stephen01 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 brilliant - just brilliant GingerNuttz and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Seeing utterly knackered cars come out the other side looking like this is what helps us get our own projects back on track.. so thank you! It looks very, very nice indeed. Shite Ron, LightBulbFun and GingerNuttz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 4:38 PM, GingerNuttz said: It's not perfect by any means but it's better than what drove in. It's a new motor compared to what drove in 😂😎. Awesome work. GingerNuttz, Shite Ron and catsinthewelder 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Hell's teeth that looks good. jaypee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Heroic stuff gentlemen. Hats off to the work that's gone into this sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Great work and a great shade of blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 Nearly done. MOT on Friday... blackboilersuit, Six-cylinder, Ghosty and 39 others 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainagain Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Fantastic bit of work everyone captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Absolutely amazing work, congratulations! captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 14 hours ago, captain_70s said: Nearly done. MOT on Friday... Fingers crossed 🤞 captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post captain_70s Posted January 20, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2021 Thank fuck the weather has remained ideal for finishing this thing and not a mixture of rain, snow and freezing fog.... Oh wait. Now back to functioning as An Car, just needs some fuel hoses for the tank breather system and the handbrake adjusting before work tomorrow and I can drive it to the MOT station. There is still a bit to do, interior and trim needs a massive clean and fitting, a few panel gaps need tweaking, wheels need painting and the FUBAR bumpers replaced but the big stuff is hopefully done... Alusilber, catsinthewelder, Yoss and 56 others 59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 PHWOAARRRRR!!!! I can't wait to see this back on the road. And the Dolomite and too also the videos of trailering it away from your bit. captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Fingers crossed it either passes or fails on stupid stuff. captain_70s and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 It'll be reet. If it fails on anything it'll be something daft yous have missed 'cos yous have basically built a new Acclaim captain_70s and GingerNuttz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 There's still a fair bit of metal we haven't replaced and fingers crossed they don't poke too hard 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 53 minutes ago, captain_70s said: Thank fuck the weather has remained ideal for finishing this thing and not a mixture of rain, snow and freezing fog.... Oh wait. Now back to functioning as An Car, just needs some fuel hoses for the tank breather system and the handbrake adjusting before work tomorrow and I can drive it to the MOT station. There is still a bit to do, interior and trim needs a massive clean and fitting, a few panel gaps need tweaking, wheels need painting and the FUBAR bumpers replaced but the big stuff is hopefully done... Excellent! Fresh plates too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, mk2_craig said: Excellent! Fresh plates too? Yup, with reproduced dealer info. The original front plate was smashed to fuck and would look like arse on a freshly painted car. Dick Longbridge, mk2_craig, greengartside and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 splendid work gents, who is doing the mot, that place i suggested in possil whee you give the tester's labrador a bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 splendid work gents, who is doing the mot, that place i suggested in possil whee you give the tester's labrador a boneEwwww timolloyd, Talbot and captain_70s 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 2 hours ago, big_al_granvia said: splendid work gents, who is doing the mot, that place i suggested in possil whee you give the tester's labrador a bone Fumbler, SiC, captain_70s and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 This is a Triumph. I'm making a note here; huge success! Coprolalia, rml2345, captain_70s and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Just caught up with this: brilliant work. Peak Autoshite. mk2_craig, captain_70s and mercedade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 So, the car was thrown back together over Wednesday and Thursday morning, I got the train over on Thursday so I could drive the car to the MOT station and then take the Saab to work. Behold the winter wonderland and natural beauty of Central Scotland: Naturally things didn't go entirely to plan. The handbrake cables are slack as buggery and even at max adjust aren't great, the auto adjusting drums also weren't keen on auto adjusting, or indeed adjusting reliably at all. We also noticed a nut was missing for the rear suspension arm for the passenger side was missing. It must have been removed to facilitate moving suspension component during the rust repair and naturally we couldn't find the nut. Indeed, the only thing we found that'd fit was a wheel nut, so that was deployed a temp measure. The world's most convoluted (5 fucking hoses to multiple pipes) fuel tank breather system was re-attached. Fuck it, need to go now or I'll be late for work. About a mile