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I'm busy clearing the garage and have a few things to go up for sale soon as I'll be loosing my storage when we move Ideas of price (or PMs from anyone interested) would be helpful Citroen BX "solid" 13" rim. Rare? Valuable? Scrap?? Lotus 5.5J steel rim from 60s/70s (one only). I had a set of 6, the local tyre shop fitted the best 4 and used the next-best as a spare. Assume the tyre fitter shop checked all 6 rims and picked the best ones, so I guess this has some degree of balance / wobble. Pics when clean & painted Vintage "Golden Tornado" footpump made by "Sutty", nice soilid quality, works well but hose looks shabby Also 3 (maybe 2.5 ) classic Italian "Italjet" JC-5C "Junior Cross" mid-sized bikes, background info retrorides.proboards.com/thread/125072#1 twinshock - complete, was running but magneto is faulty, fit a charged 12 volt bike battery and it runs fine until the battery goes flat (the kids kept this at a farm for 3 years and refused to let me take it back to sell it. They loved it #2 monoshock - complete, same model but different engine, I fitted new crank seals, it fired up once but never since. Assume needs new seals #3 - spare bike, identical to #1 but missing forks & *all* bolts (thanks to PO) Lots of parts not in the photo (engine #3, wheels, tyres, bars, footrests, exhaust...) Expect more bits as I excavate further back into the garage
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Last Edit: Feb 6, 2018 17:57:38 GMT by nomad
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Great idea for a thread, nice work as always It's always interesting to see what other people do, love your Jowett build thread but like you say - a seperate thread for "other interesting work" makes a lot of sense. Bookmarked, and looking forward to the updates
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what have you gone and bought? ? Hi Col. Once upon a time in a land far to the North ... Oops - wrong forum There's no easy answer, It's not a new project, more something that keeps moving near the top of the to-do list then getting pushed back down when something else (life, work, cars, festivals, music...) takes priority The family home (with attached garage) has just been sold and we'll be moving out in less than 2 months We moved here 20 years ago and I've been stacking interesting stuff at the back of the garage ever since. This is one of the to-do projects that came with us from the previous house I've been looking for a couple of photos, after digging back though 20 years of jpgs from several cameras I've remembered the photos are 35mm prints so I need to find which box they're in and scan them before I can upload them to put you out of your suspense < scanned 35mm pics to follow>
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Last Edit: Feb 5, 2018 21:16:20 GMT by nomad
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^ I often use "own-brand" tools for DIY work (including Screwfix Erbauer), but normally spend more and get decent "engineering" tools. Experience says it's worth paying a bit more for "important" jobs as you only have 1 chance for it to work. Hope that makes sense? A mate has a car repair workshop and uses a lot of Blue Spot kit ("made by Snap On" apparently ), next down my list would be would be Irwin, then Erbauer. They *should* all work but... Footnote (as I saw your edit) - go for the bigger set
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^ Thanks for the input It's showing as untaxed on the DVLA website, all details are correct so that sounds like it's still on their system Have just checked the logbook and it's a blue V5C with barcode (not the modern red style). Good news - maybe Date of registration is March 1960. The MOT exemption is for those "made before 1960" Common sense says it was built before it was sold & registered, but getting it MOT'd will be easier than arguing the case So the question now is : does it *just* need mot & insurance, then a trip to the post office? or should I expect the tax application to hit a brick wall then to-and-fro with DVLA before they let me tax it? or or
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Advice please - does anyone have experience of taxing a car/bike back to go back on the road after many years in storage ? vehicle is pre-1960 bike, so is MOT exempt Edit : Blue V5C with barcode (not a modern red V5C) is in my name last taxed before sorn was invented (pre-1998) Is it as simple as take insurance and old V5 to post office, and claim a years free tax ? No point in insuring it now if it's going to take months of inspections etc before I can get tax. Factual advice & experiences welcome (I can guess lots of different situations - I don't need more guesses about what might happen !) <pics to follow...>
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Last Edit: Feb 5, 2018 19:48:46 GMT by nomad: V5 info update
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With a grinder take whats left of the hex head off then once you have removed the caliper use a stud extractor and remove what's left of the bold after heating it. I had the same idea but then realised once the bolt head is off, you still can't slide the caliper off the hub / disk as the "shank" of the bolt needs to be removed first
