The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Really nice to meet you too and I hope the column does you proud.

How do you feel about a trip down west and fitting a wing or 2 for me...

Jon

Cheers Jon, I will pop out to you as soon as i get a chance to give you the old ignition from the column, as for the wings i certainly don't mind popping down to give you a hand if you need it someday...

Fitted the steering column with no probs, before fitting i cleaned and re-greased where i could, fitted all new dash bulbs and a few other bits and bobs, the car has been since M.O.T'd and has past! Took her for a spin for a bit, engine seemed fine with no issues, temp went up a bit on the way back. I have since ran the engine with the expansion cap off to maybe see if any air would escape while squeezing the hoses, drove it for a long run after and the temp stayed just above half the whole time so it now seems fine. Fitted some aluminium tubing as a cold air feed to the K+N's the other day which should be a bit better than sucking in engine heat most of the time.

Before the mot i re-bled the brake system, took the drums off the rear and gave the drums/shoes a sand to de glaze after some advice from a friend, adjusted the handbrake as it was a bit weak.

Still need to get round to doing a few bits, need to do the full sand and polish, paint the wheels too when i get a chance amongst other things...

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Excellent looking work...

Feel free to pop round anytime....although your car is so much better than anything I have here I may just have to ask you to park round the corner...

Jonners

Did you manage to sort the welder Jon?

No not yet. I'm not sure when he will be able to bring it round. Its a bit annoying since I partially own it.

Oh well...
Yellow passed the Mot this week so its not all bad....then I discovered some dorr bottom scab was a bit worse than I thought...grrrr...

See you soon.

Jon

I've got 2 mig welders Jon, 1 is huge but no gas cylinder so not really convenient, the other one is small and a bit diy but also has no gas. So i could bring it out but would need to buy some gas...gimme a shout when you want and il pop out

Get a brewgas cylinder and take it for exchange at something like mig tig and arc http://www.migtigarc.co.uk/

I know its not in your area but you must have something like that round your way Jon?

Cheers David i must have a proper look at that soon.

Going to get round to painting these wheels soon and finish all the little bits i need to do, been busy elsewhere.

Thanks to everyone on here that gave advice and help during the work...

Good work, I've just read through the last 5 pages of the thread, absolutley love it

Hi everyone,
well, its been awhile since i've posted anything so firstly apologies for the absence, been quite busy as normal with allsorts of non sprint things....A few bits have been done since to the car, got round to painting and polishing the rim of the alloys...still need to catch up with some other bits needed to be done. Just a quick hello with a pic or 2 for now, hopefully i will be back with more tomorrow...

Pic above is of my expensive hi tech spraybooth...

Painted wheels drying in the bathroom,lol

Checked and painted the rear drums and the front calipers with hammerite silver...