kiwi808 Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 You need to do a trip up to central some time and we can go visit the Fiat Barry in Alex. 1 Quote
Goat Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Always enjoy your updates dude. Man you get a lot of shite done. Awesome that you put in all the hard yards to save these cool whips. 3 Quote
azzurro Posted December 16, 2021 Posted December 16, 2021 Cheers bowl, I guess a few hours here and there adds up - i dont watch a lot of TV, instead go and poke away at greasy rusty shit in the shed, so i suppose I dont really consider it hard work either This one is particularly satisfying because its looks so irredeemably fucked, but under the bad paint and layers of greasy dirt its actually pretty good. Kinda like carving, the finished work was always in there, just need to get the crust off the outside to reveal it. 6 Quote
kws Posted March 22, 2022 Posted March 22, 2022 Man that sounds great. Love that strip speedo too, was kinda hoping it was a tacho when i first saw it move 1 Quote
yoeddynz Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 Sweet. So cool. Stoked for you. The engine sounds great! So what's up with the starter? Is it an old inertia type rather than pre-engaged. 1 Quote
azzurro Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 On 22/03/2022 at 21:54, kws said: Man that sounds great. Love that strip speedo too, was kinda hoping it was a tacho when i first saw it move That would be cool! Kinda is working as a tacho at the mo with the gbox free-wheeling. 41 minutes ago, yoeddynz said: Sweet. So cool. Stoked for you. The engine sounds great! So what's up with the starter? Is it an old inertia type rather than pre-engaged. Pretty happy with how the engine sounds/runs for sure. I suspect the carb may be a bit dicky under load tho. Well see. Starter, not sure about type, but its not working so good. The 'solenoid' has a lever in it (electro magnet?) that pushes the teeth on the starter motor shaft forward onto the flywheel. That part also has a clutch/ratchet in it. Im wondering if the magnet is weak, poor electricalconnection internally making the magnet weak, or maybe some mechanical issue (or a little bit of all three) is stopping it engaging reliably. Im gonna push on with other stuff for now (my brake stuff arrived!) as it works well enough for the odd motivational crank up. I have a lead on a spare engine that will hopefully include a starter too so ill swap it out then. Still waiting for a ladapower order which has the special driveshaft bolts in it which is on its way but delayed for obvious reasons 3 Quote
Nominal Posted April 6, 2022 Posted April 6, 2022 Good work on sorting the brakes out. Did you have to find a new helper to work the pedal? 1 Quote
azzurro Posted April 6, 2022 Posted April 6, 2022 Yeah, i was pretty worried it was going to be terminal, but glad to figure out it was just an assembly error. I managed to convince my chief pedal pumper that i didnt make the van squirt brake fluid on her on purpose and definitely, under no circumstances, never ever, will that happen again*. *on porpoise So yeah, shes a goodun XOXO 3 Quote
Nominal Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 Melbar cables in Wellington should be able to sort you out. 2 Quote
azzurro Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 Thanks mang, they were already at the top of my list, simply based on sensing the cable barry seeping out of their website: http://www.melbarcables.co.nz/ 2 Quote
kws Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 Ha, Melbar is exactly who i came here to recommend A+ have used them before and they do a top notch job. 1 Quote
azzurro Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 Awesome, thats 2 from 2 for Melbar. cheers! Will send them a fax or ring their landline Tuesday for cable sharns 2 Quote
kiwi808 Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 Looking at their website I too could sense good Barry vides. 1 Quote
jakesae101 Posted April 20, 2022 Posted April 20, 2022 I came to say the same about melbar they shortened a handbrake cable for me recently and it was cheap and done in a week. 1 Quote
kicker Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 What sorta price have they quoted for the cable? I need a push pull too, I have a cheap boat option with unf threads but would be nice to have metric to avoid adapters Quote
azzurro Posted May 21, 2022 Posted May 21, 2022 Tbh, It wasnt discussed, but as the ends will need to be more or less hand made, im assuming not cheap, but probably still a bargain! I think if the ends were 'standard' off the shelf items it would be much cheaper. They have a bit of a catalogue of ends on their site. Ill let you know tho. Quote
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