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My Triumph Spitfire 1500
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Aar0sc



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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So... today's attempts: Spent a while trying to get the ball joint out "properly", using tips from Triumph dude mentioned above. Didn't work. Cheated and took it out by using the bolts. Can't get the one attached to what I think is the track rod end off at all. Any ideas?
So, pictures: Before work started:

One hour later:

So I gave in and tried cooking instead....

Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyway, this is now the bane of Scampi:
GET OFF YOU STUPID THING!
Rebuilt trunnion:





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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So; front anti-roll bar is off and is sitting in a bucket of Rust-Killing-Solution that I got at a 99p store ( Embarassed ). Front wheel bearings coming along nicely now; just need to get the races out. Bought some red paint from my local-but-soon-to-be-closed Motor Factors; £2 a can you can't go wrong; especially when he matched the paint so well! I'll be back there tomorrow to grab the rest of his stock! Wheel arch is ****; to put it bluntly; the fillers just been slammed over rust and crapply painted. Filler has it's place; BUT WHY DIDN'T THEY SORT THE RUST FIRST?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Grrrr.
Worse because I know this is a NOS rear wing that was fitted in 1994. And you can't get NOS wings anymore. Crying or Very sad Still; rather happy with my masking job at the back; I don't want amazing paint; but I want something to keep out the rust for a couple of years (spot the rusty spots where the previous owner didn't put rubber washers to prevent rubbing against the bumper mounting points. Actually; it probably wasn't him; I bet it was his local garage. I bet they bodged the exhaust too. But nevermind.)

















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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is a shame when people don't take the time to do welding work properly and just fill over rust. My dad's FB Victor looked really smart when he got it, now it's bubbling up all over the place under the shiny paintjob, on closer inspection the rear arches and wings are made almost entirely of filler.

Keep at it Aaron, you'll get there in the end Wink
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Richard H wrote:
It is a shame when people don't take the time to do welding work properly and just fill over rust. My dad's FB Victor looked really smart when he got it, now it's bubbling up all over the place under the shiny paintjob, on closer inspection the rear arches and wings are made almost entirely of filler.

Keep at it Aaron, you'll get there in the end Wink


I'm not going to weld it now; I don't have any kit for that Sad
As long as I can stop the rust now; it won't get any worse. In a few years this car will deserve a proper restoration; it's just hitting the cusp between a large amount of touching up to keep it Condition 2 (ish!) or sliding into Condition 3 and having too much for me to do. Hopefully the work I'm doing now will keep it mechanically and body work-wise sound for a few years; I can't justify taking it off the road for a long time; nor spending lots of money on it. But where the rust is is mainly easy (I hope Embarassed ) to access; so I'm brushing it down; kurusting it; clean it down again then priming with red oxide/Hammerite No 1 Rust Beater; then, if it's underneath it will be undersealed; if it's visible paintwork I've got a rather good match with Red-18 (sounds dodgy!) paint, so I'm sanding with 360 wet&dry; painting; 1200 wet&dry; painting, painting; wet&dry; paint (carefully) then leave it a week and polish it with T-Cut; then Autoglym ('cos I like to pamper my car Wink ).

I'll keep at it Richard Very Happy

Also; have you seen the pictures I put up of the Haslemere Classic? Two lovely A30/35s; pale green A30 and a black A35. Lovely Cool
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 10:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hopefully, fingers crossed the rust isn't too bad Wink

The pictures aren't working on YGC for some reason, but I've just followed the Facebook link and there are some superb cars there, lovely Smile
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My mate James popped round (well I say popped round; technically I drove round to his then did a "road-trip" to Petersfield; Guildford then Haslemere to pick up car parts then back to my house; but whatever Razz ) and we masked up the car (masking tape from the Chi pound store) and set about it with rust-killing stuff (pound store stuff is rubbish and I'm glad I only bought one packet). Cleaned up the anti-roll bar and painted it (Thank you James) then visited my local independent Volvo specialist to borrow a press to finish off the trunnion. Being the amazing bloke he is he popped it in in about a minute and then talked cars for about ten, showed off his 591bhp Volvo (that's now in print) and told me I had to visit him with a working Spit asap. (Bringing the list of people I need to visit to show off my car to to about one hundred!). Discovered that the drill has a grinding attachment and did a bit of grinding at the rear of the Spit; and hit the bearings a bit. Won't budge.
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P.S: What should I do with the pictures scratches? Stopper or filler?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anti-rust stuff:



Escpecially on the battery tray! EEP! *borrows a welder Razz *

And with some anti-ruster hammerite primer - which made me remember just how much I like beige; and also; how good would a beige Spitfire look?

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aar0sc wrote:
Still, nothing wrong with an adjustable spanner eh?


Yes, many many things wrong with an adjustable, especially for very tight bolts. Useful for some things, not what you're trying to do here.

Seriously, try your local car boot sales for good quality tools at good prices, especially if you're buying imperial stuff. Lots of people dumping imperial stuff to replace it with metric. I bought an old Britool 1/2" ratchet a while back, £1.50 plus five minutes to open it up, clean it out and apply a little lubrication.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

MikeEdwards wrote:
Aar0sc wrote:
Still, nothing wrong with an adjustable spanner eh?


Yes, many many things wrong with an adjustable, especially for very tight bolts. Useful for some things, not what you're trying to do here.

Seriously, try your local car boot sales for good quality tools at good prices, especially if you're buying imperial stuff. Lots of people dumping imperial stuff to replace it with metric. I bought an old Britool 1/2" ratchet a while back, £1.50 plus five minutes to open it up, clean it out and apply a little lubrication.


Don't worry; I meant that in jest Laughing
I've just got a set of six-sided imperial sockets that are really nice from an autojumble; but I'm aiming to get a rather large (ish) collection of s/h tools from Autojumble etc as new tools are either very expensive; or cheap and don't last.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

MikeEdwards wrote:

Seriously, try your local car boot sales for good quality tools at good prices, especially if you're buying imperial stuff. Lots of people dumping imperial stuff to replace it with metric.


Seconded, virtually all my tools come from boot sales. Imperial stuff is dirt cheap as no one wants it Cool
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To say I am happy would be an understatement Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

Bearing races in; and I'm about to pack 'em with grease Very Happy
Trunnion rebuilt and full of oil Very Happy
Correct brake pads Very Happy
Paint just needs a polish Very Happy

And sadly the upright is scrap due to the grease nipple being sheared off. Tried to get it out with an "easy-out"; but it broke the easy-out...
Anyone got a spare? Laughing

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


My awesome Camber Smile

Re-painted headlampy things

Undersealed up!

Bearing'd up!

Ruined upright.
Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bit of a long update this one; possibly confusing and out of sync too... but:
It's so nearly there now - just need that bladdy upright!
Polybushes - on Very Happy
Rear lights - on Very Happy (And with a random earthing issue with the LHS indicator as shown by one of the pictures...)
Rear bumper - on Very Happy (and with some bits of rubber not stolen from dad's bike's inner tube to stop it from rubbing the paint off again)
Headlamp rings - on Very Happy
T-Cutted at the back - yes Very Happy
Pictures - below Very Happy




























Borrowed caliper spread + new pads =

And yes I know there's only one; I left the other one inside for some obscure reason...
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LHS now all torqued up properly; oiled trunnion; new pads in etc etc.

Just need a RHS upright!

*Dreaming about driving it Very Happy *
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