Matteybean

Hey mate. Twin piston 65mm in length. On the side it says "7/8 TOK100" Bolt spacings are 35mm center to center. Cheers

@rusty360 25 each mate. He grinds/etches off the writing using this machine then paints it on using a roller type hes been doing it for many years n im more than happy with them

Isnt it amazing how time flies almost a year since i updated this! Its been a very busy year. Mrs n i brought our first house here in pukekohe auckland so in the mix of renovating the crap out of it i enjoyed this car during the summer until its WOF expired and put rego back on hold n put her in dry storage! Im not finished with her yet! Made it to OS drag day had an awesome day out! Made it along to some meet ups also. Fun times was had. Also finished off the interior got some front seats and a dash mat to complete its look and a front chin spoiler! Pic dump! Mind the white plumbing pipe needed wipers hooked up for wof Bootlock has since been installed! That moment i almost lost my loose taillight.. phew Kumeu hotrod show! I brought another project to keep me busy in the mean time. A 1966 prince gloria. Should be good Cheea

Ok so this weekend i set out to get car ready for caffeine n classics which unfortunately didnt happen. I knew i had to grease up the ball joints so i started on doing that but found that most of the steering ball joint boots were either split or missing completely. 3 were rebuilt a few years ago but had no been on road to drive up mileage. I suspect more may need doing. So i started by removing it all to replace the stuffed boots. Put it all back together and greased up every nipple. Steering felt a little stiff when going for a drive will re grease it all again and double check everything again. Otherwise felt good. Treated her to some whitewalls ! I checked out daves sweet photo album of 100s of cars he has white walled while he got stuck in! He had never done one of these nor did he see one when he went to Japan recently lol. Gave it a wash at wash world on the way home. Everything was going ok. Sunday morning got up early put car in driveway n let her heat. The brakes were feeling wierd. I popped the bonnet to check the brake master and it was completely empty! I popped my head under car and the right rear drum and tire was covered in fluid! Buggar! Trusty tools of the trade! I know the front left has been rebuilt not so long ago too so im thinking i should wip the remaining 2 out and have them done because no doubt they will be in same condition. The prince only has 1 brake line for all 4 wheels so if this was to fail while driving id loose all brakes! Sketchy! So she sits up on all 4 axle stands again haha.

Sorry guys wont be making it. On inspection the right rear drum appears to be leaking fluid and its not coming from the nipples. Buggar

Im running late prob wont be able to get to stoddard in time.. woke up this morning started car up to warm up in driveway and brakes felt wierd. Were ok yesterday did 60+ km. No fluid in master. Super cheap not open till 8.30 need 1 man bleed kit n some fluid. Hopefully not too serious

Im also keen on getting there early! I am coming from south though First 500 cars get some rim cleaner. Good for wheels too!

@Snoozin yeah mate weather not looking bad either! Im in pukekohe mate ill be jumping on motorway at bombay

Yeah cheap crimp tool. I used some cutters to re crimp n squashed with multi grips i plan on just soldering them in and heat shrink over it for a more permanent connection.

Boring update. Did abit more tonight. I heat shielded the starter motor which hopefully will keep heat out. Also started to check all the wiring removed earth n checked resistance. Seemed OK. No motor to body earth so will get one of them this week. While removing the earth wire i noticed a wire had fallen out of a crimp on the solanoid. This particular wire is the alternator to battery wire!! Might be why it wasnt charging properly. I re crimped it few times for good measure and decided to check the rest. Yup. The one going to starter motor/loom was also loose as a goose. It came out of the crimp without any force at all hmmmmmmm.. Hopefully im one step closer to not breaking down every drive lol.

Cheers mate i will take you up on that! Im in pukekohe so not too far from you! That maay just be long enough. Had a fiddle and i think i may have found the problem! Dave did some shitty crimps. Exhibit A: You can see on the left the wire not in the crimp fitting. That one went to starter motor. I only noticed it because the one on right was the same. So i decided to check this one n it just fell out too lol. not sure how long that has been like it but right one is alternator to battery lol.. In conclusion id say that could be why battery not charging properly and why it didnt start while warm(maybe) i also heat shielded starter motor for good measure

You want some of it? got abit left over... about 20m2 spare auctually lol @datlow hey mate. Nah not that i can see just negative battery terminal to block. The blocks been painted so i wonder if its loosing contact because of that. Just got home from work so will start having a look! @chris r cheers mate ill need to get some decent wiring too so will most likely just buy the pre made ones. I went into super cheap yesterday a 600mm battery terminal one was 40 bucks from memory. In saying that i do have an account with coreys electrical so if it works out alot cheaper ill take you up on your offer as ill need a new battery one and another from block to car body. I appreciate all the suggestions and will work thru them tonight! Come at me caffeine n classics.

Your right it does need a new heart. Im thinking more nissan rb or something. Thats down the track though. Driving without breaking down will be a good start!

