purplevanman
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Nov 15, 2010 10:01:33 GMT
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Well it's slow but I am moving forward Have now bought the poly bushes for the trailing arms and the diff mountings just need to afford the ujs hope to have them by the weekend. So all that and the new diff should mean a weekend of stripping down then a week of paint and clean ready for a following weekend of rebuilding time to get the Dutton back out I need this done pretty quick as I may have a retro caravan in my life alway hated vans but it is cute and suits the triumph well ;D While at A52 this weekend I found this strange set of wheel and just could not resist a try just wish i had enough pennies I need to sell this lot, it's a MK 2000 rear suspension set up all refurbed I reckon about £100? offers?
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purplevanman
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Nov 17, 2010 12:55:25 GMT
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So I was not expecting a frugal car when I bought the Triumph but I just managed to squeeze 200 miles out of a 47L tank full so just over 19 to the gallon arrgghhhhhh
Thats about 100 miles on the Mway and the rest is localish but not a lot around town and no towing. I am being light footed due to the uj anyway so no traffic light races
I have fitted electronic ignition so that side should be ok. Currently wears Zenith carbs diff is a 4.1 I believe there is wear in the diff and a uj is gone
is that enough to give such rubbish MPG ?
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rysz
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Nov 17, 2010 13:07:24 GMT
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What about a BMW 525 tds engine and box? For a man of your talents, should be a weekend job at most! Love the look of it on the mags! Rysz.
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Nov 17, 2010 13:09:15 GMT
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Thats terrible!!
Shove some SU's on it and get them setup properly.
My poor old Vitesse used to touch 40mpg driven on a long (very) slow run, so I woulda thought you would have got high 20's at least from the heavier car.
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Koos
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Nov 17, 2010 13:12:26 GMT
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Just seen the post about water getting in near the tank.
Are you sure the tank hasnt rusted?
Happened on my old Sprint - tiny pinholes that werent even visible til I wirebrushed them.
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stevea
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Nov 17, 2010 13:20:11 GMT
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Agree that's not good. For comparison, my MkI 2000 with MkII engine, twin SU carbs and overdrive gearbox worked out at over 30mpg on the round Britain run in 2008. That was three-up and we were not hanging around either.
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Nov 17, 2010 13:23:33 GMT
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Love these cars. One Day, the plans I have will happen....
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purplevanman
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Nov 17, 2010 14:17:53 GMT
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Posted by rysz on Today at 3:07pm What about a BMW 525 tds engine and box?
For a man of your talents, should be a weekend job at most!
Love the look of it on the mags! Rysz.
Posted by mdh on Today at 3:09pm Thats terrible!!
Shove some SU's on it and get them setup properly. My poor old Vitesse used to touch 40mpg driven on a long (very) slow run, so I woulda thought you would have got high 20's at least from the heavier car. Posted by mdh on Today at 3:12pm Just seen the post about water getting in near the tank.
Are you sure the tank hasnt rusted?
Happened on my old Sprint - tiny pinholes that werent even visible til I wirebrushed them.
Posted by stevea on Today at 3:20pm Agree that's not good. For comparison, my MkI 2000 with MkII engine, twin SU carbs and overdrive gearbox worked out at over 30mpg on the round Britain run in 2008. That was three-up and we were not hanging around either.
Rysz, 525 lump would be lovely but I think a bit beyond me as it has more than 1 wire I could be proven wrong though and they seem to be coming up cheap as MOT fails I didn't like the wheels till I tried them at the spray day, fatal
MDH, SUs are on the way just won some that have been rebuilt
I think tank is ok, I can't smell petrol anywhere and this was done over three days.
Stevea My landy did nearly that on the MAC charity run so i was also expecting around the 25/30 mark
Think the Dutton is coming back out :/
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Nov 17, 2010 15:18:57 GMT
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My MKII 2000 saloon manages mid-high 20's (mix of town & motorway), so yours does sound a bit thirsty
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stevea
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Nov 17, 2010 15:27:20 GMT
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.. SUs are on the way just won some that have been rebuilt What size carbs are they? I had HS6's on my two litre saloon.
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purplevanman
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Nov 17, 2010 15:38:13 GMT
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.. SUs are on the way just won some that have been rebuilt What size carbs are they? I had HS6's on my two litre saloon. ahh! not SUs they are cd150 Strombergs
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stevea
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Nov 17, 2010 15:57:57 GMT
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I see, rebuilt Strombergs should be just as good as SU for a standard engine. You should have non-emission spec carbs for your car, these are better as they are easier to adjust and don't have that funny waxtat type thing stuck on the side.
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Nov 17, 2010 16:24:22 GMT
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Nice looking Triumph. You may be aware but there are lot's of specialist's for part's and I found the only part I could not get was the 1/4 light rubbers. I notice it is still running the Mk1 engine, a nice revvy lump. Any 6cyl Triumph engine will fit, if from a saloon or estate, straight foward bolt-in job. 2500 lump has more power and torgue but 2000 is revier (?). Oh and some 2500's had power steering.
P.S. Triumph never made a 2200.
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Nov 17, 2010 16:25:43 GMT
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Forgot to say, looks as though you have up-rated rear shocks?
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purplevanman
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Nov 17, 2010 17:12:54 GMT
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2200? Shocks I think are load levers I think, the mk2 rear end I got had the same shocks, handy as one of mine has blown its seals Just did a plug chop and they are black and sooty :/ at least I now know the petrol is being drank and not leaked !
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Nov 17, 2010 17:19:17 GMT
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Sorry should have made it clearer; d7uge, wrote....... Love these Triumphs , we had a dark blue 2200 twin carb saloon when I was growing up but it was the later 70's type with the wide slotted grille. My dad loved that car.
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purplevanman
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Nov 17, 2010 17:39:52 GMT
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Sorry should have made it clearer; d7uge, wrote....... Love these Triumphs , we had a dark blue 2200 twin carb saloon when I was growing up but it was the later 70's type with the wide slotted grille. My dad loved that car. you're more observant than me
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purplevanman
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Nov 17, 2010 18:02:39 GMT
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Today I got the steering rack gaitors, the wrong ones 'kin egay! But I did get to clean the crud off the diff and gave it a coat of phosphoric acid to remove the surface rust, then pressure washed it again so needed to dry it, mmm, thinks, where can I do that I know needless to say wifey is not impressed It will be getting painted in a bit so don't fret luv ;D ;D
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stevea
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Nov 17, 2010 18:34:07 GMT
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Seeing as you have it stripped down this far it may be worth reinforcing the diff nose piece. These have been know to fail between the diff and the piece the subframe bolts onto.
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purplevanman
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Nov 17, 2010 18:40:36 GMT
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any details?
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