 sensor bung. I'll have to run those <br>wires through the driver's side rocker; another good reason not to glue <br>the carpet back down yet. :)<br><br>Alright, I'm off to a barbecue at our Pastor's house, and then later <br>tonight I'll probable be putting in another order at Summit for gear <br>oil, oil temp gauge and pod and probably spark plug wires (I don't <br>recall how old these are).<br><br>Getting closer,<br>Asa Jay<br><br>-- <br>Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>& Shelley Marie<br>Spokane, WA<br>******************************<br><a href="http://www.racingagainstautism.com/" target="_blank">http://www.racingagainstautism.com</a><br><a href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com/" target="_blank">http://www.teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism</a><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TPR mailing list<br><a href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br><a href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>