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Post by pauldaf44 on Jun 28, 2009 16:28:31 GMT
I have done so and can confirm it worked for all of 200yds. I have discovered that If I dont tigten the gland nut as tight as I can it can ge over the sticking and unstick it self. This luckily means i can still make it to Lichfield even if i have to stop every 5 miles to unstick it which is releletively painless now.
Edit to ad With a bit of fiddling I have managed to adjust it so that it doesn't stick as easily great stuff she testing me today.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jun 28, 2009 18:02:17 GMT
Well, the nut doesn't have to be all that tight - it's only there to form an oil seal rather than to hold it together. I was wondering with Isabel's whether it's part of the horribly complicated sealing system twisting slightly and locking on the shaft. If the same's happened with yours now that suggests it might be the place to look for any wear!
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jun 28, 2009 18:08:02 GMT
well im gonna not touch it untill i get to lichfield as it went into double figures trying to get it right. Noted that Autodata gives a sugested torque meusurement for it so me wonders whether investing in a torque wrench would be worthwhile
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jun 29, 2009 15:39:31 GMT
had a good daffy day today washed car made it much shinier with the aid of T-cut and polish, serviced it and got a slightly better colour on the front wing very very very very slightly better that is it is still way out. Gladys is also sporting some new bling
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jun 30, 2009 7:08:26 GMT
Well after many attempts and angles we decided this was the best picture and this is what is going in this months Soldier magazine. Were not allowed pets so Gladys is acting as Mascot check it out.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 6, 2009 15:58:14 GMT
Just got back from Lichfield with what seems almost a different car it has much more power and doesn't lose speed on the hills anymore big thanks owed to Joe for that. I think the idle speed is a tad low though as when the car is ticking over the battery is no longer charging also a much more noticeable falter when moved away that is no longer solvable by putting the low hold on. I would think this is related to the slow tickover though. Also think im going to go and check the tension of both fan and drive belts as 1 of the 2 was squelling every time I used the throttle for the last 5 miles or so could be related to the fact that it was running on fumes though I think I could possibly have been hearing the fuel pump.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 9, 2009 19:15:56 GMT
Had some good news today due to a rather large pay-packet much more than expected Gladys is going to be getting a bit of a treat in the near future. She will be getting a full body rust treatment and re-spray because i can whilst that happens I will be getting out the degreaser for the engine bay buy the time that is finished I should have a royal oak rival. She is having in the region of a £1000 of work done to get her looking top notch again because I have had a bit of a windfall and I can. Now quick poll. She will be staying the same colour she wouldn't be Gladys i she didn't but i wondered about a go faster stripe and whether or not too make the wheels shiny or leave them as a hammered finish.
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jul 9, 2009 19:34:16 GMT
Personally, I'd stick with original - no stripe and wheels as they are. But she's your car so have a play on photoshop and see what you think looks best
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Jul 9, 2009 20:14:46 GMT
Paul - just caught up with this thread, and am impressed with the army pic. Would you like to do a little article for a future mag? I.e. a bit about the troup/group and Gladys' involvement?
And re your windfall and the body repairs. Wow! Now, it is your car, so you must do as you want, but if you do have a go faster stripe, make sure it is an easy removable peel-off one, because you will soon be sorry!! (That was my experience years ago)
I'm a bit of a sticker for originality, but that said, I can see the attraction with "fancy" wheels...
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 9, 2009 20:25:37 GMT
well they would be the same wheels but I couldn't decide what finish to put on them they need repainting as the rust is starting to show anyway. As far as a mag article I would be happy to do that but It will be a few weeks before any of the body work gets done and the windfall was purely I worked a lot of hours of overtime over the last 4 weeks and will be doing even more over the next four, Something to do with opening a new supermarket.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Jul 9, 2009 20:43:06 GMT
No hurry Paul. And wheels - just paint them silver!
