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Your brave! They can be a right can of worms. Infact the two I've had over the years have both been a bit of a pain to make relaible.
The burner side of things is usually quite simple it's just a pump, injector and spark plug. As long as the pump works you should get diesel out of the injector and if the plug is sparking it should light. Theres usually a solenoid on the the pump to cut the fuel flow. It's the electrics controlling that that's gone tits up on the one I have so I simply bypassed the solenoid so it's always heating.. it's steamy!!
The water side if it on my current one works ok touch wood but on my old one that my dad has now it was super temperamental. Any leaky seals stop it priming and can be a curse word to get it primed again.. Could never work out that was causing the faults!
Careful of leaving it out in the cold. Had one that froze up and cracked the intensifier housing before now too.
Good luck tho 😂
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Mac Minarelli go kart engineslater
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Aug 25, 2021 14:39:04 GMT
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Historic Karting Club would be the place to go ask I think
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E10 petrolslater
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Aug 25, 2021 14:37:29 GMT
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Psychosomatic. The sticker is there, the fuel isn’t til sept 1st. How do you know it isn’t? September the first is the deadline not the start date afaik….. Nick Because the refinerys haven't been shipping it yet.
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Entry queues?slater
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Aug 23, 2021 14:46:47 GMT
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Might have been me with the slightly broken down van..? got to within about 10m of the gate at least. 🤣
Cheers to whoever gave it a tow and pushed. We didnt actually hold the queue up at all really. The main hold up was having to stop and wait for people coming from the other direction to file onto the field itself but even then it only got you into the main bottleneck of the guys checking tickets. I could have easily pushed faster than the queue was going if I thought I was holding you up 😉
I cant say I was arsed with the wait at all really but if you want it to go smoother you would have to open another gate and have double the people checking tickets which sounds like a bit of extra expense if nothing else.
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Citroen C15 van LEZ/ULEZslater
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Aug 22, 2021 15:08:14 GMT
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I've just bought a 40 year old van to drop a nice diesel in so I can go through Birminghams CAZ it will be getting a 'CAZ knob' too so it fills the A38 tunnels with carcinogenic soot everytime I go through.
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Aug 11, 2021 14:33:35 GMT
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Welcome to the world of old cars! It's going to take quite some work to deal with that properly. (No offence you your local mechanic but it would be well of the league of any local mechanics I know!) Unless you want to go the whole hog and get it stripped and blasted I'd probably start with a pointy hammer, a load of verious sized wire wheels and a 25l of phosphoric acid. Actually welding up the hole is the last of your worries. It's getting rid of all the rot first.
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E10 petrolslater
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Aug 11, 2021 13:29:21 GMT
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All petrol 'goes off' ethonol or no ethonol. It's not that it will go off 'faster' because its E10 and not E5 it's just that more of it is able to react like ethonol reacts so once it's gone off the gone off E10 will be a different composition (with potentially a bit more water in it) than the gone off E5 would be. Both will still be useless gone off fuel with water in it. The outcome is basically the same.
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Very nice. I was admiring it RRW. Suits your vibe! 😂
Not sure I'd want to reverse it very often. I used to scrape the rear corners on my beavertail every bloody week!
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RAC publicity hunting.
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Citroen C15 van LEZ/ULEZslater
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Just remember historics are exempt so all the more reason to drive a retro!
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Citroen C15 van LEZ/ULEZslater
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None of it makes sense to me. The LEZ doesn't apply to a little van like that (or at least didnt) and the ULEZ is only in the congestion charging zone atm.
They are expanding the ULEZ in October tho and that will include everything inside the North/South circulars so that will scupper you when that comes in.
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First thing I do with a car like that is get it working reliably. Then think about stopping it getting any worse. Then think about how to improve it.
I'd fix the engine problems then look at rust proofing and cleaning up the underside.
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A course wont teach you to weld cars. Unless somones specifically doing a car bodywork course it wouldnt be relevant.
I would just go for the R-tec and be done with it. Its will keep its value if you did decide it wasnt for you. Theres usually nothing wrong with 2nd hand machines but if your a novice you might not spot a dud and be chasing your tail alot.
Nearly all of the skill is in the prep imo. Sticking it together is easy if the prep is good and your patient.
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The problem is hydraulic hose dies have 8 segments. You cant really crimp them in a press or vice unless you build a big fixture to hold the dies aswell. Look for the proper machines and you will see what i mean.
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Anyone used Metals4u?slater
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Yes. Good service. Not too bad on price if you buy the right quantities. Somtimes you find stuff actually costs more to buy a longer length! (Per length ofcourse)
Local stockholders will do it cheaper but online is so much more convenient somtimes.
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Exhaust fabrication costsslater
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Jul 31, 2021 14:25:57 GMT
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I think the biggest issue is if you can actually get access to weld it on the car. Normally you cant get in to weld all the way around on the car you have to tack it and remove it to weld fully.
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Jul 30, 2021 13:56:34 GMT
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You can make one with a lever type dti. You need a mandrel that fits into the guide with no play. Then a part that holds your dti that slides over the madrel with no play. If you put a threaded stop on the part that rotates you can set your depth with that.
Good toolmaking exercise if your into that kind of thing. Probably going to. cost more than buying one in time tho I guess.
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Jul 30, 2021 13:46:26 GMT
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Just need myself a road worthy retro and il be along to the next one!
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torque wrench helpslater
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Jul 29, 2021 13:30:47 GMT
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They are ten a penny on the 2nd hand market mate. They are quite common in industry but not so much in automotive stuff so they don't make much money at auctions and the like. I would think an eye out on ebay will have you one at a decent price within a few weeks.
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Jul 29, 2021 13:27:24 GMT
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There is no risk if the wheel is located on the spigot. I cant remeber if the midgets have spigots tho tbh!
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