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Last night I sat down and tried to repeatedly overheat my Dremel.  Polished up the driver's side headlight bezel. It's anodized aluminum and really difficult to get a decent shine, partly because of the coating, partly because it's on the front of the car and had been peppered with stones and stuff over the years.  You can see how much more dull the center bars are. They're going to be great fun to restore. Phil |
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Last Edit: Nov 3, 2022 18:19:42 GMT by PhilA
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Had a dodge charger 383 on the rolling road once , i was very surprised at pk power rpm was 6300 ! Yup, the 383 being the short stroke big block, it'll rev quite high. They're perky motors. People still prefer the 360 because it has better economy for similar power and torque figures, plus it is significantly lighter than the 383 for better handling. That's why we have it!... Oh wait!  |
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Previous retros: 92 AX GTi 92 Scirocco Scala 94 80 sport 87 Golf Cab GTi Current retro: 1965 Clark Cortez YouTube Website Instagram |
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i cant remember phil , is this the engine where the head bolt impinges in the port reducing flow ?
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i cant remember phil , is this the engine where the head bolt impinges in the port reducing flow ? No, that's the poly, what it originally had. The wedge head LA is a much more standard design when it comes to the porting. |
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Didn't you say this wasn't anodised aluminium?  |
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Last Edit: Nov 4, 2022 14:30:54 GMT by datman
75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Didn't you say this wasn't anodised aluminium when I mentioned it before? I was wrong. |
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 my local shop stripped off my anodising for me then anodised my bits again after i polished them. It was very cheap. |
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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my local shop stripped off my anodising for me then anodised my bits again after i polished them. It was very cheap. I'm spraying the car with aerosol cans. A bit of buff-n-polish is good enough. Plus, the kids will be driving it. If they land it into something solid it'll be less to have to polish again... |
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Last Edit: Nov 4, 2022 15:32:45 GMT by PhilA
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Hard to see because of the steering column but I had a bit of fab time this afternoon.  Made the L shaped bracket that holds the transmission end of the gearshift linkage up. It's supposed to have a nylon bush but it's just a hole in the metal for now. But, most importantly shifting the lever in the cabin moves the selector arm on the transmission. |
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The uj I ordered last week arrived in.  It's the wrong part so I'm going to try source the correct one. Hammered the old one out in prep. |
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Oh my. SHINY THINGS.  Bought the correct uj spider, but shiny things were more important. |
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That's 500Hp right there!
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Radiator in. It's for the earlier poly engine so the bottom hose is on the wrong side.  But, the oil cooler seems to be good along with the radiator not having any major leaks that I can see right now. I'll spatchcock together a lower hose for it, which will work fine. |
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Got the brass unions undone from the remains of the old steel pipes. That was a fight.  Installed the transmission cooler lines (bit of a fight also) and made something resembling a battery tray. |
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Last Edit: Nov 9, 2022 23:59:56 GMT by PhilA
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phil if the engine wiggle woggles around , like they do , wont the hard lines fracture in time ?
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Nov 10, 2022 12:09:30 GMT
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phil if the engine wiggle woggles around , like they do , wont the hard lines fracture in time ? The pipes go all the way to the back of the transmission. Across that length, the slight twist is easily absorbed within the elastic limit of the steel. That's actually a proper Chrysler part. |
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Nov 10, 2022 12:43:04 GMT
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As Robert has said, I would still be concerned about possible fracture at the radiator end, depends where and how the pipes are clipped as well I think.
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Nuttier than squirrel sh...
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Nov 10, 2022 13:06:30 GMT
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As Robert has said, I would still be concerned about possible fracture at the radiator end, depends where and how the pipes are clipped as well I think. They aren't clipped anywhere, other than to themselves with a pair of spring clips. That's OEM. Those pipes rust out before they fracture. |
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Nov 10, 2022 15:04:46 GMT
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Nov 10, 2022 16:31:42 GMT
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Cleaned up the outside of the slip yoke.  I need to get a long straight handled wire brush to clean up inside, looks like it's been sat full of rain at some point. |
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