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Post by stefan on Jul 9, 2009 21:12:35 GMT
use wheel silver. silver with a little grey in it most paint factors i have been in have a colour called wheel silver
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Post by daf44 on Jul 9, 2009 21:46:34 GMT
hi.
i use aluminium paint for wheels. not too shiny but still has a nice finish.
if you want go faster stripes them use good quality stick on ones. dont put them on for 4 weeks after the car has been sprayed to let the paint cure. they can then be removed with a hair dryer or hot air gun if you change your mind.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 13, 2009 10:05:33 GMT
Have just booked Gladys in she is going to have the drivers side sandblasted rust treated and resprayed a week today. I will then be waiting a short while and doing the passengers side. In theory the whole of the car will have been treated and sprayed by the end of the year. Just one quick Q does anyone know what the paint code is for Averto. Oh and Paul is that 2 pack paint you mentioned at Lichfield still available if so can you post it down so that the door can be matched to the wings on the passenger side at least untill the respray.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 13, 2009 13:18:03 GMT
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jul 13, 2009 15:02:18 GMT
Only trouble with that is, you'll be ticketed for parking on double yellows wherever you go ;D
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 13, 2009 18:27:22 GMT
no I wont im not on them im under them technically theres nothing wrong with that
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Post by daf44 on Jul 13, 2009 21:48:10 GMT
hi. if the traffic police dont get you then the bad taste police will.. paul44
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 14, 2009 7:48:32 GMT
you should see what it will be like when its finished bring on the hippy mobile little pink flowers on the front wings and blue ones on the back.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 19, 2009 17:44:10 GMT
A very sad thing happened today enough that I feared that i would need a new door have luckly some presion taps with a tack hammer say I may not. I am just glad it happened today and not tommorow after all the respray work had been done Paul
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jul 19, 2009 19:13:29 GMT
Details???
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 19, 2009 20:04:51 GMT
Vandals or hit and run I think went out this morning to find the passenger door caved in and and long rubber scuff marks running near enough the length of the panel. Although I think I got off litely as the neighbours toledo has lost all of its windows. What posses peopleto do such things I ask?
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Post by spunkymonkey on Jul 19, 2009 20:23:23 GMT
That's a little sickening (to say the least) - the Toledo windows suggests vandalism rather than a driver. At least it was before the paintwork. Make sure it's reported, take several good photos of the damage, and keep receipts for the respray which (obviously) you weren't planning on having but need because of the damage. That way, in the (very unlikely) event that anyone's caught for it you have a valid claim against them for the paintwork edited to add: if your neighbour has trouble finding glass, point them to forum.triumphdolomite.co.uk/index.php and someone should be able to help them out
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Post by howard on Jul 20, 2009 17:38:00 GMT
I'm sickened by this. I hate to sound defeatist but it happens so often here that it's one of the reasons I want to move. For the last six or seven years it's been pointless owning a decent vehicle, or even something different, as people will always try and damage something that they see you are proud of. Trust me, I get off lighter than some in Bristol, but I daren't even leave tools down the side of my house for a few minutes in case they disappear!
My father's blue DAF had both it's rear lights broken by someone just for the sake of it (it wasn't hit by another car), someone stole the DAF badges off of my DAF 32's, someone has put a nice crease in the door of my Saab, turned my Allegro roof into a swimming pool by jumping up and down on the roof, breaking into my van, stealing the stereo out of my Dolomite (by breaking the window - even though it's really easy to get into them with most keys!). I have a Chevrolet Astro van that would be kicked and keyed within a few days if I left it outside my house - I guarantee it. So I have to spend lots of money on renting properties to keep them out of trouble when I really don't think it's much to ask of a supposed civilised race just to leave stuff alone which isn't theirs.
When I go abroad I have no problems. However, I'm not blind to the fact that stuff like this goes on throughout the world! It depends where you go. I took my van through France and kids/teenagers would look at it yet mostly from a distance. They'd wait for me to come back then talk to me about it. I never worried about it at all.
