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Jul 20, 2009 19:03:47 GMT
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Nobody got high. Anyway, Sunday I had a Welshman (no, not Kev) coming to pick up a Cadillac V8 which was tucked in my garage and a couple of cars to move to get it out, one of which was a confirmed non-starter. Plus I had no idea how well equipped the Welshman would be upon arrival. So my long time partner in crime Steve agreed to come over and help, as did Benzboy and PaulMi16. Basically the Plymouth is not starting, some electrical gremlin. If worst came to it I though with enough bodies we could push it out the way, get the Buick out and then drag the engine out. Much standing about pointing at stuff was required. So then the Welshman turns up, we haven't done anything much as he's early, so luckily he had half a rugby squad with him and short work was made of pushing the Plymouth onto the lawn. The Buick started easily and the Caddy lump was loaded into the van. (I should point out that this was exactly the point PaulMi16 turned up...) Gratuitous shot of his very clean 205. Anyway, now we had to get the Plymouth back where it came from without the assistance of a Cardiff scrum so (because both Steve and PaulMi16 know something about electrickery) we had a wee look at the problem of it starting. "If we look dead busy maybe we'll get another slice of sponge cake" "I can see lawn through there you know" BB: "There's definitely some wires, that much I can say" Bulky stuff like engine stands got loaned out, will have a Mercedes V8 on it by now... And I discovered exactly how presumptuous I had been when declaring the Oldsmobile trans leak-free. Bummer. What is Paul up to now? "Its the Final Countdown!" The Oldsmobile sees Daylight (and rain ) for the first time in more than a year. Not under its own power of course. But its easier to mop up 5 litres of ATF with it out of the way. The crew hard at it. Meh, we had a couple of victories (engine loaded in van with no fatalities, Plymouth fault diagnosed to a faulty "thingy") and an abject failure (Olds trans curse resumes) and still found time to watch a metalflakeing DVD A day well spent.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jul 20, 2009 20:05:23 GMT
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Great fun, great cake! ;D A fun day playing with cars. Thanks again for the loan of the stand. The Merc V8 hasn't made it onto it quite yet.
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Seth
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Jul 20, 2009 20:12:39 GMT
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I opened this thread hoping to see some heroic effort meaning that the Buick was now all sorted only to learn it is still sick Poo. Still, looks like a fun time was had
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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piperfish
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Jul 20, 2009 20:13:24 GMT
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Man...lose the kids toys and Pug from the last photo, and it would be pretty hard to date.
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Its my snake...I trained it...and I'm gonna eat it....
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irritatingly I had some neat video of the Plymouth running and my phone seems to have eaten it.
Seth - the score at Akku Towers is sadly:
Oldsmobile - non runner Buick - runs but rotten Plymouth - runs with assistance and rotting.
I don't expect to have anything driving this season now. PaulMi16 may have access to a torque wrench which will do allen heads to the 7lbs or whatever it was the manual specifies. Thats the next thing to try. The floor is clean under it, the car is back up on tall stands and Paul's going to pop over one evening and we'll take a looksie.
The problem I had was working under the car you can't get your arms where you want them most of the time, and trying to hold the pan in place and start the bolts, and check the seal is sitting right seems to be more than I am capable of.
I also appear to have stripped the thread on the drain plug on the new pan. I am utterly made of FAIL. This we will botch the Father Jack up with PTFE tape unless we come up with a better idea.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nathan
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Looks like you had wicked fun, kinda wished I was not nursing a hangover now LOL.
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Just a thought Akku, if the sump pan gasket is rubber, it might not seal now that it's slick with ATF. I've always been under the impression that rubber gaskets need to go on dry. Still, no harm in torquing the bolts up and seeing if the leak stops - it's a pretty hefty leak by the looks of things and I'd think nipping up the bolts would stem the flow considerably! Hopefully it will stop it alltogether.
