Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

Steve-A · March 27, 2011, 11:01:46 AM

Looking good, the blue goes nice with the gold :rollin

Are your bushes single piece Cliff? I can see they\'d be a right nightmare to get in.

I started to put my bushes in yesterday, they are mostly two piece so its just a case of tap each side in with a soft mallet.

CHC (RIP) · March 27, 2011, 03:59:59 PM

Quote from: Steve-A;751915Looking good, the blue goes nice with the gold :rollin

Are your bushes single piece Cliff? I can see they\'d be a right nightmare to get in.

I started to put my bushes in yesterday, they are mostly two piece so its just a case of tap each side in with a soft mallet.

Yeah think it looks quite nice myself but I wouldn\'t intend spending a lot of time looking at them when they are in place either.

Yes all mine are single piece units but managed to get them all fitted by lunchtime today. The worst problem was with the \'Watts Link\' upper and lower lateral links, the bushes have an extra wide fitting and square corners so I had to chamfer one end so that they would squeeze in instead of simply compressing against the steel tube - as I said, difficult in a vice but hey, ALL DONE! :wiggle
So it\'s back to preparation, I think some plating and welding this week so I can re-assemble the suspension and then turn the car round.

CHC (RIP) · March 27, 2011, 04:04:53 PM

Ian/Steve - meant to ask you guys, I had to reuse the original crush tube for the Watts Lateral links - did you or did you sets include new crush tubes for all?
My problem was the original crush tubes were quite heavily corroded so I got new ones made from stainless steel tube - cost a bit but worth it.

Steve-A · March 28, 2011, 09:04:54 AM

Excuse my ignorance, but my crush tube do you mean the central metal tube that goes through the new bush?

If so then yes the RE-Speed kit contained the tubes for all the bushes, along with the drop link hardware and a new large washer for where the watts link pivot attaches to the axel.

CHC (RIP) · March 28, 2011, 11:33:19 AM

Quote from: Steve-A;752099Excuse my ignorance, but my crush tube do you mean the central metal tube that goes through the new bush?

If so then yes the RE-Speed kit contained the tubes for all the bushes, along with the drop link hardware and a new large washer for where the watts link pivot attaches to the axel.

Yes, the central metal tube is the Crush Tube.

As I say, the UK kit you need to reuse existing crush tubes and reuse the large washer and also have to purchase the drop link hardware - huh, cheap skates :Hammer.
No despite this I\'m truly impressed with the kit I bought.

CHC (RIP) · March 30, 2011, 01:12:23 PM

Received my bargain Â£12 electric fans today but having 2nd thoughts above this as Goldie has an S2 rad - think I\'ll trial them on JAZ 1st as she has an S3 rad

Ian65 · March 30, 2011, 01:17:06 PM

Quote from: CHC;752607Received my bargain Â£12 electric fans today but having 2nd thoughts above this - think I\'ll trial them on JAZ 1st to make sure they work

As Jaz is running a s3 rad these will fit easily... not so straightforward on the shallower s2 rad with the oil cooler under it as you\'d have to cut the shroud to clear the bottom rad outlet. It can be done, just a bit more work!

CHC (RIP) · March 30, 2011, 01:23:31 PM

Quote from: Ian65;752608As Jaz is running a s3 rad these will fit easily... not so straightforward on the shallower s2 rad with the oil cooler under it as you\'d have to cut the shroud to clear the bottom rad outlet. It can be done, just a bit more work!

Guess JAZ has just got herself a belated birthday present then

myatt1972 · March 30, 2011, 09:16:34 PM

Â£12 ! What a bargain, well done.

CHC (RIP) · March 30, 2011, 11:55:28 PM

Then I\'ll fit these to my spare Â£25 refurbed S3 rad ...

CHC (RIP) · March 30, 2011, 11:58:50 PM

Quote from: myatt1972;752744Â£12 ! What a bargain, well done.

All thanks to Ian - he launched the link the other night with a buy it now or best offer, welllll who am I to deny the po a bit of bargaining and hey presto, deal done. Will strip these down for re-furb before final fit.

Ian65 · March 31, 2011, 12:07:56 AM

Quote from: CHC;752807All thanks to Ian - he launched the link the other night with a buy it now or best offer, welllll who am I to deny the po a bit of bargaining and hey presto, deal done. Will strip these down for re-furb before final fit.

great buy they are!

you could run one fan on the thermostatic fan controller and switch the other manually if you ever need it.... or run both on one controller or run both fans on separate controllers set at different temps... the possibilities are endless!!

CHC (RIP) · March 31, 2011, 12:18:20 AM

Quote from: Ian65;752808great buy they are!

you could run one fan on the thermostatic fan controller and switch the other manually if you ever need it.... or run both on one controller or run both fans on separate controllers set at different temps... the possibilities are endless!!

Defnitely a great buy but I\'m not into electrics that much so I\'ll be taxing your brain on this one if you don\'t mind mate.
Ta
Cliff

CHC (RIP) · April 01, 2011, 01:02:27 PM

I was sorting through my rotarshed the other night sifting out all the black interior pieces for sale and came across a part that I\'ve been after for a while - a sender unit .... yippeeeee. I bought a new gasket beginning of the year so just need to strip out the old unit now ....

Ian65 · April 01, 2011, 01:22:26 PM

that\'s a series 3 sender Cliff with the low fuel level sender....it probably will go into a s2 tank and give the right reading but as there are slight differences between the 2 tanks, it might be worth doing a bit of research.