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I’ve got a Weber tuning manual, but it’s for aircooled VWs so doesn’t have your carb, I think it shares parts with the dcnf, but that’s just a twin choke, there is tuning and setup info for a 32/36 dfv but not sure if that’s any use (I’ll hold off posting any photos, but happy to if you think they may be helpful) And there is no shame in getting it wrong, most of us have been there.... I like to think of it as a learning opportunity, which is good because I then get a lot of opportunities to learn
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1967 Triumph GT6 (Smith4)johnthesparky
@johnthesparky
Club Retro Rides Member 6
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May 25, 2020 17:39:48 GMT
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I said I wouldn’t run that much camber, I didn’t say it would be better with less camber.... this thing is awesome, I’m just too old and uncool to drive it
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1967 Triumph GT6 (Smith4)johnthesparky
@johnthesparky
Club Retro Rides Member 6
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May 24, 2020 15:10:32 GMT
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I personally wouldn’t run that camber either..... But I’d stop and look at it as it drove past, and if I saw it at a show I’d stare for a long time.... and both of those scenarios would make me smile so thanks for building it, and hopefully I’ll get to stare at it one day
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May 24, 2020 12:17:55 GMT
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Thanks, you are correct it’s blind.... was too good to be true As you say will get some jizer or something this week and clean it all off and have a proper look
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May 24, 2020 11:48:32 GMT
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Hello, I’ve got a bit of an oil leak on the Astravan. At first I thought it might be turbo seals, but it doesn’t show any of the symptoms really, then thought it was EGR so blocked that. But it’s not been doing many miles because of the welding and covid Looking a bit harder today and there is a hole at the back of the rocker cover which looks to me to be a breather type hose with 2 bolts holding it on. Looks to be blowing oil out which tracks across the back of the inlet manifold and then down the side of the engine I’ve looked in Haynes manual and can’t see what should go there, any help would be greatly appreciated John
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May 22, 2020 21:28:20 GMT
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That’s where I saw it, like the look of it on the bigger steels 👍🏻 It’s still on standard 14s at the minute, but with lowering and the centre cap hub caps I think it looks better too!
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May 22, 2020 18:37:49 GMT
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Pretty sure I spotted this in oxford today? It stood as as you don’t see many of this age on the road anymore You did indeed Was working on a house on Long Lane
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May 22, 2020 17:08:54 GMT
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I could just find one but I've been burnt in the past using people I've just found on the internet I’ve found @johnnybravo on the internet, except once, but on that occasion he gave me too many beers until my carer made me go to bed Ah, the good old days when we could meet people with similar interests and drink beer! Anyway, he’s real and nice helpful bloke and though I’ve not had him make me anything, having seen what he has done I’d recommend him
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May 21, 2020 19:08:55 GMT
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Excellent My Astravan looked fine on the outer rear arches, but had rotted out behind too Will be following
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May 21, 2020 19:03:34 GMT
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@mercdan68 one that might interest you It’s Mercdan68 done that myself (Which just changes to what you typed, so that’s a bit confusing, if you go to quote me, you’ll see what I typed I think)
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May 20, 2020 21:00:47 GMT
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Thank you! Got there late but thoroughly enjoyed that
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May 19, 2020 21:54:35 GMT
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My VW van was valued by webuyanycar;
Before lockdown, 18k
Week after lockdown, 12k
Last week, 15k (was motorway not wbac, but similar thing)
On the basis that people can’t get out and about to buy cars, I think these reflect that they will be sat around for a while, and prices are starting to recover a bit based on possibility of markets opening up again soon.
I was searching to see if I could actually sell the van yet officially, as if I can’t do it officially then I really am in the hands of the buyer. The motorway site suggested that a 20k vehicle would lose around £500 in value as a result of this, so around 2%
So currently, I think it’s a buyers market but once the showrooms reopen then prices will be a little down on most stuff. The biggest impact will be from people trying to shed finance on expensive cars, which I think is mostly the new car finance sector. That would have an impact on new cars, but may mean there are more people looking for their insta lifestyle cars on a budget. So may buoy the market for 3-5 year old cars and even older ‘premium’ stuff
Classics and other stuff may drop a little bit, but most people will hold onto them if the price isn’t right, so I can’t see a huge glut of classics hitting the market straight away and forcing the price down, it’ll drop a little and be for a longer while.
But then, what do I know!
