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mmmmmm ...now i am hungry ...
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Forgive me if this had been covered on the previous 54 pages but is it possible to turn one engine off and run on a single engine during times of such panic? (just like a plane)
Presumably not else you'd have done that when it reached max temp I guess...
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Jul 31, 2020 10:04:00 GMT
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Forgive me if this had been covered on the previous 54 pages but is it possible to turn one engine off and run on a single engine during times of such panic? (just like a plane) Presumably not else you'd have done that when it reached max temp I guess... It will drive perfectly well on one engine, however i don't have a swich to cut gas or ign to one ...in this case i had 5 miles to go , and i thought ,if i cut off one engine , then i use more throttle ,which may make it hotter, so i decided to baby it home on two . |
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Jul 31, 2020 12:18:43 GMT
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Can't beat a nice tart in your car  |
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Can't beat a nice tart in your car Give us a shout. Got a 'Buy one, get one' offer on at the moment. Don't let the seventeen kids put you off!  Let's hope that was a save on the engine. |
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Thank you George , its looking promising .. gosh ,i got a lot done ! first off , i decided to approach the pump problem in my customary left handed way . I had a think and a measure , and decided something that may help my cranking speed, and therefore make it possible to have the pump on all the time , was to increase the battery lead amp carrying capability . the cable at the moment is off the jag xj40 the 4.0 litre came from ... and its about 7mm diameter , and i think it may be ally too .blergh. I hunted the Ali babas cave of wonderment , and found this cable ...  fairly hunky ,but just not long enough ... had enough of this one ..  but bit thinner , so i thought hey , i have about 289 amps cranking , so if i double up on the 7mm cables that might help . took the ends off the red cable ..  and snarfled them onto the blue lead of power..  noice ! threaded it into the chassis , and i do believe its a lot better on the maximost cranktabulousnosity ...ness . Now on to a more long term bit of develoment.. work on the hood has started , i got ot the frame from graham (bully) and cleaned it up ,made a piece to fit the screen top , then wedges two bits of ally into place and taped it up to get an idea of the height of it all... Have a dekko ...     maybe a bit lower , and then it fabrication time , oh , and hood making on the freegle sewing machine . Then Today i popped the old girl outside on the drive , fired up ,and while warming up , i balanced the throttles with one of those gunson carb things , boy they were a fair way out , it got to 75 c ,and rad pressure looked good , so maybe it's all ok dokay . bouyed up by this i had a fit of little jobs , no, not too much fruit in my diet , but things that i have wanted to do ..eg , a bit of a polish of the grill and copper pipes and the screen bits ..     one last thing was the little strip behind the seat did not line up with the body side panel , so i took it off and filed it to match betterererererer.  At some point i will make a new set of strips with an overhang so the tube can be continuous round the seat area . tomorrow i am hoping to do a 80 miles round trip and see how the mpg is now ,with my new wide bands. regards robert |
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Could you not have the strip behind the seat Tig welded?
Then just refine this joins, as the rest would then just go back into place.
Loving the progress.
Was wondering if it was time to update the thread title yet?
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jamesd1972
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Hi Robert, have you considered a bikini ? Here's our prototype,   And some ripped off the net   Actually pretty effective at keeping the rain out below 60 and much more minimalist / flowing. James |
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Could you not have the strip behind the seat Tig welded? Then just refine this joins, as the rest would then just go back into place. Loving the progress. Was wondering if it was time to update the thread title yet? THank you Grizz  i quite like the joins and lines , its more pre war that way . Hi Robert, have you considered a bikini ? James i have ,,,and may go that way , must get rid of my love handles first though DHalink Good morning all , My trip around the countryside went well ,did 74.9 miles around south oxon and still have one green led on the fuel gauge , so that means half a tank left , i think it might be getting better ,running much leaner now in the 16 to 17:1 air fuel ratio , that's about as lean as i want it .had it up to reasonable speed on the a34 past didcot too which was fun . one slight problem , i was going to park it on stoke row green and take some pics , luckily it had a little rd around it , cos i went round , found a place to park , tried to get reverse ,and uh . no .not a chance .....no amount of tugging on my lever in the car would create a satisfactory outcome ....pox . so off i went to reading , and through the woods it suddenly got jammed , and i had no .. gears.. at.. all. so parked in the woods and had some lunch . i might as well bore you all with yet more interminable pics of the monster in a new forest habitat ..     Emboldened by my healthy hand full of nuts and raisins , i got in and had another session wrenching around with the lever , and woof low and behold it all came free ,and joyfullness , and gear selection returned ,,,,apart from reverse . of i went again , and all was well. good news is i sat in the abingdon traffic right through the town centre ,for ages , and the temp came up to 95 , fans came on , temp dropped , and the rad pressure went from 7 psi to 3 psi ..so that looks like my boilfest has survived . i have a new plastic gear selector bush coming , and i am also making one out of steel too , so no matter what , i can rely on a firm bush and a solid lever in the car . This mt75 platic ford selector design , cannot handle the lever being stuck out in front ,rather than straight up and down , i may change it a bit so mine is more vertical ..... once i have reverse working i can get to the stn and see how much fuel i have used , guesses on a card please regards robert |
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glenanderson
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The fact you didn’t engineer a more sophisticated remote has always baffled me. Is it time to reconsider the design, or are you going to leave it “as-is”?
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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I'm sorry Glenn , did you just use the word "sophisticated ", in relation to my cobbled together car from scrap ...oh how we are laughing ! |
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Aug 10, 2020 15:11:35 GMT
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little bit done on the gearshift gizmo .. here is the plastic bush that died ..  and i decided to make one out of metal . found an old hunk of steel ,machined it , and thin disc-ed off the bit i needed ..     found an old exhaust flange for the plate ..    slotted plate , and started slotting the bush..   once slotted i will weld the plate to the bush ,and machine and fit and see how it shifts . regards robert |
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Last Edit: Aug 13, 2020 9:14:30 GMT by ivanhoew
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Sept 3, 2020 17:10:56 GMT
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well the shift is amazingly improved ! Well , tuesday was MOT day . Luckily it was not pouring down with a CAPITAL P, and all was well , found a slight brake light infraction , which turned out ,after i had just about dissemboweled the dash , to be a beak in the wire under the heat shrink next to a soldered joint down by the switch , so i crimped it .this took a long time to find . good news was the emissions were pretty good ...  and to celebrate another year of mot'ness , i popped on my new name plates ..   noicy noice noice ... i like em ! regards robert |
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Sept 5, 2020 14:50:06 GMT
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I like the name plates sir!
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Always a relief to get the MoT for another year!
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Tamber
Part of things
Shattered. Held together by spite and tape.
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It's the little details, in the sea of little details, in the ocean of grand madness, that really makes this build something extra-special. |
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-< Welder. Allegedly a mechanic. Bodger of Things >-
* 1958? Bedford RL - Progress: Glacial.
* 1994 Skoda Favorit - It's baaaaaaaack!
* 2018 Herald Classic - Off the road, indefinitely.
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Mar 27, 2021 10:35:53 GMT
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It will now 😁 You have at least one vote! An eclectic field...... and yet..... you still stand out 😄 Nick |
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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Mar 27, 2021 11:30:54 GMT
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This is amazing and the pictures in the woods really show it, My opinion counts for nothing but can i add another vote for the bikini type roof or at least the rear of the roof sloping towards the rear of the car rather than upright, undoubtedly (possibly a word) what ever you decide will be superb left field and 100% better than i could possibly imagine so carry on.
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i quite like the joins and lines , its more pre war that way .
