WIMPUS

Last saturday check up , wheel bearings, brakes etc

And more rustproofing.

On 06/02/2024 at 09:59, WIMPUS said:

Helped a friend this last sunday.

He also bought 2 Spitfires.

One in bits and 1 together, but been outside for years.

The body wasnt that much worse then Fox was, but shockingly welded, plated over etc.

 

But needed to work on his Spitfire that had been layed up inside for 20 years until 2 years ago.

Yellow Spit has now got a good handbrake after fitting a new cable etc, new starter, new heater valve.

Got a head out of his parts parts cars.

So that can be rebuild.

He has a very big oil leak at the engine no. , a bit to much.

But now hes a bit shocked how much a head rebuild is 😅.

There was a fibreglass 'GT6' body for sale on fb a few weeks/days ago.

That has a roof ! 🙃

Helped a friend this last sunday.

He also bought 2 Spitfires.

One in bits and 1 together, but been outside for years.

The body wasnt that much worse then Fox was, but shockingly welded, plated over etc.

But needed to work on his Spitfire that had been layed up inside for 20 years until 2 years ago.

Fox was playing up the last week.

So.. time for a tune up.

Mixture and carb balance was a bit off.

Now runs well again 🙃

Eum... a bit more snow today ...

16 hours ago, Beans said:

You might find that the newly supplied gearbox mount is (much) harder compared with the original ones.

So if the car is slightly more noisy that is probably the culprit. It will soften up if it gets some oil over it 🤪 

Thanks Theo, the oil will do it much good i think 😅.

But this was the factory original mount (47.000kms).

Not driven it yet myself, owner drove it last week daily when it was -6..

Because... his 16 year old Range rover doesnt start when freezing and the range of his Audi E-tron it a lot less (+ hates the car/suv).

Now.. to take the front shocks off, as the car sits 1inch lower at the drivers side and doesnt feel solid when going over a speedbump.

My guess is.. tired springs and shocks, again original Unipart.

Hope this helps..

Sorry you will need to turn your head a bit 😅

+370.000kms 🫣

5 hours ago, Dannyb said:

Is there no cover on your  boot lock.

Danny

Repro ones dont have the cover.. 

And my original is like this.

I had the bootlock frozen up several times.

For a lomg time i had played up.

So got it all apart, cleaned it (lots of dirt/crud etc came out).

Now it seems to work a lot better.

The lock springs are becoming tired after 10 years.

This week cold and a very little bit of snow.

Even with -6 in the mornings she does it well.

Yesterday been fixing the Dolomite Sprint I used laat summer.

New steering uj's (incl upgraded spit solid lower uj) and new gearbox mount.

Gearbox does have a leak somewhere from above.

But everything is from 1978, never been apart.

Next is to look why the car leans an inch to the drivers side..

9 hours ago, Martins Stag said:

I would try and find an old original one and use that. The repro ones are rubbish being polite!

I have an old original, but doesnt work to.

Will have a look if i can fix it.

Hi, does anyone know a decent switch to replace these ? 

I now had a few fail.

Current one is failing again and is a year old.

GAE191

Yesterday flushed the TR6 2 times and then back to regular coolant.

On 2 testdrives the heater was starting to work better.

And temp stayed a bit lower to.

Hopefully the coolant will stay clean now.

In company of Fox ofcourse.. 

Pretty much original paint under the bonnet, surviver look + ex. usa no. 25 build, made in October 1968.

The engine etc was build by me in 2017.

+ this engine has his crank grinding into the block, pressure clutch and engine stopped turning !

Yes it was bad, but machine shop saved it.

Last few days been helping a friend with some jobs on his TR6.

New radio, speaker panels, speakers fitted and.. some electrics done.

Throttle pedal/carb linkage had play, so fixed that.

As this is an no 25 TR6 build, it used the carbs, throttle linkage, emgine and half the electrics of a TR250 😅

But there was more to do.. 

Cooling system was like mud, no heater.

But does not overheat.

Flushed it good, then water with washing soda in it.

After 10kms.. mmmm 

But heater starts to work better !

Today the car has done some more kms.

Tomorrow another good flush and again washing soda in it and a drive.. then will see 🙃

2 hours ago, mikeyb said:

A lot of valuable spares lost in there I think.  But with piles of combustable materials crammed in everywhere with no signs of fire segregation etc. I'm not surprised it burned so comprehensively.  Really sad to see though

Yeah I noticed that to.

+ the false ceiling with insulation etc.. 

How it was back in the day.

It was really full in there..

https://youtu.be/VxL_5sp9El8?si=NzTuZLYGqXe26aEJ

11 hours ago, mikeyb said:

had never heard of it,  but that's sad

 

They started in 1978.

Had yearly events, raced Triumphs, let parts made up, lots of NOS parts, etc etc.

They had 2 TRS Lemans racers, but sold in 2019 after the original owner died.

Now it was his son that took over.

But they had more rare Sabrina engines in there..

They did get the TR3 out, thats the car why they started to sell parts for Triumphs.

Maybe some have seen it.. 

On christmas night the Roadster Factory in the US caught fire.. 

It fully burned to the ground, only 3 Triumphs could be saved.

A real sad sight 😪😪

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/christmas-day-fire-destroys-prominent-british-car-parts-supplier/?fbclid=IwAR0cMoWyl0zvTW0kzfQrTkeIiKvbbgnJdLfPkOxhwyJnYfnescY3DUbimvM

This evening the alternator was sometimes giving 14.8 to 15.5 volts with everything on ! 

And a not so nice smell.. 
Did smell this when i came home from work earlier to.

Found a 'good' one in my shed to keep me on the road.
Now a steady 14.2 to 14.4 volts again 🙃

Lucas.. prince of darkness.

Gave it a good wash today.

But it was to cold to do anything else..

Fox is still earning her keep..

Needed to go to 3 different campuses of our school to work.

This morning it was very foggy..