Yeah the remote solonoid is rather recent so for now im ruling that out as being a problem. Hearing it tick would indicate that side is working atleast. I have found the earth to get warm. On the battery terminal end theres a split off so fat wire to block smaller wire to body. I find that with this connected the thin wire heats up very quickly to the point of smoking so i disconnected it from the body. The earth to the block seems old doesnt look too bad but am yet to check resistance.

Yeah mate did that before i took apart - all the spring mechanisms and brushes were in good working order. The problem i think i have is "heat soak" which is the exhaust too close to starter heating it up past what its suppose to causing it to not work. Will confirm once i try tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Maybe replace earth wire but will check resistance tomorrow. Cheers mate

Cheers mate. Yeah shes got some sweet curves. Im 50/50 with the rack at the mo. See if it grows on me

I had a pretty productive week on the prince. Made it to the auckland OS auckland monthly without a hitch. It was a good night! I managed to get some stop leak into the radiator and so far so good hasnt leaked any since the initial leak. Mean. Another problem which has been occuring is after driving the starter motor doesnt seem to want to tick over. Can hear the solanoid tick but nothing from the starter.. So yesterday i decided to take it off and inspect it. On inspection it all looked OK. Was full of oil/grease due to rocker cover gasket leaking oil all over it. Gave it a good degrease and clean up, re greased what needed to be done. It was auctually prick of a job. I needed to remove intake manifold and extractors to get the starter motor out. Mish. Anyway once back together i turned it on and off about was 10x total in between of letting it get to temperature. Took it for a drive around the block turned off and on no problems. Boy was i wrong. I went to put some gas in and got stuck! Same problem ticking away. While i had to sit there for 40 odd minutes until the car cooled so it would start again i read after market extractors causing issues run to close to block and ofcourse.. the starter motor. I felt the starter motor and it did feel hot. It has a remote solonoid on the guard so it cant be that.. or can it. Needed a push start to get home from mates after gas station break down and this morning i could not get it going again. Maybe the battery is stuffed.. it is a 2nd hand one i brought from zebra 2 odd years ago. Apon stumbling on an old barry and engaging conversation he had a piece of heat shield from ACL which he gave me to wrap starter motor in to hopefully stop the issue with the starter. Battery currently on the trickle charge. Tomorrow i will do some more tests once i grab my multimeter from work. On another note caught up with Rich and got this sweet roof rack off him Had a siezed clamp which abit of heat. Multi grips and WD40 it was free pretty easy. Here's some pics. I'm abit 50/50 with it at the moment. Lets see if it grows on me. Crappy driveway photos couldnt move car. Tell me what ya reckon Discussion:

Yeah itll be weather permitting for me! But here's hoping! The non brake boosted drum brakes all round suck balls.. Could meet you at bombay on your way up? And Wendy's east tamaki easy as

Next caffeine n classics is next Sunday 30th July. Who else is thinking of going? Looking at getting the prince there! Hopefully weather holds up! Missed out on last few due to house renovations so super keen to get down there! Im in pukekohe so could potentially meet somewhere and cruise together. Cheers

It was a good night indeed. Good turn out and the weather held up percect especially considering how crap it turned today! He means prince gloria No breakdowns and purred right the way back home so good times all round. Epic.

Yup theres two spares. Drivers interior door handle is pretty important. @kyteler PM me your address mate ill send one down to you this weekend.

Cheers mate. Did more research n found yeah i need a 3/4 row out of a v8. Will keep an eye out for a good deal otherwise hopefully this stop leak does the job

Cheers mate. Radiator is a 600widex400high 57mm deep. Spoke to a guy at trevor french radiators in otahuhu n he said 550 including for it to be re cored with a 4 core hence the thickness. As much as id like to keep it it seems steep. Mx5 radiators are the exact size with the inlet n outlet on same side. As with subaru foresters. Would one of these work? Or does it need to be bigger considering engine is a 3.3 straight 6 Can buy replacement stock radiators for 130. Cheers

Cheers bro. Ive worked on this few times before owning it. I fixed all the rust in the doors! Yup i saw that he offered you one. Ill see how many ive got. The current one is slightly bent/about to break so i plan using one to to be cut. Id also like to keep a spare for the new one i get cut soon. If there's a 3rd blank. Its all yours. Will confirm tonight Cheers

Started tinkering again the other night checking everything again when i discovered abit of moisture inside the dizzy cap and also inside the dizzy was pretty dirty n scummy so i gave it a good clean started her up.. the good news is i think that may have been the problem? I a made sure everything was plugged in properly in regards to the wiring n plugs. Unfortunately when testing the radiator must have sprung a leak and water started to appear squirting out of radiator bummer! But i guess atleast its good it happened now than when im driving down unaware! Buggar. Apparently it wasn't so great in traffic anyway. I had a quote of 650 odd dollars for a re core so looks like ill be going alloy which is alot cheaper. I won some pretty sweet retro carpet so went down to tauranga and picked it up In the end i decided to carpet the floor and ceiling for that blast from the past luxurious lounge spec cruising. I rather like it. Step into my office Discuss. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/36619-daves-prince-b200/