The Triumph Dolomite Club - EzBoard Archive

A vaccum guage?<br>
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Why does a Dolomite need one of these? <br>
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What does it do?<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Chris

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It does nothing except make you drive like an old grandad....<br>
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technically speaking it measures how much your car is sucking in, fuel and air wise. I thought the right foot position and brain did that job....<br>
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Ignore it. More trouble than its worth.<br>
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Jonners

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LOL thanks Jonners! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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....makes you drive like an old grandad shouldn't Adam get it then? Will mean that the amount of Dolly wings should at least last until christmas....<br>
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I know I'm a bit mean here, but he'll never read it anyway. By now he'll be having a pint, a joint and a girl down at uni...<br>
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I fitted one of these to my 850cc mini when I was a teenager. Great watching the needle dance around. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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To me it would be a challenge! <br>
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I could deffinatly get a Dolly far far more inefficeint than the rest of you on here! And outslide all of you! At the same time! How many of you have turned a Dolly around in the road using nothing but the hand brake??? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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Easily <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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Was that by accident or design<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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Some of us with the POWER<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> dont need a Handbrake to spin the car round<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> .

<p>1980 Dolomite SprintV8 (In the process of modifying the Alloy sump)<br>
2002 Citroen Xsara 2.0 HDi Estate.... Part's delivery Vehicle.<br>
Alloy Carb Mount's fit and forget or keep changing the RUBBER one's.<br>
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I can turn most of mine round with nothing but a land rover and trailer.....

<p>1981 1500 HL -daily driver<br>
1980 Inca Sprint - high days and holidays (and any other excuse) <br>
1978 Inca Sprint - on ebay from 19:30 12th Sept 130026460130<br>
1978 Yellow 1850 auto sprint-notvery-alike - nasty shunt - undecided<br>
1973 Mimosa Sprint - sold, awaiting collection beginning of October<br>
tbc Project car for winter rebuild </p><i></i>

You just get in the car, pull on the handbrake and it turns itself round....?<br>
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That I would pay to see...<br>
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Jonners

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I'm with Phil on this one - I prefer to use my right foot to turn round in the road.*<br>
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David<br>
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+1 for throttle. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :hat --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/pimp.gif ALT=":hat"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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i use the steering wheel to help turn the car around.<br>
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j

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you daft buggers.....<br>
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Ill have to get a video but basically it consists of foreward momentum, locking of the rear wheels via a rear wheel brake of sorts, and a change in direction using the steering wheel.<br>
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If it makes you drive like an old grandad then its mine!<br>
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Chris

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