Fiat Fiorino MkII
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Okay I bought this...
...1.7D Fiorino for £148. A little bit of welding...
...and a number plate light bulb and the old bus is on the road.
I'm the second owner, the van have covered 134,000 miles and serviced up to 128,000.
This is not a project thread just a blog and log of events.
For what the van owes me it's not that bad looking, massive load space but as you'd expect there are a few niggles.
I thought this was a nice touch...
...a nice waterproof cover for the drivers door lock? No it's a rubber grommet from something else because there is no drivers door lock. I'll swap the drivers and passengers door handles and Q-Bond the seal in place.
Snapped choke cable...
...that's a manual fuel pump advance for cold starting.
I've searched everywhere possible and/or plausible trying to find a replacement cable but for a start it has no name; it's not a cold start actuator cable, a manual fuel pump advance cable, a fuel pump advance actuator cable, cold start advance cable, choke cable or any combination of what it does as a title. I've looked a dozens of technical drawings of the pump and it isn't labeled on a single one of them. No name; no part number no idea where or how to get hold of one. So I've raided the kit car boys shelf and bought a 1.8m universal choke cable. If that doesn't work I'll have to use a door popper and switch or something. Without the advance cold starting the van is problematic. It runs like a cement mixer fill of coal and smokes like the Pyramid Tent at Glastonbury.
The strap is missing...
...from the passenger rear door so I have a nice crease...
...to go with all the age related dents and rust patches.
...1.7D Fiorino for £148. A little bit of welding...
...and a number plate light bulb and the old bus is on the road.
I'm the second owner, the van have covered 134,000 miles and serviced up to 128,000.
This is not a project thread just a blog and log of events.
For what the van owes me it's not that bad looking, massive load space but as you'd expect there are a few niggles.
I thought this was a nice touch...
...a nice waterproof cover for the drivers door lock? No it's a rubber grommet from something else because there is no drivers door lock. I'll swap the drivers and passengers door handles and Q-Bond the seal in place.
Snapped choke cable...
...that's a manual fuel pump advance for cold starting.
I've searched everywhere possible and/or plausible trying to find a replacement cable but for a start it has no name; it's not a cold start actuator cable, a manual fuel pump advance cable, a fuel pump advance actuator cable, cold start advance cable, choke cable or any combination of what it does as a title. I've looked a dozens of technical drawings of the pump and it isn't labeled on a single one of them. No name; no part number no idea where or how to get hold of one. So I've raided the kit car boys shelf and bought a 1.8m universal choke cable. If that doesn't work I'll have to use a door popper and switch or something. Without the advance cold starting the van is problematic. It runs like a cement mixer fill of coal and smokes like the Pyramid Tent at Glastonbury.
The strap is missing...
...from the passenger rear door so I have a nice crease...
...to go with all the age related dents and rust patches.
It's of absolutely no use whatsoever, but the engine block in that thing is from the Lampredi family, the twin cam cylinder heads from the Fiats and Lancias (including integrale and 131) of that era fit straight on.
You could therefore (if you were stupid enough) build a 16v TC petrol turbo 1.7. (or bore it to 1.8 maybe)
The cast crank probably wouldn't cope with too much RPM though....
You could therefore (if you were stupid enough) build a 16v TC petrol turbo 1.7. (or bore it to 1.8 maybe)
The cast crank probably wouldn't cope with too much RPM though....
The kit car cable I bought to replace the snapped cold start advance worked until I tightened the clamp on the pump itself...
...and the shaft snapped.
So the cable will remain in place until I can make a new shaft out of something that won't snap. A revolutionary material that has been used for thousands of years; called "metal".
In a happier note the reverse bleeper is now fitted and I've used some reflective red tape to make a couple of hazard triangles for the back doors.
...and the shaft snapped.
So the cable will remain in place until I can make a new shaft out of something that won't snap. A revolutionary material that has been used for thousands of years; called "metal".
In a happier note the reverse bleeper is now fitted and I've used some reflective red tape to make a couple of hazard triangles for the back doors.
I've got a bit of scrap shaft and machined a thread on the end with the lathe at work (I really need to get myself one at some point).
The plan is to remove the plastic shaft from the pump and at the lever end drill a hole through the cap and use the nylock nut to hold the metal shaft in place. At the other end of the metal shaft I'll weld a wire clamp in place so the cable can be attached.
So here's the big question can the plastic shaft be removed from the fuel pump advance lever without taking the whole bloody pump off?
I can see how myself, even if I take the glow pugs and out of the way.
The plan is to remove the plastic shaft from the pump and at the lever end drill a hole through the cap and use the nylock nut to hold the metal shaft in place. At the other end of the metal shaft I'll weld a wire clamp in place so the cable can be attached.
So here's the big question can the plastic shaft be removed from the fuel pump advance lever without taking the whole bloody pump off?
I can see how myself, even if I take the glow pugs and out of the way.
The passenger side front suspension mount went last night on the way to work.
I'm not surprised at all. There was only half an inch of weld holding it on and the rest was filler and clear silicone (for a change instead of black Tiger Seal).
I needed to get home so I used a tow strap and a post to push the van straight and held it with bailing wire.
Good enough to get me home and the van still handled better than a Mondeo.
I'm not surprised at all. There was only half an inch of weld holding it on and the rest was filler and clear silicone (for a change instead of black Tiger Seal).
I needed to get home so I used a tow strap and a post to push the van straight and held it with bailing wire.
Good enough to get me home and the van still handled better than a Mondeo.
This adventure continues. The brake hose clamp failed (due to corrosion) and the hose split on the rim with a couple of miles to go.
Thankfully my Panda hose is a straight swap so in no time at all...
...the bleed nipple sheered off.
In the recorded history of mankind there has never been an instant where a sheered bleed nipple has been successfully removed from a brake caliper; so a little ahead of schedule...
...Punto GT calipers and Cinquecento conversion discs.
So new shoes?
The Strada wheels need 20mm spacers.
So Punto GT wheels for the time being.
The shed surface rust will wear away in no time and already the brakes feel a lot better than the standard ones.
Thankfully my Panda hose is a straight swap so in no time at all...
...the bleed nipple sheered off.
In the recorded history of mankind there has never been an instant where a sheered bleed nipple has been successfully removed from a brake caliper; so a little ahead of schedule...
...Punto GT calipers and Cinquecento conversion discs.
So new shoes?
The Strada wheels need 20mm spacers.
So Punto GT wheels for the time being.
The shed surface rust will wear away in no time and already the brakes feel a lot better than the standard ones.
king lethal! That was a lot of hard work and effort...
...just so I can have rubbish brakes again. Once the new pads bed in I'm sure they'll be fine, they're as good as they were before but compared to the Punto GT brakes they are terrible.
So now I have the steel wheels back on...
...I can back to the chap who made me an offer for it.
...just so I can have rubbish brakes again. Once the new pads bed in I'm sure they'll be fine, they're as good as they were before but compared to the Punto GT brakes they are terrible.
So now I have the steel wheels back on...
...I can back to the chap who made me an offer for it.
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