Royboy66 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 michael_charlton wrote:Well the Spifire made it back OK....but Id heard a couple of knocks from rear nearside on the way back from GermanyThen after only 10 miles,the other day coming from 4 wheel aligning, I heard loud knocking.We were lucky to get back from the run(albeit I had the spares and ability to do it roadside) removed Nearside UJ, two cups/brgs at 180 degs not looking good and the two at 180.degs .....one shaft had a flat on it and only half the needle brgs and the the other cup had no bearings in at all ??)Now all done inc trunnion refurb and ready for Bovingdon....... :X Phew! lucky yow! any pics!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 royboy66 wrote:Phew! lucky yow! any pics!?....do you think you could stand the shock...a man of your age ... ;DOK just for you ...some dirty pics on the way ??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Dirty pics ....cos Ive just had to fish them out the bin just for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Cup did nout runneth over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 B . . . . r, the other side is bad aswell.....cup a tea and start again... ??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I guess that is all my fault then............. :X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 mpbarrett wrote:Timthats interesting! I mounted mine at the front on the outside of the engine valance (in the cold air) shame it started playing up before the run which is why I went back to the mechanical one! Do you have an air box on the carbs?Anyay here is a picture of Libby demostrating the fuel pump Water cooling system on available on the later Mk3 GT6's...With the pump she was able to pump water along the orange pipe onto the top of the fuel pump.!!MikeNo just a very large heat shield between carbs and filters. Did you fit a plastic filter before the micro filter that screws into the electric fuel pump?? I didn't when I fitted mine and I thought I was getting fuel vaporisation when it was just a blocked micro filter. I killed one pump with it running dry because the micro filter doesn't take much to get blocked.You did have a look over mine while we were waiting for the ferry in France.Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 GTRoger wrote:I guess that is all my fault then............. :XI think I was just as bad.... ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 GTRoger wrote:I guess that is all my fault then............. :XOf course you hooligan :Pbtw have you had some time to sort my bearings yet ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 michael_charlton wrote: ...back to the insurers !Yes, they'll pay for the damage and try to reclaim the money from the transporter.But the damage might well be fairly difficult to get sorted properly.We'll see what the valautor says on Monday :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 339 wrote:MikeNo just a very large heat shield between carbs and filters. Did you fit a plastic filter before the micro filter that screws into the electric fuel pump?? I didn't when I fitted mine and I thought I was getting fuel vaporisation when it was just a blocked micro filter. I killed one pump with it running dry because the micro filter doesn't take much to get blocked.You did have a look over mine while we were waiting for the ferry in France.TimToo many Tims... I was replying to Tim B.Your was very nice, yes did have a filter before the Huco pump.cheersmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 mpbarrett wrote:Too many Tims... I was replying to Tim B.Your was very nice, yes did have a filter before the Huco pump.cheersmikeNo wonder i was a bit confused!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 beans wrote:Of course you hooligan :Pbtw have you had some time to sort my bearings yet ::)Cheers! And yes I have..... not very succesfull though... They are all (except the last one) unknown items so I ended up emailing SKF. No reply so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 GTRoger wrote: ... They are all unknown items ... Interesting as all the numbers are from their own catalogue :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 They might not be stock items for our supplier, so maybe available on special order only,We'll find out soon! In the meantime you can keep yourself busy touching up some paintwork....... :X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 GTRoger wrote:They might not be stock items for our supplier, so maybe available on special order only,We'll find out soon! In the meantime you can keep yourself busy touching up some paintwork....... :X We have a bearing supplier here that supply British made bearings....BRT LtdThey have brgs for our cars, wheel bearings for TR7 ....£20.97 + vat UJs £5,28 +vat Front whl brgs Spit £9.28 +vat etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I have a very good bearing specialist just down the road from me - give me a shout if you want me to make any enquiries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 MikeyB wrote:I have a very good bearing specialist just down the road from me - give me a shout if you want me to make any enquiriesYour `bearing specialist` is that Tom Tom ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 michael_charlton wrote: We have a bearing supplier here that supply British made bearings....BRT Ltd ... MikeyB wrote:I have a very good bearing specialist just down the road from me - give me a shout if you want me to make any enquiriesThanks for the help, but I am sure Roger will get them sorted ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 GTRoger wrote:Cheers! And yes I have..... not very succesfull though... They are all (except the last one) unknown items so I ended up emailing SKF. No reply so far.You probably emailed the place at the end of my road - and about five miles from Ashley. Want me to collect them to arrange their delivery in a Mini? ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Might even buy you a beer or two, three ... ;)Working on the damage valuation at the moment, somewhere between €1000,-- and €2000,-- by the looks of it :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Over the past few weeks I at last found some inspiration to start on the repairs of the damage the DHC received during the 10CR, but immediately encountered a few setbacks.On closer inspection the damage to the car turned out to be more extensive;• The RH door also is lightly damaged by the impact from the small rock. The rear of the door hit the B-pillar resulting in some cracked paint, which needs repairs;• The front spoiler which we first thought was repairable turned out to be beyond repair;• Paint in the seam behind the RH door is severely cracked too;This means that two/thirds of the outside of the car needs a re-spray, so I decided it will be better to re-spray the whole car.And when I brought the car to the paint shop recently we found out that the transmission failure is almost certainly caused by the gearbox.While pushing the car from the trailer with th egearbox in neutral, there was definitely a grinding noise from that area,and as the clutch wasn’t moving, it could only originate from the ‘box. Very curious now what exactly failed in the ‘box.And since a few weeks I have all the parts to rebuild the gearbox. Hopefully I’ll soon have enough time to start assembling the new ‘box.But I am still waiting for a new clutch kit to arrive, I ordered it 4 months ago ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 beans wrote:Might even buy you a beer or two, three ... ;)Working on the damage valuation at the moment, somewhere between €1000,-- and €2000,-- by the looks of it :-/ That is more than most TR7's are sold for in the UK, so here it would be classified as an insurance write off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Actual damage was valuated @ € 2740,-.Luckily the car is insured on an agreed value, otherwise it indeed would have been an insurance write of due to its age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Looks like I found the transmission failure :XHave to admit that this is one rather interesting prop shaft failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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