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Good stuff. Liking the revamped interior , makes a lot of difference . And yeah it seems like the easy five minute jobs are the ones that always end up being hour long jobs in the end.. ;D And nice to see you've finally ( hopefully ! ) sorted your distributor woes ...
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Very nice, fairly subtle, but keeping true to the original ratrod style without resorting to chemically rusted bonnets, hacked springs and stickers all over your windows. Sure shows those 'rat look' idiots how its done! Bravo.
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looks real good bloke don't suppose u fancy doing my interior do you?!.. lol
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Steve
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Nice job dude......real smart Si, glad your paying attention.........at the very least clear some of the curse word outta yours ;D
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Where did you get the electronic ignition from? Must do mine.
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The boot area's looking great now, really tidy. In fact the whole thing looks really good, I wouldn't change a thing ;D
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Nice one guys, thanks. It looks a bit tidier now - I've carpeted the kick wells as well, and attacked the rear wheel well covers with some dash shine. All looks lovely and black now.
The Aldon ignition you want is the 1149C for clockwise four banger delco distributors,and you can find them ebay for about £110 delivered, but I got mine through an American firm and it cost about £80 delivered. Only took a day or two to turn up as well. Details of that TBC - I'll have a look at the email and let you know.
I do love the car now, but I think I might be into swapping it for a rough-ish Consul with a pinto? I like that the Viva is an un-common choice and you don't see them about much, but I LOVE Consuls...
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Haven't checked in on this in a while - interior look super smart, i can imagine you spent ages fiddling with all of that! How is the ignition working out? I've been meaning to get one of those for ages for the engine in the Magnum
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Hey Leigh, yeah, it has worked out really well. Sort of odd though - it runs like a clock now - no misses at all, but it seems to be a microscopic bit more sluggish than before. With the points system, I could give it a bit of advance and it would run like a bag of spanners in traffic, but would really go for it when I opened it up - hitting about 90 (with the 1256!). With the Aldon ignition however, altering the timing apparently does nothing. I can't make it run rougher or smoother by altering it by quite a bit, so I just dialed it in right and it's good. Been driving it to work (London Traffic) for a couple months whilst the bikes have been off the road and it hasn't so much as skipped a beat. A little update was in order anyway. I turned down the stereo about two weeks ago and noticed a loud squeeking coming from the front end. on investigation my N/S ball joint it goosed - about half inch of travel. So, I bough one and went to go and fit it. jacked it up and also noticed that my O/S front caliper had leaked a load of juice all over the shop. I put new seals in for the last MOT and noticed the pistons were a bit corroded - so it seems they have munched the seals. Added to the fact that I have a leaky wheel cylinder, it's not very clever. No brakes and the wheels about the fall off on the next jar in the road! Soooooo.... master cylinder rebuild kit, two caliper seals kits, and a set of new high carbon caliper pistons. Bit pricey though.. ...but I was luckey to find them. If I had known how much they were going to charge for the seals kits I would have got them off the bay. Still Also, got these... So all in all, the plan is on the next few days off the car is getting full new copper lines throughout, new flexy hoses front and back, new wheel cylinders (already had the cylinders and copper pipe/flaring tool), rebuilt calipers and whilst I'm at it, I thought I should rebuild the master cylinder as well - so brand new brakes throughout. Also, two new bottom ball joints and new front wheel bearings too (felt a bit of play when I had it jacked up). lots of pennies on bits no one will see, but I like the thought of it being tip top.
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Jul 13, 2010 15:27:53 GMT
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This car ought to be better than new soon with all this attention. Did my brakes last year and now they're even better than my dads Corsa. I recon i could go a lot bigger engine wise without touching the brakes. Were the pistons very pricey? I found some good ones but they wont last forever. I'm sure i was told they are the same as some Minis but that might be the rear cylinders.
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Jul 13, 2010 19:33:48 GMT
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Nice looking car there, more plans?
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I'm not completely useless, I can be used as a bad example.
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Jul 13, 2010 23:15:48 GMT
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The pistons were only £12.60 odd each, but 4 of them plus vat brings it in to 60 odd - but still - they are high carbon steel and will last forever, Got them through 'classic car spares'.
