Sunbeam Posted April 6 Author Report Share Posted April 6 Parts supplier came through. Took a while but today I took delivery of a new donut free of charge. I’m at home with the Rona this week, so I’m claiming the torquing of 3 bolts as achievement. To be honest I’ve had worse colds, but my excuse for doing nothing is that there’s a stack of polycarbonate roofing in my way. Happily they torqued up nicely. This donut has one piece crush tubes, and the tolerance is way better. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted April 7 Author Report Share Posted April 7 Got a call from the engine shop, bore wear is 6 thou which is the trigger for a rebore. New pistons on the way$$$$$! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted April 14 Author Report Share Posted April 14 Aaaaaaaaargh! I had a cluster fly infestation in the shed so I bombed it. The picture does not do justice to the carpet of dead flies. I then set about vacuuming them all up. They are so gross, the vacuum cleaner hose now has a thick buildup of goo on the inside with the consistency of tar from the filth that these flies excrete. My cleanup revealed a bigger problem, a mouse plague. They’ve had such an abundant season thanks to the mild, moist summer that the numbers have exploded. Anyway, they have made camp inside the Fiat and MG, and have been gnawing on bits of car. Quite demoralising. 2 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunbeam Posted April 17 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 17 Significant wallet-lightening action has taken place. These are on their way from Straya. Also NOS main and big end bearings. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunbeam Posted May 2 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 2 Look what the postie dropped off today! Going straight to the machinists. I love NOS. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunbeam Posted August 5 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 5 The engine block is still sitting untouched on the floor at the machinists. Grrrrr. I’m giving it one week and then I’m picking it up and giving it to someone else to do. Any recommendations in Christchurch? Anyhoo, FIZZZ FIZZZ look what finally turned up! Front fits, but quite snug on the hub, so hard to get off. Rears won’t go on. Looks like I need 0.3mm off the hub centre. Also, they dont fit over the locator pegs. The hex doesn’t fit in the relief in the wheel. I can probably make do without the hex, as they don’t need to be super tight. Well worth the wait getting them shipped in a container. This way they ended up 150 per wheel cheaper than the next best place I could get them on the interweb. Shout out to Palmside in Christchurch, they were good to deal with. Also, they have a couple more sets in stock now too for you Fiat foamers. Specs are 13x7 et10. They appear well made, and not that heavy. EDIT: also poos, because the wheel bearing cap sticks out too far to use the centre caps! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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