That's about the truth of it!Quote:
Originally Posted by mygasser
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That's about the truth of it!Quote:
Originally Posted by mygasser
I always like to go for the ride around the block to confirm everything is OK after working on the car.
Today I started her up, drove out of the garage, pausing to shut the garage door with the remote, then she coughed and died. She never does this, so thinking about it, I hadn't heard the usual ticking of the electric pump as I switched on.
Then I remembered, while carrying out all the recent work I noticed a piece of loom had been tugged. At the time I checked all the rear lights were still working and forgot about it, now I realised it had yanked off the live to the fuel pump.
At this point the car was out in the road, I didn't fancy lying in the road trying to trace it and rectify it, so I ran a temporary wire from the battery to fill up the carbs, which gave it enough to start up and reverse into the garage. Here I could play at my leisure.
When I wired up the car I made a reference sheet
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....here's part of it, made it easy to find the correct wire, which was soon extended and fed through with a wire coat hanger, had to pop indoors and up to the wardrobe for that tool.
As I used the jack I noticed the handle still had markings from using it as a dummy panhard rod to check length required.
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Then I got to drive around the block, tackling speed humps without drama.
Thinking about it now, I'm amazed that I drove this car for over 3 years with this lack of a comfortable ride, I guess it shows how much I was enjoying the car!
Iirc and in those 3 years of driving, some of those drives were, shall we say, spirited! With little or no suspension! Ha! How is your back?
Chris
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Glad it's all sorted now Ian.
Cheers Tim W
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Today was Mot time, it passed, but the mot man pointed out that there shouldn't be any sharp edges.
I didn't bother to point out that it's been exactly the same the last 3 years.
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Sorry for lousy picture, dark corner of garage.
I kept this ragged edge due to its authenticity, and simply built a new boot floor behind it.
I do have the original bumpers from the Morris, maybe ill bring them back from my storage garage and see if I can get one on the back of the Ruby to cover the sharp edge. I don't want to repair it the conventional way, I'll never be able to paint new metal to blend in.
Razoring pedestrians when reversing! Could string some barbed wire between the bumpers to keep them away?
Chris
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I've always found the best way to hide repairs on a patina motor is to do it in plain site ie sound welding, then half hearted tidying up and a brush in with a close satin paint. Local B&Q can do colour matches to a swatch / panel part ,in satin and then paint with an already used brush to get some texture in there. Time will quickly do the rest.
you could cover the outside with masking tape then thickly coat the back side with tiger seal or similar panel glue. once set up remove the tape and cut a neat-ish bottom edge in the tiger seal. as it's black it wouldn't stand out at a glance but there wouldn't be any jagged edges.
neil.
Crimp a thin strip of mild steel over it and dust it with salty water, soon have a rusty tidy edge Ian. [emoji106]
Cheers Tim W
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All good ideas, thank you, I'll keep these in mind in case the bumper plan doesn't work out.:thumbs_up_smiley:
Well, on Friday I had driven to Hackney, when I came back to where the car was parked I found this:
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Yup, big puddle of axle oil.
For a while, I had heard some random noises from the rear, couldn't work out what was going on. On stripping it down, I found the wheel bearing had started to break up, so that explains the noises and the failed oil seal. With lots of miles planned over the coming months I'm glad I discovered this now!
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One of the broken bits of the wheel bearing.
All back together now.
Also given it a service ready for summer.
The wiper on it "worked" in the sense that it went back and forth, but was as much use as a chocolate fire guard. I've never worried and used Rain X. This is OK in rain, but driving on a wet road once the rain stops, means that dirty spray is thrown up by the other vehicles, so I've got an adapter and a new blade and arm, should work properly now with wash and wipe (like a conventional car!!). Planning a road trip to somewhere well known for lots of rain so I'll see how it goes.
As you say Ian luckily it happened when it did mate.
Cheers Tim W
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At the swap meet, someone laughed and remarked that the tow bar probably weighs as much as the car.
So I weighed it today, 11.6 KG!
No "before" pics but here it is after trimming it down to 8.8KG
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I've dug out this, the back bumper for the Morris 8, correct time period, even if wrong manufacturer. Plan to fit this on the back of the Ruby, but need the removable tow bar in place so there isn't a clash.
With that extra weight should be easier to do wheelies,[emoji16]
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did you replace the rear wheel bearings both sides ian? they'll both have done the same miles and if one's gone........
neil.
With all the forum problems I couldn't log in, anyways, thanks Neil for sound advice, I've fitted a new bearing and seal the other side too. A mate suggested that when I narrowed the axle, it could be a few thou out of true, and that would explain the relatively short life of the bearing. Still, it's done over 11,000 miles, so in future I'll make it a habit to fit new bearings every 10,000.
Now I've resolved my forum issues, I can add a photo of the "new" rear bumper. No clash with tow bar, and sharp edges now covered, still looks right.
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Looks tidy Ian. [emoji106]
Cheers Tim W
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Looks great Ian.
Thanks Tim and Mark.
I think it looks better than the quarter bumpers I had on before.
I definitely prefer it without the Ugly tow bar - it is removable anyway.
Today I went to visit family, but on the way I popped in to the "Gathering of the geezers"
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