dave mc
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It is highly likely that you will need a different number of spacers on either side. When I took my body off there was about an inch worth of difference. Came out of the factory like that. Pretty normal I believe.
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It is highly likely that you will need a different number of spacers on either side. When I took my body off there was about an inch worth of difference. Came out of the factory like that. Pretty normal I believe.
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I always used to wish I had a cv instead of a saloon - but over the years the saloons have grown on me more and more. I agree with Gary - it certainly helps to justify spending when you see the prices increasing, but have to say £13k does seem very steep. I have seen some lovely saloons go for £5k and £5.5k recently and I think that figure is probably a bit of a barrier.
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Its a job I've been putting off for far too long - I know what a P.I.T.A it can be ??)
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OK thanks Gary- yes rolling chassis at the moment so you've made me feel better about that thanks. New exhaust from Canleys arrived today so I'll put that on over the weekend hopefully and then its time to trial fit the body!!
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Replaced both my dampers at the same time. New trunnions too. Same on both sides - both bump stops are being crushed.
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I have the exact same problem but hoping that when the body goes back on the weight of the body will push down on the suspension and help to raise the lever arm off the bump stop, My bump stops are fitted but are getting crushed by the lever arms. Having said that, I'm not too hopeful as three of us have stood on the rear spring and that didn't make any difference! :((
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Are the frontline ones any good?
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I am in Birchwood!! About 5 miles away, though my Vitesse is in Prescot but about to be moved to Birchwood. I'll send a PM.
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Are you in Burtonwood? The Burtonwood between St Helens and Warrington?
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Oh dear - this is becoming a competition. Got my Vitesse in 1981 aged 15. I'm now 48 and I've never had it on the road. Closer now than I have ever been though. Still a year off though I think.
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My advice would be to get the restoration done as quickly as possible, for two reasons. The longer it goes on the more likely you will be to misplace parts The longer it goes on the more likely you are to lose heart.
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I ended up taking the clutch plate off and tried it on the shaft to make sure it was the right one. It was so tight at first that I thought it was wrong. Tried a bit of emery cloth on the splines and it seemed better. Put it back together and went in first time. Tightening up bell housing nuts and one fell inside the bell housing. So all off again and then back on. Then realised the oil filter on the end of the adaptor was baulking on top of the chassis and holding the overdrive mounting off the chassis. So, undo engine mountings, jack up engine engine again, move filter so its not baulking, then tighten engine mountings again. Propshaft won't quite marry up with diff so need to move engine and gearbox forward about 1/16th of an inch. All good fun, NOT.
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I am having exactly the same problem with my Vitesse. Have jacked up the rear of the engine and have spent far too long getting it to "slide in" I ran out of swear words last weekend but have learnt a few more this week ready for tomorrow. It came off so easy! Cant believe what I thought would be a simple 10 minute job can waste so much time. And it gets flipping' heavy very quickly, especially with the overdrive unit on the end. Oh well, fingers crossed for this weekend.