WIMPUS

New wood in the 10 year old door cards? 

Why not..

8 hours ago, Clive said:

Wim, do you have a supplier of the dished washers?

I bought these from Moss europe (France).

I did now found some at Bastuck, but are for mk3.. 

So smaller center hole, I get the hole a bit bigger with a dremel to fit the mkiv/1500 diffs (its a test !).

Taken the failed diff fully apart yesterday evening to inspect.

More pieces found..

Lucky they collect nicely behind the inner pinion bearing 😅

All cleaned out, seems all is good frlm gears and bearings.

Sometimes I do think an LSD would be the way to go, but maybe a bit over the top..

Strange how it failed..

5 minutes ago, Rosbif said:

That filter looked as if it had collected a lot of crud. I changed mine because the plastic had become opaque, the filter was clean inside. ,Obviously petrol in Normandy is cleaner than in Belgium 😁

I was surprised that the filter was so dirty.

Oh well.. its been 10 years since the tank itself was coated inside 😅

Today renewed the fuel filter on Fox.

It was needed... 

Its also a max of 2 years old.

Diff.. 

For a few weeks/2 months its making noise.

2 months ago changed the oil... it was very copper color.

Now I fixed Fox her oruginal rebuild diff back.

Drained the oil out if the old diff... back copper color.

Once out i have opened it up...

Seems a shim gave up and... 

Thats explains the loud banging sometimes 😅

Oh well.. Fox her original diff is now fitted back and will open up the old fully to clear it all from copper/bronze pieces & inspect..

Looking good ! 😆

Bought 3 old lights, cleaned, wetsanded and polished up the lenses.

But the reverse lens is new.

2 Had nice chrome and repainted the reflectors.

Another job done... 

Before and after...

Yesterday another trip to the TR4, finishes it off.

It did fight me.. but in the end we had a horn and working indicator stalk.

Then testdrive another british classic.

OD is dead and i supect the solenoid  (no click , even tried straight from a battery.

I do have a working one in my parts somewhere.

In 2 weeks we will have a look at it.

Another job i've been doing.. 

Cleaning up some old lights with original lenses.

Current one on Fox have 10year old lenses, but are losing color.

Morea yellowish indicator then a orange one.

Red lens is getting more pink 😅

Old lenses where cleaned with soap and water, scratches sanded out with p7000 wet and then polished with Plastx.

Reverse light lense is new (but i can spot minor differences to the original ones ).

Only 1 light done.. now the other.

Seems Fox and me where filmed.

I was just showing 2 people pics of all the welding etc 😅

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13 hours ago, Dannyb said:

Nice car lift. I would kill for one of those in my garage. 

Danny

Sadly not mine 😅

I would say a 4 post is a bit better for our convertible cars.

Yesterday tried to finish off the TR4.

Rear diff seal changed, all fluids checked over.

It is a hard starter.. but not to bad after standing for 6 weeks or so.

And then.. Testdrive time.

I had a go to, for now the oldest car i've ever driven.

Now to fit the horn ring.. arriving today (typical..)

And need to change/setup the steering column better, so the steering wheel sits straight and indicator cancelling works sort off.

Today i went to the openday at Anglo Parts.

Lots of cars and people... until it started to rain.

My favorit thing really.. 

an original dealer sticker from garage (John) Lins in Antwerp.

From 1995 or 1998 the garage became Renault, in 2013 the building was knocked down.

A pic of back in the day..

So yesterday evening fitted the diff, all went in good and easy.

It was 11pm when we done a testdrive and top down 😅

Very silent at the back now, I had fitted a new waterpump, fan, thermostat, temp sensor.

Now it the temp is also spot on.

Next is some electrical work (fuse box and charging point for phone etc) and put a new cheap ebay radio in it.

Oh.. and rustproof a bit and maybe a spot of welding.

Next winter he wants to have the floors etc stripped to bare metal, epoxy and stonechip.

But first.. finishing off the TR4, hope to testdrive that sunday.

Yesterday evening the bearings arrived.

Time to start.. well it all went pretty well 😅

Guess what I will be doing tonight 😅😆

Sunday Fox time.

Thermostat change from 88°C to 82°C.

Ready for the summer !

Need to look at my door lock, sometimes the handle doesnt work.

But it has play and getting worn..

Sadly couldnt do it due to migraine 😑

More stuff done saturday.. 

But forgot some tools 😑

Drained the rear axle oil, renewed the seal.. what a pig of a job.

Front seal leaking badly, but forgot my 'tool' to hold the flange, so can undo the nut.

Horn was iffy and play in the column.

ok.. horn slip ring broken and fixed in the column with glue.

looked deeper inside.. they have been at the bushes before.

Column was also loose in the car.

So stripped it out, time to do it right !

The new self driving TR4 ! 😅

Never seen a column like this in 2 pieces.. 

It just fell apart 😑😑

I will fix it 😅

On 15/04/2023 at 19:58, alan123 said:

Cheers is it magnetic ?  I was thinking of doing the same, I presume its a BSP thread ?

Its only M8 thread that ive used.

Been looking for a magnectic drainplug, but only found 1 that is M8 for a motorcyle.

Need to buy some to test, but this diff needs to be installed asap. 😑

No pressure at all 😅

2 hours ago, alan123 said:

Hi Wimpus, glad you are still posting (TSSC have got it very wrong on their forum).  Was that drain plug your addition ?

Hi !

Yeah.. its really depressing that they have done it like this.

No other Triumph forum does it like this.

Drain plug I made/drilled.

Only takes 5min 😅

And another friend his diff was leaking.. but then very big oil leaks started.. 

Opened up the diff.. ffs this had a bad day.

But he was oh so lucky it seems, can be fixed.

A crown wheel bolt washer fell apart.

Got between the pinion and crown.. a small piece of the pinion broke off..

That piece and pieces of the washer went behind the inner pinion bearing and got stuck.. and worned out the bearing.

Need a few new parts and bearings and its all good to go.

Oh and it has a 6 stud case with 2 closed off as its in a late Spitfire.

And typical on 1500 diffs, fibre washers.. gone.

Time to upgrade to the earlier style.

NTN bearings now ordered and waiting for them to arrive to crack on.😅😅

As always.. been very busy the laat weeks with other Triumphs.

A friend his TR4 needed some work.

All bushes and trunnions etc where very very worn, probably original.

Steering was all over the place to.

Oh.. and engine resting just on the steering rack, because of very bad engine mounts... a pig of a job to do !

So been busy on rebuilding it fully up front.

Oh yeah.. and its my first TR4 im working on.. so all a bit new for me.

Still had some odd noises.

Found out the Spax shocks where going bad.

(I know spax should be yellow, but repainted mine red due to rust during covid).

But.. they had done 238.000kms/140.000miles since sept 2013 !

Bought some Koni's from Bastuck Germany and fitted them today.

Wow.. what a difference

Last weekend used a friend his ramp.

Could hear ticking sound.. 

Fitted thicker clips in the UJ cups.

2 1500's side by side 😅