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^ Not a good situation, hope you get it sorted. A few ideas : use decent 6-point sockets (maybe a bit late - I find 12-point sockets can round the bolt heads ) good quality molegrips / vicegrips ? pipewrench or similar (anything to tighten onto the bolt head as you turn it) nut / bolt removers (find a better version of screwfix £12 "erbauer-bolt-nut-remover-set-6-pieces" ) hit the bolt with a hammer to shock it loose then retry ? Worst case, the front struts are fairly easy to remove if you need to strip them off and take them to an engineering shop (go just before luchtime - take tea & biscuits )
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Things have been a little bit hectic around here recently, but to catch up... Apiary tales? It sounds like taurus may have some input here My contribution was doing the manly stuff and spectating while SHMBO looked after the rest I was working away from home at the time and getting regular texts of : "the bees are *really* distracting - love watching them, could do it for hours but nothing else gets done" You get the idea? lightyearman - you are not alone I love the vibe when I see odd / weird / fantastic-but-totally-unnecessary engineering (often a solution to a problem that didn't exist in the first place). We have a couple of ponds up here that are built into sloped land, it's a similar "wow" feeling when you are walking up a hill and realise you are head height with the surface of a pond you didn't know was in front of you ! The latest fix-it task got done a couple of days ago, to shave about 6" off the back of a large wardrobe so it would fit in a small bedroom. The result is great, but we moved here with the furniture exactly 20 years ago - I wish I'd done the work when we first moved in Notice small gap in front of the wardrobe, the green box for scale, and the way it's proud of the desk next to it Strip it down (2 sides + top, bottom, and middle shelf), run a biscuit jointer (new new favourite toy ) along the back edge to get a factory finish, rebuild. Done ps. The house has now been sold and this will be surplus once I've got a date for moving - is anyone local looking for a wardrobe??
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I've used a couple of helpful places around Byker / Shieldfield in the past. Car Paint Supplies Address: 51 Shields Rd West, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE6 1JN Phone: 0191 265 2529 The other was many years ago, might not be there now ... on Shieldfield main street, between Stepney Bank & Stepney Road. A mate with a garage sends his repairs to a painter based at the MOT/workshop in the ERB yard at Byker, maybe drop in and ask where they get their supplies ? c/o ERB Services M O T Centre Address: Hannington Pl, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE6 1JT Phone: 0191 265 9453 ps. does anybody around Newcastle weld cracked alloy wheels ?
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^ Sounds like it - unless Kev had more that 1 Pics in my build thread, the main differences are it now has a white roof and I don't need to fit gaffa-tape patches on the front wings when I take it for a MOTs
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Jan 31, 2018 21:03:12 GMT
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Thanks folks (and brownie points to richy246 for offering it on here in the 1st place) - but as I'm Up North and it's Down-South I'll have to pass Seth possibly ??
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Jan 29, 2018 22:12:51 GMT
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It's always good to see the updates on your fleet - kind of reassuring to know I'm not the only one who thinks "This should be fairly simple, I *just* need to ..." then OOPS ! You have my sympathy (and - obviously - best wishes from all your regular followers)
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Jan 29, 2018 17:53:42 GMT
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In case of fire <any random emergency> find phone, take pics ^ FIFY Hope you got it sorted ! Sadly the "grab phone - take pics..." seems to be an automatic reaction for many folk these days. Sad times For info, SHMBO and a local petrol station I know both had trouble finding an extinguisher when it was needed - despite people having to wallk around the extinguishers as they were always "easily accessible" (ie in the way )
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First thing you need to do is decide what gas you will be using, for "mixed gas / Argon" cylinders you need a different type of gauge I bought the co2 gauge ("conversion kit") in my link because it comes complete with the hose & fittings, and I'd happily recommend it to others If I order that do all fire extinguishers share the same thread? All the co2 extinguishers (3 of) & pub co2 cylinders (2 of) that I've tried had the same thread as my gauge, so I guess most if not all are the same Tip : the horn / nozzle on the extinguishers just unscrews. Fit the gauge then use molegrips to hold the handle "squeezed" so the co2 flows. You soon work out what's needed otherwise you get no gas Advanced users might want to squeeze the handle and drill a hole through it so they can fit a pin to hold it in place (ie "hand grenade" pin)
