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« Reply #6931 on: November 21, 2013, 11:11:53 AM » |
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Yup, Loon & I made it there & back without any bits falling off, I think.
I'm gonna keep the Pop on the road until New Year, then take it off for a couple of months. I want to do the Boxing Day meet in Romsey cos I've been there every year as a spectator but never had a vehicle worth taking. It's run by forum member Mr B the Barber for charity, so I'd like to do my bit. Also the New Years Day meet in Hartley Whitney near Basingstoke. Mr Loon's taking a relative for a spin in it on Christmas Day too.
I know it makes more sense to pull the engine out & replace it with my spare one, but I've grown kinda attached to the one that's in there -it's done us proud all Summer & deserves a bit of tender care after all the abuse we've given it I think. New fast road cam, followers, de-gunge the other bank of valves that we didn't do during the Summer, a new oil pump would be good, (I know Rover motors all suffer from low oil pressure, but we've had the oil light coming on at tick-over speed when we slow down after a fast run). Then start replacing the mild steel tractor silencers with stainless Cherry Bombs. Eventually it'll have a more free flowing 2" bore system all the way through.
The dashboard will be replaced too, using the Bakelite one Neil G donated with the new chrome switches I bought a few months ago. I'll mount them on top of the gearbox tunnel, under the speedo, where they'll be more accessible, (I have to reach through the steering wheel to use the current ones, which ain't always easy when you're driving).
Oh, & send the speedo away to be recalibrated & have a cable made up for it.
The MOT's due in February, but it'll probably be SORN'd till April.
The bodywork's looking very sad at the moment. They must've salted the motorways while we were away in Holland. All the leading edges of panels are covered in heavy surface rust. I've soaked the whole thing in WD40 for now & will wire brush it all yet again in the next few days.
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« Reply #6932 on: November 21, 2013, 11:12:22 AM » |
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« Reply #6933 on: November 21, 2013, 11:13:18 AM » |
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Poor ol' girl. She deserves some lovin'.
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« Reply #6934 on: November 21, 2013, 01:30:27 PM » |
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I hate when people compare Lemmy with God, i know he is great but he is not gonna be Lemmy, ever If your Dad hasnt got a beard, you've got two Mums there's no point it lookin' pretty if we can't drive it.
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« Reply #6935 on: November 21, 2013, 02:09:28 PM » |
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« Reply #6936 on: November 21, 2013, 02:16:07 PM » |
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Andy, I use Duck Oil, by Swarfega on the bare metal on all my workshop machines, I find it doesn't evaporate like WD40. (cant remember if I already posted this, appologies if so)  Manky's Pop. |
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Precision Guesswork ......... What else do you need?
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« Reply #6937 on: November 21, 2013, 05:18:39 PM » |
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« Reply #6938 on: November 21, 2013, 05:24:01 PM » |
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« Reply #6939 on: November 21, 2013, 06:56:53 PM » |
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I dread to think what the underside looks like.
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« Reply #6940 on: November 21, 2013, 07:36:55 PM » |
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I dread to think what the underside looks like.
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Getting older but no wiser! Just using bigger hammers.
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« Reply #6941 on: November 21, 2013, 07:49:52 PM » |
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Not had a chance to jack it up yet, but I bet it ain't pretty under there.
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« Reply #6942 on: November 21, 2013, 08:10:42 PM » |
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« Reply #6943 on: November 23, 2013, 05:01:19 PM » |
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Not if we ever want to paint it -Waxoyl's a bugger to get off when prepping for paint I'm told.
Pop's currently sat in the barn behind Loony's workshop while he catches up on some paying jobs.
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« Reply #6944 on: November 23, 2013, 05:08:03 PM » |
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when are the chickens moving in? lol
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