Popular Post Snoozin Posted August 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2016 //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/53732-snoozins-79-two-point-five-s-its-for-sporty/ I did it again. The pine set in too strong and I ended up with another of the finest 4 door sedans to grace this fine earth. A Triumph 2500, this time in facelift flavour (my first post 74 example) and a sport 'S' spec model to suit. I had arranged to grab it earlier this year, and finally got around to picking it up in May, after the previous owner completed a few classic car runs/shows/etc's in it. It was originally a white car, and has been resprayed some years ago, door jambs, inside of boot, under the bonnet, everything. The paint's ok, it's not super wonderful but it presents well enough for now. It's a manual overdrive model, good tan interior and has done a shitload of KM but underneath is solid and appears to have been looked after, with excellent condition bushes and wearable components. Pics the day we drove it home. 20160515_104545 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 20160515_105939 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 20160515_105955 by Richard Opie, on Flickr I set about collating my Triumph 2500 owners starter kit in the interim. Had these wheels forever and a day, but elected to give them a bit of a polish and tidy up. 20160417_141021 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Then I popped a Nardi I have also had for a number of years on it. 2016-08-16_09-25-39 by Richard Opie, on Flickr I've done some other stuff too. It's now leaking with a volume akin to a burst dam gushing from somewhere at the back of the motor, so that's this weekends task. Thanks ok bye see you at a meet one day. 34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted August 22, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2016 2016-08-22_03-55-20 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Chucked the wheels on, and adjusted the aprings to ensure a lower ride height with an increased spring rate. Also replaced stuff on Saturday, including: - rear main seal - rear main seal housing gasket - sump gasket - input shaft seal - full clutch kit No bolts left over. 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted September 8, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2016 This car was being a real dick, and not keeping much of it's oil inside the bit where it should keep it, as a general rule. So I thought I'd replace the rear main and some other seals and gaskets. Here's my step by step picture guide to doing this. Sealz. by Richard Opie, on Flickr End. But yeah I also stuck a new clutch in it and stuff, because why not eh? End result was it still leaked from the spin on filter adapter. With some research it turns out that my filter adapter was the old type, and the seal surface that mates up to the center of the filter spindle or whatever you want to call it was fixed. Now there is a discrepancy on these blocks, between the outer and inner seal surface heights of the original cartridges because machining tolerances sucked. So these old style adapters had no way to take up this difference and leaked. A lot. I bought an updated type with a floating/spring center flange bit thing from Chris Witor in the UK (boss level service I will add) and fitted it up. Working. by Richard Opie, on Flickr Working. by Richard Opie, on Flickr So then I took it for a burn and it seems pretty good so far. I think I cocked up and forgot to take the old large O-ring out so now there is 2 sitting in the groove so I probably need to sort that out. But that's a 10 minute job tbh. Kerbside by Richard Opie, on Flickr Then I did this, they're not finished yet but not much left to do. Caps are sadly rooted. Enkeez by Richard Opie, on Flickr Tridents. by Richard Opie, on Flickr Happy happy joy joy. Summer Trumpin' is looking up. Discuss down there. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/53732-snoozins-79-two-point-five-s-its-for-sporty/ 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted November 26, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2016 Made things a bit more cruise worthy over the course of the last week. Trump 2500S-5 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Slapped a lush JVC mechless head unit in, this bitch has 4V preouts and a reasonable EQ. It's also super compact depthwise so I can fit it in the limited space behind the sumptuous veneer of the Triumph center console. Trump 2500S-1 by Richard Opie, on Flickr A swag of cables run under the carpet and through holes I mangled in the sheetmetal to the boot, to this primo Image Dynamics 4 ch amp, which I am running with 2 channels bridged into this: Trump 2500S-7 by Richard Opie, on Flickr A dual 2ohm voice coil 10" Image Dynamics sub, in a box cut for me by Dave Jackson, and trimmed by Greg at Midnight Upholstery in a sweet shade of Triumph tan. Trump 2500S-6 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Trump 2500S-4 by Richard Opie, on Flickr The front 2 channels run these old Pioneer TS-X11 I've had for years, they sound incredible for their size and vintage. I have them running through a high pass filter, so nothing under 100hz makes it to them so hopefully it prolongs their life a bit. Trump 2500S-3 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Trump 2500S-2 by Richard Opie, on Flickr After Raizer posted the Krusty Seal of Approval in the discussion thread, I went on an e-search looking for someone who surely, made these as a sticker. I found these on a tumblr style site thing and sent an email then boom all of a sudden a couple of them ended up at my place, all the way from Ireland of all places. Then George went to Goodwood, and I requested a Goodwood sticker so I could apply as so to the rear screen of my British automobile. TL;DR? Doof and stickers. I also got a new 2" exhaust (the guy stuck a 2" on it of his own accord) but I didn't take any pics. It sounds fruity. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted December 19, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2016 Tridies. by Richard Opie, on Flickr Decided the 6-inch pair looked stupid so brought in another pair of 7's from Japan, much better. 165/55/14 is a bit small though. Will polish and add bigger tyres then cruise some more. These are shank nut type though so now I need some shank nuts. Blergh. Looks super cool. 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted February 13, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2017 So the water pump packed up and started poozing water out from where the bearing was. Ordered a new one from Witors, fitted that, a new thermostat, new coolant and radiator hoses, new cap and gave the rad a damn good flush. Car runs cooler than ever (just below half on the open road on a hot summer day) so I'm happy. Cleaned the bay up a little bit more and fitted the rocker cover with a new gasket as the old one was leaking. Waxed it then parked it in the rain. But wait! What is going on with the bumpers etc? Neal and I went down the line to dismantle a PI he purchased, and haul the parts back. It was super rusty and beyond salvage. Anyway long story short, I grabbed the bumpers off it as it had the early bumpers. Polished them up after their 20 year plus stint in a paddock and they came up totally presentable. Needed to enlist the magical metal stylings of sheepers to repair the brackets but once that was done, they fitted up pretty easily. I've also slapped an early grille on the car, and topped it off with a pair of Wipac 5 1/2" driving lights, which aren't yet functional but they look shit hot. Finally, I have a set of polished 14x7 -7 offset tridies (Enkei versions) which will be on the car real soon like as part of a "stage 2" aesthetic. Next step is replacing all the front bushes, I've got all that junk and new balljoints sitting at home and just need to source a round tuit so I can get the job done. Oh I also fanged it Leadfoot, and it ran super sweetly without drama. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/53732-snoozins-79-two-point-five-s-its-for-sporty/ <------ yarn link 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted March 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2017 Tridies for both cars. Both in 7" wide. Tridies added to the front. I tried to add them to the back, but the guard lips got in the way. Sheepers reckoned he'd had a little bit of experience stretching metal etc so I trundled over there. First he knocked the guard lips up using a hammer and dolly - the paint damage was inevitable, but we lucked out on the passengers side and only got a minor crack. Took it for a drive after that, to find the tyre was now rubbing on the INNER guard, near the top of the sidewall. The trusty hammer came out again, and the inners massaged then undersealed to ensure plenty of clearance now! Next up though, is to remedy that paint on the arch, and replace/repair a super fucked UJ on the half shaft, which made itself evident this afternoon. I'll probably do both halfshafts for peace of mind. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/53732-snoozins-79-two-point-five-s-its-for-sporty/ <----------yarns 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 It looked like this last week. 1979 Triumph 2500S-61-Edit by Richard Opie, on Flickr Then I had to get a WOF and now it looks like this. 1979 Triumph 2500S-125 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Now it's on Trademe for sale, get amongst it. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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