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Re: Restoration

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:02 pm
by Cliff4WD
Nothing very interesting, just fitted a new brake fluid reservoir, clutch slave cylinder, and plumbed in clutch.

I bought a Borg & Beck clutch slave. The spacer came from L.O.F
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Did the usual cleaning of the clutch pipe and fitted to the master
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Finally got the correct clutch flexi hose, so on it went and attached to the hard pipe from master, and hard pipe to slave.
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Slave bolted in place and hard pipe connected, bleed nipple up top ready for bleeding
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I guess PO must have made up the hard pipe in copper as looks home made. Perfectly fine though and after cleanup, see no reason to change it.

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I then filled up with Dot 4 and broke out the Eezi Bleed. No leaks and clutch pedal feels good. Guess I'll find out for sure when I try to change gear when it's running again.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:49 pm
by Mik
Looks fantastic!

Re: Restoration

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:32 pm
by Cliff4WD
Just got back from the sand blasters.

Wheels...

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...and what we're very rusty exhaust manifolds

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I'll have to get them all cleaned and painted a bit sharpish before they start rusting again.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:02 pm
by disco2hse
Wheel link did not seem to work.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:14 pm
by Cliff4WD
Having actually examined things a bit closer than my cursory glance, I see that the weld Eagle eyed Mike pointed out (LRUK Forum) is a bigger problem than I realised. Whatever was obscuring the "repair" was blasted away during cleaning. Not only is there a perforation in the weld, there's a blooming great hole underneath it!

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It looks to have been deliberately ground out as the hole is too neat.
This leaves me with an unwanted dilemma as those manifolds are obsolete. I might find an old used one from somewhere if I'm lucky, or an aftermarket version at great expense. I have my doubts about how well I might manage a repair on a cast iron part. I could go for headers etc., but there's the issue of what fits and doesn't to work out. Then there's the ever increasing cost of project 'Money Pit'.
Anyone know what exhaust system fits a Rover 3.5 V8 in a stage 1 109V8 engine bay?

Re: Restoration

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:26 pm
by disco2hse
I have early Disco1 exhaust manifolds on mine. Very tight squeeze and the pipe work at the bottom is different (larger diameter). But it fits.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:23 pm
by map1275
Have you tried offering the RH manifold to the LHS? Potentially it's only the flange ring position that's different.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:56 pm
by Cliff4WD
map1275 wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:23 pm Have you tried offering the RH manifold to the LHS? Potentially it's only the flange ring position that's different.
No, but that would leave me without a RH manifold. You have me confused :?:

Re: Restoration

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:26 am
by map1275
RH manifolds are cheap and plentiful throughout the world, the opposite condition to LH. So if your RH will bolt up to the LHS... The flange ring on the engine pipe is a loose fit, so if all clears the chassis...

One from a P6B could suffice however you would need a custom length engine pipe as the flange position is similar but not close.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:31 am
by Cliff4WD
Ah, I'm with you now. Cheers.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:37 pm
by Cliff4WD
Since the wheels I had sandblasted will rust if not protected, I got cracking today with the epoxy primer.
First off gave them a good clean with detergent and then jet washed. A quick rub down to remove a couple of odd patches of left over crud, then painted on rust converter before degreasing and spraying.

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I still have the fronts to do when this coat has dried. Hopefully tomorrow weather depending.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:08 pm
by Fish
Cliff hope things are still progressing and look forward to some updates.. I've nearly finished my axles...:)

Re: Restoration

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:03 am
by disco2hse
Probably sitting by the fire if the photos I'm seeing from there is anything to go by :lol:

Meanwhile, it's a warmish 28ºC here at the moment. Probably a gazillion degrees in Oz though!

Re: Restoration

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:44 pm
by Cliff4WD
Yep, waiting for better warmer weather so I can get back to work. I struggle with health during winter and it's too damp and cold in the garage tent. Very frustrating being in lockdown and all.

Re: Restoration

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:30 pm
by Cliff4WD
What with a long wet winter and cold spring, compounded by health issue flare ups and covid lockdowns, there has been no progress on my project since the last updates.
I did make a short YouTube video of unwrapping it and inspecting before resuming work but that was about as far as I got. https://youtu.be/9mXMtV7ErHU
Anyway, back out today to hopefully get back to work. I'd left it with the V8 back in place, new clutch slave connected up, new fluids and bled. Engine oil filled up but I hadn't primed the pump; it was packed with vasaline but I'd left it there. Today I made myself a priming tool, a length of rod coupled to a female coupling I took off the old dizzy. I used it to drive the pump with my hand drill and made sure oil was finding its way around the engine.

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I whipped off the rocker cover to check oil was feeding through the rocker shaft.

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Not a massive amount done today but hopefully the restart for the next phase of work.