Sir Snipes Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I think I prefer the Louisiana system...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 I can't stand snakes, even dead ones, headless ones and ones that have eaten rat poison. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panhard65 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Thanks for all these tales of spiders and snakes. I was really looking forward to collecting my Thunderbird that has sat around since the 80's, but now I'm not so sure Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Thanks for all these tales of spiders and snakes. I was really looking forward to collecting my Thunderbird that has sat around since the 80's, but now I'm not so sure It'll be fine* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 I would keep an eye open for spiders. Have a can of wasp spray ready. They like to hide up in sheltered nooks- wheel arches, dashboards, up inside box sections. You'll probably find if anything the spiders will be expired but they may have left nests of babies. The vehicle should have been steam cleaned before it left the home port, and again upon entry to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Actually you are right, NyQuil talking here.You need to keep the title at home and the paper registration certificate in the car. Not the title!But it's where you see the TV and they ask for license, registration and insurance please.PhilGermany oz nz similar Who dissed Renault Be glad it's not one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 Stopped at NAPA today on the way home, bought some regular grease for my grease gun. Ended up greasing the lawn tractor up properly, greased one point on the front suspension on the Chieftain because I could get to it from the engine bay. I don't know which was the more dry... Oiling and greasing regime soon to be put in place. Also, they do sell non-detergent SAE 30 viscosity oil as specified by the manual (apparently air compressors commonly call for it) but only in quarts. That'll work well enough for 2000 mile changes, I think. Being as there's no oil filter, the design calls for particulate matter not to be pulled and held in suspension by the detergents and pumped around the engine (normally caught by the filter), but rather let fall to the bottom of the oil pan to be drained out. The oil pan should be dropped every 5 changes and cleaned, along with the gauze screen on the pump pickup. I presume that calls for moderately regular decoke cycles? I've never run an engine with no oil filter before. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Do what everyone else seems to do and just never change the oil ever then, when the engine eventually seizes solid, put an LS1 in it. Be sure to set all this to overloud clipart standard RAWK music*, shout a lot, and throw chairs at your neighbours. You'll be rich in no time. Lacquer Peel, mrbenn and Asimo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 It's not a vehicle to suit a V8. I rather like the I8 to be honest. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Can you still buy these traffic light prism things? I could do with one for the van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Any external plumbing you could add an oil filter too?On old Brit bikes like mine it's a common mod. But they are dry sump so more pipework outside the engine. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Can you still buy these traffic light prism things? I could do with one for the van.Yup, they're being remade. Just search "Guide traffic light viewer" in Google. They're all over eBay also, about £30. Phil Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Any external plumbing you could add an oil filter too?On old Brit bikes like mine it's a common mod. But they are dry sump so more pipework outside the engine.Not really. The oil pump is in an external nodule on the bottom right of the engine, with the pickup pipe direct from the sump. It then feeds into the main oil gallery that runs the length of the engine. It does have a moderately large sump, so the sheer volume of oil does help. They did reckon it to be a high mileage engine so long as you maintain the service intervals, mainly because it's so low revving by today's standards. That and it's not going to really be a high mileage vehicle so I'm thinking oil changes on a slightly more regular basis than recommended (grease service interval is 2000 miles, oil change 3000), might as well change the oil when it's up on the ramps to be greased. Phil dome and alf892 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Fair enough, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 If it were like an A-series with an outlet external to the pump I would say yes. In this case it would not be a full flow or would have to be suction side, both of which I'm not terribly fond of for the effort and outlay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Aye it's much easier on my bike, it's just added on the oil return line to the oil tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Yeah, this is a thirties design. It wasn't in the spec. There's a big gauze mesh and that's it. Better than nothing, I suppose. At least it holds good oil pressure right now. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Similar age to the Triumph twin design in my bike, that just had a gauze mesh too. Which has now got me wondering when oil filters became common place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Here, late fifties on passenger cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Oi phil Seeya in march No time this time https://wheelsthroughtime.com Fancy this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Such is life. Had seen that when we went to Tennessee a few years back, we went as far as Cherokee but everything was closed at that time of the year. Nothing up there opens until about June. Bit of a trek from here, too! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Started out this morning with a bit of spare time. Breakfast and clockwork. Added a voltage regulator into the back of the clock. Oh yes. After having set it up and reset the spring it now starts itself. This is a good thing. Before it needed a tap to make it go. Tick tock! Phil danthecapriman, mercedade, mrbenn and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Oh, and another Brucie Bonus- went out to the garage to get my AA tweezers to tweak the spring and removed another spider (this one was in the grille of the car making a web to the floor). I am starting on a circuit diagram with physical layout within the car so I know which way to pull cable to make loom. Phil Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Such is life. Had seen that when we went to Tennessee a few years back, we went as far as Cherokee but everything was closed at that time of the year. Nothing up there opens until about June. Bit of a trek from here, too! PhilI think I might have said they might not be quite open I've had a pita day I'm such a putz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I like this car a lot. It puts me in mind of the Blue Car from the Milky Way ad egg and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Trek? Hahahahahahahahaha *heads falls off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 I like this car a lot. It puts me in mind of the Blue Car from the Milky Way ad Yup, a few people pointed that out already I had forgotten about that advert until someone pointed it out to me! Edit: Just went watch it again and noticed that the reflection of the traffic lights change in the UK pattern... Red, red+amber, green. Funny. Phil Shep Shepherd and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 I decided to look at the ignition switch I bought. It was a little intermittent so I bent back the peened edges on the back and took it to bits. Not too bad but I cleaned all the points up. I then discovered that all three of the connections get connected at one time, and only on the middle selection. Strange, thinks I. I then pull on the key in the middle position and it comes out. Erm. I try twist it and it selects the middle and the right with no key in. Left is only available with the key in.... Oh. So, this has a position where you can lock it off with the key, or select it to off and remove the key and have the vehicle operable without the key and with no way to secure it. Aha. Commercial key switch for things like delivery vans, where you turn up, take the keys with you for the rear door but want to keep it running or switch it off easily. Also gives the option of no key to lose on the rounds (pocketed) and then you can secure it at the end of the day. Funny. Wonder what the insurance companies and safety elves would make of that these days. Phil Skizzer and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I suppose you could create a bypass filter arrangement using a belt drive dry sump scavenge pump and just put the inlet and outlet into the sump pan; it would take a lot of miles to justify the expense though, the money would pay for a lot of oil changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 For straight 30 weight oil visit a Harley place, pretty sure they were designed to run on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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