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The nut came off with a little encouragement but the pully is completely stuck. Is it simply brute force that's needed? I'll lather it with wd40 over night and try again tomorrow in a vice if that's the case. I just wasn't sure if there was a technique or tool that was required.
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Ah! Nothing's ever simple. I've just spent 45minutes trying to remove the pully from the old dynamo! Is there an obviously clever method that I am oblivious to? Please help!😳 Thanks Camilla
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Amazing. I'm going to get stuck in now. Thanks for your help. Camilla
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Hi Keith, that's great. Thanks for the advice. Just to make certain, do I connect both battery terminals when I do this? Everything else is crystal clear and I know which contact you mean in the regulator. Thanks again Camilla
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Yes our car is positive earth and we've just bought a reconditioned dynamo. I was told that its good practice to polerize it before installation? Is this not necessary then? Isn't there a chance the dynamo is negative and will then frazzle the voltage controller?
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just to check. you connect the positve earth to the frame, what about the negative? is this connected to the battery or disconnected? Also, where is a good highstreet place to get some suitable wire? sorry for the newbie questions. thanks Camilla
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Hello It turns out our dynamo had bitten the dust and the Herald is not charging so we have purchased a recon dynamo unit. I wanted to polerize it for our 1962 positive earth 1200 before firing it up. We’ve not done this before so just wanted to check if you all think the below instructions for polarising for POSITIVE earth are correct? http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com/polarising-a-dynamo.php if so, all sounds straight forward but what kind of wire should we use? Is 14 gauge insulated wire suitable? Thanks for your help. Cheers Camilla
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haha! excelllent. thanks for everyones advice. I eventually decided to go with the tube in the dipstick hole before Trojan's response. I was a bit in two minds about it but i'm glad to hear that someone else had the same idea. Thanks all
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Still no luck unfortunately. My boyfriend tried and no luck either (he's usually pretty handy for this kind of thing). Do you think it's worth taking it to a garage to be safe or is the likelyhood of the excess oil doing any damage quite slim. cheers Camilla
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thanks for the reply. i did as you suggested and ran it for 5 minutes until the oil light went out and then tried removing the oil filter. unfortunately, i couldn't unscrew the filter. we had a new oil filter less than a year ago so i know its not being held in place by years of rust and muck. Shouldn't it be relatively straight forward to unscrew?
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Hi All this is probably a very silly question but please don't heap derision on me for my newbee ignorance. I checked the oil levels this morning and they were low so i topped them up but have now over filled the herald by about 2/3rds of an inch over the marker. Is this going to lead to any kind of catastrophe? i tried opening the oil drain bolt but it is simply too tight. Would you recommend having the oil drained off or can it be driven in this state? Thanks as always for your help Camilla.
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Hi thanks very much for the advice. It doesnt sound too daunting. i think i might have a go at this at the weekend. Provided its not raining as we only have on street parking! Cheers Camilla.
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Hi thanks very much for the advice. It doesnt sound too daunting. i think i might have a go at this at the weekend. Provided its not raining as we only have on street parking! Cheers Camilla.
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Hello All Our sturdy old Herald just passed its MOT first time! (shameless boasting) but we have noticed that the passenger side door is letting in water during heavy rain. I have removed the plastic plugs in the foot pan as a temporary measure to drain the liquid but I wanted some help regarding replacing the door seal. Is this a relatively simple job? And do I only require something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOOR-APERTURE-SEAL-TRIUMPH-HERALD-VITESSE-CONVERTIBLE-/230814792877?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35bda23cad Are any special tools required? Thanks as ever for your shared, inexhaustible pool of knowledge. Cheers Camilla
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Hello All Our sturdy old Herald just passed its MOT first time! (shameless boasting) but we have noticed that the passenger side door is letting in water during heavy rain. I have removed the plastic plugs in the foot pan as a temporary measure to drain the liquid but I wanted some help regarding replacing the door seal. Is this a relatively simple job? And do I only require something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOOR-APERTURE-SEAL-TRIUMPH-HERALD-VITESSE-CONVERTIBLE-/230814792877?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35bda23cad Are any special tools required? Thanks as ever for your shared, inexhaustible pool of knowledge. Cheers Camilla