Davey
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Jan 11, 2023 14:04:59 GMT
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Manuals for one of these are surely available? Will help with torque specs for a rebuild and maybe even parts supply. Actually my Mrs surprised me yesterday with a Compagno owners manual!!  Has most of the information I need in it I think so super excited about that. Although it will possibly end up with the 1.3 out of the same year bluebird parked next to it if it's not an easy fix or the bits search takes a long time.. Wow, what a find! |
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus - Mercedes W212 E250
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Not an update on the Compagno so much as an update on the shed, but I bought a new toy and I'm rather pleased with it. So I thought I'd be happy about it on here. Also, if you're anywhere near Dartmoor and you need some tyres fitting, chuck me a message and I'll stick the kettle on.  And have a picture of the shed at present for good measure. Shonk everywhere, it's got a little out of hand... 😂  |
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Davey
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Jan 23, 2023 12:11:12 GMT
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Bloody hell, that's one hell of a space!
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus - Mercedes W212 E250
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Jan 24, 2023 21:05:00 GMT
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Bloody hell, that's one hell of a space! Yeah, it's not bad! I've been very lucky finding here. Rent is cheap, landlord is awesome, and I've managed to move into the lovely 3 bed cottage behind the shed too, so when I get carried away until 3am under the car my bed is only 2 minutes away now. Living the dream. No Compagno update really, as I've been plumbing the hydraulic handbrake into the skid toy today. I feel like I should make a thread for all the stuff I do in the shed.. it would be quite comprehensive I feel. |
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Del
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I had one of those Daihatsu Dominos when I moved to Ireland.
Maximum speed is 68mph, which was handy as I lived in Leitrim which had no roads with a speed limit above 60.
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'I come not from Heaven, but from Essex'.
The Retro Rider formerly known as Silvermac.
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cool little car and looking forward to seeing updates on it, I work just the other side of Exeter so not far away!
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MK3 Capri 2.0, Starion Widebody, Midget 16v, E46 Coupe, E46 Touring 330
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tom13
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Jan 25, 2023 16:49:10 GMT
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Great cars and great shed. Can you give us a rundown of what's in there?
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Jan 26, 2023 21:21:21 GMT
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I had one of those Daihatsu Dominos when I moved to Ireland. Maximum speed is 68mph, which was handy as I lived in Leitrim which had no roads with a speed limit above 60. Incredibly brave of you. I took mine over 60 twice I think 😂 overwhelming fear of engine implosion led me to not push it any further.. |
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Jan 26, 2023 21:22:35 GMT
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cool little car and looking forward to seeing updates on it, I work just the other side of Exeter so not far away! Ah geddon! Well if you ever need any tyres fitting chuck me a message. Fellow RR folk are welcome to the shed! |
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Jan 26, 2023 21:32:31 GMT
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Great cars and great shed. Can you give us a rundown of what's in there? Thanks dude!! Shed inventory as of right now is as follows; Perodua Kenari Prefacelift K11 Micra on 12s AW11 MR2 NA Eunos nice drift car Hijet '67 Bluebird LHD '85 G11 Charade '86 G11 Charade '86 Domino '86 Domino '72 MGB NA MX5 NB MX5 practice skid car LDV Convoy beavertail 06 Audi A3 (don't judge me, it's a flipper. Do a buy..!) And of course a positive mountain of tat, most of which bought off our beloved Kev From Wales on drunken evenings at RRG! Also have a Toyota New Horizon Nova Star, a Sirion SL, an EP91 Starlet and a couple others that don't fit in the shed at present.. We're working on that.. |
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Del
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Jan 26, 2023 21:35:23 GMT
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Incredibly brave of you. I took mine over 60 twice I think 😂 overwhelming fear of engine implosion led me to not push it any further.. Well, I did boot it once (for a certain value of 'boot') and blew the head gasket... |
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'I come not from Heaven, but from Essex'.
The Retro Rider formerly known as Silvermac.
