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    Andyrew got a reaction from AnthonyG in Six Cylinders Motoring Notes   
    You might find some tyres locally on ebay, i had a quick look. Ebay did suggest a few items as i typed. 

     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from rainagain in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Wedged in
    Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

    Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

    New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
    Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
    Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
    @sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
     
     
     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from rainagain in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from Matty in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Wedged in
    Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

    Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

    New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
    Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
    Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
    @sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
     
     
     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from Matty in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from rainagain in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    2 fiat fondle.

    On the last look over id noted a duff wheel cylinder, the drums are original and pretty well worn now given the cars miles.  new drums, shoes and cylinders ordered in, forgot a fitting kit tho. 
    Bosch are actually cheapest for these as they are the OEM manufacturer.

    The back plates were very crusty so i unbolted the wheel bearing, and the back plates got taken off and hit with the knot wheel. The axle was given a quick go over with the  needle scaler and then wire brush before a splash of shultz. Im not a fan of this stuff but it has a place.

    Having done the KA2 previously in this thread id already experienced the seized union on the brake pipe so just went straight to making two new pipes and cut the old ones off. Id like to have done a neater job but i was getting pushed for time today after doing the doblo and VP this morning.

    Back plates bolted on and pipe installed.

    Shoes and adjusters fitted. 

    New drums on and a tweakof the  handbrake. All seems okay, ill paint the drums next time ive got the car on the lift. Finished around 10pm and dropped the car back. 

     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from Sigmund Fraud in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Wedged in
    Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

    Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

    New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
    Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
    Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
    @sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
     
     
     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from Joey spud in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from Mrs6C in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Wedged in
    Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

    Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

    New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
    Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
    Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
    @sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
     
     
     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from Dyslexic Viking in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Wedged in
    Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

    Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

    New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
    Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
    Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
    @sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
     
     
     
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    Andyrew reacted to Essex V6 in Incoming   
    After my Mito was condemned due to rust, I decided to go old skool for its replacement - 50 mile drive home - goes spot on. Forgot the pez shot sorry 😎



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    Andyrew reacted to vulgalour in The new news 24 thread   
    Stuck the big chrome trims on the Princess again since I fancied a change.


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    Andyrew got a reaction from Mrs6C in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from Sigmund Fraud in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from tooSavvy in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Steady now. 
    Today see the last (for now) of dicking with the exhaust. The mount picks up on two existing bung holes. A simple bit of box section with an exhaust clamp  zapped to it. I want to weld the sleeve to the front section of exhaust to loose that clamp as its persistant on leaking. No exhaust paste used on anything yet untill i a few miles proves its working.  May try and make the gap between the hydo lines and the exhaust larger too. 

    Time to get a few miles under its belt then. *Turns wheel while cars on lift* Ohh is that a stuck caliper? Guess im going to be visiting minspares again for brakes.
    Ohh what the fuck is this design all about.

    The swinging caliper design it seems of which EBC are the only people that make the correct wedge pads at £57 and Bigg Red  make a rebuild kit for £60, ouch.

    For now tho. Slung back together while i wait for all the brake parts to arrive as im bored of this thing being on the lift.
     
     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from tooSavvy in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew reacted to jonathan_dyane in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    They look fantastic 
  18. Haha
    Andyrew got a reaction from grogee in Six Cylinders Motoring Notes   
    You might find some tyres locally on ebay, i had a quick look. Ebay did suggest a few items as i typed. 

     
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    Andyrew got a reaction from SiC in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from ProgRocker in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from beko1987 in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from Dyslexic Viking in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from LightBulbFun in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

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    Andyrew got a reaction from RayMK in Andy's awful autos: PLAS!   
    Swing a ding!
    After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

    Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

    Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

  25. Haha
    Andyrew got a reaction from Shite Ron in Six Cylinders Motoring Notes   
    You might find some tyres locally on ebay, i had a quick look. Ebay did suggest a few items as i typed. 

     
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