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Sept 4, 2019 17:54:56 GMT
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14"....would that be a bit small for 'murican? I'm wondering if they were for a trailer/caravan? the pronounced center section would make sense as some trailer hubs/drums have a raised area on them. Alot of 70s american stuff had 14" wheels. Loads of aftermarket 14s for them too.
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Sept 4, 2019 10:52:06 GMT
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Poloshing mops are available in any size you could imagine! Stainless also has specific compound and they do really work better than other compounds. There are a few polishing supplies shops online, have a look and see what you think will work best.
Id mask them off as hitting the paint wouldnt be good. Even hitting the rubbers or glass cam leave marks and scratches.
The right mop and the right compound and they will come up better than new in probably less time than it takes to mask them off.
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Sept 3, 2019 17:26:14 GMT
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How many do you need? I will check and see how many I have left Anywhere between 2 and 10 š There are 5 badges, all use 2. I bonded all the badges on and one fell off. I have a replacement but am now a little wary of bonding them on. If i ordered a pack id put 2 on each badge, if you only have one or two spare id just put one on each wing badge to act as a safety harness incase the glue fails again. If the GM ones you have are hard to find and you would rather keep what you have ill just order the ones without the rubber seal online. Thanks.
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Sept 3, 2019 12:50:07 GMT
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That was listed about a year or two ago. Same pics so obviously didnt sell. I remember sending a friend the link. Crazy thing!
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Sept 3, 2019 12:26:01 GMT
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That sounds like it's out on its first run since some engine work, if you have them with the rear wheels off the ground for any amount of time they tuck in like that until it settles back out again, like so many rear engined economy cars. Perhaps it's just come back from a good chunk of restoration work? EDIT: the Fiat, that is.
You might be right. The sump and exhaust looked very clean. Might be a first shake down run hence the set up issues ect. Or they might just not have been used to driving it.
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The rears are still bolted to the axle, looks torsion bar as there doesnt seem to be any mounting points for springs.
They don't look american to me, but i may be wrong. They don't quite look factory either but i don't know why. My guess is a specific fitment made by an aftermarket company for one particular car. A car that is FWD with torsion bar rear suspension and 5 stud.
I'm sure i recognise them but as already mentioned, they look similar to alot of stuff.
I'm thinking european.
(All of the above may be completely wrong)
Edit, the rear axle doesnt even have brakes so maybe these were put on a trailer before ending up as scrap. Sort of nullifies all the above then!
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Last Edit: Sept 3, 2019 9:51:35 GMT by VW
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Sept 2, 2019 21:31:46 GMT
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What you need is these, they are self cutting onto the pin and have a lump of soft stuff in the back of the nut to seal the hole, there are different diameters of badge pin though Finally managed to get round to measuring the badge pins, they are 1/8". Do you know anywhere i can order these GM nuts? If not ill order the generic ones without the nice seal. Thanks.
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Sept 2, 2019 20:57:01 GMT
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I'm going to go with Starter relay or a poor earth . My Dolly Sprint and Stag were curse word without a relay, mainly as the starter solenoid sees quite a drop in voltage by the time 12V arrives to it. With the starter relay, the problems went away on both. This is especially an issue on new starters, where they put less windings in. I ended up fitting a factory starter to my 2CV, as the last owner fitted a Ā£30 special starter motor, where even an fresh earth lead and a decent battery (063 sized for those wondering) couldn't always turn it over. I may well do both the relay and the earth. The bedford cf has notoriously dodgy sockets in the bulkhead that all the wiring goes through, including the starter trigger wire. I have checked that today and its fine, ive already attended to these sockets, but they are not a great design. Ill do them one at a time though as I'm curious to know exactly what the issue is. Although its always possible its a multitude of things that all arent 100%.
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Sept 2, 2019 17:12:31 GMT
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Checked the garage andni do have some earth cable. Seems i don't have a 3/8 socket to undo the original though so that will have to wait until tomorrow. Shame i didnt know that at the weekend, bootsales are full of imperial sockets. Ill have to go pay for a new one! Had a similar issue with the X1/9's starter. Would work sometimes, but other times would just click. Fixed it by using the original trigger wire for the solenoid as a trigger wire for a relay, then ran a direct positive from the main positive post on the starter through the relay back to the solenoid. Dead simple to wire up with a little fusebox inbetween. That was voltage drop over the cabling run from the fusebox, through the ignition switch and all the way to the back of the car. Here's a link to some wiring diagrams in my thread: forum.retro-rides.org/post/2449833/threadEnded up powering the ECUs and ignition from that positive post as well. I do have a spare relay holder very close by. Once the battery is back in ill check voltage drop to and from the switch. I will relay it if need be.