Nathan - bloomin' lightweight! Nothing like heaving several tonnes of American iron around to cure a hangover! ;D
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LowStandards
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Jul 21, 2009 11:21:02 GMT
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Man...lose the kids toys and Pug from the last photo, and it would be pretty hard to date. Cause i'm at work and incredibly bored...
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Jul 21, 2009 12:03:22 GMT
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^^ That's cool! ^^
"How was your weekend?" "Good thanks, messed with some cars, ate cake, drank beer, travelled back in time..." "Nice."
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Jul 21, 2009 12:17:36 GMT
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Nice bit of pshop there!
After the previous problem on the old sump I was always worried 'bout over tightening and stripping threads again or something. We shall see. 7lbs or what ever it was in the manual is hardly more than finger tight anyway!
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jul 21, 2009 12:32:48 GMT
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...and on a related note, I have identified the offending component on the Plymouth and ordered one from the US, total of £22 inc of VAT and delivery. Yes, I have found a US supplier who can handle UK VAT at source to save me having to pay the carrier to do so saving me £5.95 per parcel. w00t.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jul 21, 2009 12:41:38 GMT
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Cool! Should fire up like a dream once that's fitted. 7lbft is nowt, I'm fairly sure my torque wrench starts at 10lbft.
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Jul 21, 2009 15:04:55 GMT
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it was 7lb or 13lb. which ever it was less than my torque wrench starts at. I can't think it can be THAT sensitive...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jul 21, 2009 17:26:21 GMT
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Akku - I envy you your garage space....
I know what it's like mopping up after a major spill. I knocked my doner car off it's axle stands while pulling the engine out and cracked the sump - 5 litres of oil all over the barn floor. luckily there was plenty of straw - I ripped open an old duvet and added the feathers - and of course ended up looking tar and feathered!
It was a real mess - not helped by the fact that the barn had been flooded a couple of weeks before - so I had: oil, mud, straw and feathers all mixed together and a wheelless rotten Aston V8 parked in the middle... Not happy!
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1974 Aston Martin V8 (in bits) 1974 VDP 1300 (in bits) 1997 Ford Escort Cabrio (should be in bits)
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purplevanman
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Jul 21, 2009 18:15:12 GMT
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I like the new engine crane, surprised it will take a yank v8 ;D ;D The ramp for getting it into the van looks dodgy though! bit steep ;D
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Welder, fabricator, general resto work
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Jul 21, 2009 21:29:50 GMT
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it was 7lb or 13lb. which ever it was less than my torque wrench starts at. I can't think it can be THAT sensitive... I know some mountain bikes need stuff torquing up to fairly low levels, so if you can't find a torque wrench for that sort of level try a decent bike shop.
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary.
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cheers, thats a good thought. grunty = LOL
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Last Edit: Jul 22, 2009 8:40:10 GMT by akku
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mk14dr
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Jul 22, 2009 11:00:26 GMT
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Every little bit is a step towards getting them back into rude health, I have to say, if I had that much uber-cool tin I'm not sure I'd know where start either. Akku, your Old's is giving me the horn, Iam sure Ive told you before about my perchant for full size muscle sedans. NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM Have you seen this one before? I saw it Americana couple of sundays ago, I stood in awe for a good few minutes
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Last Edit: Jul 22, 2009 11:01:40 GMT by mk14dr
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Jul 22, 2009 11:43:04 GMT
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that's lovely. I nearly bought a 1964 Oldsmobile 98 like that one years ago. Should have really. It was a nice car and far nicer than the price difference between it and what I did end up buying... Meh. Live and learn. I doubt its the same car as the one I was looking at was white with a silver interior.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jul 22, 2009 15:09:08 GMT
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it was 7lb or 13lb. which ever it was less than my torque wrench starts at. I can't think it can be THAT sensitive... I know some mountain bikes need stuff torquing up to fairly low levels, so if you can't find a torque wrench for that sort of level try a decent bike shop. head stems usually need like 5Nm lol. which is less than a good twist with the hand. Most bikes shops wont do anything less than the usual 15-20, but why would you when your hand can do that
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