rusty nuts
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| posted on 28/4/13 at 03:28 PM |
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Exhaust manifolds smoking on initial start up are pretty normal after any major repairs
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scudderfish
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| posted on 28/4/13 at 04:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Exhaust manifolds smoking on initial start up are pretty normal after any major repairs
Good to know  It spooked me when I saw it.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 29/4/13 at 06:51 AM |
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It's even scarier when you wrap trhe manifolds as some of that stuff smokes like buggery when first heated up! 
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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scudderfish
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| posted on 29/4/13 at 07:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
smokes like buggery
Ouch! Better lubricant needed! 
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HowardB
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| posted on 29/4/13 at 08:34 AM |
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That looks awesome,... I bet it sounds amazing too. Can't wait to hear it. Your re-engine has been inspirational, I am playing catch up, and
hope to have an "engine start" video this week!
Bought the petrol this morning,...
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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DIY Si
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| posted on 29/4/13 at 10:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
smokes like buggery
Ouch! Better lubricant needed!
So that's where I've been going wrong........
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 30/4/13 at 09:45 AM |
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Awesome news, and great sound!! When are you coming over??
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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scudderfish
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| posted on 2/5/13 at 01:06 PM |
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A slight attack of incontinence
A run the engine further until the thermostat opened, and coolant started to come out of the hose where it connects to the inlet manifold. I'm
not entirely surprised as the hose is possibly 29 years old and isn't very flexible. It did leak when I was first filling it with coolant and
the extra temperature/pressure overcame it. After bouncing around Harpenden and St Albans trying to find somewhere where I could buy a new bit (45
degree bend, 38mm ID, about 150mm long) I'm now waiting for an ebay delivery....
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scudderfish
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| posted on 18/5/13 at 02:12 PM |
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Silicone hose turned up whilst I was in Bangkok. Brakes & clutch now bled, and I've got an MOT booked for 10am Thursday. Now to see if I
can get it in gear (and I haven't royally buggered the clutch) and get it moving under its own power for the first time in a year.......
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scudderfish
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| posted on 18/5/13 at 02:58 PM |
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How did that get there?
It turns out I didn't ruin the clutch. Gear change is a bit crap, it didn't want to get into all the gear stick forward gears (R, 1, 3,
5) without a lot of persuasion, but that should be fixable.
[Edited on 18/5/13 by scudderfish]
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scudderfish
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| posted on 27/5/13 at 10:52 AM |
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MOT didn't happen due to family constraints. It has given me a bit of time to work on the gear change. My problems were two fold. The bushes
holding on the gearstick remote looked to be original 30 year old items and were utterly shot. The gearstick was also fouling on part of a rubber
gaiter in the forward positions which whilst not pushing it out of gear, was encouraging it not to go in. One new set of bushes (and an unbelievable
amount of swearing as the new ones we naturally considerably larger than the flattened old ones) and a rejig of the gaiter and I now have a very nice
gearchange. No MOT this week, but maybe next......
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scudderfish
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| posted on 6/6/13 at 11:07 AM |
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MOT PASSED! YAY!
Car is knackered! Boo!
This has been an interesting morning. Drove over to my favoured MOT testers at Predator Motorsports (http://predatormotorsport.co.uk/) To get to them
you have to go around a one way system. As I pulled into it, my car suddenly got noisier and a bit rougher. Edged my way around to them and pulled
up. In hitting a bump, a clamp on my exhaust had let go in a joint under my seat. Not an auspicious start. PM just put it up on the ramps and
clamped it up before commencing the test. It went through the test with no problems until it came to the brakes. The tester took it out on the one
way system for a lap. It passed (although he said it was marginal, something to look at), but as he was pulling into the yard he lost drive. With
the clutch down, you can select gears and it feels as if it is going into gear, but when you lift the clutch it sounds like a bag of spanners in a
washing machine. At this point I decided I had exceeded the boundaries of my competency and left it with them to fix.
So my car passed its MOT, but I came home in a taxi.
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HowardB
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| posted on 6/6/13 at 11:36 AM |
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& 
I hope that a) they can fix it and b) do it without too much cost,...
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 6/6/13 at 12:19 PM |
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I know the felling, looks like light at the end of the tunnel, turns out to be a gremlin with a candle.
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scudderfish
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 01:25 PM |
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Yay! Predator called and my car is ready for collection
They seem to think the clutch I fitted was duff and it self destructed. Their opinion is that I should be able to get some money back on it. Now I
need to tax it before I collect it on Thursday.
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scudderfish
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| posted on 20/6/13 at 12:06 PM |
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Home now. The clutch damage doesn't look as spectacular as it sounded, I was expecting a bag of loose shards.
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adithorp
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| posted on 20/6/13 at 12:48 PM |
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Thinkyou'llfind the plate inside there (that acts aginst the springs) has seperated from the splined hub.Never seen that happen before.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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scudderfish
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| posted on 24/6/13 at 06:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Thinkyou'llfind the plate inside there (that acts aginst the springs) has seperated from the splined hub.Never seen that happen before.
It certainly sounded like that.
Anyway, I got my tax disc in the post today, so my car now officially has insurance, tax and MOT. After all the hassle and heart ache, I've
learnt a lot. Primarily don't do such a bloody stupid thing again! Now for the long list of other things I want to do to the car.....
Regards,
Dave
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Furyous
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| posted on 25/6/13 at 07:06 AM |
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Well done!
Having pointed out how far behind your were, I now seem to be further back than I was before. In my defence, there's more involved in
registering a car for the road than there is in telling the DVLA about a new engine.
I bet the V8 sounds good. Time to get out and enjoy it!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 27/6/13 at 03:12 PM |
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And now a little bling. I got a piece of copper plate and plentywahalla knocked up some vinyl stencils for me. The photo doesn't really show
the copper colour very well.
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 27/6/13 at 05:58 PM |
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That looks the mutts nutts
Glad to be of help.
Richard
Rules are for the guidance of wise men ... and the obedience of fools. (anon)
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me!
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| posted on 27/6/13 at 06:30 PM |
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Excellent work... can we have a video of it making lots of noise now please?
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scudderfish
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| posted on 27/6/13 at 06:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by me!
Excellent work... can we have a video of it making lots of noise now please?
I'll see what I can do tomorrow
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sjmatthews
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| posted on 27/6/13 at 07:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by me!
Excellent work... can we have a video of it making lots of noise now please?
And make a big black number 11 while you're at it (don't break your new clutch though)
I'll be in the garage dear!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 02:01 PM |
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No video today. I started doing one and then noticed a lot of vibration on the alternator belt. It transpired that the three bolts holding the
sandwich that is my crank pulley were loose. Getting the crank pulley off to tighten and threadlock them involves dismantling the suspension......
Never a dull moment.
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