Which old car would you like to own and possibley restore?
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From: Jason James on 6 Jun 2010 11:46 "hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in message news:hufegj$7jk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> > > With the Tas/Kim at least, it's quite a bit quicker drop the powertrain > through, That is how I did an Major Elite as well as a Mini too IIRC. lift the front clear and pull the lump out from underneath. Yeppers,... > Reverse to install. Needs tilting about 15deg rearwards from memory. Never > thought of it when I had the 1800s, but I think it would still work the > same. Erm... don't try this on a hoist unless you've attached a chainblock > to the engine obviously! :) Going out crushed by an 1800 engine and trans ? Not a good look.:-) Jason
From: Noddy on 6 Jun 2010 20:31 "jonz" <fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote in message news:4c0c3ce0(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > with the mini, you could unbutton the subframe, lift the body and wheel > the whole lot out from under....do-able > on your own, but much easier with two.... It was an easy job on the early rubber suspension models, but a pain on the later hydrolastic versions unless you had access to a pump and fluid. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: jonz on 6 Jun 2010 13:58 On 6/7/2010 10:31 AM, Noddy wrote: > "jonz"<fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote in message news:4c0c3ce0(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > >> with the mini, you could unbutton the subframe, lift the body and wheel >> the whole lot out from under....do-able >> on your own, but much easier with two.... > > It was an easy job on the early rubber suspension models, but a pain on the > later hydrolastic versions unless you had access to a pump and fluid. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ yeah, it was the cone suspension models i was referring to......probably not viable with the fluid units.... > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992
From: hippo on 6 Jun 2010 22:16 Noddy wrote: > > > "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:4c0b773f$0$28659$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > > > Only electrical faults with mine that I can remember was the very fragile > > indicator switch and the poor output from the generator, the generator > > could easily be replaced with an alternator after switching the car to > > negative earth which was simple. > > For some reason mine had a habit of eating sealed beam inserts, but I never > kept it long enough to find out why that was. > > > BTW did you go to the new house today? > > Yeah, I got there a bit late this morning. I wasn't there until around 11am. > The missus wanted to spend a bit of time in town getting some fruit and > veggies. > > > I went there at about 10.00am and about 2.00pm and no sign of you, > > I was there at 2, but I was parked around the back. What were you driving? I > saw a couple of cars come up the street but by the time I got around the > front to have a proper look they'd turned around and headed off. > > > the house is looking good but you don't have much north facing roof for a > > decent solar system:-) > > They're putting the panels for the hot water system on the master bedroom > roof which is the extreme right of the house, or at least that's where it > looks like they're going judging by the plumbing and wiring running over to > that corner. Even though we've got the room on the block to have positioned > the house whatever way we wanted, I didn't particularly want the house > facing North as we've got an excellent view out the back where the sunset > will be right in the middle of the Alfresco area with the house as it > currently is. In fact, the woman across the road is a bit miffed as she > quite enjoyed sitting on her front veranda watching the sun go down and now > our house is blocking her view :) > > By the way, you don't happen to need any clean fill by any chance do you? > I've got 350 cubic metres of it to get rid of, and you're welcome to as much > of it as you want :) > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > > > > > > > Regulator with a Union Card :) -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: hippo on 6 Jun 2010 22:56
Noddy wrote: > > > "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:4c0b02c6$0$28656$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > > > I wonder how difficult it would be to fit an engine and trans from a later > > fwd car into one? > > If people can do V8 conversions on Mini's then anything's possible. I'd > imagine the 1800 would lend itself well to a late model Japanese > engine/trans swap, but finding a car worth doing it to these days would be > difficult I'd imagine. > > A ute would make for an interesting project. > > -- > Regards, > Noddy. > > > > A basket case ute now costs nearly as much as a pristine sedan.One I saw had a rather optimistic 4K tag. I think the chooks would have probably turned up their noses at it! With a still registered sedan, you're typically looking at repairing or replacing four doors for rust in the bottoms and probably some work above the headlights. Rust anywhere else is usually be from neglect or old accident damage, unless the screen or heater's been leaking long term into the front floor. Floorpan rust is relatively uncommon otherwise, because there's nearly always at least a thin coating of oil from the transmission housing and the gear selector cable tunnel. Do whatever is necessary on the engine, replace the clutch if you had to drop the block anyway (taking a couple of hours instead of 14 later on), then go through the electricals or upgrade them and theat's about it aprat from whatever trim and paint you feel like replacing. $10-12K go to whoa and you could pay that for a ute that still needs some serious work. I'd still like one though! Fond a thread with pics of an 1800 Van under construction. Looks pretty good as far it'd got then. Anyone seen it? http://fat.ly/uq02n -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au |