Yeah, plans are to find an OHC rear axle and stick a 2.0 pinto in it, either that or a 1.6 on a five speed box on the original axle - which ever I can afford. I also want to get a coloured perspex sun visor and a retro chrome/wodden slat roof rack. other plans are to change the front end so the light are concealed, bit like a Dodge Charger
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Jul 13, 2010 23:31:34 GMT
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Good going even if it was all a bit pricey. I changed the bottom ball joints on the Magnum a few years ago and if I remember right Cavalier ones fitted - I'll check that out to see if my dad remebers, not much good to you now though I suppose!
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The viva ones have a grease nipple on the bottom, so if you service them they last quite a few years. Most people don't bother though, so they tend to go dry and break up.
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Ok so ball joints on, both sides. New front wheel bearings, and the brakes have been taken off, pulled to bits, then put back together again with lots of nice new shiney bits No pics of the ball joints etc going on, just cracked on instead. Brakes on the work bench. Shonky caliper Now, these were stubborn buggers! I was trying for ages to get these apart, until I went for a walk around the towers to see what nooks and cranies I could find to aid me. Found this chap. Worked a treat! Tree = win Broke this trying to get it off... Replacement made.. Now, that is obviously the highly edited version. Everything is back on the car now, but it's not back on the road. For one, I have a leaky cylinder on the back which although the whole car is lockheed brakes, the rear cylinders are Girling (and I went out and bought Lockheed parts!! Doh). So, two new Girling cylinders are on order. Anyway, I tried bleeding the system and it didn't work. I've traced the fault back to the master cylinder - it's not pumping the rear at all, and I keep getting air pockets coming from the front. I'm stumped because I put it back together slowly and methodically, going by the manual, but something is wrong So, I've got to pull it to bits again and try and see where I went wrong.
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Jul 31, 2010 10:08:53 GMT
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Calipers look great, there is something theraputic about rebuilding calipers, leaky old smell dirty calipers to start with then they turn out beautifull at the end, great work..
Souns like a seal has rolled in the cylinder on refiting.. pulling air through the system..
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Aug 10, 2010 14:18:54 GMT
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Well I'm completely stumped. The Girling cylinders arrived and on fitting them I snapped a retaining shim clip. Ordered some new shims (another 22 odd quid) and have now got on the new cylinders, fitted new copper hard lines/new unions, and a new rear flexy hose. This was a massive pig of a job. The bolts were f@~#ing solid on there. With not a lot of space to work on it it cost new about 2 hours and 3 busted knuckles - but the new one is one (and the ends are now greased to stop this happening again).
Pulled the master sylinder off and took it to bits again. Here's the stumper kids - I can't find anything wrong with it at all. All the seals are in place as thery should be (not rolled, good fit on the pistons and tight in the bore), and going through the manual again I rebuilt it once more. Every seal in the Haynes is in place and fitting well. Whilst I was at it I replaced the seals in the sensor switch cylinder as well.
Back on the car and I just can't get good peddle. I flushed a 1 ltr bottle of fluid through the system using a 1m length of clear hose on the bleed nipple, filling the entire hose solid (no air bubble action) for about 2 mins a caliper/cylinder). There are no leaks at all anywhere. WTF! The MOT is out on the 12th as well, and I was hoping to get down to Cornwall for a couple days before starting my new job.
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Last Edit: Aug 10, 2010 14:21:11 GMT by manbearpig
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Aug 10, 2010 16:59:34 GMT
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My Victor had a terrible brake pedal after I redid the brakes all round- a pedal that travels a bit of distance then feels spongy turned out to be badly adjusted rear shoes.
I adjusted the rears up tight (adjust, stamp on brakes, pull handbrake a few times, repeat a few times until they don't bind with the handbrake off) then re-bleeding the system left me with a good pedal feel and brakes that work quite satisfactorily.
Everything in the back flexes against the springs and gets a bit stuck up, giving the feeling like air in the system.
Give that a try
--Phil
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Last Edit: Aug 10, 2010 17:00:39 GMT by PhilA
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Nov 10, 2010 18:12:43 GMT
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Just bought this...... .............. for a tenner! Jensen Healy back axle - same as a 2.3 magnum - good for about 200 brake I think? (or somewhere around there) ;D ;D ;D ;D - it needs a rebuild - the planet gears etc are good, but the propshaft pinion/drive spiggot type thing looks a bit mangled. Also, one of the shaft tubes has been welded in place - but too much of a bother - especially for a tenner. so new bearings, rubbers, gaskets, check welds etc and prop drive and all should be good. It begins.....
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Last Edit: Nov 10, 2010 18:18:10 GMT by manbearpig
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