TedTaylor Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Still trying to sort out Woodie's engine ....... :-( MUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Still trying to figure out why Toby conked out on Tuesday. The only problem I've found so far was a loose nut on the rear carb jet. Oh, and a strong suspicion he's still on standard needles, but the AATs haven't arrived yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete jackson Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 He's done, finished the preps, polished, stickered up and now back in his kennel waiting for Friday 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydP Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Pete, I found a picture of Poo on the internet the other day, don’t know if you’ve seen it but always nice to see an action shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Just after Mark recklessly destroyed my Whippy Aerial by the look of it. Pete was have no a rest at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Quoted from Radders- You forgot to add AGAIN! We did this a week before the RBRR in 2014 as well. =) We did, didn't we. Perhaps we just enjoy doing it. :-) clutch working again now. Car had a clutch in it that looked quite new, suspect the cross shaft was the actual fault but not picked up on when fitted. Also fixed the leaky diff nose, well hopefully. Someone had tried to stop it leaking by sticking vast quantities of sealant round the joint to the extension, so it just came out round the flange at a later date. Also the quill shaft was cracked, never seen that before. I wonder if either a local garage had been employed to do some recommissioning work that didn't know Triumphs. Or a hodges owned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hunt Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Nothing to do except put stickers on at the last minute ready for the off. Must confess that rather then anticipation I feel a sense of sorrow since all too soon by Sunday evening it will be over and I know I will want to go round again straight away for the 23rd time! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 No need to show off Tim 😛 That said, since abandoning hope for my Spitfire, I can't actually think of anything my GT6 actually needs other than the stickers. Well, probably a fluids check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete jackson Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Quoted from FloydP- Pete, I found a picture of Poo on the internet the other day, don’t know if you’ve seen it but always nice to see an action shot. Thanks Floyd, that one is new to me......Gosh he still looks good with those E46 front seats 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete jackson Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Quoted from thescrapman- Just after Mark recklessly destroyed my Whippy Aerial by the look of it. Pete was have no a rest at the time. We have renamed him Colin, Mr *******ble Lol I got a Whippy Aerial, it's been specially prepared for Mark's recklessness 🤐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Perry Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 In answer to the question "what do you still have to do for the RBRR?" at this time yesterday, my answer would have been "Fit the new back box, road test, get drinks and nibbles" Now, the answer is "Change the head gasket. Again" Car 25 (Ian and Anthony - Flat Mouse Racing) - now looking rather less likely to make it to Knebworth :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete jackson Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Yes Ian, know what you mean, always got to be last minute jobs or disasters 😲 Hope you guys get it sorted. New Overdrive switch which should have been done months ago but got away with cleaning the old one which has worked fine again. New one fitted now, old one as spares 😎 Then one notices frayed and exposed bare wires inside the gear stick 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Perry Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Mmm, nice! Hope that's sorted in time too, I once rewired a Ford Prefect where the switches on the steering wheel went down a sleeve inside the steering column... Well the head's off, clean and waiting for the new head gasket. I don't know what the Big Six is like, but on the 4-pot motor there is a couple of blind "pockets" in the head beside no.1 cylinder (2 o'clock position relative to the car centre line) and no.4 cylinder (4 o'clock). They are blind, don't go anywhere, and there is no corresponding opening or gallery in the head. Yet for some reason, on the dead HG, the outer layers of the gasket had cutouts matched to the blind 'pocket' beside the no.4. Natural weak spot and of course it failed*. Though not sure exactly how that led to coolant in the sump... * might be worth a quiet conversation with the sellers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Perry Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Oops sorry, meant the blind "pockets" are in the block, not the head. Duh-brain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve28 Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Now it is almost upon us iv'e just a few little bits to sort on the 1500tc tomorrow and pack the spares in the boot , If i get time i will have try to give it a run out having only done around 25 miles since engine swap etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Just taken the reserve car out for a short run to confirm that my "quarter turn leaner" wasn't too far. Seems to have made no difference to how it drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Quoted from RobPearce- Just taken the reserve car out for a short run to confirm that my "quarter turn leaner" wasn't too far. Seems to have made no difference to how it drives. And yesterday (too late, obviously) it got a session on a local rolling road, where it turned out my "quarter turn" was about a whole turn too little! Still, 101.4 BHP from a completely standard dome-top engine with a seriously worn-out distributor and 25 years since the last attention beyond normal servicing... is pretty OK in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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