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Rusty Triumphs in Scotland - Dolomite in "most reliable" shocker - 08/02/24


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Went back through photos and it's been cracked since it came out the workshop, so it passed it's MOT like that.

The screen is delaminating in all four corners to varying degrees and the stress of the car being jacked up repeatedly on all four corners during welding probably didn't sit too well with it.

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The delaminating cloudiness around the crack would suggest it's been there for a little while.

If you do manage to find someone scrapping an Acclaim/Civic2, the best way to approach matters would be to have them cut the seal to get the screen out without any drama, then remove your screen without worrying too much if you break it (more than it is).  That way you then have a good screen and a good seal.  Copious amounts of fairy-up lipsquid, many wooden lolly sticks and some patience will then see it fitted.

Did a CX like that a while back.  Worked perfectly.

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My E36 has a crack just like that in the bottom right-hand corner, you can't even see it from inside as it's on the black bit of the glass, in front of the dashboard.

It's been there since before I got hold of it in 2016...

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  • 1 month later...

Update.

Acclaim has been back in every-other-day use for several weeks now, it's running passably. There is something still not quite right with it, whether it be an ignition timing issue or some vac hose related rubbish it's still misfiring on one cylinder.

I put the interior back in today, I'd been running around in it with just the front seats installed while tracing water leaks...

First, seats back out.

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Then installed some closed cell foam pads to attempt to reduce road noise as much as possible.

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Then carpets and plastic trims back in place.

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Ingenious engineering solutions for releasing the bonnet pull surround.

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Seats back in.

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I celebrated the interior being back in by dropping a fog light when refitting.

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Those are £200 odd a pair.

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  • captain_70s changed the title to Rusty Triumphs in Scotland - internal screaming - 20/04/21

Multiple possible, repair/replacement options have been sourced for the fogs. Watch this space.

Took the Saab to work on Friday to keep the battery charged and brakes unstuck. Came out of work and it wouldn't start, again. Spins over fine, not a cough or splutter to be had. I tried fiddling with connectors under the bonnet, wiggling the key, cleaning the ignition barrel with paper towels jammed in with a coffee stirrer, locking, unlocking, moving the immobiliser chip about etc but it wasn't having it.

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Battery eventually started dying and nobody had jump leads (mine are in the wrong car), so I abandoned it at work and got the train home.

Thank fuck I have a spare car, thinks I. Then Saturday happened.

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Drove into town to collect Girlfriend_70s, stopped at the supermarket and returned to a 100% dead car. Thankfully the Acclaim's level of technology is slightly more my area of expertise and after checking the battery connections were good I discovered the main 55amp fuse had blown. Naturally I bought some of these ages ago, except they were 45amp, and I'd not put them in the car. Not to be deterred I substituted in a hex key, so it's now a 200amp slow blow.

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New fuses in the post. Last time I checked the fuse it did look like it'd been running hot, probably some fucking earthing problem...

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  • captain_70s changed the title to Rusty Triumphs in Scotland - external screaming - 25/04/21
  • captain_70s changed the title to Rusty Triumphs in Scotland - 1 car down - 27/04/21
1 hour ago, vulgalour said:

For a terrifying second there I thought you were suggesting the entire Daimler as the solution and Captain being unable to stop himself from doing something unbelievably heroic*.

That makes perfect sense. There’s still one mint condition lamp on the Acclaim, so Capn has everything required to get that Daimler shipshape again. 

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12 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

That makes perfect sense. There’s still one mint condition lamp on the Acclaim, so Capn has everything required to get that Daimler shipshape again. 

Buy a foglamp, get a Daimler free! 🤣🤣

Might have been worth it because of the mileage, not so much the horrendous rot. It’s a flintstones special underneath.

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22 hours ago, greengartside said:

I may have a solution.

 

21 hours ago, GingerNuttz said:

Daimler engine in the green Dolly !!! Get that asthmatic single carb donkey scrapped 😂

T1300 lump, it's only got a design life of 50,000 miles, it'll scrap itself before you know it.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Plugging away with random stuff on the old Acclaim.

Bought a knock-off Cibie fog light for £30 on eBay, it's slightly bigger in all dimensions but in person you don't notice. Mostly because it's so much shinier...

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Did a proof on concept with heat shrink wrap to see if I liked yellow fogs. I didn't.

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The exhaust rattle was also doing my nut in. Seemingly Mk2 Acclaims (as mine is) have an additional bracket at the downpipe to address issues with excess vibration and stress cracking at the flange (ooh er). Mine has been in the boot ever since I bought the car, so today I had a rummage through my box of random nuts and bolts and lashed it up.

Utilising nature's ramps...

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Bracket.

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Where bracket go.

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Bracket go'd.

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You'll note it's not actually tight, when tight the downpipe blows. It's a cheap steel exhaust from the only supplier that makes them, so likely isn't the most amazing fit. So I backed off the bolts until it stopped blowing with the car running, it certainly seems to rattle less. I shall test it proper on the commute tomorrow.

Still to do (in no particular order):

Replace radiator
Replace rear light seals
Reattach door rubbing strips with better tape
Mudflaps
Work out why the heater fan no longer runs at slow speed
Respray the car

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  • captain_70s changed the title to Rusty Triumphs in Scotland - General tinkering - 19/05/21

Are the bracket holes quite big, just the large washers on the engine block bolts look to be stopping the bracket sliding over and meeting the downpipe? Maybe trim them to a D shape and elongate the holes in the bracket for another BL production line tactic! 

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