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  1. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah was thinking something like that, I'm sure it's a common motor unit to lots of things. Just bought a Valiant one on tardme for $30 on the offchance. No research, just 'looks' like it'll fit. Will see how it goes...
  2. Lord Gruntfuttock
    OK, I fooked my wiper motor. Anyone have any spare bits...?
  3. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Did a bit on the old wiper motor, as it looked a bit scody on the firewall and I think the washer mechanism had stopped working some time ago... Opened it up and looked like it should be repairable, pretty simple mechanical setup with a solenoid that engaged the pump for one rotation of a toothed wheel (13 squirts). All the rubbers looked good and I serviced the motor by dressing the commutator and checking brushes etc... Gave it a cleanup and discovered the solenoid winding connection had snapped off, which is why I had no pump. there was no way to pull it out and rejoin so I contemplated rewinding it, wouldn't be hard, just have to measure the wire gauge, buy some the same size and wind the same # of turns on. Cleaned the motor and pump mech bodies and gave them a quick polish... Then I had a Eureka moment, the squirter had always been a bit pathetic, so I wondered if I could remove it and run a separate universal pump with a bit more poke from the same switch. It looked easy, so I made up a blanking plate and started congratulating myself on a neat job - did away with half the unit making a tidier looking engine bay, and I should get a decent squirter setup for sod all... Then as I was admiring it and considering just what a clever bloody chappie I was, the motor body slipped out and landed on the floor, smashing the magnets. Fuck - back to square one... Had a quick look online for spares, shit reconditioned units are expensive. Anyone know of any fucked wiper motors I can scavenge for parts? [edit]: failing that, being a Lucas motor, there must be other cars running something similar I can use...?
  4. Lord Gruntfuttock
    No hoist (thought it may have arrived) but got a bit done. Jacked her up and removed headers (sound but need painted) drained and removed radiator and hoses, starter motor and clips/pipes/wires etc. I cleaned up a few bits, 40-odd years of gunge washed off with petrol and a brush - I'll check bearings/brushes etc and paint these before returning them. I was going to leave the trans in, but there are a few drips underneath, might be just as easy to pull them out as a unit and separate to work on. The guts are pretty much ready to come out, we'll see how things go...
  5. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Discussion thread. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51628-lord-gruntfuttocks-1971-xy-fairmont-big-grunty-discussion/#entry1648569 Also noticed on the plate it was built August '71 so she's not quite 45...
  6. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Cheers for starting the discussion thread mork, was gonna do it myself to ask for advice during the build, but been in the shed...
  7. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah I will. Always wanted to slide a top-loader in it (love manual V8s) but as you say it's a bit different, and a 6 seater could come in handy for car runs... Edit: not a split bench, proper buckets with a removable centre squab thing. The top bit pivots to make a seat of sorts or folds down for an armrest. Or you lift them out and there is a rudimentary centre console between the buckets. Car is pretty tidy, just mechanical work really, apart from the expected wear and tear that I'm not worried about...
  8. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Quick summary, it sat unused for several years while I was at uni (ta mum) and I got her going again when she turned 40 (cheap rego). I ran it for a while but it started randomly overheating - had radiator checked, new hoses, thermostats, water pump etc etc and with no evidence of a blown gasket/cracked head and with new kids I sort of just gave up... Bored .30 thou over Holley 600 vac sec Edelbrock RPM Air gap inlet Pacemaker headers MSD dizzy I'm thinking I'll pull the donk, remove the stuck coolant drain plugs and flush the block, and rather than dick around with the cast heads I'll chuck on some alloy heads and roller rockers. Will mean I'll lose the factory look under the bonnet but the MSD has already sort of done that. Will update when hoist arrives and I've made some progress...
  9. Lord Gruntfuttock
    In a rare moment of lucidity, I realised the poor old girl lanquishing in the shed under a pile of parts and gathering dust had just celebrated her 45th birthday. She has been parked after overheating a couple of years ago and being put in the 'too hard' basket and forgotten about - apart from my girls who love playing in the 'big car' in Dad's shed. Despite having umpteen other projects on the go (plus wife/kids/work/sports) I decided I needed something else to spend time/money and to skin my knuckles on. Shit pic but it reflects the loss of dignity of the old girl being parked up and used as a bench... It is a factory 302 Fairmont, C4 with column change and fold down seat between the buckets. Had her since I was 18, and despite the mistakes of youth, I still have original 2 barrel carb, manifolds etc tucked away. Now, I could just sort the overheating issue and drive her, OR I could take the chance to pull the engine, tidy up 40+ yrs of use, and add some fun bits while I'm at it - so she can gather her skirts and keep up with the brash young tarts of today. Seeing a 2T engine hoist on sale at The Toolshed with free delivery made my mind up, so I ripped into it last night...
  10. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Ah yes. Owning some old BSAs I am aware of the maddening British motorcycle thread issues... BSW fine, BSW coarse, Cycle thread. Good luck dealing with that.
