Well I decide that the car could do with a new set, only problem is getting the right length, apparently they fit angle grinders and lawnmowers, I'm not going to tell OKIE that she might get upset, finally got a set second time round, and she works well.
Off to the Club meeting on Sunday might ask one of the guy to help me identify the knocking noise, suspisious that it is a UJ or a bearing, but those with more knowledge will be able to make a better guess.
Still haven't fixed the rev counter and I am supicious that the Fule and temp guage are copying each other wierd!!
Anyway must go and cut the lawn, before it rains.
Saturday, 5 November 2005
Fixed it Yes!!!!
discovered to my delight that one of the wires had come off the back of the Rev Counter, a bit of coper slip for good conductivity and it is back on. The Counter still has a problem that it sticks about 500 and then when reved hard it jumps, not sure why will have to ask on the TSSC web site or at the meeting
Aaron
Aaron
Wednesday, 2 November 2005
Extra Bits
thanks to sealski for the message I will add you to my links, remined me that I needed to do a post too!
I read in the courier about another member who had some herald/vitesse parts that they wanted to get rid of, so I contacted them and had a look 2 saturdays ago, I ended up buying 2 doors and a boot lid complete with number plate light and number plate.
the doors were pretty wrecked, tin work, Katty and all that was known to man to stick them back together, but the crome work was all present and the internals work fine, so I have stripped (sounds easy when you say it quick) them for parts and may swap them sell them on, the two windows were also fine, and will make a good replacement for the drivers side one on my car as it has a chip halfway down.
The boot lid is in great condition and I have stripped the crome work and vitesse shiney pannel and badges off ready so that I can strip the paint.... another day !
I managed to get some anti-burst catches, and must admit that I am considering calling them anti-CLOSE catches as they are B~##er to line up, oh yes and the hock part is handed so it will not work upside down! any way I think a little bit of adjustment with the angle grinder will sort them.
Off to the club on sunday, need to check the oil and water, the temp gauge always seems to read hot!
Also need to fix the rev counter, not sure what I did, but it was defenetly me fiddling with the bulbs that has done it, however I do now have blue LED lit clocks, will post a picture of the bulb casing with LEDs in it
Aaron
I read in the courier about another member who had some herald/vitesse parts that they wanted to get rid of, so I contacted them and had a look 2 saturdays ago, I ended up buying 2 doors and a boot lid complete with number plate light and number plate.
the doors were pretty wrecked, tin work, Katty and all that was known to man to stick them back together, but the crome work was all present and the internals work fine, so I have stripped (sounds easy when you say it quick) them for parts and may swap them sell them on, the two windows were also fine, and will make a good replacement for the drivers side one on my car as it has a chip halfway down.
The boot lid is in great condition and I have stripped the crome work and vitesse shiney pannel and badges off ready so that I can strip the paint.... another day !
I managed to get some anti-burst catches, and must admit that I am considering calling them anti-CLOSE catches as they are B~##er to line up, oh yes and the hock part is handed so it will not work upside down! any way I think a little bit of adjustment with the angle grinder will sort them.
Off to the club on sunday, need to check the oil and water, the temp gauge always seems to read hot!
Also need to fix the rev counter, not sure what I did, but it was defenetly me fiddling with the bulbs that has done it, however I do now have blue LED lit clocks, will post a picture of the bulb casing with LEDs in it
Aaron
Wednesday, 19 October 2005
The Car
I bought the car approximatley a 6 weeks ago from a guy in Peterlee, he had spent many years lovingly restoring it with a friend in Seaham, North East coast of England.
OKIE is a 1200 convertable with twin 1 1/4 Su's and a 4-1 manifold off of a spitfire
She was built in 1967 and registered 1968 as an orginal convertable with the CV suffix.
From what I can tell the car has been totaly rebuilt and then used for a couple of years then garaged!
The car is still is very good condition it just needs some little bits and piece doing to it, a bit of paint and wax oil to the chassi etc all the usual things.
OKIE is a 1200 convertable with twin 1 1/4 Su's and a 4-1 manifold off of a spitfire
She was built in 1967 and registered 1968 as an orginal convertable with the CV suffix.
From what I can tell the car has been totaly rebuilt and then used for a couple of years then garaged!
The car is still is very good condition it just needs some little bits and piece doing to it, a bit of paint and wax oil to the chassi etc all the usual things.
RougeHerald
Hi there this my first attempt at BLOGGING so you might need to bear with me! :-)
I have seen the likes of MintyLamb and sportsix and decided that I wanted to have a go too, also the tssc personal profile bit was beginning to look a bit full. So here we go my blog on my triumph herald convertable OKIE
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