IanG Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) So the jobs continue, carb is over fuelling and throttle sticks, have a new Weber 32/36 so will fit that at the weekend. Will sell the old one for spares/repair. Rattle from engine area is the bonnet stops perished, replacements on order! Edited June 10, 2022 by IanG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 7 hours ago, IanG said: So the jobs continue, carb is over fuelling and throttle sticks, have a new Weber 32/36 so will fit that at the weekend. Will sell the old one for spares/repair. Rattle from engine area is the bonnet stops perished, replacements on order! All progress ! At least some gremlins in the mechanics have been found, keep it up 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1200bandit Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 7 hours ago, IanG said: So the jobs continue, carb is over fuelling and throttle sticks, have a new Weber 32/36 so will fit that at the weekend. Will sell the old one for spares/repair. Rattle from engine area is the bonnet stops perished, replacements on order! The bonnet on my was rattling ( had it over a year now never driven it on the rod) when bonnet down tried adjusting the bonnet catch,ect still knocking.Fitted bonnet rubbers of a Renault working spot on Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Jessopia74 said: All progress ! At least some gremlins in the mechanics have been found, keep it up 😎 Thanks it’s a labour of love, funny how things I knew about these cars 30 years ago all comes flooding back to help me when I need to do something. Although I’m better on Vivas than Cav/Mantas but learning quick. The car lives in our garage which has an internal door and so every time I go in to get something out I see the car and want to drive it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam.in.head Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 yes its all the fun of owning a classic . what we do that we find extremely enjoyable other people would be totally bored by. every week when i go into work they ask what ive done over the weekend and when i tell them i spent a day washing and polishing they think im mad. this weekend the plan was to wash properly 1 car and then autoglym it and wax .then possibly set up another on a level floor using various sheets to get the car level to 1mm using a water level and then check and adjust the geometry using my own designed guages for caster ,camber and toe.when i told them it may take me a whole day just to get it set up they again thought i was mad and just come out with the usual "scrap it" comments that i regularly get. no one there appreciates classics and cant understand why i would want to drive a car that has no central locking,air con,electric windows or worse: no kind of screen or interface ! as regards cav vs vivas theyre not a million miles apart especially as regards setting up the engine and ignition and to be honest for driving too although the cavs engine and suspension does improve on the vivas set up you mention viva ? have you got one also or just remember working on / owning. i still have mine that ive had since 1990 .regularly used in rotation with my cavs and omega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, cam.in.head said: yes its all the fun of owning a classic . what we do that we find extremely enjoyable other people would be totally bored by. every week when i go into work they ask what ive done over the weekend and when i tell them i spent a day washing and polishing they think im mad. this weekend the plan was to wash properly 1 car and then autoglym it and wax .then possibly set up another on a level floor using various sheets to get the car level to 1mm using a water level and then check and adjust the geometry using my own designed guages for caster ,camber and toe.when i told them it may take me a whole day just to get it set up they again thought i was mad and just come out with the usual "scrap it" comments that i regularly get. no one there appreciates classics and cant understand why i would want to drive a car that has no central locking,air con,electric windows or worse: no kind of screen or interface ! as regards cav vs vivas theyre not a million miles apart especially as regards setting up the engine and ignition and to be honest for driving too although the cavs engine and suspension does improve on the vivas set up you mention viva ? have you got one also or just remember working on / owning. i still have mine that ive had since 1990 .regularly used in rotation with my cavs and omega I had a 1966 HA SL90 which I rebuilt then sold with just the bodywork to finish, it’s still SORN which is a shame. I sold it because my memory was great car but really the handling was awful and my missus refused to get in it, the good news is she loves the Cav! Edited June 10, 2022 by IanG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam.in.head Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 ah yes the original ha. my dad had one when he worked for telecom and used it all over yorkshire in all weathers.said it was a great van to drive so maybee the weight in the back helped the handling a lot. i do intend to get one some day and do a telecom replica but they are getting thin on the ground now and the good ones fetch silly money .maybee one day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 6 hours