Gone and bought one !
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N7GTX said:
http://www.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/
Could not get anyone to find Massala let alone match my colour. Phoned them in Brighton and within a minute had it on their database. They sent a can of spray paint (Nexa) and its a good match - 400ml delivered for £19.
If they cannot see it on their main database, it will be in their books. Found them very,very helpful.
Nice one ! Thanks :-)Could not get anyone to find Massala let alone match my colour. Phoned them in Brighton and within a minute had it on their database. They sent a can of spray paint (Nexa) and its a good match - 400ml delivered for £19.
If they cannot see it on their main database, it will be in their books. Found them very,very helpful.
N7GTX said:
Try this list. It is the alternative version from the main one listed at the top of the main TVR section.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
No luck there either , code or colour, half dozen variant on silver but not Solent, ,looks to be "rare" at this stage !http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Up and running, been out a few miles now, around 200 or so.
Found the threads on fuel pipes over no 8 cylinder...ooeerr .. one new one other definitely iffy as pointed out by my chimaera owning mate.
It's the back one over the gearbox so got some new pressure rated pipe and changed it, my chiropractor says I should be ok again in a few weeks :-)
Next up is fuel filter change followed by gearbox oil and rear dif oil change.
Acquired set of wheels two front 15" and two 16" wheels with Goodyear tyres on ( 5/6 mm) with the intention of changing fronts to 16".
Anyone know if a 5mm spacer will allow fitment to sort the offset and how big a disk I can fit under 16 wheels?
Not sure what I am going to do with the spare 4 x 15" wheels though, build a kart?!!
Found the threads on fuel pipes over no 8 cylinder...ooeerr .. one new one other definitely iffy as pointed out by my chimaera owning mate.
It's the back one over the gearbox so got some new pressure rated pipe and changed it, my chiropractor says I should be ok again in a few weeks :-)
Next up is fuel filter change followed by gearbox oil and rear dif oil change.
Acquired set of wheels two front 15" and two 16" wheels with Goodyear tyres on ( 5/6 mm) with the intention of changing fronts to 16".
Anyone know if a 5mm spacer will allow fitment to sort the offset and how big a disk I can fit under 16 wheels?
Not sure what I am going to do with the spare 4 x 15" wheels though, build a kart?!!
Today was a good day, well almost.
Nipped up to X works to get the gearbox / diff oil done (I really need a two poster !) Diff oil was well black and smelly, fuel filter changed too... plus a change of the "u bend" from standard "TVR wrong size" to a much better version, in the power steering pipe work as it had decided it wanted to weep all over the exhaust creating a smog like effect when at traffic lights!
Unfortunately a few other things have reared their heads, arb bushes shot, diff bushes shot, steering rack gaiters shot and to top it all, on the way home, the engine pushed 100 C (according to the gauge) with fans on in extremely heavy uphill traffic.......
Radiator now pissing water big time, ( was leaking slightly anyway)... so guess what I am doing this weekend !
Ah, well, looks like TVR ownership is something akin to all the other projects in life !! erm, interesting :-)
Nipped up to X works to get the gearbox / diff oil done (I really need a two poster !) Diff oil was well black and smelly, fuel filter changed too... plus a change of the "u bend" from standard "TVR wrong size" to a much better version, in the power steering pipe work as it had decided it wanted to weep all over the exhaust creating a smog like effect when at traffic lights!
Unfortunately a few other things have reared their heads, arb bushes shot, diff bushes shot, steering rack gaiters shot and to top it all, on the way home, the engine pushed 100 C (according to the gauge) with fans on in extremely heavy uphill traffic.......
Radiator now pissing water big time, ( was leaking slightly anyway)... so guess what I am doing this weekend !
Ah, well, looks like TVR ownership is something akin to all the other projects in life !! erm, interesting :-)
Edited by Ptr400J on Friday 14th October 19:53
Edited by Ptr400J on Friday 14th October 19:54
QBee said:
Rather than buy a new radiator, consider getting your current one re-cored. The alloy replacements have been known to crack rather quickly, from all I have read.
I heard that too, only recently in fact. Do you know what the problem is? Are the mounts done up "too tight" ?
its a big rad and looks to have two mount points at the top left/right and I presume sitting on rubber bushes / pins at bottom?
Any tips for taking it out?
is there enough room to leave the fans on whilst getting it out?
I can strip it when its out of the car hopefully and zip it upto our local rad specialist for a recore.
So the "too tight" theory seems to hold water .... unlike the radiator :-)
Thanks ClassiChimi, it will be out tomorrow morning... another job to tick off later next week hopefully !
Still, looking at the list of jobs that covered three A4 pages I seem to be down to,,,, erm, three A4 pages... how does that work then??? !!!!!!
Thanks ClassiChimi, it will be out tomorrow morning... another job to tick off later next week hopefully !
Still, looking at the list of jobs that covered three A4 pages I seem to be down to,,,, erm, three A4 pages... how does that work then??? !!!!!!
ClassiChimi said:
My tip would be to raise the front of the car on axle stands as high as you can when removing the rad, this will leave some water in the heater matrix and engine block, less chance of air locks,,, worked for me anyway 
Excellent idea, less water on the floor too! never seems to go into the containers when the bottom hose comes off :-(
s p a c e m a n said:
Aaaron radiator used to offer a discount if you mentioned pistonheads, I've had their alloy one a few years now and it's as good as new. Check the condition of the swan neck metal pipe attached to the bottom hose when you remove the radiator, they're pretty pants. Can remove the rad with fans attached, easier without though. I've used butterfly bolts on the bottom cowling fixings so that the fans are easy to remove and refit whilst the tad is still on the car.
