The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

The Number One Club for owners of Triumph's range of small saloons from the 1960s and 1970s.
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:18 pm

All times are UTC




Post new topic  Reply to topic  [ 178 posts ]  Go to page Previous 18 9 10 11 12 Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:03 pm 
Has there been any progress in the remanufacture or availability of front seat diaphragms??

David


Top
   
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 5:27 pm 
Hi, I am looking for some advice about making my Sprint alloys airtight. If left for a week or so several of my alloys lose air almost completely. Externally they are in nice condition (see earlier photos ) and don not need refurbed.
After removing the tyres would if be sufficient to use elbow grease and a wire brush/emery paper??
I'm sure I saw somewhere on the forum someone talked about painting the inside with hammerite paint or similar?
Now that all the welding repairs have been completed I want to move my Sprint from its current workshop back to my lockup and I want the tyres to stay inflated so I can move the car around.

Thanks

David


Top
   
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 8:25 pm 
Offline
Future Club member hopefully!
Future Club member hopefully!
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:58 pm
Posts: 1293
Location: London
I painted the insides of 3 wheels with about 4 coats of hammerite spray paint and they have not lost any air since February.

Did not have time to do the fourth one, and that goes flat every three weeks.

_________________
NRW 581W Sprint


On the motorway no one can hear me sing!
Construed as a public service, self preservation in reality.


Top
   
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 8:29 pm 
Offline
TDC Member
User avatar

Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:02 pm
Posts: 2279
Location: Nr Kenilworth
Hi David, with the tyres removed, a good wire brushing to remove flakes is the start. Hammerite works ok if left to cure properly but a quicker result would be some bead sealant tyre places use like this : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/19089298 ... 0&ff14=122

Use as a lube to fit the tyre too, it congeals around the leak points and dries, but is removable next time tyre is off.
HTH

Tony

_________________
Membership 2014047


Top
   
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 10:15 pm 
Thanks guys. I spoke to a local tyre firm and they will remove and refit the tyres for a reasonable cost using the bead sealant and is confident it will make them airtight. I just have to do the wirebrushing myself.

David


Top
   
PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2016 11:20 pm 
Glad to report that after much rubbing the 4 alloys are now sealed and holding air. Yesterday. I finally finished all the structural welding repairs and the car is now one complete component.
While under the car the other day I noticed the bottom of the o/s brake drum had evidence of a leak staining it. I replaced all the brake pipes and wheel cylinders but have not bled the brakes so was pretty sure it isn't brake fluid leaking out. Today I removed the drum for a closer look and it was obviously clean oil, which has come from when I topped up the differential.
My best guess is that obviously the outer oil seal has failed. Would this be the correct assumption? Never having removed the rear hub and half shaft before, how difficult is it to do? I've read through the Haynes manual and it seems straight forward. Will I need a hub puller or should it come out without too much trouble?

I have given notice to the landlord and I intend to move the sprint by the end of June from the workshop back to my own lockup in Greenock, where I will progress with stripping doors of trim,glass etc and prep the body for its respray.( next year at this rate!)

David


Top
   
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:11 am 
Prior to moving the sprint back to my lockup I got a local spray painter to come and have a look at the shell and give me a quote for a respray. I have heard really good things about this guys skill and he has been recommended by several people. I visited his premises and saw current work in progress and also finished cars and I have to admit to being impressed by the quality.
He would prefer to take the car back to bare metal and would be happy for me to do this at his premises to save him his time and for this he promises a concours finish.
For his services he has quoted in the region of £3000.

I was kind of budgeting more towards £2000, but what do you think of these prices??

On another note, does the club supply master cylinder seals for single line system? I overlooked changing these earlier so stripped the MS down yesterday.

Thanks

David


Top
   
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 12:27 pm 
Offline
TDC Motorsport Registrar
User avatar

Joined: Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:49 pm
Posts: 967
Location: Northwich
I've had a bare metal respray for mine which included media blasting, lots of filler and all the seams re sealing and it cost me about £3750..I say about as it cost an extra £500 to straighten the doors after Pro-Strip warped them all and bent one, and another £250 towards using a different paint as when we put the Triumph 19 on it looked to creamy so £4500 in total.


Top
   
PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:47 pm 
Thanks for your input Shaun. Perhaps it is not as high an estimate as I first thought. I was basing my expectations on my friends recent respray of his 3 litre Capri for which he paid £1500, but that included giving the painter a full capri interior in part exchange for the job. Its a nice enough finish but that garage is 50 miles from where I live, whereas the paint shop who quoted me that price is only ten miles.

Adding up the costs I have incurred over the last few years, the cost of workshop rental, parts and now the cost of the respray it all adds up to more than the car would be worth if I were to sell it. But its not all about that is it??
At the end of the day all the work will have been done by me, it will be my pride and joy and hopefully give me many years of enjoyment and frustration to come!!!
You cant put a price on that!

David


Top
   
PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 12:17 am 
Offline
TDC Member

Joined: Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:00 pm
Posts: 1014
Don't look at a classic as a money in = money worth. It will never add up, unless perhaps it's an escort pos.


Top
   
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:51 am 
Guys, can you mix Dot 5 brake fluid with Dot 4??

Thanks in advance

David


Top
   
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:30 pm 
Offline
TDC Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:48 pm
Posts: 8446
Location: Winscombe, North Somerset, England
No.

_________________
Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. :boggle2: ... Still Sprintless.

Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.


1997 TVR Chimaera 450


Image


Top
   
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:47 pm 
Offline
Future Club member hopefully!
Future Club member hopefully!

Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:45 pm
Posts: 11179
Location: Middlesex
Mart didnt say it loud enough....

NO!!!!!

They have different chems to do something to the seals....if you use one after the other the seals turn to goo....



Jonners

_________________
Note from Admin: sadly Jon passed away in February 2018 but his humour and wealth of knowledge will be fondly remembered by all. RIP Jonners.


Top
   
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:35 pm 
Offline
TDC Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:48 pm
Posts: 8446
Location: Winscombe, North Somerset, England
But you can mix DOT 5.1 I believe.

DOT 5.1, like DOT 3 & DOT 4 is polyethylene glycol-based. Whereas DOT 5 is Silicone based. So, reading on Google, you will only change the boiling point of the fluid by mixing them?

_________________
Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. :boggle2: ... Still Sprintless.

Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.


1997 TVR Chimaera 450


Image


Top
   
PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:42 pm 
Thankyou for the advice guys.

Cheers

David


Top
   
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic  Reply to topic  [ 178 posts ]  Go to page Previous 18 9 10 11 12 Next

All times are UTC


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 26 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited