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Been a quiet few days on the car front, I've had a few days staycation going out to a few gardens etc we used the range rover quite a bit and with shell pulling out of LPG its mostly been on petrol, it seems to be doing high teens mpg which is not too bad I think the lock up on the torque converter actually working helps. I have found the source of the exhaust leak, it's leaking at the Y joint on the new exhaust, it wasn't even a britpart part. The joint is 2 smaller pipes each formed into a D shape then welded into the large exit pipe, looks like the 2 straight sides of the Ds are not welded together. I will have to take it off and weld the joint externaly, won't be pretty but should work OK.
On the TR the back bumper beam is on and the front panel and drivers side prepped for a new topcoat, hopefully this will go on tomorrow.
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Last Edit: Jul 11, 2020 5:29:05 GMT by kevins
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Jul 10, 2020 20:45:54 GMT
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TR is painted.   Finish is suprisingly good, especially when you consider this is what I share my garage with.  My 18 year old son's woodworking shop, being able to paint it on the ramp a couple of feet off the floor helps. Spent this evening putting bumpers and trim back on.  Plan is to give it a wash, pump up the tyres etc get use it for a week or 2 while I get the mx5 mot'd then start on striping and painting the bonnet. Also started it up, started instantly after what must be 2 months. Now this is done I think I can get to the exhaust while its still on the range rover to replace the missing weld with it on the 4 poster, so thats tomorrows task plus painting the front wheels on the mazda before new tyres are fitted. |
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Last Edit: Jul 11, 2020 5:30:11 GMT by kevins
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Jul 11, 2020 19:55:34 GMT
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Welded exhaust on range rover.  Not pretty but it's worked no more farty noise. Also changed the oil while it was on the 4 poster and went through it changing all the fuses for branded ones (it had some pound shop ones which fall appart and the plastic case melts). Got the TR and minor out and gave them a wash, TR afterwards.  Then I took the TR for a drive, works fine but 2 problems, the cooling fan has packed up (has power but not turning, need to check earth) and the water pump hasn't fixed it's self.  The SD1 ones are well north of £100 and awd ones only around £40, i've picked up a second hand one and am going go see if I can get it appart, then possibly buy an awd one to take the bearing and seal out of, as much out of interest as being tight. |
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Last Edit: Jul 11, 2020 19:57:45 GMT by kevins
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Jul 12, 2020 20:38:46 GMT
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Pottered around in the minor today, all running very well, then when I got home I had a look at the TR, fan turned out to be a corroded connector, cleaned it up and re-assembled with vaseline seems to work fine now. Also re-fitted the front 1/4 bumper which was loose and the drivers side sill trim, can't fit the passenger one becsuse I need more of the space invader shaped clips.
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eurogranada
Europe
To tinker or not to tinker, that is the question...
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Jul 13, 2020 10:27:06 GMT
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All good news it seems! Nice!
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Jul 13, 2020 11:17:28 GMT
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Man that colour is nice  credit to you getting such a good finish in such a small space! Great work |
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Jul 13, 2020 12:51:56 GMT
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Thanks, its turned out far better than I expected, using epoxy under cellulose then leaving it for a few days to fully cure certainly seems to help (no sinkage etc) and a decent quality paint also helps. The colour came about almost by accident, it was 15 different shades of metallic blue and I decided I wanted a similar flat colour, picked something close to the metallic out of a colour chart and ended up with a BS colour called Ice blue which seems very close to the colour they used on earlier competition triumphs.
Interestingly the colour difference to the older paint on the bonnet which is a real mess and yet to be painted anyway is much less noticeable in daylight.
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Jul 13, 2020 15:13:15 GMT
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Welded exhaust on range rover. Not pretty but it's worked no more farty noise. Also changed the oil while it was on the 4 poster and went through it changing all the fuses for branded ones (it had some pound shop ones which fall appart and the plastic case melts). Got the TR and minor out and gave them a wash, TR afterwards. Then I took the TR for a drive, works fine but 2 problems, the cooling fan has packed up (has power but not turning, need to check earth) and the water pump hasn't fixed it's self. The SD1 ones are well north of £100 and awd ones only around £40, i've picked up a second hand one and am going go see if I can get it appart, then possibly buy an awd one to take the bearing and seal out of, as much out of interest as being tight. I see your TR is also running on LPG (both my P5B do). That is a typical set which you do not see in Holland. I assume there is a connection between the mixer and the elbows. What is the item which is in the hose to the air filter? nice car and nice paint job! Peter
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Jul 13, 2020 18:49:01 GMT
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It's a blos variable mixer, gives a good control of gas flow at low air flow, got the same set up on the range rover works really well. That said it's all coming off the TR soon as there is nowhere near here to get LPG anymore and the fuel consumption is not too bad anyway (we had 3 shell stations and shell are pulling out of lpg in the uk), I'll keep it on the range rover though because I tend to use it for going futher afield.
