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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 7:50 pm Post subject:

thank's for the offer paul, but no thank's,

here it is on the car, all the black stuff is underseal,

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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 7:55 pm Post subject:

made some bracket's out of a bit of angleiron i had in the garage, fitted a spotlight, Notek nearlite, and a foglight, Miller tungsten iodine,

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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:07 pm Post subject:

gave the dynamo a good dig out, greased the bearing and found a blanking grommet that fitted the bearing end, someone had fitted a new phospher bronze bearing, but had'nt drilled it to allow the oil wick to touch the armature shaft, so i did, plus a lick of paint,

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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:16 pm Post subject:

bought an export petrol pump, thinking it will pump a bit more petrol as i'm fitting the twin SU's, it is rather large, hope it wont foul anything,

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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:34 pm Post subject:

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Paul fairall · Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 429 Location: North west Kent

Should that main leaf spring be that flat. I know your suspension set up is different to standard but mine was on the bump stops and the spring was not as flat as yours.
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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 9:56 am Post subject:

paul,

i dare say after 60 year's the spring has lost a bit of it's spring, same as me lol, but you can see in the pic there's about 5" from the spring and the bump-stop, so i think it'll be fine, i've no plan's to mess about with it at the moment,
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Paul fairall · Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 429 Location: North west Kent

alastairq · Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1950 Location: East Yorkshire

I have a more modern alternator [cannot recall what it came off, sadly..but it has a in-built diode regulator pack, rather then needing a separate one]....Paul Beck sent me [ a long time ago now] a pulley from a Ford Pilot....I needed to retain the big heavy combine harvester drive belts....I ground off the cast iron fins, and it mounted nicely on the alternator shaft [many have different sizes]....mounted low on the right side of the engine bearer.....was/am reluctant to hang dynamos or alternators off the cylinder head nuts...for obvious reasons...

The car it was/is in being a low special, the 10 hp engine was happy enough with a Mini radiator, laid on it's side.....and a large tee planted on the cylinder head .....t'uther end going to a home made header tank....engine ran cool enough with this...and an electric fan bolted in front [FIAT, IIRC?}....oh, it had a Ford export water pump....although I experimented a bit with one I believe came off a Maestro/Montego...[?]....which was the only separately-mounted water pump I could find in the scrappies....? [IE, one that was not involved with the cylinder block]

I'm now looking at trying out one of those electric water circulators found in modern VAG motors..small, plastic, might work, if I can find a suitable plug for it? I'm not afraid of making use of common modern technology, honest.

Anyone tried single point fuel infection on a Pop? Smile

Paul fairall · Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 429 Location: North west Kent

I bought my dynamator ( alternator in a Dynamo case ) from car builder solutions, also plenty on eBay, the C39 C40 use the correct size spindle for the original pulley. I plan to remove the fan blades at some point and fit an electric fan and electric water pump, again plenty of those available from eBay, that's if I find it really necessary.
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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 10:35 am Post subject:

GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 11:20 am Post subject:

took all the valve's out to have a look at the condition, good job i did, all the seat's are pitted, 3 are really bad, i'd be lapping them till next year, anyone know of a good hand valve seat cutter i could buy,?
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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 11:07 pm Post subject:

fitted a pre-war smith's mechanical 8-day clock the other day,

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GARAGE HERMIT · Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 11:12 pm Post subject:

prefect wheel's before,

and after,

difference in width between the pop tyre's and the prefect 16" one's, nearly 2" more rubber on the road, and they are radial's,

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