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Lord Gruntfuttock

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  1. Got the bump-stick in today... No dramas except when I went to torque up the thrust plate and a bolt snapped (at 9 ft-lbs)...? Hardly even felt any resistance so must have been something wrong with it. I just twisted the remnants out with long nose pliers... Was worried as it was supposedly grade 8 (according to online experts) and thought I'd have to order one or machine something, but shot into Southern Bolts and Fasteners and they gave me a free grade 5 off the shelf, and since the last one seemed to be made out of plastic I'm happy it'll be fine - rapt with that service, cheers SBF... And fitted the new double roller timing chain. It's a Rollmaster gold series, billet steel set with nitrided sprockets, flash eh... Bit of trouble determining if I needed the shim or not, as the instructions were pretty vague. Looked online and it is supposedly to give chain clearance from the block. You 'stick' it to the sprocket with oil while sliding the chain on so it locates in place - can just see it inside the sprocket here and I checked it was even all way round... And I was going to carry on fitting stuff till I looked at the water pump plate gasket, will either grab another or make one to suit so will be a couple of days before things happen... Also bit of debate on whether to flatten out the oil slinger at the crank sprocket or toss it. Apparently you can do either with a double-roller, but might be easier to go without, I'll do a bit of research...
  2. Yeah was pleased I had enough bits to get 3 good solids together. I toyed with the idea of making another bike out of parts left over (new rims and going pneumatic) but realised I'd never get round to it, so sold the parts on tardme for 50 squid...
  3. And assembly. As these things are so robust, it was really just a case of taking the best bits and putting them together with new bearings and grease, a couple of repairs, the odd replacement part and a bit of a polish up... And it was successfully used in the surf to city by my 4 yr old a couple of weeks ago (this was in the park afterwards, she did wear the lid during the event)... I've since found a period tool bag that straps on behind the seat, and some Winkie decals to attach. All the neighbourhood kids love riding 'speedy' the chain bike, and I've found if you lean it over you can do burnouts as the driving wheel skids it up. Win...
  4. And stripdown/paint. Most tin parts beat out alright, even with my rudimentary panel skills. This was really an exercise to practice build skills on, dressed up as being a dutiful Dad...
  5. Found some pics I took when I did up an old chain bike last year. I'd picked up a couple of wrecks on the tard in a job-lot of rust, and thought I'd have a go at building one good one for my girls. Unfortunately my eldest was riding a proper bike by the time I got started (oops) but the younger one has got some use out of it. As bought, came with a Triang Jeep pedal car and scooter (that are also in the project pile)... These things were built over decades, and are pretty well made... Yep, that is the gangly and slightly racist old Duke of Edinburgh leading Prince Charles on one...
  6. Yeah pretty much. Should be a fire it up and drive job (all going well). I like the parts mountain myself...
  7. I had to drill water passage holes in the block to suit the new heads, which was a little daunting. Older (pre-72) blocks have steam holes at the 12 o'clock position above each cylinder (I think they were relocated as people were overtorquing the intake and gaskets were blowing out at this narrow point). Looking at old vs new heads you can see the old arc shape that catered to a few locations, while the new heads have a triangular recess the block hole has to line up with. These correspond to about the 1:30 position on the block... I put the new gaskets in place and centre punched the location of the new hole... Interestingly the old gaskets had the holes in a slightly different position to the new Felpro set. Both located ok on the new heads though, new ones are more centred, old ones are the lower mark right on the edge... I taped up the block and used an old speaker magnet to catch any loose swarf... And they drilled ok. I used new 1/8" bits, kept the revs down and only snapped one as it caught on a protuding bit of casting as I broke through into the water jacket. Gotta admit I was getting nervous on the first one as I had read the thickness was between 1/4 and 1/2", and I was 20mm into it before I broke through. No dramas, just tapped the broken bit through with a nail and picked it up with a magnet. Rest of them went much easier, and I gave the holes a slight chamfer to tidy them up afterwards... And they line up well, pretty pleased to get this over with, next step is sliding in the new cam then putting bits back on...
  8. Haven't updated for a while cos, well, haven't done anything. Financial year end, closing out projects, long work hours etc etc so over Easter only managed to put a bit of the front end back together. Did have a bit of a tidy-up though, old stuff... And new stuff... starting to get excited about putting it together...
  9. These were placed on a few screens, mate was MOST upset no-one put one on the P76...
  10. These Edsels look like something Homer J. would have designed... Some of the best cars were in the carpark...
  11. Yeah I was there early on, was playing footy so had to leave as things were still arriving. Has potential and any excuse to get cars out is a good'un... Fairly typical of the sales... These look so much better than the V12 plumbers nightmares...
  12. Change of plan. I'm going as guest in a Leyland. Any OSers wanna catch up should wear a blue carnation, carry a briefcase and say 'The cheese is in the trunk' to dodgy looking strangers...
  13. Ooh I'll head out for a look. Prob take the old bike out as: (*) it needs a run (*) it's only a few kms away so should make it (*) it'll stop me buying some treasures (broke anyway)...
  14. Only took 40 days, and more $$$ than it should have, but...
  15. We've all done that. Another thing that annoyed me was batteries getting koozed. Purchasing some battery optimisers has paid for itself a couple of times...
  16. Yeah just wary of it taking more time to deal with the paper shufflers. I've resigned myself to paying up, have had a good run otherwise. I don't mind paying gst, it's just the BS 'biosecurity' etc add-ons that grate...
  17. So my joy is unbounded at receiving an email stating my parcel has arrived in the country, is being held by nz customs, and that they will send an invoice in a couple of days - once they have added up all the ways they can best squeeze my balls... Yes, this will be the replacement camshaft that NZ Post somehow managed to SNAP IN FUCKING HALF. And yes, this escaped any duty previously (under an exchange rate that should have made it cost more). And yes, it is Easter, so I expect it to be a fortnight before I receive anything... So. More delays, more cost, more frustration. All I ask is consistency (or a better method of getting parts I want without being fiscally raped). Cunts... This on top of a nice letter in the box yesterday advising I had been snapped (and demanding I pay for) doing the insane and life-threatening speed of 56 kmh. On a deserted 4-lane road. At 6:30am. I fucking love bureaucracy...
  18. Love a good morry, and yep keeping it sv is great idea as they've all had swaps... On my old sedan I installed a brake lamp behind the rear boot emblem. A sympathetic mod to stop numpties driving up my arse, though ironically enough I ended up using a bloke in front of me to stop after some serious brake fade down a long Dunedin hill...
  19. I love the stationary engine blokes. They stand around their old chuffers in funny hats, discussing ancient technology and admiring each other's contraptions - often wearing tweed and smoking a pipe. Something to aim for...
  20. I can't quite get over the wank factor of mock patina. I suppose it depends on the car, and how it's done, but something about made-up distressing distresses me...
  21. ^ So figured out why my results were slightly skewed... Repeated the test but did it in reverse. Set wrench then positioned weight/s along shaft until it just clicked, and measured the distance. Then maths (adding 0.8 kg to account for weight of toolbar) and looks like we're good to go, the numbers line up well from 15 - 90 ft-lbs. With my nerd on I get an average error of 1.0207% over that range. Quite an interesting exercise really...
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