Winter Projects - Page 84

delta · 18 Dec 2016, 15:35 (Ref:3696962)

My favorate clutch job was the old viva . 20 mins clutch change . Happy days .

VIVA GT · 18 Dec 2016, 16:13 (Ref:3696965)

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Originally Posted by delta

My favorate clutch job was the old viva . 20 mins clutch change . Happy days .

My mate & I could do a set of big-end shells on an HB Viva in 45 minutes, from driving on to the drive, to driving off again!

Mike Bell · 18 Dec 2016, 16:55 (Ref:3696969)

Clutches, shells and loads of other wearing parts needed replacing quite often in those days!

We had a lovely old lady customer with an A35 who could get through a clutch in about 500 miles! Interesting to go to her house though, she had been a crack shot when younger and won loads of international competitions.

midgetman · 18 Dec 2016, 17:36 (Ref:3696985)

Careful lads! This is all getting a bit too much proper car talk, Bauble alert!

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gt917 · 18 Dec 2016, 18:03 (Ref:3696997)

Stupido, stupido, stupido.

Yes to be sure the clutch hydraulics were working fine, the pedal pushing down with the lightest of effort, the slave pushing out the pin and the arm moving in and out. Even Peter Baldwin could see this happening OK when we had it on the rolling road, but still it would not clear for gear changing.

Now I live in the sticks and do most things myself, many being quite difficult or awkward, and checking the movement of a slave cylinder and its clutch mechanism buried under a bundle of snakes, whilst sitting in the car pushing the clutch in and out is nigh on impossible. So I found a eight foot long piece of wood and fixed it to the clutch pedal and pushed it in and out while standing at the rear end of the engine bay to observe for myself what was happening.

Bingo !!!!!!!!!! the penny dropped, and I feel such a plonker. Sure the clutch arm was moving in and out perfectly, but not enough. Stupidly I had not adjusted out the master cylinder adjusting pin to pedal enough and it was,nt depressing far enough. Doh !! Duly done. and all works fine now.

Egg on my face, and any kind heckling please on a postcard.

The slave cylinder on my set up is buried just under where those pipes cross over so there is very little space and clear sighting.

GORDON STREETER · 18 Dec 2016, 18:04 (Ref:3696998)

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Originally Posted by delta

My favorate clutch job was the old viva . 20 mins clutch change . Happy days .

I think that the HA was probably the easiest/quickest clutch on a RWD car as for FWD, Datsun 100A/ Triumph 1300/first generation Vauxhall Astra/Cavalier, any more you old grease monkeys can think off ?

bauble · 18 Dec 2016, 19:27 (Ref:3697005)

I had a Viva once upon a time, cost me £300.

Also; Ex Military Humber Staff car with balloon tyres,
VX20/40 (AFAICR) Used more oil than petrol.
Morris Minor.
Hillman Minx
Several Cavaliers & Astras.
Alfa Romeo (Company car)

Now don't get me started on bikes

Bauble alert indeed. Too little respect for age on this forum.

zefarelly · 18 Dec 2016, 21:27 (Ref:3697021)

£300! thats more than a new vauxhall! 😂

at Zef Towers its brginning to look a lot like (our) Christmas.

Mike Bell · 22 Dec 2016, 07:32 (Ref:3697796)

356 in front of Astons and TRs- correct in every detail then!

(Glad to see you have a problem with pic orientation as well...

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zefarelly · 22 Dec 2016, 08:55 (Ref:3697811)

Apple needs re-orientating, it never happened before.

Try's to form, I've spun the 356 a few times, whilst 'acclimatising'

Mike Bell · 22 Dec 2016, 09:03 (Ref:3697814)

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True to form, I've spun the 356 a few times, whilst 'acclimatising'

Remember what Will said- NEVER lift off in corner!

356sc · 22 Dec 2016, 09:06 (Ref:3697815)

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Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Remember what Will said- NEVER lift off in corner!

That was only with the engine lid shut tough....

zefarelly · 22 Dec 2016, 10:46 (Ref:3697840)

I deployed it for extra down force.
I didin't spin after having raised it.

356sc · 22 Dec 2016, 11:01 (Ref:3697848)

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Originally Posted by zefarelly

I deployed it for extra down force.
I didin't spin after having raised it.

Cunning...clearly a development opportunity we need to investigate further, although our deployment method may be a little more "subtle"...

Mike Bell · 22 Dec 2016, 11:10 (Ref:3697852)

For those wondering what the heck is being talked about, here's a pic from Le Mans Classic.

Perhaps a different catch for the engine cover is on the winter projects list

.....

grantp · 22 Dec 2016, 11:59 (Ref:3697863)

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Originally Posted by Mike Bell

For those wondering what the heck is being talked about, here's a pic from Le Mans Classic.

Perhaps a different catch for the engine cover is on the winter projects list

.....

I assume all of this banter is just a form of coverup in case the "authorities" try to investigate the deployment of a "driver controlled moveable aerodynamic device" that is not period correct?

midgetman · 22 Dec 2016, 13:04 (Ref:3697876)

"Not period correct"? How quaint of you to worry about that.

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grantp · 22 Dec 2016, 15:40 (Ref:3697916)

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Originally Posted by midgetman

"Not period correct"? How quaint of you to worry about that.

It's the time of year for mildly quaint ... isn't it?

I doubt many things were period correct even in period but, like the images surrounding Christmas, it's a matter of the way things have been handed down through the years.

Mike Bell · 22 Dec 2016, 15:53 (Ref:3697921)

Actually, the engine cover opening mechanism was 'period correct', and it only deployed the cover if you were going backwards....

zefarelly · 23 Dec 2016, 17:00 (Ref:3698150)

I did it on purpose to make a bit more of a race of it, we were so far in front of the next Porsche

GORDON STREETER · 25 Dec 2016, 18:53 (Ref:3698425)

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Originally Posted by zefarelly

I did it on purpose to make a bit more of a race of it, we were so far in front of the next Porsche

I recon you copied it from the Fiat 500 !

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**John Turner** · 26 Dec 2016, 09:05 (Ref:3698492)

Wasn't that an Abarth mod, Gordon.

I think JR's Porsche is for sale is it not? If so that aero development project needs to be hasty unless you guys intend to purchase the car.

Mike Bell · 26 Dec 2016, 09:34 (Ref:3698499)

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Originally Posted by John Turner

Wasn't that an Abarth mod, Gordon.

I think JR's Porsche is for sale is it not? If so that aero development project needs to be hasty unless you guys intend to purchase the car.

Yes, Abarth mod for cooling I think on the Fiats- 500s and bigger models. Correct on the 356 except for the last comment! If I sold the truck and couple of cars maybe......

Eric Falce · 26 Dec 2016, 09:54 (Ref:3698501)

Driving to and from Italy in the late sixties they had built underpasses that the Fiat 500 families would all congregate in the summer to allow there 500 to cool off,great meeting point for them.

grantp · 26 Dec 2016, 21:37 (Ref:3698573)

http://motor.rocabal.com/british-sal...ds-hatch-1966/

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