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Yepp, they turned out OK. Happy with that. And I wrapped the car up with foil. Not because I plan on storing it away; but some little bird build it's nest right over the car - and there's bird sh!t, gras and dirt all over it and I'm tired of wiping it off. But of course I don't want to expel the young birdy family. So a cover it is. But there will be no more entrance for sh!tty birds next year, that's for sure! Cheers, Jan
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May 30, 2016 19:32:34 GMT
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Yeah, I know - totaly over the top And - wow, if I may praise myself... I actually sanded & painted the 4th wheel after Feierabend. Proud of myself! See, I'm not always a lazy cünt! ^clear coat is still milky in the pic. Maybe it's shiney tomorrow. And I even re-painted the center caps! Cheers, Jan
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May 29, 2016 19:34:33 GMT
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And if you do, plase stuff a Cummins under the bonnet!
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May 29, 2016 18:16:05 GMT
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I've also heard good things from soda-blasting for cleaning smal parts like that Dirt cheap to setup as well... www.rogerarrick.com/sodablaster/Hmmm. Machining a big machine with a bigger machine. Size matters indeed
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May 29, 2016 17:09:17 GMT
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Sanded down the filler with wet & dry paper today. Threw some silver paint and a bit of clear coat on... Wheels went without any hickups, but the center caps I'll have to paint again. Think I put on too much paint and too much clear coat too early which washed away the paint... No big deal, they'r easy to sand & quick to paint. Got 3 wheels done today, the other I will probably do some time during the week. They'r far from good - but good from far. Will do me just fine. I'll go back to the steels probably anyway at some point. and let's face it - it's neither a museum piece nor a show car. It'll do me just fine Perfectly painted wheels with days of work put into them would just make me feel bad - this car will be in daily service and see a lot of miles. No point in having wheels that pain you if they don't get cleaned every two days All good. From a distance at least. Cheers, Jan
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May 28, 2016 21:05:59 GMT
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MIG or TIG brazing perhaps?
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May 28, 2016 18:30:20 GMT
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May 28, 2016 15:18:43 GMT
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Made another fuel tank adaptor, I have trust issues towards the long-term corrosion resistance of the aluminium I used for the first one. This one is made from brass MS58. Should last a long, long time. I've not had any issues with brass connectors so far. The weight difference is astonishing though; this weighs almost 42g, whilst the alloy one is just shy of 11g. And brass machines nicely, no long stringy chips. But a lot of fine brass shrapnels everywhere. Not sure what I like better... Cheers, Jan
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May 28, 2016 14:08:01 GMT
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Today I had a blast. With two 25kg bags of indian garnet. My initial plan was to stripp the alloys back to bare metal. Howver, reality differed. Either I used too fine a mesh of sand, my compressor is too weak or those alloys are powder coated. Probably all three. Anyway, I could only blast it off where it was loose from corosion. So I blasted all the corrosion off and used some filler to flatten the surface. Filler needs to dry - which means, the sanding work I wanted to avoid is neccesary anyway. Whatever. At least it saved me sanding the areas between the spokes, so still a LOT of sanding & time saved. Cheers, Jan
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May 27, 2016 16:06:08 GMT
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I don't know if this classfies as a breakdown? I don't think so... On my way to work I noticed that at some point the ABS light came on. Couple of minutes later the radio was cutting out. The indicators started to go very slowly another couple of minutes later. So I arrived at work, let the engine run. Grabbed the multimeter - yepp. 11.5V at the battery. And - what can I say? No surprise there was no fresh current getting to the battery I think that one's well and proper shagged Grabbed a new one from the shelf, charged the battery during work - and that's it. No drama. With a gasoline engine I would have arrived very late and on the back of a flat-bed truck With this - I only had to do without ABS and radio. Lovely. Cheers, Jan
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May 26, 2016 18:43:13 GMT
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The lead screw on my tiny little potato lathe looks like a std. metric thread where it's been used most... I think no nut magic in the world will fix that. But since I found out, I found out just how important "backlash" or the lack of it is for accuracy. Going all the way on this thing will pay out! Are you going to make a spare?
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I've done a lot of my "machining" with a drill, hacksaw and some files... It just takes ages & is exhausting.
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May 25, 2016 20:33:36 GMT
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Yes!