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May 19, 2020 20:15:18 GMT
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And they are getting ready for next flock at the farm, so I’ve got some things to do there. Popped up today and changed the bearing in the other strut whilst there. And as a short term fix, wondering if I can rob some bits out of the hotbox corsa seat. Looking at photos they look pretty similar, certainly in terms of shape if not the actual fabric. I can strip the Corsa one anyway and it’ll give me an idea of what I need to do later regardless. So will pick that up next time I go up (which means now after 5 months he will collect it before I get up there )
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May 19, 2020 20:09:10 GMT
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binge read catch up great work. those ring nuts that hold the damper in are done up to 200NM (148lbs) the second tightest nut on the entire car !! (after the crank bolt) its not bad luck to require extreme force to get them off, and the reverse is necessary on the new items too, for safety I put the big stilstons on them, not sure they are 200nm though. Going to change the top mounts anyway, it was misbehaving and not centring the wheels at the weekend so wondered if I’d pinched one on reassembly, so ordered a pair and will swap them soon (think the bits are due tomorrow or thursday and Lucy is working Thursday and Friday, so probably one of them depending on weather) but I’ll double check them when I disassemble anyway now And thanks
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May 19, 2020 15:50:15 GMT
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We are still supposed to be making essential journeys only! Today I drove to Kings Lynn and back. Client of my customer wanted their weighbridge reinforcing, so the lads went in, climbed under the bridge to disconnect the load cells (they don’t like being welded near) and were about to start welding when the client stopped them because the on-site electrician was unhappy that they couldn’t show the last PAT test. So I drove over to the site this morning to do some PAT testing....... now you may, like me, have had a thought about how we could have prevented my trip over, but if common sense didn’t prevail yesterday, it wasn’t going to today So, couple of hundred miles, left around 5, and left Kings Lynn at 10.30. By then it was warm, had to wind the window down and trundle back. The site wasn’t very pretty, here is a photo out on the Fens in the sunshine Also found out the site is closing in 3 months anyway!! I do enjoy driving it, I may need to add swapping the drivers seat to the bottom of the list though, it wasn’t terrible, but could definately be more comfortable, I think the foam may have gone Got home and collected the VW to drive 5 miles and pick up a tonne of topsoil. A big van does have some advantages! I refused to use the aircon though, don’t want to get soft again
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May 17, 2020 18:25:48 GMT
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Sorry about your friend,
But good to see you chipping away still, I find it quite nice sometimes to have a feckless potter just to take my mind off of things.
I don’t mind the R either, don’t think most people would notice
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May 17, 2020 17:19:33 GMT
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I assume you had everything from the donor car, but have you had to modify much to fit the van? Good work by the way
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May 16, 2020 21:46:36 GMT
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I bought some fire proof overalls after nearly setting my clothes on fire, they trap sparks and lumps of molten splatter inside though, so can’t win Good progress, fingers crossed for some more steel
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May 16, 2020 15:09:31 GMT
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I think I’m ok saying this in here, I suspect others will understand and not judge me too harshly The o/s strut was really rusty, we couldn’t get the top cap off to remove the damper at all, so I ordered a couple of secondhand ones. They turned up and I rebuilt them and they are fitted. But, the original ones had 74x39x39 bearings, which I was led to believe were fitted to the later (post ‘96) heavier (so bigger petrols and diesels) small block struts (not gsi, Isuzu diesels because they are big block struts (and have 28 spline driveshafts)) One of the replacements (the o/s) was the same size, but the other one, the n/s bearing size was 66x34x34, not a deal breaker and it is fitted on the van, but the engineer in me doesn’t like it. So since I hadn’t looked at the n/s strut I thought I’d give it a go. So welded a bit of bar to the cap and got brutal Taa-daa I got it off (the other bits of weld are from trying to do the same on the other one... that one really doesn’t want to come loose I then cleaned it up The spring seat is pretty good, obviously I need to pop the hub and bearing out, but will work that in with using a press somewhere Gave it a coat of hydrate80 And packed up.... might get in trouble for the mess on the lawn though I ordered a pair of bigger bearings, so can rebuild it ready to go. One of the top bearings is playing up a bit, as sometimes the wheels is a bit slow to centre, or pulls a bit, I’ve ordered some of those so depending on timings it may get swapped when I do that
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May 16, 2020 11:43:07 GMT
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Yep, as everyone else has said looks great Really want to run airbags now
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