General Project Peterborough

[Liquid Knight]

damn some nice RARE spares in that!

looks pretty good. hows the sills?

The outer sills look perfect. Bloody Waxoil everywhere.

The inner lip looks a little crusty in places but I can soon cut that out and replace the lip.


Old car old bodges.

The exhaust back box. As well as being held on with black silicone...

...it was welded by someone who fed liquid metal to a pigeon and got it poo along the subject and parent metal.

The new box took ten minutes to fit. I recon those bodges would have taken a lot longer. Talk about false economy.

Anyway the reason I had the car up on ramps was to replace the perished flexihose to the rear axle. This has also been bodged at some point and the replacement hose supplied is the wrong one.

I'll pop over to Wisbech engineering to get a stainless braided one custom made for the car when I jack it up.

 

[Liquid Knight]

The decadence continues. This car is spoiling me rotten.

Brake servo and the black box distributor is much smoother running than the points and pins one. Even though the car is gears for about 55mph flat out and is dragging an axle behind it she's a perky little bus.

I mentioned jacking the car up earlier. The original plan was to make longer leaf spring hanger straps...

...but this would be counter productive and foul the tow bar brace if it were any longer. So 30mm blocks and longer "U" bolts it is then.

 

[goodgirl156]

Love the exhaust, I have a saying, if you dont want something done properly, give it to the last owner of your car to sort out

 

[Dragon Man]

looks like its had loads of nice new bits engine wise. i have plans made up for fallout involving using blocks on the rear shackles.

man.. should see talons exhaust. even fallout's looks better!

 

[Liquid Knight]

I'd forgotten just how crap standard Panda headlights are. The full Moon was brighter than main beam.

I've decided against bull bar ballast if you'd like the bars and bits for Fallout.

 

[Dragon Man]

sadly fallout is on hold due to funds... still collecting bits for it though

still got that 4x4 front diff do you...

 

[Liquid Knight]

Front diff'?

I don't think so. Did you get the manual sorted?



Had fun today.

 

[goodgirl156]

Any excuse for 4wd mode

 

[Dragon Man]

yeah i thought you needed the diff from the gearbox.. :/

i really should use talons 4 wheel drive more often.

 

[goodgirl156]

Green lane expedition? I think I'm going to be doing some when I'm finished.

 

[Liquid Knight]

I've been down a couple of lanes but the four wheel drive wasn't tested. I needed to make sure it was all functional.

 

[nitro_warrior]

sadly fallout is on hold due to funds... still collecting bits for it though

still got that 4x4 front diff do you...

crap I forgot completely about that! have I lost dibs? to be fair i'm probably quite low priority, as I can't see me recon'ing my spare/knackered box anytime soon!

 

[Dragon Man]

if them prop shaft bearing rubber mount things are looking ropey just cover them in tiger seal. man it works so well.!

 

[Dragon Man]

crap I forgot completely about that! have I lost dibs? to be fair i'm probably quite low priority, as I can't see me recon'ing my spare/knackered box anytime soon!

oh it waas you that wanted it was it!! i know it involved some kind of warrior or knight or something like that

no no you can still have it, it is still waiting for you man

 

[Liquid Knight]

Non-smoker my arse! :bang:

I should have made sure the door was shut properly.

Still I drove a car to work today...

...and I'll be taking my van tomorrow. I wonder if anyone will notice. :devil:

I did wonder. I have a 750 gearbox and Cinquecento Sporting gearbox if the diff's from wither of those could be made to fit. I'm pretty sure it would mess with your ratios though.

These...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120x120mm-LIMITED-TO-50-MPH-Vehicle-speed-restriction-sticker-VAN-WAGGON-/251146540821?pt=UK_BOI_ProtectiveGear_RL&hash=item3a79801715

...are on the back of the car as well now. Flat out the van's only good for 58-60mph.

 

[Didge3]

Flat out the van's only good for 58-60mph.

Why? Shouldn't it be able to do more fairly easily

 

[Liquid Knight]

I thought so to but it's as fast as the 999 engine can reach. FrankenFiat II is going in soon.

 

[panda1408]

Something wrong there then, should do 70 and beyond with ease.

 

[Didge3]

I thought so to but it's as fast as the 999 engine can reach.

Really are the 4x4 'boxes that low ratio? Hit 83 in my 750 once

 

[Dragon Man]

i hit 80 in talon once. satnav indicated. rev counter read 6500rpm.