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Jan 28, 2018 18:04:24 GMT
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Does anybody know what calipers are fitted to superminxes as standard? I know the later ones are apparently girling units? Hi, Assuming your brakes are similar to my Hunter, there's some background info in my build thread and forum.retro-rides.org/thread/196874/tech-notes-hunter-mods-dailyFronts : standard Girling M16 calipers are a fairly simple bolt-on swap (no need for machining or to change the disks) Rears : brake cylinder is held in place by a round circlip. Crack the brake pipe loose, remove the circlip then undo (unwind) the cylinder to remove without the risk of snapping the end off the brake lines. Fix on the bench or get replacements from Speedy Spares etc. If needed, I have spare Hunter front suspension legs and back axle, could be persuaded to sell cheap
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Jan 28, 2018 14:08:21 GMT
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^ thanks georgeb & MkX for the feedback, I've updated the original post as suggested (and fixed a major typo in the heading while I was editing )
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Jan 28, 2018 12:55:54 GMT
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This might be interesting for anyone looking at a sensible Retro daily, it shows expected MPG and real-world experiences from folk who own the motors in question. Limitations : It's a USA based site, since a USA gallon is less than a UK gallon, you need to multiply the USA mpg by 1.2 to get UK mpg As it's USA, some of the common European makes are not listed, most J makes are included It only covers cars 1984 - current, so it's no use for pre-83 motors Link www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.shtmlusing BMW 3-series as an example www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/PowerSearch.do?action=noform&path=1&year1=1984&year2=1992&make=BMW&baseModel=3%20Series&srchtyp=ymmMultiply the USA mpg (24) x 1.2 = UK MPG 28.8 (which is about what I was getting with E36 325i & 328i ) This maybe better in one of the "Reference / website" forums, but I've put it in general so more folk can see it and give their feedback (any use ?? total junk??) Hope it helps, anything that gets & keeps older motors in use has to be good news
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Last Edit: Jan 28, 2018 14:05:41 GMT by nomad: Typos + more. Oops !
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Jan 27, 2018 23:55:43 GMT
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There's been quite a lot happening recently so the planned winter hibernation didn't last as long as I expected In no particular order : The project that has kept me out of mischief for the past few months is now finished, hopefully I can now find time for a belated rest / holiday / roadtrip before I pack my bags and move to pastures new I've *still* not found spare time to take the Hunter off the road for some very overdue TLC but it's now very high on the "to-do" list The "sensible modern daily" I bought to run around in is *still* not working the way I'd like It's a fantastic machine but it's just not the right car for me Question : if you could move anywhere (let's say "UK only" to make it simple), where would you live and why ? The latest makeover was very 1980s, especially the tiles and pale peach suite (I forgot to take a photo before I removed the sink and started work. Oops! ) : Now finished Gentle wombling turned up some very usful stuff : New chrome door handles and hinges (£8 ) on every door to replace the dated imitation brass ones made a big difference. The illuminated mirror was £12 from the local auction / clearance house, and I love it Tip : mirrors are a cheap way to make any room feel a lot bigger The wall panels are commercial 10mm thick plywood backed shower boards, normally £120 each, I got the pair for £90 as they were a cancelled order and taking up space at a local plumbers who were preparing for a stock-take. Remember, "Shy bairns get nowt" (Southern translation : "You don't know unless you ask"). The shower area got fully panelled, the offcuts were used for splashbacks behind the sink so no wastage New window cill & vertical boxing (just visible on left of the photo) was from a single 5m window cill costing £15. I love this stuff, super cheap, easy to fit, and looks great The taps are smart but it took a long time to find anywhere with a sale on, and I refused to pay full price (£100 ) just for taps ! The modern toilet & vanity sink were on offer, and by moving the main drains slightly the toilet went back to the wall to give more floor space - many years ago I moved the bathroom door about a foot so the hallway got shorter and bathroom got longer. With the latest changes it's even better Not everything was done at discount prices (I had to pay full price for the bath) In the end I took the easy option and got a chap to fit new carpets and bathroom lino - he did a very neat job as always "Plans are for other people"
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Last Edit: Sept 18, 2019 0:10:36 GMT by nomad
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