The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Well, teh old girl went in yesterday and it failed.
Not, as expected, for looking like a shed (although advisories mentioned "various welded repairs" and "rusty wheel arches")
However, it had
(1) No brake lights, odd as they were checked a few days earlier, and no chance to investigate until mid week now
(2) Leaking wheel cylinder. Not pleased when I heard this as they are both new, and it could have ruined a set of new, genuine Ford asbestos shoes. Turns out a weeping joint!
(3) rust hole appeared on the rear of the NS cill, the flat bit just forward of the jacking point.

Hopefully all that will be done one afternoon next week. Then I need to find some red paint and get all teh panels the same colour! Not to mention using it as an everyday car over the winter.

Brakes likely to be the white switch on the pedal...

A fiddle with a DMM should reveal all. It may be the connector in the boot, that had caused indicator issues a while ago. Amazing what PO's do to cars, this one was a real bitza when it came to me, and if getting more so!

The brake lights were indeed the switch. A soak in some cleaner followed by some acid to clean corrosion, sqirt of oil and sorted.
Wheel cylinder just backed of and retightened. To be fair it probably wasn't tight enough, but an easy fix.
Welding, cut a foot long strip out of teh botton of the cill box section. Airline to clean the whole lot out, made some repair sections and fitted. Then dinitrol MIL stuff sprayed in the whole box section (handily all drilling done by somebody. No sign of wax in there though) and some of the tough black dinitrol wax over teh etch and pained section on the outside. Shoudl last OK.

Car now taxed, it was online within 5 mins of the pass. Filled with fuel and seems to go well.
ad fan cuts in a bit early, but I suspect teh polo rad may be a bit small, after all it is pretty enclosed and therefore won't work as well as one in a more open space. Should be an easy fix....and not desperate.

My fail list was a lot longer (mostly failed bulbs caused by corroded connections due to lack of use) but I'm back on the road. Happy days.