down the road it was fairly obvious something wasn't right, the car wouldn't pull at anything under 3,000rpm, spluttering and misfiring like a bastard. Above that, smooth as silk. Well, it's a Honda engine so that still left 4,000rpms to play with. Upped my gear change target from 3k to 4.5k and hit the motorway hoping a long blast would clear it's throat a bit. Ran well once up to speed, bombing along at 70mph. The steering feels heavy/tight as fuck after having PAS for the last few months, took a while to re-adjust. Coming up to my exit slip road on the M8 heading towards the Clyde Tunnel I ease of the throttle and go for the brake to give a lorry some space and the brake pedal goes straight to the floor and nothing happens. Yes, complete brake failure. For the second time for this fucking car. Thankfully the sliproad is long as fuck, has a hard shoulder and the handbrake was functional enough to stop me. Went underneath and couldn't find much wrong aside from a brake pipe rubbing against the rear axle strut thing. This pipe felt quite hot to the touch when I bent it back to where it should have been. My first thought was that friction from it rubbing had heated it up, but I think it's more likely the drum on that side is binding and had boiled the brake fluid. The reservoir still had plenty left in it and after a few mins of me lying underneath the car the brakes pumped back into life. I gingerly drove the car the 2 miles home. OG plan was to go straight to the MOT centre, which is about half a mile up the road from my flat, but I figured I'd try and sort some bits out last minute Friday morning and then drop it off. I then dashed out to work, came home 9 hours later to find the passenger door hadn't closed quite right and the interior light had been on forever. The car is currently running the Dolomite's battery which thankfully has plenty of life in it having been regularly charged. This morning I slept in, typical. Dashed out and hoovered out the interior 'cause it was bogging and emptied all my shit out of the thing, then put the rear seats back in. BRAEV SOLJER Then went to my local hardware store to find a more appropriate nut for the rear suspension. They didn't stock M14, joy. Drove to B&Q, their hardware section was in the usual state of disarray. I eventually found an torn open bag of M14 nuts with two left in it. Anyway I don't know what happened after that but I found one in my pocket later on, guess it was there the whole time. Anyway, it didn't fit. Wrong thread, looks to be slightly thicker. Fuck it. Wheel nut back on, drove to MOT place, was gonna' say "look, find something that fits this and chuck it on pls" but no need 'cause their computer had died to death and they wouldn't be doing MOTs until *insert future date here* Naturally. Sod it. Gives me more time to find out what the fuck is going on with the brakes and to find a more appropriate nut for the suspension arm. Oh, the car is now utterly filthy too and I can't really wash it 'cause the paint is still soft (we're hoping some UV exposure will sort it out). I see why these came with front and back mudflaps as standard now! To-do list is something like this: Replace suspension nut Change numberplate light Reattach front upper bumper trim Reattach missing wing rubbing strip Refit various interior plastics I cunningly left at the workshop Service and re-balance carbs (suspect a pilot jet has some shit in it) Adjust rear drums Tweak door hinges for better panel gaps Replace bumpers Mega clean inside and out Hoping to get some of the more MOT critical stuff done this afternoon... Shite Ron, Dick Longbridge, timolloyd and 34 others 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I would say there's at least a good chance that this: 1 hour ago, captain_70s said: The handbrake cables are slack as buggery and even at max adjust aren't great, the auto adjusting drums also weren't keen on auto adjusting, or indeed adjusting reliably at all. and this: 1 hour ago, captain_70s said: I think it's more likely the drum on that side is binding and had boiled the brake fluid are closely related. Also... Epic story! Sounds like you have some "shakedown" items to fix, but it's well on the way. Did the sustained >3000rpm sort the running issues out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Never a dull moment with you and Triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 3 hours ago, captain_70s said: I see why these came with front and back mudflaps as standard now! I'm not actually sure that they did. I worked in a Jag/Rover/Triumph dealer parts department when the Acclaim came out, and the mudflaps were Unipart. I think most of the cars had them fitted after being sold or gifted them by the new car salesman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 i really hope your street name is not arcadia avenue or the burd will not be happy with you.... any iron maiden fans will get it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 hours ago, vulgalour said: Never a dull moment with you and Triumphs! The good thing is the thr as is full of Triumphs in both senses of the word! Top work, keep going young man *doffs cap* sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Did you break any mirrors recently? Quality (but scary) storytelling. Is Henry single? This dirty minx was wondering...😂 mercedade, captain_70s, Tickman and 8 others 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Better start stocking up the blue paint and duct tape 😂 blackboilersuit, dome, SiC and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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