The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

As I kind of expected, taking out the engine to swap out my gearbox is throwing up a parts list!

After I got frustrated with the simple task of moving the exhaust back I've ended up cutting off the almost solid exhaust rubbers, and snapped off the perished ones, any recommended supplier for some new ones that are pliable? The last lot came with the stainless steel exhaust system, but I'm not using theirs again.

A rusty bit of floorpan wet with fluid signals that the clutch master cylinder seals are kaput, there's none listed on the club spares list, any quality versions out there? Seems a lot of choice when googling but no idea what's good or not. And whilst I'm at it, I'll buy the club clutch slave seal kit and do that just in case whilst the gearbox is out.

That'll do for now, though I did notice that my LSV piston didn't move when I idly prodded it in a moment of recovering from swearing at the exhaust, so maybe I should get refurbing that as well, and get the club seal kit.

At least it's moved my attention away from the rusty bit of the bulkhead near the accelerator cable I've just found, and the oil leaking from the axle, and the coolant from the H connector and why the Haynes manual wants me to remove the carburetors to take the engine out which I'm going to ignore...

Only a wise man ignores the Haynes
They are often wrong but amazingly useful despite that.
Check out their cutaway front hub diagram and you will see that it is totally wrong

Take your half baked Haynes manual, drizzle with a little common sense, sprinkle a little practicality, and serve - bon appétit!

So, no one can recommend a good place for seals or rubbers then? Off to Swavesey and the MGOC I go then for a rummage. I've said it before, but it's a shame that the there isn't the Triumph Owners Club spare parts department in the next town!

For exhaust rubbers I used Robsport (numpty9 on ebay) They look like standard but they were ROCK hard!. I had to use plenty of wd40 and a big pair of grips to assist, but once on all good
Tony

I've so far used 'standard' rubber hangers with very wide re-usable cable ties around them, but I like the look of Ford hangars and wonder if they will fit - they seem to last a long time. On Fords anyhow!

Hard rubber is what most of them seemed to be made of, so hard that they would not stretch at all to come off the hangers, and that is with plenty of mechanical persuasion. Surely the exhaust is meant to 'float' on the mounts to soak up engine twist and movement, considering there is no flexible joint? I've seen (non Triumph) exhausts cracking down pipes and manifolds for just this reason.

Came across Stag parts specialist LD Parts, who have the rubbers listed as "...pliable enough to get the metal hooks through. Not the hard type that we have heard about..." and at only £1.27 each that makes them cheaper than Corsa/Astra Fiesta rubbers I was thinking about.

I get my Triumph cotton reels from Moss.
They have over the years been of variable quality. Being on good terms with the guys on the counter
I have been known to take any from a bad batch back and the info goes into the system and better ones
come out as a result.

Current batch the jury is out on longevity, but they went on as well as can be expected. Bit of red rubber grease
helps, as does bending the tabs on the various hooks straight before fitting, and then bending them back afterwards.

Rover uses rubber donuts similar to Fords. These are pretty good and would also probably work ok on dollies too.

Jonners

GTS290N wrote:I've so far used 'standard' rubber hangers with very wide re-usable cable ties around them, but I like the look of Ford hangars and wonder if they will fit - they seem to last a long time. On Fords anyhow!

I have been using Ford hangers. They do seem durable.
You can make two out of one, because they are so wide.




Ian.