Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
Ta muchly fellas.
It's GingerNuttz who's putting in most of the graft, especially regards the cosmetic works. The car being 45 mins drive away and any sort of property with a garage being well out my price range is a bit of a shitter.
The car has now been primered in my absence!
I gave the heater blower a good old rattle can resto. It was pretty badly surface rusted.
I also cleared out and reorganised the shed...
Most of the stuff on the left is the Volvo's own interior, which can't go back in until it's watertight. It's water pump has landed, I just need a day where it's not raining/freezing to sort it out.
I have grand plans for this coming year...
It's GingerNuttz who's putting in most of the graft, especially regards the cosmetic works. The car being 45 mins drive away and any sort of property with a garage being well out my price range is a bit of a shitter.
The car has now been primered in my absence!
I gave the heater blower a good old rattle can resto. It was pretty badly surface rusted.
I also cleared out and reorganised the shed...
Most of the stuff on the left is the Volvo's own interior, which can't go back in until it's watertight. It's water pump has landed, I just need a day where it's not raining/freezing to sort it out.
I have grand plans for this coming year...
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL - Field based greenhouse.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
Keeping the interior inside the car? it'll never catch on!
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
So. Update.
Dolly:
Engine was in, car was painted. The core plug that blew out was replaced and the engine filled up with oil and ran up to temp. All good. This was handy as the car needed to leave due to lack of space and other car works massively overrunning due to project creep to the extreme (2000s Mustangs, not even once).
Following day we were reassembling various bits and while replacing the fuel pump I noticed the oil looked... Not good. More tea than oil. Dipstick was checked, massively overfull, pure milky brown. Fuck.
The main fear was that the block had cracked. Being punched out 20thou the, already quite thin, cylinder walls can crack into the coolant passages. However with the rocker cover off we found the head nuts were all very slack. So more likely the freezing had lifted the head slightly and running up to temp had letting it cool had just exacerbated the problem.
A new head gasket was fucked on and it's held true since. Thank fuck. Small journal blocks are no longer mega cheap.
Then the fuel system started being an issue. The lines blocked. Upon being blown out with the air gun all the rubber joining sections blew to pieces. A new single piece copper line was run under the car.
The fuel tank was pulled out again and swilled out with acid as it wasn't obnoxiously rusty inside.
With fuel coming through we then had an issue with fuel pissing out of the carb. Firstly we thought the pump was gubbed and somehow mechanically locking up and not ceasing to be overcome by the pressure of the float bowl being full.
We rigged up a 12v electric pump for testing purposes and this stayed on the car once it'd started behaving. This will be relevant later.
Brake pipe and hoses were replaced, electrical systems tested and the car was ready*.
I rocked up after work a few days later to see the car painted in daylight for the first time.
The drive home was entertaining in that I'd not driven the car for 3 years and this was the first time it'd gone above walking pace in that time. It also had no door or window rubbers, no interior trim, no door handles, a single wiper and lights that sometimes functioned.
So the car was home and ready for reassembly as time allowed.
Firstly the knackered dizzy was replaced with one salvaged from a 15,000 mile 1999 Reliant Robin.
Then the weather was shit and I was busy at work so I just polished some trims one evening.
Then the new wiper arms and blades went on.
The driver's side door was also adjusted and the handle fitted so I could actually get in and out of the car without having to push open the quarterlight and open it from inside.
To celebrate I went to take it to 320Touring's unit one night and made it precisely two streets from my house before it broke down in the shadow of Scotland's tallest listed building.
Some passersby helped push it off the double yellows and I soon diagnosed a lack of fuel. I initially thought it was blocked fuel lines again. Turns out the leccy pump had shat itself after 40 miles of living it's best life.
I had the mech pump in the boot so re-rigged that which got the car running. I took it home.
A few days later I attempted a drive to the post office parcel depot to get a parcel.
Pissing fuel out the carb again. Pulled the float bowl lid off and held the float closed with the engine running. No fuel getting through. Right, so the needle must be jamming open, likely from shite in the fuel system. Cleaned it up, reassembled, car ran fine. Drove home with a keen sense of smell looking for the tell tale of petrol pouring everywhere.
Then I quit my job and had a week off so I actually got some stuff done.
Door seals fitted (a shit job).
Re hung all the doors and fitted handles so everything no opens and closes properly.
It is absolutely pissing oil out when hot. I think it's largely the rocker cover gasket and the fuel pump gasket.
Replaced the mixture of fuel hoses and pipes in the engine bay with a single length of hose. Future plan is to route a hard line along the front of the engine bay to keep it cool.
Also rigged up a DIY catch can for the rocker cover breather to make sure that's not leaking. It's supposed to vent to the carb, but this carb is from an A series and lacks the appropriate port.
Another attempt at driving to 320Touring's unit was made and this time is actually made it. First off it was pinging like fuck so I pulled over and retarded the timing. Then it was bogging like fuck, so I pulled over and advanced it. It now seems fairly happy, I don't have a timing mark on the crank pulley so it'll be a case of fiddling by ear and test drives to see where it's happiest.
