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Post by Onne on Jun 6, 2010 21:31:36 GMT
Can't blame you Joe. let her replace them herself. I bet she'll respect the adjusting then...
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jun 6, 2010 21:54:27 GMT
;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jul 28, 2010 20:43:53 GMT
Just a post-disk-crash update for Isabel as well. She now has her new screen safely fitted and (hopefully) sealed. Cleaning the farmyard marks off it and removing the rest of the broken glass is definately an owner's job though cos I don't seem to get overtime around here. In fact, I don't seem to get paid in the first place so I guess time-and-a-half on slave labour is still slave labour
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Post by bettyskeeper on Jul 28, 2010 20:53:52 GMT
From this to this Job done and Isabel is just awaiting collection
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Post by 33grinder on Jul 28, 2010 22:36:04 GMT
Well done, I've been nervously waiting for that second photo, phew!! You never know, maybe Isabel will thank you by not requiring any attention for a while!
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jul 29, 2010 9:58:32 GMT
It hasn't rained on it yet, John. She may find she has to drive in a bikini when it does.......
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Post by iliria on Jul 30, 2010 17:22:25 GMT
thank you joe and 33 grinder . it has definately rained on her now and she doesn't leak
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jul 30, 2010 20:06:45 GMT
;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 4, 2010 16:27:12 GMT
Later tonight I'm going to take this car out the back and shoot it
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 4, 2010 19:04:37 GMT
whats it done now?
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 4, 2010 19:13:39 GMT
Clutch locked solid. Then owner flattened battery trying to start it, up-hill, with permanent drive. We've (seriously) offered her £100 scrap for it as spares for Betty but apparently she can't afford another one (I suspect something to do with having to pay a garage when she breaks it. Maybe I should introduce an hourly rate )
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 4, 2010 21:22:32 GMT
I had the same problem with Gladys a few months back was caused by clutch shoe linings delaminating and jamming. On a few occasions I was able to temporily free it up by starting it in neutral, stopping starting in reverse stopping and starting again in forward all the time with left foot on brake. If that didn't work then a few sharp taps around the outside of the bell housing with a rubber mallet did
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 4, 2010 21:39:36 GMT
That ain't going to work in this case - it's jammed solid enough to bump start the car. Seeing as that's driving in the opposite direction to the way they got wedged in, they've gone in nice and tight. Unfortunately, being a broke student who's already used available Bank of Relatives credit for the windscreen, the owner needs this sorted for no charge. I really really really hate rivetting clutch / brake linings cos all the holes will need drilling, and I haven't got any copper or aluminium rivets, but if the shoes haven't destroyed themselves I don't have much choice
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 4, 2010 22:52:55 GMT
Tried that, worked for about 3k miles, the advice to owner that they'd need doing was ignored (even when it started rattling again and creeping at idle), don't want to be pulling the engine for nothing every few K just to save someone else the cost of a set of shoes
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 5, 2010 21:02:18 GMT
Incidentally, still don't know if it was the Bostik ones or more of the originals that went this time
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 5, 2010 21:27:56 GMT
;D Think it was Evostik impack adhesive, but same company and definately household rather than engineering grade
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 6, 2010 5:44:49 GMT
Better get the clubhouse keys from 33G ;D
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Post by Onne on Aug 6, 2010 7:42:27 GMT
Can't you make it into a pedal vehicle instead? Sure, you'd need some long chains but it'd be good on fuel
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 6, 2010 11:32:01 GMT
Can't you make it into a pedal vehicle instead? Sure, you'd need some long chains but it'd be good on fuel Nah 10 doughnuts per mile would probably work out more than a 20 miles per gallon ;D
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Post by Onne on Aug 6, 2010 11:38:39 GMT
Horse drawn then? Bit high on the old CO3 emissions but hey
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 6, 2010 12:24:28 GMT
Horse drawn then? quote] Please don't suggest that within earshot of Iliria
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 6, 2010 19:08:23 GMT
Engine is out and drum off. It wasn't my glued-on ones ;D It was 4 more of the originals come loose. Unfortunately, the one that had wedged solid not only damaged the lining it wedged under, it also bent the shoe (luckily the pressed steel type not the cast ones).
I've been told that there's no money available for replacements until September so I guess I'll have to get creative. Now, where did I put those part worn brake shoes?.........
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 6, 2010 19:19:13 GMT
How much swearing and coffee was required to get a locked clutch drum off?
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 6, 2010 19:20:11 GMT
You don't want to know.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Aug 6, 2010 19:37:21 GMT
from that I will presume it was an effin %$^% to get off. Mine required a fair bit of swearing and we had managed to partially free it off by that stage
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 6, 2010 19:58:49 GMT
No, you don't want to know cos it'll depress you after the trouble you had with yours ;D Lock engine (rope down a plug hole). Take large hammer and brass drift and apply corrective therapy to the drum (anti-clockwise as you look at it). Be careful not to apply too much in case you crack the drum. That moves everything opposite to the way it got wedged and the loose shoe becomes loose again. Remove as normal.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 7, 2010 18:01:34 GMT
That was fun. 32 (4 per shoe) individual little countersunk brass rivets to make, then 32 holes to drill, countersink and fit said rivet to. What an absolutely mind-numbing way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Plus, I've probably given myself asbestosis by drilling all those holes in 1970's vintage friction lining. Not that I suppose that matters Now I just need to weld up the exhaust cross-brace (cracked in 3 places, nearly in 2 pieces) and refit everything. But that can wait till tomorrow.....
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 8, 2010 14:53:22 GMT
Bahhhhh!!!!! Engine back in place, just needs connecting up, and my battery charger had blown up. Anyone got some jump leads I can borrow? ;D
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Post by spunkymonkey on Aug 8, 2010 20:19:58 GMT
She's now moving again, been collected, and (hopefully) back in Bangor about now.
So the book is officially open on whet the next one will be.......... ;D
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Post by 33grinder on Aug 8, 2010 22:47:35 GMT
Well done that man!
Maybe you might get a couple of weeks rest now! ;D
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