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Jul 13, 2020 18:53:27 GMT
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Thanks for the reply. In Holland we can get LPG from almost all stations. It is a strange world as LPG is a cleaner fuel then petrol and diesel
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Jul 13, 2020 21:01:18 GMT
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Yep it comes in under the MOT numbers for the first generation of cat equiped cars on LPG and barely scrapes through the carb limits on petrol, but according to shell the future is electric so they are dumping LPG.
Makes you wonder if you buy an 50 grand electric car now and something else comes along in 10 years time will they be closing all the charging facilities?
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Jul 13, 2020 22:06:20 GMT
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I've always thought the only workable way forward is to get a way of economically synthesising fuel. Pump enough energy into carbon and water and you get petrochemicals. We've already got all of the distribution infrastructure set up. Just need clean power and you can make clean petrol.
Must be harder than that of course or someone would have done it...
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I think unfortunately we are being ruled globally by city based politicians (of all parties), electric vehicle generally work well in cities, with low distances travelled, and no tailpipe emissions. They can then build all generation capability in someone else's backyard and so what if a few county bumpkins working on minimum wage to feed the country can't actually afford a 40 + grand car with the decent range they need, most of their voters live in cities anyway.
Bio fuels (liguid and gas) from waste are a developed process which as you say could drop straight into the current infrastructure but they seem to have dropped that from road transport (still seen as big potential for aircraft though)
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Last Edit: Jul 14, 2020 8:50:31 GMT by kevins
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Remember when DERV was the only salvation?
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Jul 14, 2020 12:18:54 GMT
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yes, probably only 6 or 7 years ago diesel ws going to save the planet.....
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Jul 16, 2020 20:08:02 GMT
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Been doing some work in the garden for the last few days, we needed some doors for the log store, sister in-law was throwing out a garden table with a damaged leg so I grabbed it, took it appart and planed up all the slats to make a pair of doors.  Also cleaned up and varnished the concrete worktops, just need to get some tiles to go round the back now. On the car front I had another look at the oil leaks on the TR, one was from a very loose sump bolt but the other is more difficult to pinpoint, it's dripping off one of the sump to gearbox bolts but inside the clutch housing is dry, I'm begining to wonder if there is a crack in the sump where the gearbox plate is welded to it. Finaly the secondhand water pump I was going to try to re-build turned up and the bearing feels fine, so as it's a quick job I will fit this which hopefully will work for a while and play with the one on the car which definitely doesent work. Cut a gasket out ready to fit it but might have to wait for a while as I want to give the mazda a pre-mot service this weekend (mot is on tuesday).  |
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Last Edit: Apr 2, 2023 21:53:14 GMT by kevins
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Jul 18, 2020 20:04:24 GMT
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Been giving the mazda a once over and service prior to this weeks mot, service went easily enough usual difficulties getting to the oil filter but otherwise OK. Everything MOT wise looked ok, no rust a or play in the joints, only problem was the front top baljoint gaiters were both split.  These were both new before last years MOT, again poor quality pattern parts. Searching through the box of old rubber components I found 2 boots in a bag of bits my dad sorted out probably from a 70's or 80's ford, they fitted OK, but are a bit larger than the originals, certainly good enough for the MOT I'll keep an eye on them to check they don't get pinched though. Also had some new front tyres fitted so beforehand I painted and laquered the wheels.  On close inspection the old tyres were m&s it drives much better on 4 new goodyears!  That took most of the afternoon I just had enough time to fit new clips to the door glass seal and fit the trim which fills the u.s. marker light hole in the rear wing. |
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Last Edit: Jul 18, 2020 21:05:10 GMT by kevins
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Jul 21, 2020 19:00:55 GMT
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Mx5 passed its mot, emissions were a fail at the first fast idle test 40ppm vs target of 30 but the second was only 12ppm so I don't think he let it warm up enough, rest of emissions were way below the limits.
Other thing he queried is why the airbag and engine mil lights don't work, it certainly has never had airbags and has never had a mil light in the timdvwe have had it but he's right they are in the cluster, he put it down to being a grey import, assuming they use the same cluster but not the lights for japanese market?
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Jul 21, 2020 23:44:45 GMT
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Could very well be. NAS P38's have an illuminating MIL, European models did not.
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Jul 22, 2020 17:32:26 GMT
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It seems the same with these the u.s. ones used the mil light but it was turned off in virtually all the other markets.
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credit to you getting such a good finish in such a small space! Great work 