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« Reply #2685 on: January 26, 2011, 06:03:08 PM » |
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You boy racer you Kapri! I'll see if I can knock summat up to brace the box then. Tony, that's very kind mate, let me know how much I owe you please. I rang around a few parts suppliers & nobody stocks them any more. The only place who sold them was "Roots & Traditions", (ex Duksville"), who were selling them at the Hotrod Drags. They'd run out & were waiting for a shipment of 2000 to come in. Apparently they sell as quick as they can put them out at shows. The T bolts Derek gave me have about 3/4" of thread, which is just enough for them to touch the cylinder head through the new, extra thick rocker covers, but not enough to actually screw in. Loony & I both squinted at the threads, wondering if they unscrewed from the shaft, but decided they were cut directly into it. We need threads of about 1 1/4" long. I've got a couple of 1/4" UNC nuts so will see if I can lock them together & unscrew the studs. Yours look to be in much better condition than ours so even if they still need re-cutting, we'll use them if you don't want them. I was going to secure the tops with a squirt of silicon. I love those spikey tops & wonder if they could be used for anything else, maybe on my Yamaha bobber project. Thanks again Tone.  |
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« Reply #2686 on: January 27, 2011, 10:15:56 PM » |
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Good to catch up this afternoon Andy, and to see in the flesh how much you are progressing with it now! It's coming along fantastic and is gonna be soooooo cool when finished!
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« Reply #2687 on: January 27, 2011, 10:35:53 PM » |
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Nice to see you too matey.  Made a start on the second bank of exhaust headers this afternoon. Easier than the first cos we can unbolt each of the previous ones & just copy it. These are formed from 1 1/2" bore stainless tube. I bought a big box of 90 degree & 45 degree bends from an exhaust supplier & each pipe is created from a combination of the two, with some opened up a little & some tightened up to suit. |
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« Reply #2688 on: January 28, 2011, 12:14:14 PM » |
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Where did you get the fenders or did you make them ?
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« Reply #2689 on: January 28, 2011, 10:02:49 PM » |
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 You seriously think I'm capable of making those?! Hand made by a chap in Oxford. He had a stand at one of the Beaulieu autojumbles, showing a little aluminium bodied tourer. I took him one front wheel & tyre & one back one, (different sizes), & he formed them to suit from ali sheet with wired edges & centre beads punched by hand. 50 quid each. Expensive? How much do garages charge per hour now? Brooklands Bodycraft. Darren Goodgame 01865-451914 The indicator pods on the front guards were made by a different guy. Stafford Vehicle Components supplied the lenses & bulb holders & a mate in Newbury, Berkshire formed the cones from aluminium to follow the curve of the guards. Project Fabrications. Bernie Andrews 01635-48320
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« Reply #2690 on: January 31, 2011, 10:22:44 PM » |
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A couple of exhaust parts arrived in the post today.
A set of 8 exhaust manifold gaskets. £2.70 for the set from Ebay.
Plus a pair of flexible exhaust couplings from OZJ Engineering, who also supplied the extra pipe bends I needed, (the first batch came from Custom Chrome, but when I tried to order more I couldn't contact them). I intended using these to couple the headers to the silencers, but I'm not sure they're actually flexible enough for the bends I need, so I may end up having to cut & tweak the silencer pipes instead.
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« Reply #2691 on: January 31, 2011, 10:31:14 PM » |
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Meanwhile, at the workshop this afternoon, I made up a bracket to hold the micro switch under the handbrake lever. I welded it up from some scraps of 30mm x 4mm steel strap. This will act as a means of testing the low fluid level warning light on the dashboard that we need, to comply with the commercial vehicle SVA test. When the lever's down the switch is depressed. Pull it up & the switch is released, lighting the lamp on the dash.
This is the only point on the lever that worked. It's quite close to the ratchet release arm, but should be O.K. We intend to enclose the lever mounts in the gearbox tunnel & add a hand sized dip in the top of the tunnel around the front end of the lever.
I also need to make a new stainless steel release arm, (the trigger you pull up to release the lever). It's too short to be comfortable -needs to be the full length of the lever.
Would like to add a black rubber boot over the top of the button to hide the white plastic. Anyone know of anything suitable?
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« Reply #2692 on: January 31, 2011, 10:41:26 PM » |
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Moving on from the cab, I also made a start on adjusting the angle of the pick-up bed. When we last rolled the Pop outside we decided the bed wasn't running parallel to the cab & needed to be raised at the front end by an inch. Might not sound much but it was immediately obvious that it was wrong. Spoilt the lines of the thing. So we lifted the bed framework off the chassis & I set about it with the angle grinder, cutting off the mounting tabs. Tomorrow I'll re-attach them slightly lower to raise the bed. The truck looks strangely naked without it's skeleton pick-up bed frame.
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« Reply #2693 on: February 01, 2011, 10:47:30 PM » |
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Made a start on re-working the bed mounts today, but not enough to be worth a photo. Also knocked up a couple of tabs to clamp the speedo into the dashboard -don't want to fire the engine up next week & have the gauge drop out & smash! Visited my local nut n bolt shop in Guildford, Surrey this morning -“Margnor (Fasteners) Ltd”. Needed a couple of nuts to secure the tabs with. The lad behind the counter spent some 20 minutes sifting through various thread types to find what I needed. Turned out to be 3BA. A handful of nuts & washers came to the princely sum of ...48 pence. Good, old fashioned, service. I'd recommend them. Tel (01483) 536801 www.margnor.co.ukmike@margnor.co.uk |
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« Reply #2694 on: February 01, 2011, 11:00:10 PM » |
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Loony & I then tacked the second bank of header pipes to the manifold flanges. At the moment they're tacked with mild steel MIG weld, which will rust. I've bought a small reel of stainless MIG wire, so we'll have a practice on some scrap tube, then see if we can weld these babies up.
They need a little tweaking here & there, but we like 'em. The bodywork needs trimming away around the third pipe, but otherwise not a bad fit.
-yeah, I know there's 2 distributor caps in that photo. I bought a new one but haven't removed the old one yet.
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« Reply #2695 on: February 01, 2011, 11:10:25 PM » |
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With a full compliment of pipes fitted, stepping out wide over the chassis rails, instead of tucked in tight to the engine like most rods, the Rover motor suddenly seems to really fill the engine bay. The kick up on the front of the chassis legs lifts the motor higher than normal too, adding to it's apparent size. Of course, this'll all be hidden by the bonnet most of the time -but Loony insists he's going to run it minus the bonnet whenever it's his turn with the ignition keys. We'll see.  |
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« Reply #2696 on: February 02, 2011, 08:46:12 AM » |
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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 #2697 on: February 02, 2011, 03:59:51 PM » |
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do we all get a shot or is it just for those that actually did all the work |
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« Reply #2698 on: February 02, 2011, 10:51:40 PM » |
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Maybe we could charge people for a go. |
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« Reply #2699 on: February 02, 2011, 11:00:41 PM » |
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