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Richy's Mid Life Crisis, Season 2, Episode 7 "Oops, I Binned it Again..."
anglia4 replied to Snoozin's topic in Two Wheels
Thats no good. I'm in the camp of "make sure you are well insured and carry on doing what you love". -
Richy's Mid Life Crisis, Season 2, Episode 7 "Oops, I Binned it Again..."
anglia4 replied to Snoozin's topic in Two Wheels
Glad to hear it sounds like you "got away with it". -
I took the day off work yesterday and spent a solid 6 hours rebuilding the carb. Most of that time painstakingly removing all the stuck gaskets, silicone and blue RTV. I also fixed the leaking fuel line, pinched the battery out of the mustang again and hit the key. It runs nice and smooth and responsive. I still need to sort a proper banjo for the fuel connection. Next job is to make it turn and stop.
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Tomble's adorable go cart / distraction / Alto Works
anglia4 replied to tomble's topic in Other Projects
My wife's boss has a personalised plate he didn't want to drill holes in, so has attached it with some 3M adhesive rubber strip stuff. Seems to work well. -
Things to do before the next start: New battery New earth strap Wire the ignition back to the key (as opposed to the mystery switch hiding under the dash) - Took a few minutes to figure that one out. Also meant it didn't shut off at the "Shut-er-off mate" qeue. Fix the source of petrol leaking out of the fuel hose Re-kit the carb - the fountain of petrol coming out of the carb being the reason for the "Shut-er-off mate". Fix the lamp/wiring for the oil pressure / water temp warning lamps. It fired up pretty easy once we figured out the couple of little electrical hiccups. Luckily I pre-empted this, and have a carb rebuild kit for it amongst the stash that came over with it.
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I get the feeling its going to be largely the same outcome whether I use Boiled Linseed Oil, Penetrol or RIPO, they're probably all basically doing the same thing. What I don't want, is for something that starts flaking off and is hard to maintain. My gut tells me that the BLO might sort of "fade/wear/weather off" and be able to be just re-applied. Where the others sound like they dry a bit harder like clear coat and I've seen some comments about it flaking off. I imagine it might not last as long, but then you just wipe more on. I can't find any definitive answer to that on the internet yet though...
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Thats a great video, thanks for that. What he's done there is exactly what I want to achieve, polishing up the good paint and protecting the patina. I like his style too "Great things happen when you cut corners".
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When we got it home late that night we shifted just enough stuff to fit it in the shed, but you couldn't walk in there with it... So over the weekend I've had a massive shed tidy up, which gave me floor space to unpack all the boxes out of the car. The kids have been loving the novelty of it, they head out there regularly just to hop over into the back seats and play. Its the screen time location of choice at the moment. Next I decided I needed some of that floor space back and that the easiest way to do that was to fit the physically big and easy to fit parts. So first up was on with the new wheels and tires: No complaints there, they look perfect! Then the new front seat. I have it a pretty thorough vacuum and took it outside to bang as much dust out as I could. It bolted straight in, and is easily good enough for my standards. I'll throw a blanket over it to hide the fades and stains and it will be perfect. Its not got any tears that mess with the integrity of it, the springs are a little saggy, which just makes the car feel even more comically huge when little old me is sitting at the wheel. I also hauled out the manky shitty old carpet. The floor is pretty solid, you can see a little corrosion in the photo above, but its just surface rust where the seam sealer has flaked off. I'll clean that up and re-seal it. I'm thinking that the Montana winter cold has given some of the seam sealers a pretty hard time, as in a few places it is a bit flakey. No photos, but I also changed the oil & filter, filled it up with water, pulled the drain of the fuel tank (was empty) and put 20 litres of Z's green stuff in it.
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Might have to pop round some time and have a look at your Buick if thats OK?
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"Wouldn't it be great if we could tow the caravan with the Mustang" is pretty much what kicked this whole thing off
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Thanks Chris, can't wait to rip into some family adventures with it. Do you still have the Econoline?
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+1 for science fair display of graphs etc about your 6cyl at 4nR
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Yeah I live by the beach... I'm sure I can see the thing rusting if I squint
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Thanks for the intel @_Matt Thats kinda what I was worried about with clearcoat, as I end up with the cars outside quite a bit as well. I'm leaning towards trying out the RIPO oil. @Bistro where did you buy it from?
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Tim k’s 1967 EJ20 VOLKSWAGEN discussion thread
anglia4 replied to Timk's topic in Project Discussion
Love it! im thoroughly enjoying your build!