The carb may need a bit of tweaking as well but the plugs are, so far, a healthy biscuit colour so nothing is majorly amiss.
Then a DavidFowler2000 and InspectorMorose popped over and helped fit the front bumper (aka they did it and I watched).
Looking a bit more car-like now.
About 100 miles has been covered since it's return with no signs of imminent major mechanical failure. An eye will be kept on the oil pressure and end float, to make sure it's not rapidly lunching itself. After 300 miles I'll change the oil and filter and have a look at the contents.
It also needs to go back for touch-ups and a polish now the paint has had a chance to harden. Then the stainless and badges can go back on.
Dolly:
Engine was in, car was painted. The core plug that blew out was replaced and the engine filled up with oil and ran up to temp. All good. This was handy as the car needed to leave due to lack of space and other car works massively overrunning due to project creep to the extreme (2000s Mustangs, not even once).
Following day we were reassembling various bits and while replacing the fuel pump I noticed the oil looked... Not good. More tea than oil. Dipstick was checked, massively overfull, pure milky brown. Fuck.
The main fear was that the block had cracked. Being punched out 20thou the, already quite thin, cylinder walls can crack into the coolant passages. However with the rocker cover off we found the head nuts were all very slack. So more likely the freezing had lifted the head slightly and running up to temp had letting it cool had just exacerbated the problem.
A new head gasket was fucked on and it's held true since. Thank fuck. Small journal blocks are no longer mega cheap.
Then the fuel system started being an issue. The lines blocked. Upon being blown out with the air gun all the rubber joining sections blew to pieces. A new single piece copper line was run under the car.
The fuel tank was pulled out again and swilled out with acid as it wasn't obnoxiously rusty inside.
With fuel coming through we then had an issue with fuel pissing out of the carb. Firstly we thought the pump was gubbed and somehow mechanically locking up and not ceasing to be overcome by the pressure of the float bowl being full.
We rigged up a 12v electric pump for testing purposes and this stayed on the car once it'd started behaving. This will be relevant later.
Brake pipe and hoses were replaced, electrical systems tested and the car was ready*.
I rocked up after work a few days later to see the car painted in daylight for the first time.
The drive home was entertaining in that I'd not driven the car for 3 years and this was the first time it'd gone above walking pace in that time. It also had no door or window rubbers, no interior trim, no door handles, a single wiper and lights that sometimes functioned.
So the car was home and ready for reassembly as time allowed.
Firstly the knackered dizzy was replaced with one salvaged from a 15,000 mile 1999 Reliant Robin.
Then the weather was shit and I was busy at work so I just polished some trims one evening.
Then the new wiper arms and blades went on.
The driver's side door was also adjusted and the handle fitted so I could actually get in and out of the car without having to push open the quarterlight and open it from inside.
To celebrate I went to take it to 320Touring's unit one night and made it precisely two streets from my house before it broke down in the shadow of Scotland's tallest listed building.
Some passersby helped push it off the double yellows and I soon diagnosed a lack of fuel. I initially thought it was blocked fuel lines again. Turns out the leccy pump had shat itself after 40 miles of living it's best life.
I had the mech pump in the boot so re-rigged that which got the car running. I took it home.
A few days later I attempted a drive to the post office parcel depot to get a parcel.
Pissing fuel out the carb again. Pulled the float bowl lid off and held the float closed with the engine running. No fuel getting through. Right, so the needle must be jamming open, likely from shite in the fuel system. Cleaned it up, reassembled, car ran fine. Drove home with a keen sense of smell looking for the tell tale of petrol pouring everywhere.
Then I quit my job and had a week off so I actually got some stuff done.
Door seals fitted (a shit job).
Re hung all the doors and fitted handles so everything no opens and closes properly.
It is absolutely pissing oil out when hot. I think it's largely the rocker cover gasket and the fuel pump gasket.
Replaced the mixture of fuel hoses and pipes in the engine bay with a single length of hose. Future plan is to route a hard line along the front of the engine bay to keep it cool.
Also rigged up a DIY catch can for the rocker cover breather to make sure that's not leaking. It's supposed to vent to the carb, but this carb is from an A series and lacks the appropriate port.
Another attempt at driving to 320Touring's unit was made and this time is actually made it. First off it was pinging like fuck so I pulled over and retarded the timing. Then it was bogging like fuck, so I pulled over and advanced it. It now seems fairly happy, I don't have a timing mark on the crank pulley so it'll be a case of fiddling by ear and test drives to see where it's happiest.
The carb may need a bit of tweaking as well but the plugs are, so far, a healthy biscuit colour so nothing is majorly amiss.
Then a DavidFowler2000 and InspectorMorose popped over and helped fit the front bumper (aka they did it and I watched).
Looking a bit more car-like now.
About 100 miles has been covered since it's return with no signs of imminent major mechanical failure. An eye will be kept on the oil pressure and end float, to make sure it's not rapidly lunching itself. After 300 miles I'll change the oil and filter and have a look at the contents.
