PhilA Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 I took the passenger side tail lens off and stuck it in the ultrasonic bath to clean off the dirt. Buzzed it down as smooth as I could with a worn-out DA disc. Washed it again. This time, wet, it looked better which is promising. Dried it off and gave it a first coat of lacquer and left it to dry. I also rubbed down the other lens and gave it a coat of red. Once that's hard it should rub down smooth and polish up nicely. Phil LightBulbFun, adw1977, Tickman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 I adore this car. There, I've said so there's no going back on it now. I want it or one just like it that some mad bugger has already spent as muchtime and showed as much devotion to it, as you have to this one. Good on ya' mercedade and PhilA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 There are really nice ones out there. They cost a little more but you can get the ubiquitous old-lady's-car for about $15k which isn't bad if you compare the models from the later half of the decade. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 the first pic looks like its been cling filmed LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Clear coat on the passenger side lens. Second coat on the driver's side, which needs to be rubbed down a bit to get the lacquer to bridge the cracks. Phil paulplom, Yoss, STUNO and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Found a video of one of these engines doing a dyno pull. Phil LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Cut, polish, wax. Acceptable result. Phil jumpingjehovahs, adw1977, Skizzer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Fixed the lamp holder. Bueno. Phil cobblers, egg, Skizzer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Looks good! PhilA and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 18 minutes ago, Zelandeth said: Looks good! It even lights up evenly now because previous keeper had transposed L and R light buckets (they're slightly offset). Please note that the light, in reality, is deep red. Not mauve, as my camera decided. Phil LightBulbFun and cobblers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 nice arse stonedagain, PhilA and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 camera needs shouting at or threatening with replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 55 minutes ago, hairnet said: camera needs shouting at or threatening with replacement sadly deep red is something a lot of cameras struggle with as shown here on my Crompton military Ruby red 60W rough service lamp, (from what I understand used on submarines etc, at night so should the submarine have to surface, the crews eyes don't have to take so long to adjust to the darkness) its a very beautiful deep red colour (as the glass is made from very dark natural red glass) but the camera utterly fails to pick it up properly sadly paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Mysterious benefactor strikes again! A box from the Rock of Auto, containing a plethora of plugs. Thank you! Being as the plugs are a 3000 mile consumable on this engine, they shall go to good use. Phil egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 rock of auto? holy grail? hail mary? hail to god of pontiac? PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Just now, hairnet said: rock of auto? holy grail? hail mary? hail to god of pontiac? edit 3000 miles?!!?! i know it doesnt rev like a race car but....... fek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Yup, crappy flame front causes misfire-inducing sooting. Common to flathead engines. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 ? i had to google that all kinds of scientific came up ? PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 The flame goes up into the nose recess on ohv engines due to the squish being directly above the piston and the direction of the gas flow. Sidevalve the squish is flowing across the plug and the flame goes predominantly past the plug, meaning it runs cooler and more deposits form causing a high resistance path of carbon to form, causing weak spark and misfire. That is very hard to clean and keep from happening so the plugs are a 3k item. Every other oil change. Phil LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 whens it getting inspected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Would a soda blaster be any use for cleaning that crud off the plugs? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 3 hours ago, PhilA said: That is very hard to clean interesting I was wondering if its just carbon build up could the plugs be cleaned up and reused I wonder if theres some sort of chemical solution you could dip the plugs in to remove/dissolve the carbon away but leave the metal electrodes intact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Brilliant work as always, feel I don't comment on this thread enough but I'm always amazed by the attention to detail PhilA, LightBulbFun and Skizzer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Zelandeth said: Would a soda blaster be any use for cleaning that crud off the plugs? Possibly, and it's a thought but the plugs it had were all varying degrees of bad and they're not done many miles at all. I think I'll just keep a spare set to hand. Looking at the previous things fitted to the engine, this looks to have been a particularly heavy breather and was probably really quite smoky. There was a lot of oily crap in the old filler vent. It should be a bit better on plugs now. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 1 hour ago, hairnet said: whens it getting inspected Once I've done the brakes, wipers and heater valve. LightBulbFun and hairnet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Final coat of red. Clear to follow, then flatting, cutting, polishing and wax. Phil Skizzer and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 14 hours ago, PhilA said: Once I've done the brakes, wipers and heater valve. winner winner waffle dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Clear coat #1. Phil LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 while its drying fek with renault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 4 hours ago, hairnet said: while its drying fek with renault Skizzer and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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