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Thanks a lot! Can't wait to take her for a spin! varelse: should be working again. Little hickup. I machined some 8mm spacers to go behind the bumper & lower ends of the wing, to try and space it out. I think AMG did this too. But appart from making if look a little bloated, it didn't bring it out more than 2mm in the middle, so the 225/50 tyre still sticks out a couple of mm. Removed them again. Might use bigger spacers, but this would bend everything even more and created gaps in the inner arch protectors so a lot of gravel and dirt would get trapped behind them - nope. 205/55 tyres it is. Cheers, Jan
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May 21, 2016 20:33:27 GMT
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May 21, 2016 16:14:46 GMT
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Nope, sorry, can't do Let me know if the pictures work, please - I've had a server change, not sure if the IP/DNS has yet emigrated everywhere... So, I mounted another 225/50 tyre on a steel wheel and tried them on one side... Doesn't look like they will rub anywhere and the hubcap sits nicely recessed inside the curbing rib. I like the look of that. However - this is stretching legality, a narrow minded Mr. TÜV might dissapprove of this: Anyway, I've got a a lot of letters from various tyre manufacturers to tell Mr. TÜV that he has to accept 205/55 tyres on a 8" wide wheel. If he doesn't want to accept the 215/55s on his own, he has to swallow the 205s now. I can play this game too. I've put some Bridgestones with a curbing rib to a 911 this week. They'r legal on a 8" wheel and the look rather nice and "classic" with the rib. Plus they'r cheap. About 60e per tyre, so I'm probably going to buy brand new tyres in the first timw for - like - 6 years. I've also invested some hours into chasing down a vacuume leak. The seat backrests didn't lock and the headlight hight correction didn't work. I was able to trace down a leaky rubber connector on one of the headlights. Replaced it - all working. Phew. Loose backrests are a TÜV fail. Slowly progressing towards new TÜV and driving it again. I took it for a very brief spin around the block - on a totaly privat road of course! - man, this car drives so nice compared to the shagged Taxi I've also replaced the controll rod for the Self Leveling Suspension, which is now functional again. Veeery nice! Cheers, Jan
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May 21, 2016 10:03:59 GMT
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I have masive amounts of WANT for this:
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May 18, 2016 20:20:01 GMT
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The Aussis did it a while ago...
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May 15, 2016 18:29:22 GMT
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Decisions, decisions... Had a couple of talking sessions with Mr. TÜV. The verdict is not as clear as I had hoped for. Brakes - if I get more paper work, data, writen documents and stuff and blah and you know. I can get this. However, one thing I did not expect; brakes from a different car - we'll do it. Wheels - no problem. 215/55 tyres on 8x16" wheels? Fcuk no!!! So basically - I've allready bought expensive 215/55 tyres which TÜV will not accept. Only on a 7.5x16" wheel. There are plenty of 7.5" wheels available. Just none that clear the brakes AND look acceptable (to me!). So - that's the issue. Tyres. from my working affair with 911s I had some 225/50 tyres left over I once got for free. I always had planed to just sell them, but never did. Ha! So today i tried - for the first time ever - to mount one of these by hand. Which was a lot easyer than I had anticipated... Might make this a std. procedure Anyway. I compared all the 16" tyres I have. Can you guess which is which? I was a little surprised... Not that much of a difference... Left to right: 225/50, 215/55, 205/55. All in all, the sidewall of the 225/50 is about 12mm wider than the 205/55, both are on a 8" wheel: (Actuall measurement not pictured ) So - a 225/50 might be a possible choice after all. I had always assumed they would be way too wide... In fact; they do look better with hubcaps: 225/50 & 8x16": 205/55 & 8x16": So I tried the one 225/50 8x16" combination on the car - not bad. 205 to the left, 225 to the right: Not bad at all! I briefly had thought about removing the brakes and going back to 15" wheels - turns out my fears were without any reason... 225/50 it is! This 225/50 Eagle GT I put on has a thread that's only 10mm wider than the Michelin 205/55! So I'm on the lookout for some "smal" 225/50 tyres, if possible with protective edge like the Eagle GT. I think it looks quite smart! I will put on the 8x16" alloys though, the steels are only rated for 190km/h winter tyres... TÜV doesn't need to know, but in case of TÜV, you know - better be safe than sorry. And those manhole covers are not the worst looking wheels ever ;-) So - that's another thing crossed of the list. Well, almost. Only need to buy tyres. The 215s I will sell, should make a good profit. Cheers, Jan PS: hope that post wasn't too tyring...
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