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twofifty AZU
Firing on two.
Joined: May 16th, 2010, 5:04 pm Posts: 835
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lpgo wrote: ik geef het op!!  Sorry, ik kon het niet nalaten. Prachtig project overigens.
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October 28th, 2010, 7:48 pm |
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am Posts: 1927 Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Erm ... OT, sorry  , but today I've built up the rest of the brakes and scavenged the inner driveshafts off my disc brake gearbox. Tomorrow - if I get up in time - I'll be adjusting the brake shoes, then the gearbox can go back in.
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October 28th, 2010, 8:22 pm |
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Old-Nail
Firing on two.
Joined: October 7th, 2009, 12:10 pm Posts: 2192 Location: NWUK
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Rhythm Thief wrote: Erm ... OT, sorry  , but today I've built up the rest of the brakes and scavenged the inner driveshafts off my disc brake gearbox. Tomorrow - if I get up in time - I'll be adjusting the brake shoes, then the gearbox can go back in. Are there any pictures RT or did it not really happen? 
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October 28th, 2010, 8:31 pm |
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Tom Duckpower
Firing on two.
Joined: August 18th, 2009, 10:31 pm Posts: 1244 Location: Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands
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Good work RT! This car needs to be on the roads! And yes, we want pictures!!
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October 28th, 2010, 9:15 pm |
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am Posts: 1927 Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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There are some pictures, but I don't want to use my Nikon with oily hands so I've been taking them with my phone. How I get the photos off the phone and onto the computer is a mystery to me ... if I ever work it out I'll post them here.
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October 29th, 2010, 7:35 am |
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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm Posts: 9259 Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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 Here's a photo of it with no engine in.
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October 29th, 2010, 7:43 am |
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am Posts: 1927 Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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It looks much the same as that now, but outside. And I've left the front wings on it.
I'm still interested in that engine, if you can get hold of it.
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October 29th, 2010, 8:03 am |
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am Posts: 1927 Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Well. I've put the gearbox - a later drum brake box fitted with 4.5mm brake cylinders - back in today. The next hurdle is the clutch cable, which (wouldn't you know it) has a different fitting at the pedal end than the later clutch cables. I'd have thought I could get a cable made up easily enough if I send someone like Elmill Products all the necessary fittings, i.e. the pedal to cable fitting off the old cable, and the clutch arm to cable fitting and the threaded adjuster off the new one, but does anyone know of a better solution? Other options include bodging the clutch cable to fit a later cable fitting to it or (best but most expensive option) having the original gearbox rebuilt and refitting it.
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November 8th, 2010, 7:51 pm |
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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am Posts: 3675
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Any pics of the old style attachment at the pedal end? Would it be possible to make an adaptor, or even replace the little 'hanger' which is attached to the pedal with a clevis pin? ken.
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November 8th, 2010, 8:01 pm |
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am Posts: 1927 Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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ken wrote: Any pics of the old style attachment at the pedal end? Would it be possible to make an adaptor, or even replace the little 'hanger' which is attached to the pedal with a clevis pin? ken. I'll get some pics of it all tomorrow, but basically the old pedal just has a hook on the end of it into which the cable end fits. I don't think it'll be a problem to get the pedal off, drill a small hole in the end and fit a later cable attachment to it. But I have no doubt it'll prove much more difficult than I think it should be. 
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November 8th, 2010, 8:08 pm |
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