WIMPUS
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Hello , An update .. i send a email to canley's ( where i bought the kit) no reply yet .. :-/ I send a email to rimmerbros; and they say you best stick with the original .. Kind regards Wim
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here are some photo's of the car with exhaust ( the exhaust is not good fixed yet to the car!) ;) hope you see why my car is so high ! :)
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thescrapman wrote:Wim Your rear wheels look jacked under, that won't be helping check ground clearance. You should be able to either bolt the flange sticking out the top of teh exhaust box straight through the rear valance with rubber washers either side, or use a very slim bobbin mount though it will be in shear. That is how I have mine. Cheers Colin my car is nearly complete empty.. got a suspension rebuild , new leaf-spring at the back and sits a little high now ;)
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Ok, i will look tonight or tomorrrow .. it was to warm yesterday :p But the mddle pipe is lower at the front i think (gearbox) But i'm waiting on some exhaust fittings Kind regards wim
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shaun, that's a nice machine you got there ! ;) Kind regards Wim
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4058 wrote:Dag Wim, Does he have to pump the pedal to get a brake feeling? Could be air in the system. Are the rear brake shoes adjusted correctly? If they are too far from the drums then the pedal will go down far! Just some ideas for you Cheers Shaun thanks shaun ! i will look at it sometime :P this weekend it's again spit time with my two friends ;D yeah the pedal is going all to the floor! ??) now he told me there is fluid leaking at the 2 contacts at the master cilinder :-/ they are also new ones .. he bought it from BBT4 at Sint-Job-int-Goor, a good shop.. but a little far from here. and when we first put the new cilinder in and the new contacts after a few weeks the stop lights stayed on !! after a few weeks they workt properly again .. I'm going to ask it at the garage where i go often ^^ two weeks ago a was there and there was a Mini from 1999 ( one of the last ones) a really nice one! in all those years 19.000km original, all service history included , original stone ship and all ! ??) He took me for a drive in it ! and wow that was fun for my first time in a classic mini ;) Kind regards Wim
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Hi, Maybe you could help me and my friend :P He has a yellow Vw beetle from 1983, original from Mexico But several months ago there was a problem with the brakes , then new brake master clinder installed , new brake pipes .. new pumps in the drums .. and if he brakes he pedal must go to the floor :-/ now a month ago he did a emergency stop .. then there where no brakes a all !! (again) ??) Now there is leaking fluid true the contacts (also new) on the brake master cilinder.. what could it be ?? :-/ I hope i could help my friend, because he helpt me a lot rebuild my spitfire So i want to do something back and he is not so for the internet so :B :P kind regards Wim
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97679 wrote:Did you prime it before using heat resistant paint? Thanks WIMPUS not really .. i did the the aircleaner box in some anti-rust(Zinkfosfate) at first because of the rust before. I did also my radiator with heat resistant paint and that came out well ! i just need to do the engine , but the paint that is use is 7 euro's for a spraycan .. but there are out in that shop :-/ and at some other places they ask 15 a 20 euro for a spraycan !! :o kind regards Wim
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97679 wrote:If you paint it black, won't it be difficult to see any potential oil leaks? Just a thought. More importantly, how do you prep the engine and do you need special paint for engines? I have cleaned it with some 'engine cleaner' .. and for paint is want to use 'heat resistand paint' .. ;)
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2053 wrote:Wim, Yes I am, he is restoring the Mk2 and I'm bribing him with the Mk3 Dirk ;D
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2053 wrote:Wim, Yes I am, he is restoring the Mk2 and I'm bribing him with the Mk3 Dirk ;D
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5848 wrote:I was just painting my GT6 block last night. In this weather its drying off nice. Gene my engine is still in the car so .. ;D i'm not planning to take it out :P But nice work !! ;)
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2053 wrote:Is Oily a color? I believe they were black, unless they were factory overhauled then the color was green. Not sure if this was still the case during the BL reign. The rocer cover on mine (mk3) was some dark yellow pale orange and on the mk2 it is red i'm going to paint my engine in black ;) just need some paint for the engine :P and my rocer cover was silver ish .. now is repaint it in Silver and also the ear cleaner box in the same color :p look very good ! :P ;) You're a friend of Shaun right ? :)
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here are some more photo's ;.
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Your car is also a little lower then mine i think.. I will see in the future Wim
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339 wrote:Sorry but are you sure they are high enough?? I don't think they will offer enough ground clearance as they are. I have lookt at many spit/gt6 for how high the exhaust was mounted and its al the same.. The original exhaust is also low i find.. My friend his old gt6+ mk2 was also mountrd like this. Wim
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What's the engine color of a Spit 1500 (1978 ) ?? kind regards Wim
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One more , Don't look at the cable ties :P ;)
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the photo's .. ;)
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Smithy ! I've installed the back silencers tonight ! :P :P i'm going to put some photo's of it tonight ;) Now i just need to put the manifold on and the pipe to the back :P Kind regards Wim
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smithy wrote:Seems sensible - it will need support up front. Mine's a lot different of course so I can't help with a photo. :-/ yeah i heard that you're spit is a bit different :P My old exhaust was fitted with that bracket (but broken off :-/) and then there was a bracket at the gearbox .. the bolt from the gearbox was nearly broken off :o because of the bracket the bolt was extreem thin ... but i got it out so :P maybe i need the secure the new exhaust there also .. ;) Wim
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4526 wrote: ow yeah smithy .. i've seen that the original exhaust at the front(gearbox) had a bracket for the manifold .. but that's broken off :P But do i need the get a new one , then maybe i can fit 't to the new exhaust manifold.. :-/ kind regards Wim This is the bracket that is broke off on mine .. best to put it back on the new manifold then ? :-/ http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-UKC9716 I bought it at James Paddocks :P Wim
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smithy wrote:Yeah, they've been there a while and I've never managed to grind them. I guess I'm not trying hard enough eh? You're right though I should turn them around. ;) Wim - no problem. anything else just shout. :) ow yeah smithy .. i've seen that the original exhaust at the front(gearbox) had a bracket for the manifold .. but that's broken off :P But do i need the get a new one , then maybe i can fit 't to the new exhaust manifold.. :-/ kind regards Wim
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smithy thanks for the goood photo's ! ;) Kind regards Wim
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smithy wrote:Wim, this was no good to you? http://club.triumph.org.uk/cgi-bin/forum10/Blah.pl/Blah.pl?m-1333552812/s-0/ Do you need to see where it bolts through into the boot... or.....? thanks for that Smithy ! ;) i knew there was a tread before .. :P yes i want a picture of that .. of the regular twin sport exhaust , where to mount the exhaust strap to ? :-/ i found this so.. http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/230715561465?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Kind regards Wim