The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Hi new to the forum name is Dave bought a sprint a few months back having owned 6 between 1980 -1992 it is a 73 mimosa taxed and tested with lots of history very sound car all original floors and cills small hole under petrol tank and offside wheel arch were it meets boot floor 2 small holes on front jacking points all sorted now had had bit of welding on offside chassie leg done 97, 555 miles was'nt running that good when i got it, sorted that with a good service and set carbs up fitted spin on oil filter new engine mounts engine was trying to leave bay, gear box mounting, new pistons in one caliper, new disces and pads, 2 tyres, one new seat belt,new centre bearing on prop,it had a new rack fitted for mot and trackrod ends lots of play in steering lower coupling so replaced this with one from paddocks fitted with a bit of adjustment, poly bushed front subframe one bolt was hard to remove new one fitted plenty of copper grease used. next job axle out clean and paint and fit the poly bushes i got from witors then rebush front end

Welcome Dave. Hope you enjoy the car.

Welcome to the forum!
Small tip, don't polybush both ends of the rear trailing arms, they need some lateral movement, otherwise they crack. Never good!

Oli_88 wrote:Welcome to the forum!
Small tip, don't polybush both ends of the rear trailing arms, they need some lateral movement, otherwise they crack. Never good!

Solid advice there. The inner end (as in; the end that's attached to the car) would be better off being rubber, though to prevent too much lateral movement there, you can use the solid bushes intended for the axle end in those locations instead of the voided bushes. Polys at the axle end shouldn't be too hard as the arm needs to be able to move relative to the pivot point and to the axle, the latter to a much lesser extent.
Come to think of it, the only places at the back end of mine that were treated to polys were the bushes at the axle ends of the upper arms. But even fitting standard rubber everywhere is bound to make a noticeable difference if the car hasn't had any replacements for a while.

And welcome to the forum, keep us all posted regarding your progress with the car please, we're nosey that way.

Fully poly'd

Ouch!

Hi thanks for the welcome have bought rimmers hard rubber for body end chassis va822 intend to use and improve as i go Dave.

Hi Danny yes thats the one, think it was of the road between 1990 -2007 all mot's to 1990 milage then was 92,000 then no more mot's till 07 had a full engine build in 08 at the cost of 15 hundred pounds paint work not perfect but well happy with it needs a new bonnet and front seats have headrests and speakers in front door cards had a new ofside wing and front panel think its had bump front corner dos'nt look recent first owner was a doctor lived in cardiff bought from fishguard motors ltd midland garages west street fishguard Dave.

had a full engine build in 08 at the cost of 15 hundred pounds

That amount doesn't go far on a Sprint engine!

Hi re engine this is what former owner got for 1500 remove engine. remove head fit 1 new exhaust valve relap all valves fit 8 new valve springs to exhaust valves new stem seals check and set valve clearence, dismantle block hone bores and fit new piston rings lap and polish crankshaft fit new main and big end shells overhaul water pump and fit correct water pump cover, drill out seized studs in exhaust manifold fit studs as required new timing chain and tensioner new borg and beck clutch plate new rear main oil seal timing cover oil seal all other gaskets as needed, new exhaust down pipe rebuild engine replace in car new oil and filter run up then retorqe when cold it was done by carlow engineering benfleet essex Dave.

That sounds like good value. My only minor quibble would be a sprint zorst manifold has bolts....which shear off and look like studs I suppose.

Nice one. Hope he used good bearings and the more modern water pump seal.

Jonners

Hi don't know what make bearings used does'nt say on invoice studs fitted were downpipe fits done over 2000 miles since being done up to now no water leaks ,says on invoice est 1962 keeping the name of triumph alive stag owners club official technical adviser Dave.

hi mate,
carlow's at benfleet got quite a good name down here, its run by a couple of old boys who do all the work themselves,not cheap though but good workmanship.

steve.