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:lol: isn't it funny how small the Anglia mk1 escorts seem now, they are like dinky toys in comparison to present day cars and yanks and bloody awful to drive especially when lowered and stiff suspension.
when you get into a 60's yank ( a nice one) they were so ahead in comfort and accessories but that said and done they do bring a smile to my face when I drive em :twisted:
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at the weekend a sparky mate came round and connected up the new bigger (10mm) armour cable and consumer unit in my garage after i'd run all the cables. i needed a bigger supply as my old compressor would blow the trip when the weather was really cold and i knew it wouldn't be up to the 2 post lift i'd bought and was delivered last week. i bolted the posts in place monday, fitted the hydraulic unit and power box and balance cables in place yesterday and added the last trim parts to day along with making some butch brackets to bolt the top of the posts to my garage roof structure (belt and braces ;) ) ready to test it on my daily c-max which needed front pads. i'm limited on roof height but even so i was working at chest height which my back thanked me for. the valiant is lower overall and i'll have just over 4 foot underneath it to work on which is better than laying on my back for sure. i've got an office chair with no back which means i can sit comfortably under the car while working.
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this week i've been slowly clearing out my garage, some stuff went over the road to my new garage and some went to the tip. i've moved my work bench and some or the shelving to make working around the ramp easier too. ashley was here today again and we moved a couple of v8 engines and other stuff over the road and cleared out the 'end extension' on my garage so we could move my compressor there out of the main work area. it's very quiet compared to modern ones (it's a belt drive v twin ingersoll rand from the 50's) but quieter out there anyway. last job before he left was to push my valiant into the garage using my c-max and a solid towbar i made just for the job. i can finally start on it this week and although my ceiling height means it's only 4 feet off the ground that's way better than chassis stands, a trolley jack and a crawler board.
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4' is 4', I'd have given anything to have that when I was scraping the underside last year... :salute:
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Likewise, spent a week doing the underneath and a week recovering. Were times when i had a nap on the crawler. not jealous at all!
Dom66 wrote: Mon Mar 15, 21 8:38 am 4' is 4', I'd have given anything to have that when I was scraping the underside last year... :salute:
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our grandson harley who lives with us is home schooled now and today he had some practical work to do. we'd bought him a haynes (as in manuals) build your own v8 engine and we built it today. it's an ohc v8 with twin dizzies and is really quite detailed. you have to assemble pistons to conrods with seperate gudgeon pins onto the crank then fit that into the see through block. the cam lobes have to be fitted individually to the shafts as do the rocker arms. you have to time it all when fitting the cambelt even. the 2 dizzies have to be timed also and have leads with red led's for spark plugs at the ends which when you turn it on (it's run by a motor in the bellhousing) 'spark' at the right time in sequence. the heads and rocker covers are also see through so you can watch everything working. after 4 hours putting it together he was well pleased with himself when he turned it on, it even has a v8 soundtrack from inside the base.
quality time and he's learning something usefull too :thumbright: .
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Excellent. There used to be a model available of a Hemi 426, not sure if it was fully turning or not?
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MattH wrote: Fri Mar 19, 21 2:00 pm Excellent. There used to be a model available of a Hemi 426, not sure if it was fully turning or not?
There was. And a Bananarama! that was pretty cool - the rotors moved and the plugs lit up as it swept past.
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morgan wrote: Fri Mar 19, 21 3:48 pm
MattH wrote: Fri Mar 19, 21 2:00 pm Excellent. There used to be a model available of a Hemi 426, not sure if it was fully turning or not?
There was. And a Bananarama! that was pretty cool - the rotors moved and the plugs lit up as it swept past.
lol, the swear filter didn't like your rotary engine then ;)
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Oh yeah ! Ha ! missed that...
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Went out for a run today. Work in the museum sector. I have bags of Silica gel 'conservation gel' that we use in cases that are affected by humididy. Basically they aborb moisture Salt encapulated in plastic. I keep them inside the car over the winter. I put them on the manifolds to dry out for a half hour before I lock up and go home. Went out last sunday but as united were playing put the stuff on the manifolds and went home. Totally forgot about them this morning. Put car back in the garage and noticed 2 bags on the manifolds. One lifted ok, the other split. 2 hours later I was still clearing up. Back now Bannanarrma. No excuse for stupid. [-X
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I’ve been thinking about making one of these, so I did.
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today i got my plasma cutter down to make some leaf spring perches (for my valiant, but that's another thread) and i thought why do i unbox this thing every time? there has to be somewhere to keep it that's more accessible and sure enough i thought of the perfect place. i'd gutted my old welder to use as a sort of cabinet and sat my new one on top. having never put a single thing in said cabinet i set to with the plasma cutter and made it a new home. now i can get to the torch and earth cable at the front and the plug and air connector at the side, good enough.
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this week i've been insulating and lining the inside of my downstairs toilet, i know aren't i the lucky one :roll: . it's part of what was the 'outhouse' and was only ever single brick with render construction so is bl00dy cold in the winter and hot in the summer.
anyway only the corner trim and around the door opening left to do but i need a trip to b&q for that so it'll wait until i next go out shopping and do both at the same time.
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