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Sept 6, 2020 17:48:39 GMT
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Took a stab at the brakes today, bought the screw extractor kit I mentioned from amazon and worked a treat! Drilled a guide hole (the drill end of the extractor was rubbish) then gave the extraction end a few turns with a screwdriver and out it popped.    Found the dragging brake, the shoe was old as the car itself, bit wonky and worn. Bought some new shoes so put them on. Was a huge pain and wrecked my hands but some great guides on YouTube. Lots of brute force and hitting stuff with a hammer. The new shoes I got from Rimmer were thicker and struggled to get the drum back over the new shoes, pretty annoying. Suspect just curse word reproduction that are slightly different in shape. Bit of grinding on the ends of the shoes and they're on. The handbrake now seems to also work too, miracle. |
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Sept 6, 2020 17:49:08 GMT
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I don't dislike but have no great like for Triumph cars but yours looks deadly. Purposeful even. Thanks for sharing Cheers! |
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Sept 6, 2020 17:54:58 GMT
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Coupe looks cool, always really liked them. The 20v is supposed to go well too. Don't fancy your chances with the screw extractor on that bolt. Welding a nut on would do it but as you can't weld centre punch and drill it out. Yeah excited about it, 2 days till delivery. Then the stress of italian turbo cars that smoke when they shouldn't... Extractor worked this time, but does highlight I just need to start learning to weld. |
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shin2chin
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Sept 6, 2020 18:24:10 GMT
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I really need to get some Italian engineering. Its on the list
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Sept 15, 2020 21:19:56 GMT
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Love the look of your car , really cool it’s nice to see them modified, you don’t often I tried to post a pic of mine with no luck but I’ve got a thread if you can be bothered to check it out lol
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Sept 15, 2020 21:28:30 GMT
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Love the look of your car , really cool it’s nice to see them modified, you don’t often I tried to post a pic of mine with no luck but I’ve got a thread if you can be bothered to check it out lol Think I found your build thread, what a cool car! forum.retro-rides.org/thread/208157/65-herald |
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Sept 15, 2020 22:00:27 GMT
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Love this build, Lowered Heralds just work!
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Sept 15, 2020 22:13:35 GMT
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Had some rubbing on the front tyres which was annoying and a bit stressful when doing tight turns. Solution was to hit the hammer on the arches some more, bend in the arch lip with big pliers more. Almost solved it! Also got new tyres on the front, previous ones were old and damaged and too fat. Replaced the fronts, from 155/80/13 to 155/65/13 (rears are 60 but couldn't find a 155/60!). Now there is no rubbing at all, and it drives much nicer too. Looks a bit gappy in the front in this pic but has settled.  Just putting miles on it now to get the engine broken in, done 100 of the 500 I need to do. Not a chore tho, every journey is a slightly nerve-wracking adventure. |
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Sept 16, 2020 8:00:44 GMT
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The fact that every journey is an adventure, is the entire reason we have these old cars haha
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Sept 19, 2020 23:39:47 GMT
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Mate took a vid of me driving away, get to hear the exhaust from the outside which was fun
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Sept 20, 2020 19:51:54 GMT
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Sounds awesome!
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Oct 17, 2020 18:18:21 GMT
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Bit of progress on the Herald. The exhaust I made out of bits of pipe from ebay, bottomed out a lot and it had leaks so I've had another go using more bits of pipe off ebay. Gone for a side exit, partly cos I like how it looks, partly to reduce the bottoming out on humps etc. Nice and secure, think it looks fun too. It's cleared up idle nicely, the previous exhaust must have been very leaky. It is loud. Ridiculously loud. Loving it so far, let's see how long I go before it gets tiring. If the car turned heads due to noise before, then it's next level now. Running so rich, going to give it a tune up on Sunday. Love the pops and bangs from the exhaust but it sounds like gunfire sometimes. Bit much! Video of me driving with new and pics.        |
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Very nice, the ratty looks work really well on the Herald, as do those Weller wheels. Looks like a lot of fun!
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shin2chin
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Sounds just like my new exhaust, love it.
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Sounds just like my new exhaust, love it. Nice, what car is that on? Always looking at how others do it so I can improve the herald once this exhaust falls off in probably 2 weeks lol |
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Am thinking you could slash cut the end of the exhaust flush with the bodywork - might make it look a bit more purposeful (and definitely stop anyone walking into it - if it sticks out someone is bound to do so even if they'd have to be literally hugging your car to touch it!)  Just a thought. Really like what you've done with this - and those formula ford wheels really are the business for your herald. Nicely done fella. |
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shin2chin
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Oct 19, 2020 16:51:42 GMT
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Sounds just like my new exhaust, love it. Nice, what car is that on? Always looking at how others do it so I can improve the herald once this exhaust falls off in probably 2 weeks lol On my beetle, 4 into 1 manifold into a motorbike silencer.  |
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Last Edit: Oct 19, 2020 17:01:50 GMT by shin2chin
1977 PORSCHE 2.0na 924
1974 VW Beetle 1600
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Oct 19, 2020 21:07:24 GMT
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Am thinking you could slash cut the end of the exhaust flush with the bodywork - might make it look a bit more purposeful (and definitely stop anyone walking into it - if it sticks out someone is bound to do so even if they'd have to be literally hugging your car to touch it!) Just a thought. Really like what you've done with this - and those formula ford wheels really are the business for your herald. Nicely done fella. Never thought of cutting it off, that could look awesome. I'll investigate. And cheers, yeah love the wheels, tried to find spares for the rear just in case but don't seem to be available. Better look after them... |
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Oct 19, 2020 21:09:04 GMT
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Nice, what car is that on? Always looking at how others do it so I can improve the herald once this exhaust falls off in probably 2 weeks lol On my beetle, 4 into 1 manifold into a motorbike silencer. That is so class love it |
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Oct 19, 2020 21:56:46 GMT
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Did a bit more this weekend. Currently got 2 5-inch speakers in the footwells plus a 10 inch sub in the boot. I bought a cheap ebay head unit and it's way to quiet to the speakers, the sub drowns it out. Decided it needs 2 more speakers into the front doors, get a bit more volume in. Had a pair left over from the late 90s when cheap sound systems were all I could do (insurance was a killer). Took door cards off and there is a perfect space for a speaker. Not sure if it's designed for that or not, there isn't anywhere to run a cable from the door to the chassis. It originally had one speaker in the middle under the dash I think. Ran the wire through one of the door card fitting holes, it'll do for now (can't see it when the door is closed). They fit right in and the door card goes over, can't see them at all. Sounding much better!    Thought I'd fix the broken passenger door lock and replace with a spare I had. Got it all off OK, thought I worked it out, fitted new one. Struggled to get it to work smoothly, ended up fitting and unfitting 3 times. Gave up in a rage. I now still have a non functioning passenger door handle, but at least it looks better from the outside (button was flapping around). I'll try again once the grazed knuckles have recovered.       Finally, gave it a tune up, balanced the carbs and made it a bit less rich. Running nicely now I think, still does the pops on over run, but a bit less machine gun. Long unedited video of the first drive after the carb tidy up. |
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