clayts450 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Braved the cold ground to get to grips with the last tiny leak from the Rover 620's unobtainium power steering pipe today. JB Weld was my weapon of choice this time, much less of a faff to use than Araldite as it squirts out equal measures of each chemical prior to getting busy with the wooden mixer thing, so no guesswork. 6 minutes to slap it on and hope for the best - did a lovely job, all nice and smooth. Needs 4-6 hrs to cure and 15 hrs to set solid so shall take it out for a spin tomorrow to check all good. Assuming all good and no catastrophic leaks, shall book it in for an MoT at my lucky* testing station, F1 Autocentres in Bulwell for a morning next week. Angrydicky, The Moog, chodweaver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I have had a couple of visitors today, both car people in the own way, the non Auto Shiter was pleased to park his shiny black BMW coupe on my drive to hide the horrid blue van that had appeared there and when ridiculed by me about the BMW to our other guest produced a picture of his MGB saying the BMW was just his work car. Our own GoGentley simply enquired what the car was in the picture! Anyway I am sorry I do have a friend with a black BMW coupe and a MGB and I am surprised the decency police have not visited me concerned at the company I keep. Now to the more interesting side of the day, yes GoGentley turned up with a Renault Extra van in regular use, great looking and fully functioning. He says he just has not had time to post about it. My guess is he was concerned at the jealousy it would cause on the forum! Now for the question of questions, WTF is it? I refer to the ammunition box bolted in and connected to the carburettor. RobT, Craig the Princess, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Looks like some sort of home-made scavenging system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Homemade oil bath air filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 It might have been a heated air intake if these two pipes were once plumbed in to the cooling system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 what group called spike60, r.welfare, wuvvum and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Splashed out on these for jot the mondeo... just await amazonian woman to post it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Recently got back after my neices birthday - witness my prowess with the cricket set I bought. Anyhooo.I found a new Message request from a stranger. Turns out she’s the daughter of the man who’s burnt out van I found on Thursday. She wanted to check the times as the police told her it was found burning on Thursday afternoon but I reported it burned out and cold at 8am. It was stolen from shepperton Wednesday night - he’s a courier and had just paid for a new engine last week. Does anyone else find this a coincidence beyond belief? Anyway, she sounds very nice online..... mrbenn, somewhatfoolish and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Ouch, garage tip off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Ouch, garage tip off?Sounds like it, but proving it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I'm pretty crap at this mechanic-ing stuff but I achieved a fix today on the old Puggy 405 I bought from Davehedehog31.The heater fan was offering the options of on full blast with the ignition, or off when you pulled the fuse out and a quick look at the HBOL suggested it was an easy enough fix so I spent half an hour twisted into all sorts of shapes liberating the blower from behind the glovebox and achieved a fix.I know it's nothing compared to what some folks on here can do but I didn't end up covered in blood, or break half a dozen other bits in the process so I'm calling today a WIN. dome, Angrydicky, Supernaut and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Here is the Innocenti showing off its shiny new offside headlight lens and its shiny new offside door mirror. If I'm honest the asymmetry of the glass is rather more noticeable once the light unit is back on the car than I had been hoping, but it'll do for now and is a lot better than the half-a-dozen-bits-of-glass-superglued-together which it replaced. The mirror was another ebay.it find - it's a Taiwanese pattern part and is all plastic rather than the part-metal construction of the original, and the head is not quite the same shape, but it fits perfectly and the metal the genuine mirror is made from is not the strongest anyway. And this one was 25 quid delivered, rather than the 120 or so that a NOS Innocenti mirror would've cost. egg, RobT, HillmanImp and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Good work Wuv - tidied it up a treat:) wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Managed to bodge the 944's wiper mechanism back together. It simply clips back together but kept jumping out. I bought one of these clips. I knew it wouldn't fit but was hoping I could fudge it. A bit of fiddling with a pair of pliers and and angle grinder and it was on. Seems to be holding fine for now. Will see how it gets on before I try owt else. Next step would be to drill a hole through it and bolt/splitpin it. Hertz, The Moog, egg and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 There was an Austin ambassador in the guardian money help pages yesterday. Angrydicky, HillmanImp, GrumpiusMaximus and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the Ambassador. Same for the Ital. They're just such ugly things I can't help but like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboilersuit Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I had similar issues with wiper ball joints separating on a Vauxhall Nova back in the '90's. Even with some new parts they just came apart after a short while. I fixed it eventually by bending the end of the long arm to change the angle between the ball and socket. It looks like you might have the same issue. As the crank moves the ball is pushing close to the edge of the socket and trying to pull itself out. If you bend the arm so the ball on the crank is pushing more towards the base of the socket then the whole contraption might stay together.My plan B had been to convert the arm to a rose joint held on with a bolt but thankfully I never needed to go that far. Managed to bodge the 944's wiper mechanism back together.It simply clips back together but kept jumping out.IMG_20190307_180719.jpgI bought one of these clips. I knew it wouldn't fit but was hoping I could fudge it.IMG_20190310_074036.jpgA bit of fiddling with a pair of pliers and and angle grinder and it was on.IMG_20190309_134342.jpgSeems to be holding fine for now. Will see how it gets on before I try owt else. Next step would be to drill a hole through it and bolt/splitpin it. HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Wheel bearing replacement is going well*. Got the split pin out but I'm not heavy enough to crack the hub nut off, even standing on the breaker bar. The tolerable light drizzle has become annoyingly wet rain too. Super. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Lefthand thread ? Scaffold pole JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Right hand thread. 200lb/ft according to the book, which I should be able to do with a bar. Thing is, I'm putting enough force in that I'm moving the car if it's not in reverse, and it's not enough force to crack off the nut. I'm thinking it's been dogged up too tight in the past, this is part of the car I haven't disturbed before and I already know it's had bodge-work done on the front end mechanicals before so I should have expected this I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 This is the problem I had with the 406's ball joint, the whole car and hub just moved. I lack your envious workshop setup & Mike to come up with a solution to it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Workshop is full at the moment so I can't do it there. When Mike's free we'll see if a scaffold pole and/or the rattle gun will help out with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Good job we didn't have the Kent meet today, bit windy out! My wife is trying to get a train home from Bromley - trees down on the tracks in various places - means she is getting diverted. alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Need one of these Vulg... and you won't get electrocuted. As my torque wrench doesn't go past 150 lbf/ft. It's probably a case of tightening it with about 4 grunts on the scaffy pole, or it's done up to x-lbf/ft and taken round to the next aligning hole for a split pin/fresh bit of collar to stake. vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I was going to come to you live from the garage but it's to bloody cold GrumpiusMaximus, mercedade, Broadsword and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 That there looks extremely agreeable! DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommotech Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Been away in South Africa for a few weeks, but back to reality now in the cold and damp. Started fettling the Dispatch Van, hoping for an MOT late this week and then it can start earning its keep. All being well it will perform duties for the upcoming NEC Restoration show. Have I missed anything...? Tamworthbay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I was going to come to you live from the garage but it's to bloody cold 20190310_123245.jpg 20190310_123236.jpg 20190310_123639.jpgVery cheeky, but when it's up and running again properly, can I have a little go? DVee8 and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Very cheeky, but when it's up and running again properly, can I have a little go?Yep, loserone, scaryoldcortina and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Still a teensy drip of power steering fluid so back under the 620 before the weather turned apocalyptic - all sealed up as good as I can now, so it's booked under for a Wednesday MoT Will be disappointed if the tester isn't impressed with my pure engineering skills* of using chewing gum and epoxy on a rusted out unobtainium pipe, and superglue on some upper control arm dust covers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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