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No problem Spider, good advice never goes amiss. Mate has an old school garage currently with an E-Type FHC, 50's Morgan, two MGB GT Sebrings (3.9 V8 & A 2.0ltr Zetec) XR2i with 25,000 miles. a Lotus Esprit, Hillman Minx and a droop snoot Firenza all in various states of build. When asked about a replacement clutch and pressure plate for my T6 set up he produced NOS Ford items from his squirrel stores that fitted straight onto my flywheel and 23 splined gearbox shaft. Just need a release bearing now, neighbour over road runs a bearing outlet and spoke with him about a replacement this afternoon. Price, I owe him a pint (he never goes to a pub so going to be difficult to honour that one!) Still awaiting return of cylinder head from having it checked & skimmed (only if needed) plus valves reground etc. The list of parts to rebuild grows daily, going to change all the hoses & clamps re-routing to suit install since old Fiesta rad changed to an uprated alloy 3 core larger capacity item. These jobs are never straightforward once started, it's the golden opportunity to address those areas that you were always going to address but so far never actually got around to doing. Willie.
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How easy does that make it look? Leveller definitely worth having & a good pictorial showing one in use, great stuff. Willie.
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The nylon type rope around my engines intended for pulling cabling through ducts and has quite a breaking strain but only used for moving the engines around the garage. I have an engine crane leveller for the actual lifting/installing making angle adjustments infinite when trying to align everything up plus it's directly bolted to the engine. For an extra £25 over the price of the hoist well worth purchasing, makes the whole job much easier and, as you rightly implied, safer. Willie.
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This is what happens when time to fully service a K-Series VVC engine installed in a GT6/Spitfire. No room to change rear belt as it's very close to bulkhead. The engine under the hoist is being rebuilt this week with new head gasket, stretch bolts, water pump & both belt kits etc. Will be sourcing a replacement full clutch to suit prior to installing the engine. Will clean up the casings etc whilst engine is out & still on the engine stand. Willie.
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After much re-plumbing, new heater control valve, altered bracketry, altering oil pressure gauge take off from t-piece at remote oil filter (fitted under rad) to suit replacement pipe the new alloy radiatior is in, filled with new anti freeze & tested. Tomorrow will see it hit the road again so no drink for me tonight, licence more important than a whisky or three! The chassis touch up still to be done once all proven to be water tight & working satisfactorily.
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Toledo_Man wrote:I've noticed that you've got Sprint alloys. Are you having any issues with the offset? What size tyres are on them? Rears have spacers fitted, came with car to extend wheel outwards to fill the arches, fronts clear GT6 calipers without issue. Tyres are 185/60 x 13. Willie.
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Like all things on a kit build nothing is as easy as 1st thought. With the alloy rad being 50mm taller adjustments to the bracketry required to sit vertical as before. Additional brackets on new rad also required removal to help fit back into original position albeit dropped 50mm which in turn means moving the remote oil filter which sat underneath the old rad. Time beat me tonight and stopped work around 21:00 to keep the neighbours reasonably happy. Willie.
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Alloy uprated higher water volume race spec radiator arrived this morning to replace the single core one fitted which was marginal at keeping the K-Series cool in the really warm weather. That's me off the Christmas shopping run now there's work to be done in the "man cave" :)
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5861 wrote:Pic of newly finished exhaust manifold for the 1.8 K-Series prior to installation courtesy of Pipe Dynamics, Leven, Fife. Willie. Heading home from Chic Doig's around 15:30 today & met backed up traffic at big roundabout in Glenrothes, once at front of queue I was out at 1st opportunity & gave it a bit of stick turning onto a duel carriageway which had a fairly greasy surface. T6 stepped out & caught on the throttle which was immediately deployed once more for some more sideways fun leaving all in my wake. This car has been transformed since the full s/s exhaust completed & fitted, looks like the original smaller bore manifold was holding back some of the ponies.
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Pic of newly finished exhaust manifold for the 1.8 K-Series prior to installation courtesy of Pipe Dynamics, Leven, Fife. Willie.
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thebrookster wrote:Willie, a) We need to try and meet sometime, I would love to see the difference between your T6 and Chris'!! I never seem to be around when you call in to see Chris! Or if you happen to be passing the Loch Lomond area give me a holler, I can always put the kettle on!! b) Any chance of sharing the details for this engineering firm? I intend on EFI'ing my 2000 at some point, and I also prefer to work with people who know what they are doing! Cheers, Phil Hi Phil, a) a possibilty sometime in new year. Will pm you re b). Willie.
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Recently stumbled across a local garage run by a "Fred Dibnagh" type character. Completed a 5 year apprenticeship in the 70's, worked at a good few local dealerships learning what he could whilst pursuing his interest in building and racing stock cars. Engines built by him still sought after yet, he has self taught himself engineering techniques over the years to eliminate "mistakes" made by engine builders when this work was farmed out. He bought up many lathes and milling machines etc from local companies to give him the capability to do as much "in house" as possible. He is making me a custom EFI system utilising the engines standard injectors mated to throttle bodies from a motorbike, all engineered on site and all done after hours between 5 and 11 in evening to keep costs down. His payback is using my set up to sell more units to other interested parties. I'm amazed that I hadn't known about these places until people pointed me in their direction when speaking with me when out in the T6. Willie.
