D1RTY6
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20 hours ago, ajg193 said:
@D1RTY6 do you still have your commer smoke machine?
Na we recently sold it for a nice little profit
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2 minutes ago, tortron said:
can you not get some decent double sided tape. it will probably hold better than the clips, but you can just hit it with a heat gun to get them back off
Yea I had thought about doing this, just didn't know if it was good for the new paint? basically, this post is looking for a "you could do this it'll be fine" and "Don't do this you will wreck your paint"
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32 minutes ago, igor said:
Are you an engineer's draughtsman too?
Haha more or less, Civil Designer
33 minutes ago, 8ball said:Dont glue them
Or ya wasted ya money painting it.
Go to a wreckers and see if yoy gan fet some off another car. Or.
Leave them off till you get the clips.
Rushing now will only result in many years of.
"I wish id fucking waited......"
Thanks will keep this in mind
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3 minutes ago, igor said:
No more nails or equivalent adhesive to the approval of the engineer used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and specification.
The amount of times i have used a variation of this sentence in my job scares me...... haha
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Hey guys,
Just got my car back from the paint shop and am putting the chrome trim back on but quite a few of them were broken/missing when I pulled them off
I have a had to a few local places but none of them seems able to find the product in the correct size or a suitable modern replacement
What I need is thesethe problem being I haven't got the time to wait for them to arrive from the states, need the car complete and back together by end of next week so am hoping someone knows where I can get them from in NZ
failing to find something, any recommendations on glue to use? or should i not even go down that route
Nathan
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Hey mate,
My partner and I are looking for some flatmates, we are mid to late 20's both working full time (Engineering & Pharmacy)It's a 3 bedroom house in Hoon Hay, large backyard with decent established veggie garden, 1 attention seeking cat, 1 small dog, and some chickens (free eggs)
long driveway with a lockable gate for off street parking
there is currently 2 spare bedrooms, we are wanting $225 for a couple which includes everything bar food
let me know if you're interested
Nathan
P.s willing to offer discount if you lower the starlet......
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Yep, that pic above is what i must have seen. Mat black mid 50's (55?) Chebby, big block, manual, Cragars and a little rough around the edges. Fucking cool!.Saw it in the Manawatu.
Na that picture is from my old Series 1 Rx7
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i have a really Fa50
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Cheers ill have a hunt round see if i can find a mechanical temp gauge to borrow see if its that, hoping its not the head gasket
Is the radiator lower than the old one - you could have air blocks in the system creating hot spots?
Does it have a shroud as well?
No radiator is the same height, same thing happened with the standard radiator aswell.
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Hi guys,
Not much has really been happening with this lately got it a fresh WOF the other day and i brought an L28 a while back that im slowly (read extremely slowly) building up, in the mean time i am having cooling issues (again) and im at a loss
The problem:
The car sits at perfect temp at idle/50km/h (about 1/4 on the gauge)
Cruising round at 70-80km/h and it gets to just over 1/2 on the gauge100km/h its sitting over 3/4 (very close to the H but it has never gone passed that mark)
The temp gauge changes very fast i.e stop at at intersection after doing 100km the gauge drops from over 3/4 to below 1/4 in 10 seconds (i timed it) and vice versa when you take of again back up to 100km it heats up to over 3/4 in about 10 seconds.
Current set up
New alloy radiator (replaced last week to try fix issue)
New temperature sensor
Solid engine driven fan
No thermostat (Put one in but it overheated within 100m of driving it)
by passed the heater core as i thought there might have been a blockage.
i'm at a loss, i have in the back of my mind that it has to be the head gasket but its odd that it doesn't constantly overheat/no milky oil/loss of power?
Tell me its something simple here
Nathan
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Lot 74 was one of those things I'll never forget. Was chatting to Bigfoot and Chris R about this whilst the bidding was going on, asking about costs for re-reg, as I was really interested in it but thought it'd go over budget; I'd looked over it the day before and it seemed solid. Bigfoot mentioned the 'on hold' writing in the windscreen, which I'd forgotten about, so I turned round to put up my hand to bid but the winning bidder was putting his bidding number up a few people in front and the auctioneer didn't see me, so it went for $500, which was a bargain; the whole camper interior was still in the back, etc.
Anyway, I got home and saw my overly full driveway despite being one car down at the moment and thought that I'd probably dodged a bullet, in all honesty. Being amongst so many projects yesterday also made me realise that the junk I have isn't actually that bad.
Damm, had exams all week so couldn't organize much in the way of getting up to hamilton to look and purchase, i assumed it would go for alot more than $500...was a little guttard when i found out what it went for . if anyone knows the new owner i would be interested in talking with them maybe sorting them out a quick profit.
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Anyone check out lot 74 (1968 Commer Camper) and know its condition and/or who it went to?
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I received this snap today.... wasnt you was it haha
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Man that looks great !!!
You got such a bargain on that bike such a lush build
Cheers man, yea was pretty stoked when i picked it up. yet to take it on a decent ride so amping for it.
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So i brought TMCs C50 Deluxe (still have red one)Past Few weeks i striped it, primered it and painted it.
Few minor future additions for it, but its mainly going to be used as the daily commuter.
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Clint. Found a stash of valiants and ramblers in a warehouse. Don't know if the owner is the selling sort but I could ask if you need anything.
would be interested to know what Ramblers they have aswell ?
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Hi Guys,
anyone know a place i can get these or know the dimensions so i can go gets some that will work
(i took the forks off and all the little ball bearings scattered everywhere)Cheers
Nathan
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Yea i was thinking of heading up with the mrs in the Rambler
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2nd hand is sweet as.
Choice, cheers guys!
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Hi Guys,
Not strictly old school but my Mrs 1999 Forester failed its last WOF on a frayed middle rear seatbelt.
I'm just wanting clarification on weather it can be replace with a second hand one or if it needs to be new?
I have a feeling ive heard from somewhere it has to be a new seat belt but cant find where it states it..
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Cheers guys, given me alot to think about!
got to get this stem out before anything can happen
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Worst thing ive found is handle bar stems seized in. Generally most things come apart with some persuasion. Keep track of bearings. If its old they might not have a bearing cage and just be sitting in the grease (or whats left of it)
Yea the stem has seized, have soaked it in CRC trying to free it up.
It won't be a problem.
Powder coating the frame and forks works out nice and doesn't cost too much.
Rechroming parts adds up pretty fast but it looks awesome when it's done. Cycle trading in Bath Street have 28x1/2 rims and tyres if you decide to build new wheels for it. They also carry bearings and cotter pins for these older bikes.
Got a photo of the rear dropouts out of curiosity?
Would you recommend powder coating over painting?
Will grab a photo for you after work
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We have one of these, good to see another 770 kicking around.
Parts are hard to come by but there is a guy down here in canterbury who basically brought up heaps of the NOS when the plants closed down he has a whole shed full of stuff.
Ill dig out his number for you.