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« Reply #5805 on: March 21, 2013, 07:40:22 PM » |
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« Reply #5806 on: March 21, 2013, 07:48:28 PM » |
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I'd arrived at the 'shop expecting to spend all afternoon trying to trace the misfire problem, but it was just a matter of checking the leads against a diagram, which was a pleasant suprise for once. So we checked it fired up & ran then I finished cleaning up the rad' shell. I had a stonking headache, (I think caused by the cold wind against my forhead when I'm out delivering the Mail), so didn't feel brilliant. Taking the last of the paint off the shell was a job I could do without having to think too much.  Unfortunately I caught the Monkey Head bonnet badge with the angle grinder wire wheel & took some of the nickel plating off, so it'll need replating at some point, (sorry Dslam). For now, I'll just blow some aerosol clear lacquer over the whole grille & the doors. |
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« Reply #5807 on: March 21, 2013, 07:55:46 PM » |
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Several different layers of paint colours on the grille shell -black, blue, red &, strangely, green but only on the right side. A check of the original car's registration showed it left the factory in black.
Hoping for a visit from Mr Brock tomorrow, so looks like we'll be finally rolling it out of the 'shop.
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« Reply #5808 on: March 21, 2013, 10:31:05 PM » |
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« Reply #5809 on: March 22, 2013, 08:53:20 AM » |
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Ugly f..luffer. We were one of the last half a dozen hotrods in the country to go through the SVA commercial vehicle test before it was phased out last year. Our test certificate was valid for 12 months & we had all the registration paperwork completed with about 6 weeks to spare. Kev tells me the guy who passed the week before us has suddenly realised he hasn't done the paperwork, so is madly running about this week, trying to get it sorted. And you thought we were disorganised!
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« Reply #5810 on: March 22, 2013, 10:24:25 AM » |
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Several different layers of paint colours on the grille shell -black, blue, red &, strangely, green but only on the right side. A check of the original car's registration showed it left the factory in black.
Hoping for a visit from Mr Brock tomorrow, so looks like we'll be finally rolling it out of the 'shop.
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« Reply #5811 on: March 22, 2013, 08:04:30 PM » |
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Nope. As it's a pick-up we were able to put it through the commercial vehicle SVA test. That was phased out back in October, but because we were in the system by then, we were able to continue with it. New builders have to comply with the much stricter new BIVA test, which includes crumple zones, external projection checks etc. The Pop's built like a tank -if we hit anything we're gonna carve straight through it -but it's completely legal.
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« Reply #5812 on: March 22, 2013, 08:10:41 PM » |
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andy,,, are you running an electric cooling fan on the rad ? if so what sort of tempreture switch are you using ,,only asking as the new very expensive fan controller i got for ,EMILY, is ,,,duff,,  |
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #5813 on: March 22, 2013, 08:47:38 PM » |
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Yes we are. Takes a good 10 minutes before it kicks in. Not sure what the switch is from, but I bought it from Pop Browns, along with the ali' radiator.
Well, today dawned reasonably sunny & dry, which was good cos it was Pop drivin' day.
My big brother Steve, (Brock), came over from Wiltshire & we spent a while tweaking the carb & checking things over. I was concerned that the motor seems to take a good 10 minutes to properly warm up, but he said that's just what they do. It's a big lump of aluminium, sat in a cold workshop & it takes a while to get it up to operating temperature. Fair enough.
Steve, Loony & I took it in turns to blat up & down the yard in it. So far so good, though driving through the mud puddle down by the yard entrance proved the little lightweight mudguards don't actually guard against mud at all. With no glass in the doors yet, hitting puddles with the front wheels turned directs the water straight into the cab!
So we spent an hour or so fitting the windscreen & the pressed steel trim that sits behind it inside the cab to hold the glass in place. A bit fiddly but we got it in with no major problems. I was going to stick the tax disc on it, but Steve pointed out it'd get wet & the ink would probably run, so for now I'll just carry it in my pocket. When I went to fit the windscreen wipers I found the little metal wedge that locks them to the spindles was missing from one, so I just fitted the other for now. They came from Pop Browns but I think they're actually aftermarket Land Rover ones. I'll probably have to buy another pair to get the missing part. I had to cut the blade down to something like 5" long to fit the screen!
Steve eventually had to go home, so Loon & I went for a spin up the road, through the local village & out the other side -first legitimate drive on public roads! It was an ...interesting experience. Bumpy country lanes, so very rattly & bouncy. The ride's primitive, but that's exactly what we expected. It'll obviously be a lot smoother on normal roads. Very limited turning circle & "lively" steering -it has an old style steering box, rather than a more modern rack & pinnion set-up, so there's free play in the steering wheel, like driving an old Land Rover. Makes piloting it down narrow lanes with traffic coming the other way a bit hairy at times! "She's vague & entertaining" Loon shouted. Yeah, I've had girlfriends like that before.
By the time we set off from the yard the rain was coming down yet again, but we just went for it. My nice clean truck arrived back plastered in mud, as much in the cab as there was outside. I suspect that's gonna be it's natural look for a lot of the Summer.
Other than a bit of a flat spot mid revs & an occasional clonk from the back end while braking that needs investigating, it's pretty much ready to roll. Still hoping to drive it 15 miles to the Valley Gas Speed Shop party tomorrow night, so I'll spend tomorrow afternoon after work checking every single nut & bolt & sorting as many small jobs as we can before we leave.
Is it fun? Hell, yeah!
Mr Brock at the wheel.
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« Reply #5814 on: March 22, 2013, 08:52:43 PM » |
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« Reply #5815 on: March 22, 2013, 08:53:14 PM » |
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« Reply #5816 on: March 22, 2013, 08:54:07 PM » |
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Mr Loon driving.
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« Reply #5817 on: March 22, 2013, 08:55:13 PM » |
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None of me at the wheel cos I was taking the photos, but I took a turn too -honest!
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« Reply #5818 on: March 22, 2013, 08:57:25 PM » |
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Windscreen finally fitted. Doesn't stop the rain coming in through the holes in the roof though.
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« Reply #5819 on: March 22, 2013, 08:59:48 PM » |
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Yeah, it was muddy out there. It's gonna be rusted solid by tomorrow. I'll pour several bucketfuls of WD40 over it & maybe give it a wipe over.
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