It also needs to go back for touch-ups and a polish now the paint has had a chance to harden. Then the stainless and badges can go back on.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL - Field based greenhouse.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
Can't remember when, but did Robins not end up with wank Indian dizzies?captain_70s wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:12 pm Firstly the knackered dizzy was replaced with one salvaged from a 15,000 mile 1999 Reliant Robin.
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
No idea. It's significantly better than any recent repos I've seen but could well be less gooderer than a genuine old'un.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:42 amCan't remember when, but did Robins not end up with wank Indian dizzies?captain_70s wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:12 pm Firstly the knackered dizzy was replaced with one salvaged from a 15,000 mile 1999 Reliant Robin.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL - Field based greenhouse.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
Having said that, they have different caps and rotors, so someone might have changed it in the first 15kcaptain_70s wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:19 amNo idea. It's significantly better than any recent repos I've seen but could well be less gooderer than a genuine old'un.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:42 amCan't remember when, but did Robins not end up with wank Indian dizzies?captain_70s wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:12 pm Firstly the knackered dizzy was replaced with one salvaged from a 15,000 mile 1999 Reliant Robin.
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
The rotor seems to be a recent Distiburator Doctor one with "DD" etched on it.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL - Field based greenhouse.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
I'm assuming they changed the shonky Indian one for an old Joe Lucas then.
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Re: Rusty Triumphs in Scotland
Update 2, Acclaim edition:
It continues to be my most functional car and is the default daily driver.
I did a goof in it.
Lately it developed a horrible sounding rattle from the engine bay that gave me The Fear. Turns out it was the water pump pulley rubbing against the plastic timing cover as a bolt had gone AWOL.
There was also this minor issue:
The engine wasn't running quite as smoothly recently as it had used to (presumably causing various bolts to come loose) and I had suspicions as to why.
At TDC those lines on the cam pulley should be parallel with the head, the belt was also slack as fuck. So it's jumped a tooth on the timing. Either belt has stretched really badly in the last year or two or the tensioner has failed in some fashion.
Reassembled for now, it's a non-interference engine so no major disasters looming. To get at the tensioner and crank end of the belt you need to take the crank pulley off. Which requires taking off the N/S/F wheel and removing the crank pulley, this will need an ugga dugga gun as I've no way to reliably lock the engine.
Update 3, now with Volvo action:
This is in use as a (theoretically) moveable shed.
The water pump shat itself (pulley bouncing up and down) so I replaced that.
I also managed to get the sun roof open and jammed some stuff down the drains to make sure they weren't blocked.
The holes in the roof for the beacon and radio antennae were given a dose of Sikaflex.
The fresh air vents in the A pillars got the same treatment...
The scuttle panel was removed and checked for clear drains.
With all that completed... It still pisses in water.
I've since found that the water is getting in around the centre of the windscreen somewhere, running down to whichever corner is lowest along the plastic trim on the leading edge of the headliner and down to the floor behind the door rubber.
I applied more Sikaflex to the screen surround in an increasing fit of rage but the water still gets in. If it didn't fill with fucking water I could put the interior back in and then it'd be a decent car... Highly annoying.
It continues to be my most functional car and is the default daily driver.
I did a goof in it.
Lately it developed a horrible sounding rattle from the engine bay that gave me The Fear. Turns out it was the water pump pulley rubbing against the plastic timing cover as a bolt had gone AWOL.
There was also this minor issue:
The engine wasn't running quite as smoothly recently as it had used to (presumably causing various bolts to come loose) and I had suspicions as to why.
At TDC those lines on the cam pulley should be parallel with the head, the belt was also slack as fuck. So it's jumped a tooth on the timing. Either belt has stretched really badly in the last year or two or the tensioner has failed in some fashion.
Reassembled for now, it's a non-interference engine so no major disasters looming. To get at the tensioner and crank end of the belt you need to take the crank pulley off. Which requires taking off the N/S/F wheel and removing the crank pulley, this will need an ugga dugga gun as I've no way to reliably lock the engine.
Update 3, now with Volvo action:
This is in use as a (theoretically) moveable shed.
The water pump shat itself (pulley bouncing up and down) so I replaced that.
I also managed to get the sun roof open and jammed some stuff down the drains to make sure they weren't blocked.
The holes in the roof for the beacon and radio antennae were given a dose of Sikaflex.
The fresh air vents in the A pillars got the same treatment...
The scuttle panel was removed and checked for clear drains.
With all that completed... It still pisses in water.
I've since found that the water is getting in around the centre of the windscreen somewhere, running down to whichever corner is lowest along the plastic trim on the leading edge of the headliner and down to the floor behind the door rubber.
I applied more Sikaflex to the screen surround in an increasing fit of rage but the water still gets in. If it didn't fill with fucking water I could put the interior back in and then it'd be a decent car... Highly annoying.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL - Field based greenhouse.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.
1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 - Lean green oil dripping machine.
1983 Triumph Acclaim L - Japanglish daily runner.
1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate - Mobile storage unit.