The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Great to see you attempting such a project!
I'll follow this with interest - white sprints look fantastic IMO!

Quick up date! MOT booked for next wednesday. Not convinced it will sail through, but at least I will have an up to date 'to do' list!

Good luck!doubt you will but If you need any help with your updated list just ask!

Did it pass?

OH NO FAIL!
Looks like I will have to break out the welder....
Four bits of welding to do and one side light out. Actually not too bad, it's a shame I don't like welding. probably cos I am not too good at it. Can usually keep the MOT man happy though....

Hope I can find the time in the next 10 days to get my free retest...

Very nerve-racking taking a first proper drive! At least I now know the overdrive works!
Throttle linkage needs looking at, hard to get smooth action.
Other than that, quite please with my work on this car

My work here is done!

This car is now MOT'd
I shall probably continue to do odd jobs on this, but my intention is to now sell this.

Still a restoration, but now hopefully a rolling one.

Not leaving Dolomite ownership. will have some time, and hopefully some money to spend on my other car....

....And now...She's Mine!...picking her up on Friday... 200 mile drive back..?

...can't wait!

Great news,May see you about . You bringing it back to notts?

Aye - should be interesting, being as she's only done 15 miles in probably the last 20-odd years..?

....50-or-less all the way, my son has advised me....it's a long, long way to to tow...!

...you coming up to the meet tomorrow in Chesterfield..? Barring the weather, we'll be there....

...so after a short ( relatively !) time being restored - sh'es back on the road - in my new ownership - and on the road - everyday! ( only untill autumn, mind - don't want to kill the old girl!)

We'll see how we both get on - me with driving an Old, non-power steering car, and her with a grumpy old git, driving like a mad man!

..we'll both break down, throw hissy-fits, and generally get sick of each other at times, but hey?

...isn't that what love is...?

Will keep all posted in the day-to-day activity...

The pleasure you'll get outweighs all the grief. It'll be the problems that crop up after many years of non-use.

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Toledo Man

West Yorkshire Area Organiser & forum moderator
Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA

1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!

Check my blog at http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.

"There is only one way to avoid criticsm: Do nothing, say nothing and BE nothing." Aristotle

So...day-to-day running...would be great if I can find the root cause of my permanent overdrive..

..here's the solonoid...




it was a swine to get off - as the only 1 inch AF spanner I has was to fat - so after a little shaving, it came off...


..now, do the seals look worn? - Im not so sure they look at all worn - but do they need to be fatter?
...if it isn't the seals/solonoid working ok - then electrics?

..it's looks like the gearbox/overdrive has had a new loom in recently, and no signs of damage...



......started by putting a voltmeter thru all the loom, as James, our Local TDC rep did this for me last time, and found the loom from the gearbox up thru the stick and into the switch was'nt taking a current - so tried this first - all seems ok, then the main loom - ok
- by trial and error - should it be the solonoid...? any suggestions?

...on a lighter note - found these....



..which really made my day - thanks Martin!

And I was so please when the overdrive worked on the MOT run!
Unusual I would have thought to fail in the'on' position.
Silly suggestion, have you checked the switch it's self?

Glad you like the shocks...and the adjusters work!.

Some New pics of Dylan - Our Manual " Daily " ( ahem...) Sprint...

Solid Back-end..


Good Roof






Flanks ...wing edge is tomorrow's cosmetic surgery...








Solid Chassis rails..




Nice new fan to aid cooling..



..Nice spanner work Martin...





..one side good...


..a little surgery needed this side - solid - but not pretty..


Solid cills - getting painted in the correct satin black tomorrow..








..Solid repair using the club's fibre panel...it will get prettier....



looking good...




...deemed strong by the authorities, so a quick tidy up here -



...nice clean gearbox Martin - the sign of a good engineer...!



So, some small cosmetic jobs, most of which will be done over the coming days as Ive a long weekend off - and she'll be ready to hold her head up at the show's.....
Not perfect, but she looks great already..!!

..Cracked on today with the general tidy-ing up of Dylan, to make the old girl a little more presentable for the day-to-day driving over the spring/summer -

finally got round to painting various bits that looked a bit shabby-chic...

..front nearside wing, which had been buffed to hard, and rust was showing around the arch..


..passenger front door bottom - which was encrusted in surface rust - awaiting primer..


..rear drivers side arch - this had split the paint, and rust had got in..




..rear drivers side door aperture had all paint scrubbed off- did look very scruffy...


...and lastly for today - stripped the drivers-side wing-end which had been repaired, I thought, with a
Club-panel repair section, as it's fibre glass over the lights...apparently not!






..all this, and my son built a platform and ramps today, so we can work on our cars while their 2 foot in the air!
- he 's even building a sliding track to fit on the trolly - how clever is that..?