MightyJoe

Not really, it seems like there's a bolt I'm missing tbh. I got a prybar in it but snaps back shut instantly. It hasn't seperatd at all. I must have missed something 

That's a great idea tbh. I've already unbolted the slave so didn't really think about that  I'll give it a go cheers 

5 minutes ago, mjrstar said:

Is it a pull clutch?

The replacement is  push clutch, so hoping it's the right one. 

Evening Tech spammers.   Got a shit of a prick of an arse of a gearbox I can't separate from a motor. Any ideas? 

It's a 1az avensis with manual gearbox with slipping clutch.

Got everything apart I can see apart, 3 mounts off, crossmember is dangling but the gearbox is still stuck to the engine as if I hadn't touched it. Jacked up and down loads, had prybar on it, it'll seperate a mm or two but snap back into pos like it's bolted.   

Am I being a dumbarse? First toyota fwd box I've done. 

speak to royce clive engineering. they specialise in wheel refurbishment and blasting. they were very affordable about 4 yrs ago. they welded a crack, true'd up and blasted my wheels

Cheers. That's plenty to be learning with. Thanks   

how many hrs of welding will a 5kg get?  edit, google suggests 5-6hrs. thats heaps.  awesome cheers. 

ill check that out. thanks

can anyone nudge me toward a gas bottle decision? 

i'm lost.  i've got a cigweld 185 that i've ran a handfull of welds out on some flux core wire. but i need to get a gas bottle and a reel of .6 . i've welded heavy stuff at work, 3phase brute of a machine welding 3mm up to 12mm plate and brackets etc, but am needing to learn how to weld car panel steel at home  

argoshield or co2? 

size of bottle?

buy or rent? 

where from?  i'm in chch if that makes a difference.  

thanks. joe. 

Cool. Id need to get my shit together then. 

Expressing interest. 

When would you be thinking of doing this?

i would love to run the cortina and see if it makes 100bhp

On 24/03/2022 at 13:21, sidspop said:

Location: Black Country, England

Cars you own:Thames 400e, Prefect 107e

Mods to them (can be brief or detailed): Truck bored a bit, four branch, now 1800 from 1703cc, no power but great for fetching DIY stuff
Prefect has a small go faster engine and barpy exhaust, but has no torque. Both are 1960

 

How you found out about oldschool: I was googling and found a thread by some bloke in NZ about a Thames, and 2 hours later I finished  reading it

Anything else you want to add:
I am 56, and always have oil under fingernails. Ok?

Gday. I'm from Birmingham. But don't tell anyone.  Used to work in cradely a bit years back, at MIF filtersystems waterfall lane. And unicon on bell end lol. also Wednesday also plus Sandwell later on at smelters. Been all over. 

Try Overland express.

Cheers for that info. Ill read through the link after work.  I'm going to ring a  certifier in chch soon(ish) and have a chat with him see what he says. I'm not going to go crazy or reinvent the wheel, it should hopefully be a pretty standard low volume.  Wheels, suspension, seats, bigger capacity of the same same block. The brake lines have been modified and will need to be remade anyway. The turret style booster Is gone and he ran twin remote boosters from an MGB/jag for some reason. Unless it's a stupid price I will probably get a company to remake them. I've made a few flares and wof standard brake pipes but it's impossible to get it looking neat

Cheers for that.  I'll email the resuseofplates and see where I need to go from there. I hope I don't need any old paperwork as I haven't tracked down any yet. 2 previous owners though so might be all good with that so far I dunno. Need to clean up the plates and get some pics of them in situ. Rusty screws and corroded rivets for the win! 

Thanks Nick, Dan and Sam.  The more people I speak to about it the more I can't believe it got it tbh. Seems most of christchurch was keen on it.  Mental.   It's a bit of an interesting car, seems to have mexico guards, tramp bars but a 2 clock dash. I'm trying to track down what it might be. Nz cortinas are a bit different to uk models and specs (and aussie ones too). I'm thinking escorts must be the same. 

That's good to know. I might dab some black paint over them then. They are very straight but the front one is pretty stone chipped 

All i have is a hand written reciept of sale but I put the cars rego on there and both mine and the sellers phone number and addresses. I'll I'll them and email cheers. I was trying to track dowb the previous owners as I though I'd have to provide a folder of receipts etc. This is really good news 

Thanks for that. I read a post on here from 2018  you need receipts etc hence why I was trying to track down some old owners etc.  I thought it might be a mission so that is good to hear thanks 

Thanks guys. No doubt it's rough. But worse than that it's missing stuff, he made no excuses and said it was a parts car to finish his other one. But yeah. With prices the way they are I can't afford anything nice anymore. Just stoked to have the car and build something fun hopefully. 

Come here to judge my welding and laugh at my decision to buy such a heap   

Joe. 

Cheers for that. I'll have a proper look around it again but yeah, that's going to be difficult to pull off around the wheel tubs and up into the C pillars.

  Thanks.

*Edit: I was looking at the wrong price.  The plastic is 22.99, the chrome is 69.99..  

Including shipping that's $188 Nzd. Not including any tax incurred at the border, if it was genuine I'd consider it, but I've used those numerous times in the uk on mk3 and 4 escorts, they last a few yrs and the lock breaks and you've got to drill them out. If the fuel filler mod Is viable though, I might continue and fit bucket seats and wheels, suspension etc, which I plan to do later anyway. This is the bit I'm unsure about though. The "fully sealed and impervious isolation panel" . If that means the whole boot area separate from the cabin I'm unlikely to bother tbh. Just spring for the expensive cap, or again if I can find an oe one that looks OK might graft that one on