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Restoration, fixing and maintaining my fleet and other note-worthy incidents!
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OK, it's late in the season, but with the Suzuki of the road for a couple of weeks, and with the weather holding I decded to use the Spitfire to get to work at least once. I've been worried about that quantity of oil in the differential, so I topped that Read More...
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Pretty much ever since I got the car a year ago it's been suffering, with varying degrees of severity, from wheel wobble between 70 and 80 Km/h. It also has made a nasty "craunch" noise when turning to the right and over speed ups, suggesting some part Read More...
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As happened last year with the Volvo clutch, I've decided to bite the bullet and get on with the list of jobs on the Suzuki before the winter sets in and it gets unpleasantly cold and difficult the get heat in the garage. Other than a new centre section Read More...
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The Lambda Sensor warning light has been telling me that somethings wrong, pretty much ever since I swapped the engine in the Volvo. Due to both a mental block and a lack of time I hadn't done anything about until a couple of days ago. When I asked at Read More...
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After fetching the replacement engine, I had little time to phaff around getting it installed, so I started on the job the very next day. The engine came out pretty easily since the head was already off and things were easy to get to. Disconnect the myriad Read More...
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You would have thought that a Volvo 740/940 engine or head would have been as common as rocking horse manure over here in Norway. Which, of course they are, unless it's a 16V B234F red block. The discovery of a crack in the head of the Volvo confirmed Read More...
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Nothing for years and now, I've been to classic car meets twice in the last month. This time it was Horten og Omegn Motor Clubs meet/show at their club house, Borre gamlesjasjon (old station). This time there was one other Triumph, a very nice TR6, which Read More...
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The Volvo's nearly drove me over the edge when, a couple of weeks ago, despite a second new head gasket and a head skim started blowing coolant out the exhaust for a 3rd time. With almost all possible remedies exhausted it was time for some more diagnostic Read More...
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Ok, I've said to someone on the Club Triumph Forum that I would show them how I changed the battery box on the Spitfire. So I thought, why not write a blog post and then it's easily available for future reference. I did this job in early August 2006, Read More...
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By chance, I happened to see Re Motor Clubs little display (in foul weather) 3 weeks ago outside the local supermarket. I got chatting and was given a schedule for their events I found out that the next event was the 1st of May drive with their friends Read More...
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The Volvo got us to the hospital and back as we required, but not much further before the ominous sign of coolant in the exhaust appeared again. Of course, it's good to do a job twice, this time I had it all apart in less than half the 5 hours it took Read More...
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Typically less than a week before the due date of our first child our primary "get to and from the hospital in labour" car started to show signs of serious trouble. Coolant had been misteriously vanishing for a week or two and on our way down to the midwife Read More...
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When I changed the coolant and tucked the Spitfire into the barn before winter I promised that it would get a wash and be covered shortly after. Between freezing temperatures, snow on the ground and life getting generally in the way, I never quite got Read More...
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After some fiddly work persueding all the bits of the control valve to come out, cleaning them and reassembling, I was left with this, ready for adjustment. Adjustment involved setting the movement of the spool valve to withing 0.001" of the number stamped Read More...
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After the great success of getting the engine running it was time to move on to the gearbox and hydraulic system. In which I was aware that there was a fair quantity of water. No probs I thought, a quick oil and filter change, draining as many low points Read More...
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