OliD-E Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Cool to see your starting work on her right away, even if its just a scrub down, its amazing how well invacars seem to clean up despite most looking like they where dragged out of a coal mine while Sleuthing through the RUMCars forum for all things Model 70, I came across this picture, while the invacar in the picture clearly aint KPL by the fact it has wheel arches and a steering wheel, I do wonder going by the caravan in shot and the fact KPL spent her "last days" as a caravan shunter, if the model 70 front end in the picture was KPLs originally? (sadly the post the picture comes from does not provide any useful info) Scan_20180429 ( .jpg i think the front end in the picture has been cut a lot further back than KPLs as KPL is cut just before the small hatch and the one in the photo looks to have been cut below the windscreen LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Oh yeah my bad, yea you can make out the windscreen pillars (A post is what that section is called right?) guessing it was off the invacar in the picture then. OliD-E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 KPL is now clean and has a temporary floor in place johngarty, Uncle Jimmy and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Love the bungee cord keeping the door closed it might also solve DWs woes of how to rest his arms Uncle Jimmy and OliD-E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Next job will be front brakes and manifold gasket on this Sadie the 200 now also has a cover on her LightBulbFun, cobblers, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 As with all my projects the first job is to get the wiper to work wuvvum, LightBulbFun and timolloyd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 #dollywobblersealofapproval egg and OliD-E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Zel has sent me the PDF of the manual and i now can understand the doors so that will be the next job wiper has to wait as the loom has been all chopped up the spindle is seized i have some more of those though as they are also the same as a reliant this looks fun cobblers, LightBulbFun and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Ohh thats cool theres a PDF of the manual! any chance I could fob a copy of said PDF off someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Ohh thats cool theres a PDF of the manual! any chance I could fob a copy of said PDF off someone? here you go http://loz.zelandeth.org/cars/ac-model-70/Invacar_Manual.pdf LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Thanks! love me some good reading material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I'll just leave the link there unless anyone has any objections. I keep realising I've not got the thing to hand when I need it so having a universally accessible copy is handy. The wiper is actually one thing that might work electrically...as I don't think that is affected by me hacking stuff out. That wiper motor works - the problem is the cable being seized in the tube. I've found the other bit of the spindle end (that trapezoidal shaped should have a plate on both front and rear) so will make sure that's sent on its way to you asap. I feel really bad for how I hacked some of the wiring about now, just at the time I really didn't expect KP to wind up as anything other than a spares source or a major modification base. Plus the loom was pretty well shot anyway...still feel bad! OliD-E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 'KAO' is a Carlisle reg right? Do you know who sold the Metro originally? I wonder if it was John Elliott in Haltwhistle or that funny little Rover dealer in Gilsland. Or Lloyds of Carlisle obvs. Can I ask whereabouts you are? oldcars and OliD-E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Who is hairnet?You can just tell he's gonna get on well here can't you? The Moog and OliD-E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 'KAO' is a Carlisle reg right? Do you know who sold the Metro originally? I wonder if it was John Elliott in Haltwhistle or that funny little Rover dealer in Gilsland. Or Lloyds of Carlisle obvs. Can I ask whereabouts you are? it was John Elliot and I am in Northumberland oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 I'll just leave the link there unless anyone has any objections. I keep realising I've not got the thing to hand when I need it so having a universally accessible copy is handy. The wiper is actually one thing that might work electrically...as I don't think that is affected by me hacking stuff out. That wiper motor works - the problem is the cable being seized in the tube. I've found the other bit of the spindle end (that trapezoidal shaped should have a plate on both front and rear) so will make sure that's sent on its way to you asap. I feel really bad for how I hacked some of the wiring about now, just at the time I really didn't expect KP to wind up as anything other than a spares source or a major modification base. Plus the loom was pretty well shot anyway...still feel bad! I wouldn’t feel bad it was your spares car after all i am unsure if it was the cable being seized as the spindle was completely seized i have some of these as they are the same as on the Reliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Wow I bet you're right near my old stomping ground. I used to work at Henshaw Garage on the A69 back in the day, are you anywhere near there? (I'm not trying to find you on google maps or owt BTW, just interested in the geography) OliD-E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Wow I bet you're right near my old stomping ground. I used to work at Henshaw Garage on the A69 back in the day, are you anywhere near there? (I'm not trying to find you on google maps or owt BTW, just interested in the geography) I’m in whitfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 spare wiper spindle found in the Reliant Parts stash now to disassemble the motor LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Just realised that spindle is no good however it will do just to get the wiper working LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Success we have a working wiper motor! oldcars and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I just realised why your Metro is 'talking to me'. When i worked at Henshaw garage back in the day, the owner bought himself a very swish Rover 600, only a year old or so. Its reg was L206KAO, and it had come from John Elliotts too. I knew it was ringing a bell somewhere! oldcars and OliD-E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Useful to have identified where another part was originally sourced from! Only driven a River 100 once, I very briefly had a P plate (P45EST I think) one with the K Series engine... don't remember much about the car, feeling it was very watered down compared to my old Mk I, but remember thinking it was a sweet little engine. Discovered the day after I got it that there was nothing to weld to to sort it...so it wound up given to a mate who took it banger racing. Apparently it lasted ages! It was free at least so no loss on my part. OliD-E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Well after last night we have one door that works! Skizzer and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Having all that gubbins for running one wiper arm seems a bit painful; one of those vintage style wiper motor/spindles-in-one would do a better job. OliD-E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 A new bonnet has arrived for the Robin to replace the one that flew off on the way home from the NEC however it is wrong as the little ridges do nit line up and the hinges are in different places it may even be the wrong size however we shall see when I actually try to fit it in Invacar news we have a wiper fitted i don’t know if it works as I haven’t had a battery on the car yet but as the motor definitely works if the wiring is intact it should LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Looks like Rialto bonnet i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Looks like Rialto bonnet i think. yes I believe so oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliD-E Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 We have life! The wiper on KPL now works LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 That's quite an achievement given the hacked about state of the loom even *before* I started unceremoniously pulling stuff off it... OliD-E and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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