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Graceland

posted on 7/9/04 at 09:40 PM Reply With Quote
jsut picked up my new engine :D

one rover V8 ready for a quick stripdown and re-ring and bearing rebuild

not that heady when fully laden are they hehe

best bit is the engine cradle i "made"

shopping trolly from local supermarket, cut basket off, put engine onto trolly from back of tranny van and push up driveway - so easy

pictures starting tomorroe, but now i gotta route learn bolton to clitheroe calling at 8 stations along the way lol - work always gets in the way






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JoelP

posted on 7/9/04 at 10:07 PM Reply With Quote
damn it clitheroes a sh*thole... ive looked at houses up there, but they not worth the cost of the visit...





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Graceland

posted on 7/9/04 at 10:30 PM Reply With Quote
clitheroe is a beauty spot compared to Hall I' Th' Wood just outside of bolton. lmao






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cassidym

posted on 7/9/04 at 11:48 PM Reply With Quote
Graceland, been meaning to ask you, is your chassis similar to McSorleys +442?
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sgraber

posted on 8/9/04 at 03:47 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Graceland
clitheroe is a beauty spot compared to Hall I' Th' Wood just outside of bolton. lmao


clitor-what?! It sounds like a GREAT place to visit, but wouldn't really want to live there either. I hear it floods once a month...







Steve Graber
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"Quickness through lightness"

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stephen_gusterson

posted on 8/9/04 at 09:03 AM Reply With Quote
heh

we also have a place called cumbernauld.

Perhaps thats a place we would like to visit - more than 1 a month

atb

s
teve






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Peteff

posted on 8/9/04 at 10:07 AM Reply With Quote
Whaley Thornes.

It's pronounced Warley though. It sounds like a picturesque village but it's far from that. My mate was in charge of demolishing some terraces there, everyone was rehoused and he was going to sort out getting the power and water cut off next day. When the crew got there the houses were stripped before they started. The roof slates were all on pallets and one gable end was removed and all the bricks were cleaned and ready to sell. The local mafia were there guarding them and wouldn't let the legit crew near them. The houses had to be made safe before the crew could go near them to knock them down!!!!





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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twinturbo

posted on 8/9/04 at 11:34 AM Reply With Quote
Cummersdale, Little cockup and Big cockup are all local to me..

And just outside orpington you have Badgers Mount and prats bottom..

TT

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ned

posted on 8/9/04 at 11:49 AM Reply With Quote
i pass byfleet & newhaw station everyday - twice! then there's horsham, balls cross..

Ned.





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Liam

posted on 8/9/04 at 09:16 PM Reply With Quote
You'd be amazed how many cool places are right on your doorstep!

Just Click Here!

Liam

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stephen_gusterson

posted on 8/9/04 at 10:00 PM Reply With Quote
i have


Titty Ho (map)
6.5 miles

Willey (map)
25.4 miles


Butthole Lane (map)
37.8 miles

Shaftenhoe End (map)
39.3 miles

Foul End (map)
42.1 miles

Nasty (map)
42.5 miles




I have only heard of titty ho. There is a car dealers called titty ho motor co there.....


atb

steve


ps

from Liams area, I like the nice sounding Newton Blossomville

but not

Herbert's Hole
24.9 miles

Crotch Crescent
26.4 miles

Golden Balls
30.5 miles

Pishill
32.0 miles

Tyttenhanger

[Edited on 8/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]






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locoboy

posted on 9/9/04 at 05:32 PM Reply With Quote
didnt use the link but licky end and bell end are near me lmao





ATB
Locoboy

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Graceland

posted on 9/9/04 at 05:37 PM Reply With Quote
not impressed much with the engine i just won for cheepo cash - good pair of heads, some other random bits, a rare breakerless dizzy and thats about all i can salvage - pistons seized well in the bores

piccy of the "unseizing process" which failed to work Rescued attachment DSCI0011.JPG
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zilspeed

posted on 9/9/04 at 05:46 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
heh

we also have a place called cumbernauld.




And guess who live there for his sins ?

At least we're handy for the best driving roads in the world






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Viper

posted on 9/9/04 at 07:13 PM Reply With Quote
Graceland
CoCa Cola is good at unseizing the bores






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Graceland

posted on 9/9/04 at 07:22 PM Reply With Quote
cocacola??????????????????






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Viper

posted on 9/9/04 at 07:35 PM Reply With Quote
yeah chuck it down the bores and leave it overnight or longer if needed.






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Graceland

posted on 9/9/04 at 07:49 PM Reply With Quote
why cocacola?????

new one to me that is






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Peteff

posted on 9/9/04 at 07:52 PM Reply With Quote
It's the acid in it.

Take the sump off and put it in from the other end. Use the cheap stuff. Take the crank out and belt the pistons back down the bore with a hammershaft. If that fails you have a good doorstop. It'll need boring anyway.

[Edited on 9/9/04 by Peteff]





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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Graceland

posted on 9/9/04 at 07:55 PM Reply With Quote
i've got a good v8 plantpot then

time to buy another one......... wheres my local car breakers with a v8 in it, ummmm






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James

posted on 10/9/04 at 10:57 AM Reply With Quote
Hmmm, really like the Coke idea- have to hope my engine seizes now... just so I can give it a go!

Cheers,
James

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mackie

posted on 10/9/04 at 11:30 AM Reply With Quote
Graceland,
if it is a gonner just clean it up, whack a plate of safety glass on top and sell it as a coffee table. I saw one on ebay go for £170!
How much of a rebuild were you planning on doing?
At some point I think we want to do a fully rebuilt bottom end for our engine, maybe replace valve stem seals and seats and fit new timing gear.
It should be good for a while yet though.

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SeaBass

posted on 10/9/04 at 12:28 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Graceland
a rare breakerless dizzy


Standard on Vitesse...

Cheers
JC






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mackie

posted on 10/9/04 at 12:59 PM Reply With Quote
Any post '76 V8 should have electronic ignition.
Graceland, do you know which dizzy you have?

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Graceland

posted on 10/9/04 at 02:53 PM Reply With Quote
aint a cloo which dizzy it has - but have sold the block to my m8 for a tenner - he is gonna make a coffee table out of it and i have a good pair of heads to play with and some other nice things.

the best bit is i just won another one on ebay for 70 quid - picking that up on monday - the bloke even turned it over on the starter motor while i was on the fone to him how good is that!! at least it aint seized lol






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