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Post by Gary on Sept 19, 2008 19:43:22 GMT
Well, been back in the garage this afternoon and i have made up a template of the bar that i am going to fit inside the windscreen frame, as a strengthener (it's made of plastic conduit) so all i have to do is get it to someone local that can bend it out of one piece steel. Then i can get on with making up a screen support bar from it back to the roll bar
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Post by terryrob on Sept 20, 2008 21:01:50 GMT
Its a good idea Gary I've been thinking of fitting one myself too, especialy as I'm probably going to be running with a rag top. I was going to fit a bar from the roll bar forward to the screen support.
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Post by Gary on Sept 21, 2008 18:42:43 GMT
Its a good idea Gary I've been thinking of fitting one myself too, especialy as I'm probably going to be running with a rag top. I was going to fit a bar from the roll bar forward to the screen support. It was the bar, that i had previously fitted between the screen and roll bar that probably saved my life when i went in the ditch so i know it's worth doing ,only this time i am uprating it slightly ;D The last one bent abit when it hit my head.
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Post by Gary on Jul 30, 2012 21:33:41 GMT
I actually worked on something to do with my RV today. I have acquired a fresh bonnet as mine was damaged when I tried to park at the the bottom of a drain back in 2008. . So today I have ground out all of the crazing and re-resined it ready for a bodge paint job
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2012 8:52:38 GMT
just looked at all your pics , looks like a nice rebuild,, gutted about the crash, but at least your ok ,,, ive made a full internal cage, similar as the ones ive got in my defender,,, just incase,,,
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Post by Gary on Aug 8, 2012 21:37:59 GMT
Moved some boxes off the RV today, may-be if I get a couple of hours tomorrow I might be able to see it again Darn Olympics aren't helping, I have found myself watching more TV than I ever do and learning about sports events that I never even knew existed Come on team GB
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Post by terryrob on Aug 8, 2012 22:02:08 GMT
Gary, never mind team GB, get team Scott out in the garage an fixin the rv LOL ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Gary on Apr 19, 2013 21:37:53 GMT
The RV is out of the garage and in the carport. I am working on repairing the fibreglass on the wing. I won't be getting it on the road yet as I have a few insurance issues (want to know more then I will be at Stoneleigh but I am not discussing on here) I am going to tidy the body fibreglass and then strip the brakes down and renew/check as needed then it's on to the roof fibreglass, the hard top is cracked in four or five places. I am going to repair the top and adapt so that it will lift on and off without affecting the soft top fixings. That would be the soft top that I managed to get hold of from a chap who was breaking an Eagle he had bought which had never been registered with the DVLA. Four miles from my house on my way home from work just happened to spot it on his driveway so stopped and had a chat. It is like brand new £75 for the top, doors, some of the fixings, a second hand bonnet and a set of the burger type lights, fog light and reversing light, the lights had not even been drilled for wiring. Top £50. The bonnet £10 All the rest £15. The git made me remove them myself though It's about time I had some luck with the Eagle. Some pictures of the damage. I already have a new indicator side light on order as well. As long as the couple of little advisory jobs on Helen's OTHER kit car don't take to long, It shouldn't be too long before I am ready to MOT it and the local garage has already offered to send their truck to collect it for it's MOT (they are offering to help due to issues mentioned before) ;D Watch this space
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Post by Gary on Apr 20, 2013 19:43:57 GMT
Did a little bit more of the gel coat repair today, isn't fibreglassing boring?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2013 21:35:31 GMT
Nice one Gary, at least it will have gone off quicker today with the sun shine today,
See you at Stoneleigh :-)
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Post by terryrob on Apr 20, 2013 23:15:07 GMT
Every bit is a bit more ;D
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Post by Peter on Apr 21, 2013 5:25:39 GMT
I came over to the UK last week and bought some of our weather with me,so no excuses about it, You should all be up and running for Stoneleigh this year or I won't do it again.
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Post by Gary on Jun 29, 2013 21:09:15 GMT
Still working on it should really get some more pic's on
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Post by Peter on Jun 30, 2013 16:19:11 GMT
Yes you should, ( wish we had that ' ' smiley from the Nova forum on here at times. )
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Post by Gary on Jul 3, 2013 21:14:06 GMT
We do now
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Post by Gary on Sept 12, 2013 20:15:51 GMT
Right to stop the moaning I have fitted the soft top NO PICTURES yet as it is too cramped where it is parked to get any! I have ripped out the Cortina dash binnacle and replaced it (well almost)am in the process of replacing it with a set of MK2 Cortina chrome surround dials, it's the sensors that I am having a bit of trouble with at present. I have removed the rear seats and stripped them of their covers as I am hoping to get started soon on making new covers myself. Once I have the rears done I will attempt the fronts. Will update with Pictures when I can and when I have a few more minutes I will write it all up in here.
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Post by Peter on Sept 13, 2013 8:34:52 GMT
Looking forward to seeing the photos, just looked back at all the work done in 2007, your youngest must be old enough to lend a hand by now.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2013 19:05:15 GMT
Well done you, still looking for a good soft top for mine.
The old Mk II gauges do look good, got them in both of my cars.
Still working on my Spartan at the moment, need to finish the rubbing down for the respray, then put back together. Will try and get the engine painted and ready for installation in the RV while the Spartan is away!