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Sept 2, 2019 15:27:22 GMT
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don't know how they got away with the plate. Drove like it needed engine mounts, a clutch and the carb setting up. It's a legit reg, HAP1E. A very pedantic cop could take issue with it but there isn't enough space for a wider plate on a 500 Yeah, they don't seem to have used a 1. Cant remember what the badge said now either, but it wasnt badged Fiat. Had masses of positive rear camber but i guess these have short swing axles? Stalled at ever light, didnt like going up hills, kangarood a bit, tried to shake the engine out when restarting. Looked clean enough though.
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Sept 2, 2019 15:08:28 GMT
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I had a similar issue on my falcon not that long ago. Started ok 9 times out of 10 then occasionally would just click. Try again and it would work. It turned out it was the earth. I put a new earth from battery neg direct to block (thatās how these are wired, then a supplementary earth strap from bellhousing to body to complete the earth circuit) and it worked better than ever before. The starter barely has to turn it over now as it fires immediately, where as previously it wirrred over 2-3 times. I am making double sure everything is properly spotless this time round. I'm reasonably sure i have some earth cable and teminals in the garage. If i can find it ill make a new block to chassis cable. If there is enough, i may even take it straight to the battery, its pretty close. Hopefully that will sort it.
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Sept 2, 2019 14:27:19 GMT
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Battery is decent enough. Ill put my tester on it when its recharged though. Ive not driven it much in the last few months. This issue has been going on a couple of years though, just slowly getting worse. Its not turning slow, thats the thing. Its not like the starter is struggling. It either cranks just fine or doesnt spin the starter at all. Its not once just been sluggish.
The battery, starter and ignition is all very close together on this. No long runs. Ill check every termination and see if it improves.
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Sept 2, 2019 13:45:27 GMT
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I just bench tested the starter with a partially charged battery and it spins very well. Makes no difference if i power it direct or through the solenoid.
So, where does that leave me. An issue with the power to the starter, an earth issue, or a problem with the trigger wire.
I couldnt get the starter to play up at all on the bench (well, on the dishwasher in the kitchen). Solenoid hits hard, motor spins fast, every single time.
I did however find a source for a replacement uprated starter but it seems that may now be Ā£109 i can spend on either guiness, tyres or engine gaskets.
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Sept 2, 2019 12:11:06 GMT
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don't know how they got away with the plate. Drove like it needed engine mounts, a clutch and the carb setting up.
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When my T25 had an issue like this it was down to connectors to the starter. They all looked ok, but weren't on proper closer inspection by an AA patrol man. Other than that I can offer no other advice. I was talking to my VW mechanic friend last night and he was saying you get this on t25 some times due to the long cable runs. He was saying its a bit of a bodge but some people run a relay switched live from the battery to the low tension to eliminate that issue. All the main terminals have been checked and are fine, just one more connection in the loom to the solenoid trigger for me to check.
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Have you tested it off the vehicle with jump leads? Gives you a better idea if it is actually the starter at fault. Sorry if Iām teaching granny to suck eggs Not yet, ran out of time yesterday as i concentrated on what i thought the problem was, but that didnt work š.
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It sounds more like a solenoid or cabling issue (including earths) than the starter itself. Have you tried jumping the starter directly to the battery with jump leads to see if it eliminates it? Or running a jump lead from neg battery to starter body? The first thing i checked was the solenoid. The internal push switch operates easily, it doesnt take much throw to hit the switch and the contacts switch immediately to a zero resistance connection. Not much else that could be wrong with it. I havent tried jumping it yet, there are still 2 wiring issue possibilities. There is one unchecked connection in the solenoid trigger wire but the solenoid click isnt lazy so probably not that. The other possibility is the earth but in my experience that normaly causes the starter to be sluggish. This is either spinning fine or not spinning at all. I will check both of those anyway. I'm wondering if its a dead segment on the com or some other issue meaning it wont run the motor if it last stops in a certain position. I don't know if thats possible though. Ive tun the battery down now too so ill pull the battery and the starter again later and do some more testing.
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Sept 1, 2019 19:43:19 GMT
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British, early 80s, maybe rover. Thats my guess anyway. British, yes. Rover, no, And the early 80s bit?
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Sept 1, 2019 19:38:59 GMT
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British, early 80s, maybe rover. Thats my guess anyway.
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Sept 1, 2019 18:34:50 GMT
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Just to add, it makes no difference if its hot, cold, worked 1 minute ago, just been run for 2 hours or if its been sat for months. Its random but more often than not it takes a few goes before the starter kicks in.
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