  11. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Massive shed day today, repaired a few bits, stripped heaps more parts and got the first layer of paint on while the weather was good. You make good progress without the wife and kids interrupting you every hour or so, the only break was when fat Jim (Southern Scoot) came round with beer... Worked on my brazing skills on the brake cable cover. And got the stripping down to a fine art now - hit parts with Tergo strip, scrape first layer off when it starts to bubble and repeat, wire brushing off what is left. Then a selection of brass wire brushes in the drill on the rust, and get what is left in the blast cabinet. Only problem is that stripper is pretty violent, it eats nitrile gloves and I lost most of my fingertips as the skin came off in great chunks after being exposed. At least I assume it was the chemicals, not my soft office worker hands rebelling at doing real work... should get a couple more coats on tomorrow if the weather behaves...
  12. Lord Gruntfuttock
    That helps HEAPS. cheers bro...
  13. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah that's pretty much what I did (apart from aligning the logo, will remember that one). As there is no offset I just did up all spokes to same level, adjusted for 'round' then adjusted for side wobble and checked roundness again (can't remember which movement is axial and which one is radial)... Then I tightened all spokes a full turn for tension and did a final check/adjustment. Quite a satisfying job really...
  14. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Laced the new rims up, first ones I've done from scratch, just went methodically and it seemed to go ok once I worked out the pattern (seemed easiest to install all trailing spokes both sides then feed in leading spokes one at a time). I made some adapters for my motorbike stand and used a dial gauge, which made it real easy to true. The bog-roll stands and lump of wood with a hole in it are waiting a patent to be granted... Great practice for the motorbike wheels I have waiting to be done, I've always thought this was some dark art that only bearded pipe-smoking blokes in dim workshops could master, so a few projects have stalled until I had a crack. When I get some rim tape and have assembled the SA hub I'll fit these rims to the bike, and start looking at my antique shifter...
  15. Lord Gruntfuttock
    My wife and kids are still on holiday so I have a few days to myself, and even though it was REAL tempting to have a beer and porn day, I hit the shed to do a bit on the Zeta. Just stripping some undercarriage parts so I can paint them, and kid myself I am making progress. To be honest I had been putting this work off as it looked a bit hard... It was - a combination of grime, rust, and thick iron curtain paint made it bloody labour intensive to get back to metal. I used a combination of paint stripper, wire brushes and my asthmatic blasting cabinet (really need a bigger compressor). All methods were equally effective (i.e. not very) but I got there in the end, bought a new bag of grit which seemed to make a slight difference, the old stuff was probably pretty rounded off... Pretty pleased with the shiny steel, a little bit of panel beating and I should be able to chuck some paint around in the next day or so. have to make new bushes for front fork and repair a few bits and pieces, but nice to make some progress, no matter how feeble...
  16. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Gadzooks... cool name for a scoot.
  17. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Pretty much got all the bits, Sapim spokes, Dutch rims, new SA rear hub, 1970s front SA hub from a donor Raleigh, and a nice old K type shifter arrived from Pomgolia... Tried to fit hub in my motorcycle wheel truing stand and I'll have to make up some adapters as the axles are so wide. If Lady Gruntfuttock would leave me alone I'd be happily lacing up rims in the lounge, but seems it'll have to wait till I've fulfilled family Xmas duties. Nice to know I've got all the bits though...
  18. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Seen this on the tardme...? http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/cycling/other-bikes/auction-995386562.htm Rudge with 3 spd derailleur.
  19. Lord Gruntfuttock
    I bought one for my FA50. Made in Japan, cheap as chips and arrived in a few days. Seemed to do the job fine...
  20. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Ha, KTM orange. Nice looking job, disc brakes etc, a fair bit of engineering under that shell - bet it hauls. Wonder how it goes for heat dissapation? There is room for radiators under the front and you could direct air where it needs to go... Imagine being passed by that - I was looking for a flogged out shell to do something similar but the one I got was too complete - guess I need another one to mod...
  21. Lord Gruntfuttock
    MOT decals and a flashing light on the trailer of this one would look fucking brilliant...
  22. Lord Gruntfuttock
    8 horses in there (Czechoslovakian horses at that)...
  23. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Received a box of bits from beyond the wall (oop north) that may come in useful, spare engine and misc parts that I bought a while ago on tardme. Hopefully I can sell some on after I've done mine to recoup some costs... Had a little time in the shed so did a bit of prep work - really just cleaning off decades of gunge to see what was underneath. Alloy looks like it'll clean up ok, I just washed parts in petrol/soft brass brush, then hot soapy water... Bought some Tergo Strip last week too, to see how it went with stripping, I usually use wire wheel/sandpaper/elbow grease and it is a tedious, messy job. Man this stuff is the nuts, has fumes that'll knock you over, but leaving it on and scraping before it hardens seems to work. Just did the engine mount as a test piece, this needs the holes filled and re-drilled before painting... I should have gladwrapped the Tergo as some recommend, but I was covered in shit and didn't think 'er indoors would appreciate me raiding the kitchen cupboards and leaving muck everywhere. Only prob is I got impatient so hit it with the drill-mounted wire brush before it had done its work, and suffered a few stinging splats on the face (this shit burns). Reckon this stuff'll do the bizzo with the suspension parts though...
  24. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Same. Next concert is Sabbath at same venue, picking a slghtly less middle-aged-wimmins crowd demographic for that one...
  25. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Sold pipe and bits on tardme to Waiheke. A well travelled zorst...
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