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« Reply #11730 on: June 02, 2020, 05:58:30 PM » |
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Thanks.
Finished work late today. I'm hot & tired so no garaging tonight.
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« Reply #11731 on: June 03, 2020, 04:20:36 PM » |
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Collected the aluminium radiator from the repair shop today, (Bagshot Radiators).
They've cut out the damaged bottom panel & welded a flat plate in. Some pretty chunky ali' welding, but I'm not going to touch it -it's water tight so that's good enough. I will give the main shell a bit of a scrub up before it goes back in though.
I've got to nip back on my day off on Friday to collect a new filler cap, which they threw in for free. I didn't realise that because I'm using a header tank, the cap on the rad' should be plain -without the springy valve thing. When the water expands it goes to the header tank, then back into the rad' as it cools. If the cap has the springy valve thing, the water can't get back into the rad. Never occurred to me before. We never had any over heating issues, but may as well do the job properly.
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« Reply #11732 on: June 05, 2020, 04:36:47 PM » |
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New cap. It has just a plain flat rubber disc on the underside, rather than the usual thermostatic valve, or "spring thingy" to give it it's proper technical name.
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« Reply #11733 on: June 05, 2020, 04:38:47 PM » |
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« Reply #11734 on: June 05, 2020, 04:43:49 PM » |
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New front brakes hoses, made by Facebook friend Guy Davenport of A1 Hydraulics in Leicester.
The brake calipers are from a Triumph GT6, but standard GT6 hoses were too short, so we added short copper pipe extensions. The new hoses are one piece with swivel end fittings & new anti chafe springs.
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« Reply #11735 on: June 06, 2020, 05:06:52 PM » |
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Bought a pair of M10 clevises for the brake pedal. Wasn't sure which would work best, male or female, so bought one of each in bright zinc.
I'll probably go with the male. Waiting for a lock nut to arrive, (the local bolt shop's still shut), then I can measure up for a new rod. P
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« Reply #11736 on: June 06, 2020, 05:10:42 PM » |
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I've also ordered a motorcycle pedal return spring -the "clock spring" type that sits on the pedal pivot & hooks under the pedal to pull it back up. It didn't have a return spring before & the one I bought may not fit or work, but it's worth trying while it's all apart.
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« Reply #11737 on: June 07, 2020, 01:20:36 PM » |
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Spent a little while routing brake pipes this morning, but really not in the mood for garaging. While carrying the generator across the garage to drill a couple of holes for pipe clips I managed to spill petrol right down me.
That's it for today. I'm going home.
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« Reply #11738 on: June 07, 2020, 08:17:19 PM » |
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Its going to be one cracking piece of kit, Mr. M, you know it......  ;)Morrag |
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« Reply #11739 on: June 07, 2020, 08:59:02 PM » |
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Not as pretty in real life as it looks in photos, but it's gradually getting there. Since I turned it around, the light falls in a different direction & suddenly all the green paint is really orange-peely & the black chassis has runs & scrapes all over the place. I think the green is going to need cutting & polishing with an electric buffer -I've got a brand new Sealdy one & a generator, but never used one.
I'll keep plugging away at it & clean up each area as I'm working on it. At the moment I'm trying to sort out the bits under the front corners of the body, starting on the driver's side. So re-working the brake pedal, re-spraying some chassis parts, brush painting thick underseal under the arch etc. Nothing that really looks any different, just tidier.
When I get fed up with that I'll start rubbing down the chassis paint around the engine.
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« Reply #11740 on: June 08, 2020, 06:26:52 AM » |
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Regarding the rad cap. Could be wrong but I thought you had it set up so that the expansion tank was a recovery reservoir. The cap on the rad controlled the pressure and had a system built in to allow the coolant back to the rad as the pressure dropped. Meant that the hose from rad to tank wasn't under pressure.
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« Reply #11741 on: June 08, 2020, 05:06:28 PM » |
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Enlighten me on the built-in return system my friend.
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« Reply #11742 on: June 08, 2020, 08:47:32 PM » |
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« Reply #11743 on: June 09, 2020, 06:45:48 PM » |
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Now I'm really confused!
I assumed the radiator guy would know his stuff, so went with what he told me. I already have a shiny new cap with the springy valve thing in & the plain one he supplied was free of charge, so I don't mind which I use, as long as it works.
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« Reply #11744 on: June 10, 2020, 05:23:13 PM » |
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The brake pedal's never had a return spring on it. It worked fine but really ought to have something to return it to the upright position if one of the brake circuits fails.
So I bought a coil spring at random from Ebay for a couple of quid, just to play with.
This is the rear brake pedal spring from a Kawasaki.
It might just work.
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