Bleeding the system can be hard work, fill it from the swirl pot not the header tank. A john brown tractor sump nut fits nicely in the top of the swirl pot and looks better than that copper slot screw thing in my opinion. You might like to buy one for the sump too before you lose the sump nut on a speedhump like a few of us have
Is there a replacement for the metal swan neck ? Flexible hose? Why is it there?Bleeding the system can be hard work, fill it from the swirl pot not the header tank. A john brown tractor sump nut fits nicely in the top of the swirl pot and looks better than that copper slot screw thing in my opinion. You might like to buy one for the sump too before you lose the sump nut on a speedhump like a few of us have
A jb tractor sump nut? Any particular model !,, good place to look?
Well that's f****d it up
Sods law has just broken the last bolt on the fan cowl, bottom bolts rusted in the radiator base. .well actually I broke it I guess
if all eight bolts, four top and for bottom are removed does the cowl come away from the rad or is there something else underneath the cowl?
Like to try and arrive at the radiator repairers with something that looks like a radiator rather than a perforated colander
Sods law has just broken the last bolt on the fan cowl, bottom bolts rusted in the radiator base. .well actually I broke it I guess
if all eight bolts, four top and for bottom are removed does the cowl come away from the rad or is there something else underneath the cowl?
Like to try and arrive at the radiator repairers with something that looks like a radiator rather than a perforated colander
had enough today!QBee said:
Know how you feel.
I just spent three hours creating two 40m x 40m fields for my horses in a 30 acre hay field, using posts and electric fencing, horses watched my every move. Half way through some oaf turned off the electrics. Quick as a flash my 29 year old pony realised the electrics were off and escaped. Took me half an hour to catch the little bugger, so I am knackered. At my age (63) building paddocks is not my choice activity, but I love my horses.....
Now 3/4 of the way down a bottle of Grey Willy (Pinot Grigio to you), so feeling a bit more relaxed.
The TVR is at the menders, so cannot frustrate me. But it never does - I drive it every week, so it always behaves.b
I just spent three hours creating two 40m x 40m fields for my horses in a 30 acre hay field, using posts and electric fencing, horses watched my every move. Half way through some oaf turned off the electrics. Quick as a flash my 29 year old pony realised the electrics were off and escaped. Took me half an hour to catch the little bugger, so I am knackered. At my age (63) building paddocks is not my choice activity, but I love my horses.....
Now 3/4 of the way down a bottle of Grey Willy (Pinot Grigio to you), so feeling a bit more relaxed.
The TVR is at the menders, so cannot frustrate me. But it never does - I drive it every week, so it always behaves.b
Edited by QBee on Sunday 16th October 20:54
s p a c e m a n said:
Done mine last week, they're just fiberglass boxes held on with those bolts top and bottom, nothing else securing them to the radiator
Great! Can feel a 7am start tomorrow and radiator into repair shop.
Just need to find one rubber mount now, it was missing on the leaking end.
Well, here we go again, another fine mess, Stanley.
rad up to specialist, goosed, put it in the tank and the end cap to crosspipe has gone, leaking coolant and causing more corrosion.
Up for a recore now, nice tight tube and more of them....
Just been checking the fans, both smooth but one squeaks like a demented mouse on warfarin
Anyone pulled a fan motor apart? Can they be lubed?
rad up to specialist, goosed, put it in the tank and the end cap to crosspipe has gone, leaking coolant and causing more corrosion.
Up for a recore now, nice tight tube and more of them....
Just been checking the fans, both smooth but one squeaks like a demented mouse on warfarin
Anyone pulled a fan motor apart? Can they be lubed?
s p a c e m a n said:
Mine have little rubber grommets on them, one of them is missing and it sounded a little rough when I spun it by hand so i sprayed some release fluid in the hole. Fan still works and doesn't make a gravelly sound anymore. (Will probably fall apart next time I go out now 
)
Is that the little red blob on the housing you mean? )I decided that the noise was coming from the rear bearing on the motor so with nothing to lose...... I opened it up.
Pretty clean in here, pulled the brushes and they have plenty left in them, springs ok too
The bearing seemed ok, dropped a VERY small amount of bearing lube on it and wiped excess, checked the case too and found this rubber in the housing,,,,
Might be the source of the squeak, put it back together and , whadya know, squeak is gone !
bench tested it too and seems good with plenty of power.
Another job off the list............
Edited by Ptr400J on Monday 17th October 14:50
Been a couple days since I have had chance to get back in workshop so went back in late saffy, now decided whilst everything is out of the front of the car the hoses ought to be checked and/or replaced.
Swan neck has rusted itself to the rubber hoses, have to take everything off from the water pump, south now
Also found a loose connector going back into the loom on the near side, four wires and multiplug , siren appears to be connected here but not to this plug,.any thoughts?
Also have pipe coming out of the offside wing level with the front to back position of the radiator, small bore 8mm probably, is this an exit for something or an intake ?
Will post pic or two when i get back to main computer, can't do it from this effin tablet!
Swan neck has rusted itself to the rubber hoses, have to take everything off from the water pump, south now
Also found a loose connector going back into the loom on the near side, four wires and multiplug , siren appears to be connected here but not to this plug,.any thoughts?
Also have pipe coming out of the offside wing level with the front to back position of the radiator, small bore 8mm probably, is this an exit for something or an intake ?
Will post pic or two when i get back to main computer, can't do it from this effin tablet!
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