Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#241 Post by tamtrucks »

paint paint n paint...near the end of dong the sill,painting and touching in now
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Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#242 Post by tamtrucks »

well,this morning got in brown brum and smelt petrol,,,,tank gone again....minutes later tank is out and hole in the bottom roughly 2mm in size....buggar :(
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#243 Post by GTS290N »

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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#244 Post by tamtrucks »

:shock:


well anyway,,,,it turn into a big plate that need to weld in,,,chop the bad section out,150mm x 100mm patch plate now welded in
now i have a problem with the outlet threads,,during welding process the brass fitting has gone moody,looks like threads are shot

has anyone got one spare?
Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#245 Post by tamtrucks »

got sick and tried of repairing the tank,,bought a alloy 10gallon tank which fits in a cradle which i made,all good now just waiting for fuel gauge to arrive,,new tank has 0-90ohm sender
Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#246 Post by tamtrucks »

waiting to go on. monroe radialmatic fronts with -1" springs and monroe gas-matics rears with -1" springs,was set to fit this afternoon but then a discovery pulled up with no brakes,so suspension swap was put on hold,but fingers crossed this week sometime...thanks to sam for the front springs and thanks to madmart(i think it was you) for the rear springs
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#247 Post by yorkshire_spam »

Springs and shocks looking good!
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#248 Post by tamtrucks »

discovery done and gone at last.......dolomite suspension on hold til weather perks up
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#249 Post by tamtrucks »

alternator died yesterday,ign lite came on and didnt go out till put old alternator back on.ign lite now out and battery charging
just took back off and black on all contacts that connect to spinner/brushes,so il clean up later and see if it works
still not fitted the lower`d suspension,but it still look nice and new`ish
Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#250 Post by tamtrucks »

just bought browny a present....sprint wheels :D need refurb,all 4 are dated 79...so looking out for a set of sprint wheels nuts 3/8 size
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#251 Post by tamtrucks »

that yearly thing has come again....MOT passed today :bluewave: another year of brum-brum :D
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#252 Post by yorkshire_spam »

Good result! Another year's happy motoring.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#253 Post by tamtrucks »

just a new bosch alternator for browny just need to make engine fixing bracket.the bosch is 55amp

the old one had outer winding damage...burnt wiring and massive short,,so scrapt it! dead 65amp....lasted 2.5yrs`ish
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#254 Post by tamtrucks »

bit more to be done...rear drivers side boot area and rear lower arch
may need bit of donor material....can anyone help? lower arch rear
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Dolomite 1300,1980`V`reg in british racing brown(russet),3.63 diff with 21t speedo pinion,95%poly`d,HL clocks,standard wheels with SE covers wrapt in 175 70 13,mot`d 19-09-2014,been off the since 1990,(july2017) stainless steel exhaust 3-piece,(xmas2018) wooden mountney steering wheel,(june2020) new monroe shock(radial front,gas-matic rears) with -1" lower`d springs all round.
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Re: Russet brown Dolomite 1300 OVX499V 53000miles

#255 Post by oily66 »

Club does a repair panel for the boot floor edge.
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