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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 9:37 am
by db
Thanks Miles. It doesn't always do it, and it'll usually clear if I blip the throttle, which makes me wonder if something's sticking in the carb?
I'm worried it's what killed my afr sensor and it might do it again!
I think I set the idle with the vac gauge following Dave Rob's technique, but it was a while ago!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 15 1:43 pm
by db
As I'm off the road for several weeks I've decided to strip out the front shock rods and send them off for rechroming. It'll be a challenge on one leg but it's nothing that's gonna stop me tinkering
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 15 1:45 pm
by Pete
REAL car Guy
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 15 1:46 pm
by Pete
...What is sex like on one leg??
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 15 8:18 pm
by db
Not tried it standing up yet
Well it's done
rods are out and ready to send off. My plaster is looking a big grubby now
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 15 2:58 pm
by db
So when I set up the front struts and corrected the trail, etc, the rear lower control arms were slightly too long. They adjusted correctly but with no room for jam nuts on the rod ends- not ideal!
The tubes are different lengths o'course due to my asymmetrical steering set up...
Todays task is to grind out the welds and remove the threaded inserts, then cut the tube down by 1/2".
I'll tack the inserts in but I'll take them to my mate Dan for professional welding, being such a critical part an'all!
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 15 9:14 pm
by db
Control arms done, I welded them myself in the end due to impatience.
I started on the feeble rear indicators. I tried out 2 different LED bulbs with resistors. These were even more feeble!
I've had competing advice- do the reflector surface in gloss white paint or chrome tape.
I'll try one of each and compare.
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 15 12:07 pm
by db
So, I've bit the bullet and posted my front strut rods to Philpots for repair.
It's currently a 2-week turnaround, about £180 all-in
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 15 3:11 pm
by sprintgtvgus
I was thinking of LED rear lights for my belvedere, but they didn't seem to work with the rear indicators, have you got it to work?? I have the standard red blinking indicators.
I also found them to be dimmer!
In my alfa I managed to get red LED bulbs for the brake lights which helped quite a bit for brightness...
Some LED bulbs don't like flasher units??
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 15 6:26 pm
by db
LEDs have no resistance for the flasher to work so you need a resistor like the one in my photo. They're still crap tho
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 15 10:04 am
by db
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 15 10:39 am
by Pete
A727 Replacement???
Let's see you get under the car, Pegleg!!!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 15 10:52 am
by autofetish
your welding looks good nothing wrong with them fella
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 15 11:25 am
by Blue
My X ray vision says thats a clutch...
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 15 1:22 pm
by db
Pete wrote:A727 Replacement???
Let's see you get under the car, Pegleg!!!
You know I like a challenge
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Will- ta mate. Sometimes it works, sometimes not...
Correct Blue
I bought it in March! Unfortunately I'm sure the bloody friction plate is wrong. It's a full organic and I'm sure I ordered an organic/ ceramic same as Ades. I lost my original order when my laptop died and there's no paper copy so I have some checking to do
