taurus
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Jun 28, 2013 22:45:27 GMT
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meltdown
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Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
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sweet, bookmarked this little tease  |
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Powered by biscuits
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Feb 16, 2014 11:50:46 GMT
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excellent progress mate,i think the hc is a very underrated car, not many cars of this era drove as nice and they were very popular with driving schools in the seventies,indeed I learned to drive in one and have owned two since.love the colour of yours btw.
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too many toys..too little time...and usually too little money.
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taurus
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Slow progress - but the front panel is making getting there, the radiator supports and radiator are back in place, and it's back on its wheels. Come a nice warm day I can back it out and spray the front and the side.  |
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brocky
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Nice work there! , It's annoying having to wait for the weather to pick up before you can crack on isn't it? I'm in the same boat.
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Current Projects-
1971 Vauxhall Firenza
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taurus
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Mar 16, 2014 15:29:33 GMT
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 I need to get the front panel done so I can refit the rad. panels and drive it outside to spray the rear wing. It's a fiddly bit to do so rather than get paint everywhere I used my airbrush and a smaller compressor. It seems to work well enough to get some colour into the nooks & crannies. |
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taurus
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Mar 28, 2014 16:40:11 GMT
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OK - so this afternoon I got to the stage where small amounts of paint needed to harden off before I could do anything else, so I dug around in the garage and found the Rostyles I bought to go on the Viva.  Got them outside to clean the back of them and the heavens opened - so I went back inside and had another dig around and found the original hubcaps. Gave them a polish and they don't look too bad.  So now I can't decide whether to fit the Rostyles, or refurbish the original wheels, fit the hubcaps and get rid of the Rostyles. Blitheration..... |
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Mar 28, 2014 18:23:38 GMT
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Cool - I love seeing more Vivas saved! I reckon the stock wheels with hubcaps look choice. Hc Vivas do take to wider wheels nicely though as they have a wider body on the same track as the HB so more room to fill.
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Mar 28, 2014 18:36:49 GMT
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Excellent stuff - looks like you've got a pretty solid car rust wise to start with, just a shame about the utter mechanical neglect! It's amazing what cars can put up with.
James
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taurus
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Mar 29, 2014 18:58:20 GMT
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Front end is back together so it has all its lights and is usable again. Still need to paint the sills and rear o/s wheelarch. I checked the tyres on it, the newest is 12 years old, a couple from the 90's and one from the 80's. I think I'll buy some new ones!  |
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taurus
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I decided to keep the original wheels, which were a bit crusty  All was going well until this happened  It don't go round any more. |
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Is that a B&D Pro grinder with a separate plug-in mains cable ending in a weird plug? If it is, and you can't fix the grinder, think of me before you chuck the mains lead away.
I think my tyres have been on about 12 years now, I know that's older than recommended but I can't bring myself to bin a set of perfectly good NCT2s, especially when brand-name 185/70x13s are quite thin on the ground now, unless I can stump up the Longstone prices.
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taurus
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Alas, the lead broke ages ago and I rewired it, so the lead on it isn't any use to you I'm afraid. It's just a old bit of cable I had lying around.
The tyres were a right mix, the newest was 2001, two were from the 90's and two (incl the spare) were probably 80's. So I'll replace the lot.
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Ah well, always worth a try. Mine's been going strong since the late eighties, but the cable insulation split around the end of the strain relief. You can buy them, for slightly more than it costs to get a new Aldi grinder. Sounds like I'll just have to do a quick fix on it.
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tenman
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heh, remember my Grandad had one identical to that...
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RWD Fanatic...
2003 BMW 320d Wagon (getting old and boring)
1996 Mini Kensington (SWMBO's)
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kabman
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Ah well, always worth a try. Mine's been going strong since the late eighties, but the cable insulation split around the end of the strain relief. You can buy them, for slightly more than it costs to get a new Aldi grinder. Sounds like I'll just have to do a quick fix on it. Sorry for the thread hijack but.. B&D Proline? I've had exactly the same problem. Great grinder - lousy mains lead. Rather than buy a new lead with the moulded on plug (they're about 18 quid!), which is just going to fail again, get yourself one of these plugs with separate lead. toolsandpartsdirect.co.uk/Black--Decker-P5417-Type-3-Angle-Grinder-Spare-Parts__p-2933.aspx |
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Thanks - I've seen those plugs, but still a fair chunk of the cost of a new grinder. Not a new B&D Pro grinder, granted.
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taurus
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Apr 18, 2014 18:17:22 GMT
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It's misfiring at speed, more of a hesitation than a full blown misfire really, I am still waiting for a new set of HT leads but so far today: from this  to this  Fitted a 12v coil and by-passed the ballast resistor wire, new rotor arm and new dizzy cap.  Checked the timing. Spot on. Just waiting for the new HT leads, but if they don't cure it then it must be a fuel issue. |
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