The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Ok about time I started a resto thread. I will be updating this over the next week and should hopefully have a presentable triumph by the end of it.

After running out of gas and wire and metal I decided more "naughty methods" were required. As a result bring on the mesh and filler

The rear of the wheel arch was rotted through and I figured that as a tempory measure that this would do. So rust was cut out and mesh and filler applied. The sill is tomorrows job you will be pleased to here that this will use metal (mostly). Unfortunatly as I had no arch shape to go on this is as good as it gets.

anyway the result.



this is what I started with.


this is tempory and will be honed and sprayed tomorrow and with some luck will be mostly invisible.

Paul

I hope that you remembered to put some iron filings in the cataloy, so that a suspicious individual examining the car at some time will be able to stick his magnet to that 'repair!'

Naturally, nobody else on this entire forum has ever, even in 1982, used such techniques on their own cars......

No iron filings but steel mesh so the same effect.

As said this is tempory just to get it through the MOT then it will get some nice sheet steel.

I know some folk are going to jump on me and say "it's not an important area" or "the mot is a load of ******** anyhoos" but I have never understood going to the hassle of building areas of cars out of plop and mesh when you can buy welding wire and hobby cylinders of gas from Halfords and other places that are open on sundays..

Mate, why do the job twice? just delay the test and do it properly, please?

Phil_G wrote:I know some folk are going to jump on me and say "it's not an important area" or "the mot is a load of ******** anyhoos" but I have never understood going to the hassle of building areas of cars out of plop and mesh when you can buy welding wire and hobby cylinders of gas from Halfords and other places that are open on sundays..

Mate, why do the job twice? just delay the test and do it properly, please?

You make a good point Phil ,but theirs nothing like trying a car out for a few months to see if you like it and checking out all the running gear before spending time and money on it,(to many of our cars get bought taken apart and left never finished) besides to cold for welding ideal job for the warmer months

Today is something else. Took me 3 hours to find some steel then the thinest I can get is 1.6mm which seems too thick to me. Get home try to start welding and the welder jams kink has decided to double feed rather than follow on feed. As the old wire was too far in to pull out too cap it all off I booked the MOT this morning thinking id be able to finish the welding this morning. As a result I have a ton of welding too do. Ive broken the welder and have got to get it all finished in a week.

Im so close to just giving up and calling the breakers in

Pauldaf44 wrote:.....I'm so close to just giving up and calling the breakers in

Wow! You're King Canute. Or are we talking about your local CB club?

Sorry, had to ask, 'cos you surely don't mean the only other thing that those words could be saying.
There's a load of info on MIG fora about dodgy wire feed rollers and their even less solidly-built brackets in the machine, so have a few beers, take a step back from it, then go sort your machine out.

Pauldaf44 wrote: Im so close to just giving up and calling the breakers in

I think we've all been at that stage mate, I know I have.

Chin up mate. Is there anyone out there can provide physical support for Paul please?

Which house are you in Paul?

I can possibly drop in to for a laugh, sorry look over the next day or so.

BWJ

e-mail me at Triumph1300<at>hotmail.com

People will talk about me having filler in my bottom

Pauldaf44 wrote:: Im so close to just giving up and calling the breakers in

You dont by any chance own a meastro or montego do you?

Dont give up, we have all been there. it will be worth it in the end.

Just terrified myself with an MPG calculation for the last month.

Triumph 63 miles on 28l at £1.09 per litre = 10.2mpg or 48p per mile
DAF 244 miles on 31l at £1.09 per litre = 35.7mpg or 14p per mile

I think I need to revise my driving style or at the very least try and find out where all the petrols going. This is scary as I drive the DAF a lot harder than the triumph on the whole

Paul,

Does the Triumph have a locking petrol cap?

I know the area that you park and some of our Eastern
European 'locals' do not like paying for petrol.

Otherwise I am happy to be getting better mpg out of
the V8 than you get from the 1300.

Can I show my wife this thread when she moans about
my next fuel bill?


Stewart

What colour are your plugs Paul?

Yes it does have a locking cap but its the type that locks around the outside of the filler neck resulting in the ability to be flicked off with a screwdriver and replaced without noticing. I haven't pulled the plugs but replaced the fuel line to the carb this morning as it was wet on the outside and smelt of petrol, I think ive found my problem

Did you repair the fuel tank in the same way as the wheel arch?

Jeroen