pies Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 me and (im guessing) seedy al will be thur tonight if you need extra hands lord cuntington. bring hoodies. and stickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Opps didnt read any of ya messages before last night soz guys. But yeap, we got some way way bleeding done, and some caliper and disc swapping, and some beer drinking. Maybe alot of beer drinking. Thanks guys, hopefully the brakes be sorted now. Time to go get bearings and put bottom end back togther. Also, UJ is really funny when pissed lots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Are the breaks sorted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Fully should have eaten something except half a sausage Poor Pip/Pin Anyway - brakes are possibly sorted. They are certainly better than they were when we rocked in. A touch more rear shoe adjusting and the handbrake adjusted and I think they will be legal. The issues with the brakes were a bit tricky and I might not have it all right but I say that 1) The pistion size of the front calipers is too large for the bore size of the M/C and 2) The calipers are not designed for such a thin rotor With new rotors and different calipers they bled up well last night and the pedal is now shorter. It is still too long though and can be forced to the floor (with effort). The flexible lines are swelling but a bit more adjustment in the rear shoes will help get it legal. Gaz - watch out for the front brake hoses being too short. If you have spare calipers at home see if they have the hard lines still on them. We can do another bleed no worries but I can't get back to the shed until Friday. Gasket goo shit is on my bench. Don't use quite as much as you did last time as it does not pass through oil gallerys well. Engine assembly lube - you know where that is. The tourqe wrench is in the bottom drawer of the blue tool chest. I think there is a small bottle of hand cleaner in the blue toolbox - probably right up the top Good luck CDL - Thanks for all the advice Pies - thanks for being so darn cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 ^Top cunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentra Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 t6his build is keeping me on the egde of my seat gaz and co Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 UPDATE: Things aren't good. I am still at work but I am advised that two of the B/E bearings that were supplied are the wrong size. The chances of getting the correct shells tomorrow in Wellington are not that good. This car needs to be on the road Sunday at the latest for Gaz's trip north for his own wedding (with no WOF of course) Lots of people have tried really hard and it isn't over yet but the chances of having it ready on time are slipping away. Humph In better news the cam bearings and main bearings are done and the crank and cam re-installed. Cam timing is yet to be done and with care could possibly be done with one conrod disconnected (or temporarily fit the old stuffed bearings to that B/E). Repairs to the oil pick-up are being made right now. Lownslow, Mki1Mad, Aidan and Steelies are doing an awesome job. Gaz too of course (an KKK is probably at it too, not sure). OS at its finest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipsittin Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 What size bearings are you after, I may be able to pull strings. Corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentra Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 you dudes still have a whole trading day for bearings youl get it done easily breathe deeply worse comes to worse youl have a second hand engine in it saturday night running ///encouragement///////////// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipsittin Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Matt (Treggo) has some bearings and talking to Gaz now so the backup plan is in place in case of nill supply in Welly in the morning. Good on ya Matt. Hope you all have a good day Gaz Corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 This kind of reminds me of a drama I had just before a race meet and I needed undersize cam bearings in a hurry. We worked 20 hours a day on the car to get it ready and the bearings were being freighted from somewhere and were the last set in NZ. The freight aircraft crashed into the sea off Kapiti with the only set of bearings in the country in it. I didn't go racing but I didn't moan as both the pilot and co-pilot lost their lives. In semi related news my wife got a taxi to our wedding......................, and paid for it herself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 With new rotors and different calipers they bled up well last night and the pedal is now shorter. It is still too long though and can be forced to the floor (with effort). The flexible lines are swelling but a bit more adjustment in the rear shoes will help get it legal. Felt it this morn and it was way better than it felt last night when I was drunk! Also I got some more hand cleaner dawg! Will get more Heinies as I drank your box this arvo So yeah, jist of the afternoon is me building an engine then unbuilding it after we decided the bearing shell with std stamped on it was infact no good (after measuring it with vernier to no differance). Gotta say it... WTF is up with getting a vacum sealed set of big end bearings from ACL and ONE of them being differant to the rest! I mean come on! Good timing ACL, thanks! Thanks Corey for trying really hard to sort bearings for me.. and thanks Matt for having some in stock (lol) and being willing to send em out via courier tommorrow. Hopefully the courier can do a Aucks to Welly run in a day! If not hopefully the Welly suplier has .25mm undersised big end bearings. Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiemk Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Get matt/treego to slam some saturday delivery on it so you it wont get stuck somewhere over the weekend. Hope everything works out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdizzle Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 So was this ready in time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Car was driving yesterday and had a couple small issues - I think they have been rectified now - I also reset the timing on it this evening and Gaz was installing his stereo - It is having some last minute Pitstop Exhaust work tomorrow - then it is of to Rotorua straight after I understand.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 RoR straight after his Wof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclejake Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Zomg!@!!! It got a WoF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Woop Woop ... feels like we have built this car twice now ... see you in the rua on wed night i guess fag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Sweet!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Yeap yeap it got a WOF, and a Reg, and made the trip to Rotorua with only a small prob of an exhaust leak at the top flange. Tappets are noisey so tonight I am doing oil change and re-adjusting the tappets. Wow, thats the busiest and most stressfull week posiably of my life! If it wasnt for the handfull of peps happening I wouldnt have made it. So, thanks, again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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