Looking forward to having it working for next year
Keep up the good work Gary
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Post by Gary on Sept 13, 2013 21:13:31 GMT
Looking forward to seeing the photos, just looked back at all the work done in 2007, your youngest must be old enough to lend a hand by now. She will be 10 in November but the real problem at the moment is that my 18 year old daughter leaves for university tomorrow (Saturday) along will all the finance. Still getting on with the Geep, just with a restricted budget and timetable. If I can get my series 2a Landover, Moted and sold then it will free up some cash, just need to borrow a trailer as No one will insure me with it at the moment
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Post by Peter on Sept 14, 2013 10:46:11 GMT
That module is no good for regulating the gauges as it regulates VOLTS and in a car you have a regulated voltage courtesy of the alternator or voltage regulator to 13,8V battery when running, what you need is a variable RESISTOR as that is what the sensors are, OHMs not VOLTS. and the resistance in the tank unit or engine sensor needs to be lower than required by the gauge as it will read the highest resistance, so if you have a 100 Ohm sensor and the gauge reads 50% then adding resistance will increase the reading, (150 Ohm =75%, 200Ohm =100% etc.) but if 100 Ohms gives a 100% reading then no matter what you put in line it can't read less than 100%.
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Post by Peter on Sept 14, 2013 15:06:03 GMT
The unit you refer to is a voltage stabiliser, sometimes called a regulator, used on older cars where a dynamo and voltage regulator was used, usually found on the back of the speedo, not needed on a newer alternator car as it's built into the back of the alternator and max is 13.8v (or should be) and all gauges run at 12v nominal. If you are talking about matching the fuel gauge to the tank sender the only way is to use a sender of the correct value, (resistance, Ohms law an all that good stuff) and the two ways of doing that is to either change to unit or rewind the coil in the sender with more or less turns, most are just a tin can with tabs holding it together with a swinging wire arm through it and a brush against a card with a winding of wire I had to do that when matching the Triumph 2000 MkII tank to the MG Maestro gauge. If you use a variable resistor between earth and the gauge and crank it up to get a full reading then measure the value of the VR and you will know what you need to do to the sender, increase or decrease, sounds like you need to increase by a few turns, use ordinary fuse wire. If you place a resistor in-line you would increase the base resistance, if for instance the sender for the temp gauge was e.g. 100 Ohms and it just registers then your base resistance would be 100 ohms, meaning if you wanted to increase the deflection of the needle you would need to increase the resistance by the required amount to get the required deflection, placing a 100 ohm resistor in-line would mean anything over that would give a reading. again a VR in-line on a hot engine and crank it up to half reading (or guestimate of actual temperature reading, say 88 degrees), will again tell you what resistance you should have at the sender. Regards temp senders you need to buy one with the correct value, this is usually stamped on the body. pressure switches have the PSI they short out at stamped on them. Better explained in the link below classicstabilizers.webs.com/information.htm
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 5:43:00 GMT
My MK II gauges seem to work ok, only real problem I have is that I have a small tank - so never going to read that well.
The main problem is the speedo, once I have the new engine in and gearbox plus the new back axle, going to try 'speedy cables' to get a more accurate figure!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 18:43:02 GMT
Hi, I believe it is from an Escrt van, but can't guarantee it. It's niot big, about 7 gallons!
The cowl came from a mini clubman/van, saw one on another RV, but v hard to find. Think it cost me £28!!! But I like the look.
V slow to fill as well, a v shallow angle for the fuel to fall Dow, always cuts off or spills over....takes an age!
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Post by Gary on Sept 15, 2013 19:07:39 GMT
My Fuel tank as seen in the earlier pictures is the one from the "Donor" Cortina estate. The problem I have is with the sensors not working Not a set up one, some had stopped working on the old dash, it just that I don't have a lot of time for it at the mo so haven't had time to trace the fault. Now get off my thread HIJACKERS
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Post by Peter on Sept 15, 2013 22:34:56 GMT
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Post by scooby on Sept 16, 2013 17:39:51 GMT
I said nuffink...
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Post by Gary on Nov 20, 2013 23:03:23 GMT
I did something to do with the RV today I have striped out the rear seats and removed all the fabric and started to clean up the framework and have also started to make new vinyl covers so that if (no when it rains) and the top is down I can just dry the seats off. I will remove the front ones and do the same when I have finished the rears. I also got around to fitting some water resistant carpeting (to try to cut the noise down abit) in under the rear seating area while they are out. Pictures to follow when I get a minute. Thinking about striping the engine out for a rebuild as I think the valve seals have dried up (a lot of smoke) and there are a couple of oil leaks from the block and sump areas anyway, I guess it is due for one as it is the engine that Helen had in her Samuri for a couple years and we haven't done much to it in that time and then I have let it stand for a while
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Post by Gary on Dec 11, 2013 21:15:56 GMT
Sill working on the seats they are a pig I am hand stitching the centre seams as the machine kept snapping thread as it went though the three layers. When I can get into the garage (son is doing some welding on one of ours disco's) I will start the engine strip (I might even be allowed out over Christmas) I have hinted at it and so far have met no objections
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Post by Peter on Dec 11, 2013 21:25:35 GMT
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Post by Gary on Dec 12, 2013 22:15:59 GMT
Are but Jason's belly was smaller so he could get closer to the work
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