Where my friends live, in a small village, the lad opposite leaves his moped out on the street at night with the helmet resting on the back. There is a disabled man there who has a trike that he leaves outside all night, and this has never been pinched, had the tyres slashed, or pushed down the hill into the lake. This is the place that also has a bar in the middle of it that when you go in it it has the till and cigarettes etc within easy reach as you go in but there's never anyone around.
So why can't we all be like that?
OK, so people say they're bored. Are they so boring that they need other people to find them things to do? More to the point, ask them what they want to do and they don't even know.
Phew. Rant over. If there's anything we can do to help Paul, do please ask! We need enthusiastic young 'un's like you, and I do hope that the idiocy of a few won't stop you putting in all your hard work on Gladys.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 20, 2009 18:02:15 GMT
No but it may make invest rent in a garage. Im was really suprised by this ok ive only lived in this house for a year but Ive lived within 5 miles of it for 10 years and never had any incedent. We could leave the lawnmower in the garden the car unlocked with the keys in the ignition tools on the drive all with no problem the only time we have ever had anything like this was when Mum and Dad bought a classic Range Rover that was promptly keyed the same day in the Tescos carpark but that was 18 miles from home in a fairly built up area. Honestly the uno went through a stage of having the doors teid shut and the all you had to do to get into the series 111 landrover was to put your hand on the window and slide but nothing was ever done to those short of Dad reversing the landrover into the Horse Lorry.
Rest assured this will not stop me I have patched the door it wasn't too bad and the car has gone to have one side stripped lead loaded and painted.
Paul
p.s. I wondered what sought of reaction those yellow stripes would get i will not be putting them on the car.
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Post by Richard DAF Webmeister on Jul 21, 2009 9:18:25 GMT
Unfortunately, there are certain types of people who no matter how much you try and find resources/facilities etc for them, nor how much money is thrown at them (indirectly), they will never engage with the community as a whole, and will spend their time making life difficult and miserable for others.
These incidents are annoying and depressing, but remember that the vast majority of people, even in "deprived" areas are decent and reasonable and get on with their lives without upsetting others.
As with so many things, it's a minority who spoil things for the majority.
Anyway, onto the stripes - thank heavens it's just a mock-up!!
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 23, 2009 16:02:06 GMT
Well last time I saw the car about 3 years ago it had welders swarming all over it like ants. Unfortunatly quite a bit of welding had to be done on the sills that wasn't visible through the paint. I should have the car back looking very shiny by this time tommorow. On a slightly different note it appears that the rear end off the sill and the front of the rear wing had been patched in the past and much to the bodyshops amusement was not actually atached to the car by anything other than a layer of filler. Now I understand why dafdaffer said not too Tcut that area as I may have lost half the bodywork this filler bodging has now been replaced with new metal that has been welded on and lead loaded to get the correct body shape. Now need to get back to work in order to pay for Gladys next present she got me doing 44hours a week it just not right students should not have to get up at 6am to go to work!!
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 29, 2009 6:53:20 GMT
One is thinking that the body shop thinks that this is not an important job as a week after they said it would be ready it isn't. Some sharp words have been exchanged as I would really like to have my car back she is expected on a run on sunday.
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Post by pauldaf44 on Jul 31, 2009 16:20:34 GMT
I WANT MY CAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really need to learn some patience but she is still not ready but is looking a lot better. this is what she looks like at the moment sorry for the bad photo but taking photos without the garage owner noticing is not easy. Anyone else thinks she actually looks really nice in that 2 tone I know its not right and she wont stay like it but I do think its actually quite nice. The bodyshop reckon she looks good in just the primer as well and offered to lacker it to keep the colour I decided against it though not so sure ive made the right decision.
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Post by howard on Jul 31, 2009 23:02:22 GMT
Try telling that to DAF in 1966 (My 32LE at the original owner's house after I cleaned it up)
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