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Cheers John, I cannot believe the difference to the driving experience since having this installed, it has definitely been worth the expense. The manifold differs from the mild steel one in as much as the flow of the bends are more equal, the collector joint is a short 4 into 2 into 1 giving an easier exit route for the exhaust gasses. Some clever pipework and welding making that possible from the guys at Pipe Dynamics but difficult to photograph in situ to show how they acheived this. (Both guys were pipe fitters/welders in Rosyth Dockyard prior to starting up in own business). Nothing more to do than put fuel in the tank and add some more miles. Willie.
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Custom exhaust manifold with Lamda sensor plus a flexi coupling added today to complete the full S/S system and has made a massive improvement to the T6. Hopefully a pic attached, not cheap to have made but that's it for the lifetime of the car. Willie. http://i.imgur.com/UfNfhbG.jpg
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John I think you are on the right tracks. I had two French guys eager to buy my T6 pre rebuild for your asking price & one still emails asking to have 1st refusal if I sell once finished & back on the road & he'll pay whatever my costs were over asking price. Tempting as that is I think I need to enjoy it for another wee while. Quite sure you'll get your price. PS: Also got moulded carpet set for T6, with it not being a standard car every piece of carpet needs altered & steamed to fit plus I'm missing N/S rear wheel arch moulded carpet but think another extra piece can be made to fit. Willie.
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Sam_C wrote:Chris is Chic Doig a user on here? Or a supplier? Would you have contact details? Chick Doig Classics Cardenden Fife Scotland (MG & Triumph Specialists) Contact number is 01592 722999 Willie.
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Had a look through local factors clutch cables held in stock to no avail. Had a look on ebay Monday evening & found a Peugeot 405 with BE1 gearbox clutch cable almost mirrored one I had taken off the T6, ordered & arrived this morning. Half an hours fettling, adjusting, altering & making fit had my T6 back on the road with a clutch working better than I'd ever had in my ownership, happy days again. Now I know what cable I require should I ever need to change again, will be ordering a spare as price with postage was only £7 as opposed to £36 for a custom made cable. Willie.
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You're going to have one sorted T6 when finished, will be good to see how neatly this package can be put together once Graham has finished. Just going to get another clutch cable made for now, want to attend a few more shows over the season before thinking about tackling the rebuild requiring the car to be taken out of service. Willie.
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2402 wrote:Willie, I think it's time you upgraded to a Hydralic clutch mate. Standard spitfire/gt6 fitment. Just my thoughts mate. Chris. Hi Chris, has been a thought from day one & on my list for the full rebuild, so many things needing addressed would make sense to get everything upgraded then. Hopefully you are getting near the finishing line with own build. Willie.
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Outer sheath retaining sleeve at pedal end of cable has come adrift & pulled through the rubber grommet hence no clutch. Thankfully an easy fix, knew something was going to happen as clutch was never that clever from day one. Willie.
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Cable operated clutch in my T6 fitted with Type 9 box & K-Series engine went with a bang tonight right outside my garage. Quick look shows both ends still connected at pedal & gearbox cluch operating arm, clutch pedal obviously buried in the axminster. Need to check cable still ok 1st but think it may be a little more serious than a break between ends :-/ Was going so well to, young lads in their whatever 3 door hatches still can't understand why my 1970 G-T6 lookalike can keep up with them :) Willie.
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At least 3 local garages/tyre centres near me now do custom stainless steel replacement exhausts, may be worth considering trying somewhere similar in your area that also do s/s systems. Estimated cost £300+ depending on how much I wanted to replace.
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The guy with the TR6's is an old school panel beater/coachworker, his own TR6 was rebuilt 23 years ago & looks as fresh today as it did back then (now also for sale for the right money). He bought another half finished TR6 with hardtop but, along with his full Mini rebuilds, an MGB GT & working from home as a mechanic time & space is limited to complete. If ever there was a guy to buy a classic car from I reckon you couldn't do much better that someone who has spent his working career on classics, he was one of the coachbuilders with Mercury Motors in Fife when they were doing full MGB renovations & sending them around the globe such was their reputation in the 80's/90's. Now the son runs Mercury Motor Sport & Ford is their chosen mark. Collessie only 20 minutes from me.
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The guy with the TR6's is an old school panel beater/coachworker, his own TR6 was rebuilt 23 years ago & looks as fresh today as it did back then (now also for sale for the right money). He bought another half finished TR6 with hardtop but, along with his full Mini rebuilds, an MGB GT & working from home as a mechanic time & space is limited to complete. If ever there was a guy to buy a classic car from I reckon you couldn't do much better that someone who has spent his working career on classics, he was one of the coachbuilders with Mercury Motors in Fife when they were doing full MGB renovations & sending them around the globe such was their reputation in the 80's/90's. Now the son runs Mercury Motor Sport & Ford is their chosen mark. Collessie only 20 minutes from me.
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1700 wrote:I am at the soul destroying stage of stripping my tr6 body tub, and am finding more and more holes.... does anybody know where i can get, and how much a rust free body tub would cost? I have got good rear wings doors and bonnet and can probably save the scuttle top and rear boot floor etc the rear inner wings, floors sills and bulk head are too far gone I think Thanks carl A TR6 owner near me has a partially finished TR6 he would sell if any good to you with a load of new spares. All the hard work done but it is up in Fife, Scotland.