ago, cam.in.head said: ah yes the original ha. my dad had one when he worked for telecom and used it all over yorkshire in all weathers.said it was a great van to drive so maybee the weight in the back helped the handling a lot. i do intend to get one some day and do a telecom replica but they are getting thin on the ground now and the good ones fetch silly money .maybee one day ! Vans had a lower ratio axle, I put one in my HA which was a 1256 Chevette lump, ported & big valve head, tuftrided & balanced crank, twin Strombergs, Brabham 4:2:1 exhaust, was very quick ( back in the day) would chew up a 2.0 capri off the lights but topped out at 65- 70 mph. Later on it went into a Chevette which could pull 110 as I found out on the M3 one Sunday morning and got off as the copper said “no one will believe me, don’t do it again!” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 On 04/06/2022 at 16:40, cam.in.head said: sounds realy nice. alternator lower mount has a pair of rubber bushes.they can become soft. easily available on ebay if you want to swap them, (£3.70) also a worn fanbelt can cause it to wobble. Bushes and new bolt fitted and no more wobbly alternator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam.in.head Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 excellent. next item ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Fitted the remaining rear quarterlight, new courtesy light door switches and checked the car over then took it for its longest run yet, about 3 miles and up to 60mph, all good, the engine and auto box pulls really well, very nice torque, forgot how good the cih lump is, it’s been a very long time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) Too much green? Could not get Vauxhall wheel centres so MG ones (cheap too) with badge overlaid on top. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Edited June 25, 2022 by IanG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 What happened to the original wheel centre caps ? They were on there when i owned it.Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rapierdave said: What happened to the original wheel centre caps ? They were on there when i owned it.Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Still have them, well 4 out of 5 they need a clean up as rusty, they will go back on at some point in the future. One flew off coming back from doing the tracking, several have missing tangs and a bit loose and I don’t want to lose any more….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 Meant to say keeping the car as original as possible, original rad has been refurbed, steering rack too, any other old bits like bonnet stops are all being kept in a 📦 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 3 hours ago, IanG said: Still have them, well 4 out of 5 they need a clean up as rusty, they will go back on at some point in the future. One flew off coming back from doing the tracking, several have missing tangs and a bit loose and I don’t want to lose any more….. Black mate 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 7 hours ago, Jessopia74 said: Black mate 👍 OK as soon as I get them cleaned up will post proof of life 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) Here we go cleaned up and rust proofed, had to solder a small strip of metal where a tang was missing does the job for now Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member.Used some ceramic coating to keep the damp off them and stop any rust I hope Edited June 26, 2022 by IanG 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Pounsett Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Worth the effort. 100% improvement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Drove around the village tonight, two lads in a Focus ST about half my age followed me and waved as I turned off to my road, not sure they knew what the hell I was driving 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 2 hours ago, IanG said: Drove around the village tonight, two lads in a Focus ST about half my age followed me and waved as I turned off to my road, not sure they knew what the hell I was driving Parked outside the local shop met a nice chap in an immaculate Mk2 red Cav, he lives in the next village so swopped numbers to meet up, all we need now is a Mk3 to make the set! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 11 hours ago, IanG said: Parked outside the local shop met a nice chap in an immaculate Mk2 red Cav, he lives in the next village so swopped numbers to meet up, all we need now is a Mk3 to make the set! Awesome! The world is small after all 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 Wiper blades, mine are 19” and look tiny, reckon I could get away with 20” or even 21”, any advice welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1200bandit Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 27/06/2022 at 19:26, IanG said: On 27/06/2022 at 19:26, IanG said: Wiper blades, mine are 19” and look tiny, reckon I could get away with 20” or even 21”, any advice welcome! Kadjar 2016/18 wipers will fit just have to open up the wiper arm up a bit.Have some if interested for the cost of post 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Yes please let me know what the post is and how I can settle up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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