GT6 Jonesy
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Here was me thinking I'd have to spend the afternoon tracing a poor earth or broken wire. Did as you said Clive and gave the wires to the fuse box a wiggle with the indicators on, low and behold we are back flashing again. Remade a corroded spade connector and all is well. Cheers mate I'm off to finish those mince pies I was talking about earlier
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Morning guys hope you all had a good Christmas, I certainly over did it with the mince pies and er rum this year 🙂. After having a nice few days off our toledo has got me busy again. Driving back from my folks house on Boxing Day there was a complete loss of front and rear indicator lights and after further inspection the rear brake lights are also out. Going to start poking around today, could it simply be a bulb out ? Any ideas where to look for a bad earth, flasher unit maybe? As always any thoughts much appreciated.
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Cheers dave, have tried bleeding it and you are quite right it is a pain in the rear as there is not much space to get a spanner in. Loosening the clamp and shoving the cylinder foreword was next on the to do list. Tried putting in a longer push rod from a spare vitesse master cylinder which was about 1/2 inch longer. It has made the car drivable but raised the height of the pedal. Seems as though there is nothing happening (no pressure) during the first third of pedal movement. To me it seems like it is not displacing enough fluid/ wrong master bore. Really annoying but I'm sure easy to fix, just need to put ny finger on it !!!!!!
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I have a thread running in the Dolly/Tolly section but thought I'd ask over here. Does anyone know for sure the part numbers for a Toledo master and slave cylinder also part number/length of the master clutch fork that attaches to the pedal. These parts have been replaced with alarming regularity by previous owners. I am led to believe there is one of these parts that's not the same as other 1300's in the triumph range perhaps causing my troubles. Gmc1023 master, gsy105 slave ? Cheers
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Does anyone know for sure the part numbers for a Toledo master and slave cylinder also part number/length of the master clutch fork that attaches to the pedal. Having investigated today I am led to believe there is one of these parts that's not the same as other 1300's in the triumph range perhaps causing my troubles, cheers
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Ha yep the plate is a little dubious !!!!!. It's a lovely car solid as a rock. 1 lady owner during its first 35 years with 79,000 on the clock and garaged most of its life. Looking through this little cars history the owner before last has bills between 2013-2015 for on less than 5 slaves and two master cylinders from either Rimmers or JP, what the heck ?. Going to investigate on the weekend, looks like its had recent new slave, master and pipe. In 2015 it had a new three piece clutch. The mystery continues ........
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Well went and picked it up today as you can see the missus is very happy with her new motor, Performed faultlessly during its 170 mile trip back to London. Popped to a mates house locally to show off the car and on the way home lost clutch pedal pressure. After a few quick pumps of the pedal pressure comes back again and all is well only to disappear again, Any suggestions !!! No leaks as master cylinder is full and there is a bill for a new slave this year. Cheap copy slave and seals sticking at back of cylinder perhaps ?
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With this car and having owned a vitesse with a webasto, also seeing so many GT6's with them fitted did triumph offer these sunroofs as an option from the factory or dealer? Or were they all fitted later by the owners, any one got a clue ?
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Ok I know this brown beast is priced at the top end of what a very BROWN 70's Leyland motor should be but even without my firmly placed Triumph hat on I can't help but think Dolomites and Toledos are under valued especially when you look at the prices of their GM/Ford rivals of the day, forgetting rally/race heritage.
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Yep I agree it's strong dosh for a Tolly, had a word with the owner, seems like a nice bloke and it sounds like a good solid unmessed with car. He doesn't want to move much on price. Having owned tons of triumphs I have to admit I have never had a brown one. The BIG problem is that the missus has seen it and looks to have fallen in love with it ( and she is the most impatient woman on planet earth ). Suppose I should count myself lucky I'm with someone that shares my enthusiasm for triumphs. Ps this has all come about because I didn't insure her on the GT6 or TR doh !!
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Ha yeah even better it's double brown with that interior. I think the full length webasto is a nice touch as long as it doesn't leak. Any thing particular too look out for that is unobtainium these days
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Thinking of going to look at this Toledo, any thoughts ?. I was checking the classifieds for a car that the missus can run around in over the winter and this caught her eye. http://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C795254
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Can't be any help on your quest I'm afraid but it would be interesting to hear from anyone that ran a GT6 when new. Reason I ask is I've had a Mk2 for 5 years now and all I did when I first got it back on the road was to flush the standard radiator, fit new cowl and hoses, clear all the crud out of the waterways when I had the head off. The little bugger just doesn't overheat even during the height of summer during long ques into shows, driving in London or being stuck on the M25 !!!!!. I even tested the accuracy of the temp guage as I thought it was duff.
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Them there alloys are late model cosmics. Everyone including myself usually lusts after the earlier mk1 or 2 cossies these do rather suit the spit/gt6 shape
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Remember the 18 page thread on vitesse extractor manifolds, a blast from the past :)