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Jun 28, 2021 15:42:43 GMT
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Interesting re the inside door handles....how do Mk1 Frogeye Sprites get MoTs? Or is it a historic exemption?...not that I've had an MoT as its been SORNed for years! By the oem not having a solid roof and the door handles are within X inches of an unobstructed portion of the door. |
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mk2cossie
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The Temptressmk2cossie
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Jun 28, 2021 17:04:51 GMT
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Interesting re the inside door handles....how do Mk1 Frogeye Sprites get MoTs? Or is it a historic exemption?...not that I've had an MoT as its been SORNed for years! By the oem not having a solid roof and the door handles are within X inches of an unobstructed portion of the door. Thats pretty much it  The MOT exemption is more so that things don't get incorrectly failed for things the younger/less experienced testers when they get older vehicles in  |
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Jun 28, 2021 21:46:36 GMT
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Thanks for the replies....but don't give Robert ideas about making a drophead AS!
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Thanks for the replies....but don't give Robert ideas about making a drophead AS!  |
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Jun 30, 2021 19:08:26 GMT
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Ello all , lots of interesting info about door stuff ,Thank you , i do like the starter idea , v cheap way to go . This week I had a bit of a go trying to talk to the ecu that controls the lpg mixture , had no luck , and took it apart to find this ..  not a very healthy looking resistor , so i ordered another one , which will be here tomorrow.100 ohms 1 watt. Next my bit of rubber hose arrived , this meant i could finally connect up the water feed to the heater , and then get the inlet manifold on ..  And then straight onto to the throttle linkage fun .. as you can see , there are a couple of rods connected the throttle lever , one from the pedal , and one from the gearbox ,the ratios and movement are important ,so i have to devise a way to mimic this on the new inlet . first off i made some measurements ..  had a ponder , and decided to try to incorporate the original lever plate , to this end a got a shonky old bit of ally ..  i measured the original mounting height of the lever , and mimicked that on the plate by drilling a mounting hole and a pivot plate hole . this then bolted to the inlet , and i experimented to get it all as it should be. to do this first i held the throttle pedal at the correct place with a spacer ..  i then moved the mounting plate around to get the correct angle on the lever plate of 18 to 20 degrees , and found i needed to extend the rod by two inches ..  there it is with a bit of s/s tube welded in . getting that rod off with its rusted in split pin was a delight . here is how it sits ..  i spent a long time with the mirror on the stalk ,and the angle box setting the pivot plate angle ,  next i marked the plate , and drilled the 2nd hole so its bolted in two places and cannot swivel . tomorrow i will work on the vertical rod to bring the motion up to the throttle body . luckily i looked through Ali Babas cave of a thousand delights or A.B.C.o.a.1K.D and found these goodies..  which may come in very usefull indeedy . The prime benefit of using the original angle on the lever arm , is the gearbox rod , once i extend it , should behave the same way as it originally did . in other news . I spent a lot of time this last wek looking for the starter switch ,which i had lost . just about dismantled the cave , my bedroom living room car etc , but could i find it ...nope. When i started working on the linkage , i found the pedal pivot was seized ,and the rusty floor was giving way to let the pedal move ,a bit of lube and wiggling and it came free , but while i was in that area , i looked sideways ,and there wedged in a hole in the floor ,was this little urchin..    BRILLIANT . regards robert |
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Jun 30, 2021 20:37:11 GMT
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......,"a bit of lube and wiggling and it came free , but while i was in that area , i looked sideways".....Very pleased for you Robert!!
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Hah, the garage Faeries strike again!
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Phil ! are you being SMUTTY young man !? in the corner !!  Mark i am slightly disturbed by how you spelt fairies , it's all a bit magical , go on admit it , you think Narnia is a real place ? Well i had a success today , a job i thought was going to take days of plans graphs ,calculations etc , the throttle linkage with its multiple ratios , got done . looks like this ..  and moves like this .. i have to make bushes an proper pivot bolts etc , but the design gives me full throttle when the pedal mechanism is on the stop , and closed throttle when the pedal is 50mm from its stop , and the pivot plate that operates the gearbox is 18 degrees off vertical . i made a new vertical rod , then shorted it 34mm , and drilled a new hole in the pivot plate to change the angular vertical movement ,did it all by eye and no paper was harmed during this process . pedal pressure is a nice smooth loading , and my experiment to drill the hard plastic cable disc on the throttle body , and then tap it 8mm ,seems to have worked . onwards !! tomorrow i take off the inlet again , so i can get at the gearbox rod , and extend it and free up its adjuting threads to make it possible to tailor it in . ( i also forgot to put silicone around the waterways ,but i don't want to sound inept , so lets leave that bit out ) regards robert |
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No......Narnia is not real........ The Ocean at the end of the lane is though.......
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I thought the cupboard under the kitchen sink at the back of A.B.C.o.a.1K.D led to Narnia?
Still waiting for you to emerge with the lion skin rug for Medusa's lounge chair..
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Wow ..... Smutty YOUNG man...I'll take that as a compliment!
Seriously, you are doing a great job getting life back into such a classic car - especially as it had been neglected for so long. The upgrades are in keeping as well.
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not a lot , but a little done . when i took off the inlet i realised that the hole number 2 was not sealing , and so spent a while on the 80 grit and flat plate sanding it down , here it is about halfway done with a black paint guide coat ..  i then gave up , and handed it to a friend with a big linisher , and he will do the rest , , after i popped it on a press and tweaked it a bit in the area. i also re made the ally throttle brace plate out of 3mm stainless for extra stiffy ness nosity ..  i tapped the pivot hole 3/8th unf , and used a prop bolt as the pivot ,with a nylock on the end . i then made a new thicker steel sealing plate for that hole on the inlet ,and reshaped the pivot plate , fitting a steel pivot hub...  the whole mechanism..  lastly i need 7 knobs like these ,  and the club chap was all ready to give me some old ones cheap , 4 months ago , but then no luck after lots of asking, i wonder if i have been blacklisted due to crimes against originality , anydup , i am having a play making my own out or brass , i got a m12 domed nut , made a 7mm bore steel insert ,crossdrilled it with a m6 grub screw , and tried that on the shaft of the switch ,looks a bit like this ..  also i could machine down the dome and fit a letter in the top . second lastly i lengthened the gearbox rod ..  regards robert |
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Last Edit: Jul 6, 2021 19:43:32 GMT by ivanhoew
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Like the brass against the wood, very much!
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Excellent ,thank you George  made a L shaped bracket today , and pop rivetted it to the side of the ignition switch , so i could screw the leg of the L to the back of the dash , i had to remove a few slices of ply so the switch was the right distance in the hole , also experimenting with letters for the switches ..  oh as you can see i also drilled the dash ,and fitted the little chrome mounting screws . Regards robert |
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I don't think it's been asked before but what's the rust situation like on this one? I'm assuming it's on a full chassis so it only needs to pass the no gaping holes test?
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Chassis appears solid all over DR , doors wings floors etc all a bit frayed . outriggers still there and fairly rigid but 40 % missing .
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Are you hoping to get it running and driving on the road so you can get a feel for it before starting on the body modifications?
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did you fix the LPG ECU? If you need it I think I have one I picked up years ago and never used you can have.
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i didn't kevin , and yes please !
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