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Incredibly brave of you. I took mine over 60 twice I think 😂 overwhelming fear of engine implosion led me to not push it any further.. Well, I did boot it once (for a certain value of 'boot') and blew the head gasket... Haha yeah the only time I booted mine I got thanked with a snapped cambelt, so I feel your pain! |
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Uncle Silvia
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And have a picture of the shed at present for good measure. Shonk everywhere, it's got a little out of hand... 😂 I Spy……… a Toyota that’s mine 😂👍 The shed of dreams 😂 I love your Compag….. it’s glorious 😍😍😍 |
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tom13
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Jan 31, 2023 13:57:19 GMT
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Great selection honestly some of my favourite cars. Your k11 a 1.0 or 1.3?
You want to sell the Kenari?
Are you in Wales?
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Last Edit: Jan 31, 2023 13:57:39 GMT by tom13
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Great selection honestly some of my favourite cars. Your k11 a 1.0 or 1.3? You want to sell the Kenari? Are you in Wales? K11 is a 1.0  And it's a strong no on selling the Kenari I'm afraid. Thing is awesome 😂 And I am also not in Wales! |
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Davey
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Love a k11.
Great job.
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact
Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300
EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus - Mercedes W212 E250
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tom13
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Great selection honestly some of my favourite cars. Your k11 a 1.0 or 1.3? You want to sell the Kenari? Are you in Wales? K11 is a 1.0 And it's a strong no on selling the Kenari I'm afraid. Thing is awesome 😂 And I am also not in Wales! That's how a K11 should be done. Very nice. Just spam the thread with whatever pictures you have of your other cars. We would all like to see them. |
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Sadly the KE70 is only visiting, owned by a well known member of the Datsun community (although I really think he should donate it to my broken car emporium.. 😘) But yeah, there's also my LDV beavertail shoehorned into the shed which I can't find a picture of right now, but to be honest it's an LDV, and it's not a looker, you're really not missing much there. There's quite a lot going on. But as this is the Compagno thread I'll go into it elsewhere. If there's any interest in any of the more interesting stuff above I can perhaps make a couple more build threads for them, or could rename this thread and put it all in the one place. (This thread would get hella busy real quick mind) And as we're temporarily off topic, I built a new bench last night. Organisation is often an afterthought in the shed so was quite pleased with myself 😂  |
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Apr 11, 2024 19:23:32 GMT
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Hmm. It appears thread went a little off the rails there... Back on topic!  Very long story short, life went a little mental, lost the house, lost the shed, now have a yard which is a big backwards step, but such is life. We persevere and move on. Getting back on my feet again now so things aren't too bad. Massive shout out goes to our favourite Kev From Wales. He drove all the way down to Devon from Rhyl to help me move, and also to take the Compagno back up north to keep it safely stored indoors. Eternally grateful to the truly wonderful man. And of course all the others that were involved in emptying that bloody shed with minimal warning.. Quite the ordeal. And now I travel from Devon to Rhyl quite often to see Kev, and occasionally also tinker with the Daihatsu.  It now turns over by hand without any seeming internal interruptions, which is super exciting. I have a few spark side bits squirreled away so I'm going to get them on and see if we can get it to fire up! Although it did have a mouldy spark plug, which is a new one on me 😂 It's pretty.  But yeah, it's been nice doing some work on it again, hopefully it'll see light of day one day! Will I remember to update this again in the next few years? Who knows. Stay tuned to find out. Big thanks to KFW for all the help. |
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Apr 17, 2024 17:53:12 GMT
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Had another adventure to Wales at the weekend to play cars. Car saw daylight for the first time in a while.  It decided it didn't want to turn over this time though, so did a quick bench test (read; floor test..) of the starter, which seems more than happy. So bolted that back on, and it seems some of the wiring isn't very happy.  There's some earth's not playing ball. First it decided to earth through the handbrake cable, then through the throttle cable, so replaced the block to chassis earth, both battery terminals, and a couple more odd bits.  Now it turns over on the key quite happily, without trying to set itself on fire, but I think the decision has been made to to pull it all out and just rewire the car. Making a new loom will be more than worth the hassle if it means the car doesn't end up a fireball at the side of the M5 on the way to the Gathering. (Not putting what year RRG mind.. 😂😂)  It turns, but sadly doesn't fire. And compression testing shows pretty poor readings. Which is far from ideal, as I have no idea where I'd get a head gasket for this from.. |
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