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few more updates, despite saying all funds were for the caddy until probably spring I treat the ped to some carb cleaner and degreaser. however....... I attempted to clean the front grill of the sh*t hand paint job, used nitromorse and tbh i'm not very impressed from this to this not the finish I expected at all, took a good while for the black paint to come off, then re applied and hopefully would remove the silver but its sooo blotchy.......really was hoping it'd strip it totally so I could crack out the autosol again on a side note, for the experts........ how do you suggest I remove this it's in my lads quad and following a topple on it he hit the key and it snapped in the ignition.....i'm thining of using superglue with a small piece of metal and hopefully pulling it out but will prob end up supergluin the metal to the ignition barrell ;D
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Tried a mega strong magnet on it? The magnets in the end of pen magnets are really strong might be worth a go before trying with the glue as Superglue would probably end in tears! Is any sticking out at all that you could get some snipe nose pliers on?
Where you hoping to polish the metal on the arch or re paint it? Mine are made of steel dunno bout yours? Obviously mine'd rust if I stripped the paint off and polished it, although, I guess if it's steel and you want it to look like polished ally without it rusting you could maybe strip it all off and then clear laquer it? You had a gander on moparts yet?
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davey, no I cant look on there yet, funds wont allow lol !!!
a magnet, hmmm i will give that a try if I can find one strong enough, its difficult to tell on the pic but the key is not sticking out at all, its prob a mill or two inside the barrell so pliers no good I'm afraid, and yes i agree superglue would end in tears haha
as for the mudguard, in truth I was hoping to do a test run on the guard and then confidently go onto strip the engine and the chain guards, the black curse word hand job is literally all over the damn bike grrrrrr
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As for retracting that key, you need something like this : Broken key extractor... fits down the keyway and you pull out the bit thats stuck
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1965 Imp
1982 Golf GTi
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donspeed,
what a bloody good idea ;D
thanks
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Any progress with the Tomos dude?
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Jan 19, 2011 16:43:13 GMT
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sorry mate for the lack of reply, not been on here for a while. in a word No I'm afraid......you look like you've been busy and I see a few more Tomos have appeared which is good.
its been so cold in the garage as I defo cant bring it indoors it put me off a bit.....sunny weather today so spring is just round the corner.......i hope
waiting for spare funds that arnt taken up by my caddy.
do we ever have "spare funds" though !!!
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Jan 20, 2011 17:30:03 GMT
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Be nice if your right about spring being close! Sick of the winter (was suck of it about 4 months ago! Yeah spare funds don't really exist - it's more like "can I convince myself that rebuilding a shonky old bike is beneficial in some way..,"
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uber cool mpg is the beneficial factor lol
or just the fact peds are uber cool anyways
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Yeah you're spot on there - that's why I got mine - I'm not seeing the benefits yet though!
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Sept 24, 2012 12:21:47 GMT
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Blimey, that's my 'ped! It's still in bits, although I did rebuild it and ride it round the yard at work before taking it apart again and ordering new stuff. I got the electrics working, put new tyres and cables on and have a chain, sprockets and a Tecno Circuit exhaust to go on. I have a few extra parts like the original guards and rak plus a bigger chrome book rack for it. I can't decide what to do with it - carry on or pass it on. If anyone fancies a bite at it, let me know. I even have a V5C in my name for it. Some time, effort and some nuts and bolts will get this back on the road no problem.
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Last Edit: Sept 24, 2012 12:25:58 GMT by iain1970
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Sept 26, 2012 14:38:19 GMT
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Wow Iain, flashback there. I'd love it back but 4 vws at the moment, the missus would have a breakdown I think lol. Good luck buddy
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Sept 26, 2012 21:25:51 GMT
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I think I'm going to carry on. Eventually!
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