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Today I bent up about 7meters' of tubing for the cage on the Travelle"R". The cage will have about 24 meters of tubing weighing about 64kg by the time I'm done.

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well.. i know it's a bit late to start, but about to fix a fuel leak that just sprung up some time over the last two days...

fun fun fun!

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Tried to get the bloody thing to start!!!!!!

:cry: with no luck.....
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Overheated it again... :P

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Went round and round Wakefield Park running in the motor :P
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jbeenz wrote:
Overheated it again... :P


:twisted: :evil:

This time it's BC that aint workin dagnabit!
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Fitted a new clutch lever arm, slave cylinder pushrod and new clevis pins and guess what....................... I can get it into 1st gear really easy :lol: , total cost around $60 including freight. Gotta wonder why I didn't do ages ago. :?

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Broke traction in 1st gear at 5K (shssh, don't tell anyone...) :lol: :roll: :roll:

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Broke traction in 1st gear at 5K (shssh, don't tell anyone...) :lol: :roll: :roll:


You didn't have a P Plater Next to you :shock:

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superSeven wrote:
well.. i know it's a bit late to start, but about to fix a fuel leak that just sprung up some time over the last two days...

fun fun fun!


what a terrible job to do to get that fiddly little hose between the fuel pump and the pipe back to the tank on and clamped up.

ran out of hose clamps, had to remove the fuel filter and pinch them from that. someone on here said its ok to run an SU without a filter? if not, big trouble!

surprised it was still drivable.. the old hose was just overlapping the fuel pump connector, gravity fed I think!

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Got a quote for a repsray and the rust cut out, the body shop strongly reccommended getting a new shell to build it into :cry:
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Last night:
  • Fitted a new Smiths clock where the old 2" tacho used to be. Looks schweeet and now I can tell the time 8)
  • Pulled out the oil pressure relief valve and replaced it with a 15mm (9/16") steel ball, 40x8mm rod in the spring, etc. Oil pressure is now doing odd things -- At idle, consistently reads 65psi hot then as revs rise it flutters heaps then drops to 50psi and stays there above about 1500rpm. Might have to play with the spring pressure a little methinks.
  • Fitted an 88* thermostat, since I'm doing mostly 10km-at-a-time trips at the moment and my oil quality is suffering through not getting hot enough. Took two goes at getting the housing to seal, ended up running a bead of HT silicone with the gaskets and leaving it overnight to cure.
This morning:
  • Started the car, observed coolant still dripping out of the thermostat housing :evil: Cleaned all the surfaces again, replaced the gaskets again, ran another film of silicone and reassembled. Waited an hour, then fired her up -- perfect seal this time :roll:
  • Noticed the water pump making unhappy noises, looks like a job for another day...

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simon k
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sgc wrote:
  • Pulled out the oil pressure relief valve and replaced it with a 15mm (9/16") steel ball, 40x8mm rod in the spring, etc. Oil pressure is now doing odd things -- At idle, consistently reads 65psi hot then as revs rise it flutters heaps then drops to 50psi and stays there above about 1500rpm. Might have to play with the spring pressure a little methinks.


awdmoke and I have the same thing happening, higher pressure at idle than at revs - I was gonna try a bigger ball. Let me know what works ;)

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  • Started the car, observed coolant still dripping out of the thermostat housing :evil: Cleaned all the surfaces again, replaced the gaskets again, ran another film of silicone and reassembled. Waited an hour, then fired her up -- perfect seal this time :roll:


doncha hate that...

ummm, I drove it to where I'm working today, gonna change the oil tonight, and maybe have *another* go at wheel alignment

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