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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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My alter Ego, Viking Longship, on my less mechanically orientated and original blog, Norwegian Wood , has finally completely the write up of our early August European trip in the Triumph. It feels like it's taken me way longer to write about that it did...
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Finally, the efforts paid off. There was an unanticipated extra cost as I found out that the injectors were seized solid and needed new nozzles. Not cheap, but the very efficient diesel experts ordered the bits straight away and I got my injectors back,...
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Tantalisingly close to the first major milestone for my old DB-880. First step has always been to get the engine running before I spend time and money on niceties like an exhaust, new clutch and cleaning/painting. The first challenge was to get the air...
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It's that time of year again, our 3rd winter in Haugtuft and we've learnt that it pays to be prepared for whatever the winter throws at you. Up where we live it's been down below -20 C and we've had at most a couple of metres of snow on the ground. I...
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I was informed by a member of the Club Triumph Forum where this blog is now featured that I should really be restoring a Ferguson tractor, as that has some association with the Standard Triumph company. I am struggling to find any reference of this fact,...
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It's rarely that I write a so "hot of the press" blog post as this one. It's Friday evening and I've just come in from the barn. All in all I'm pretty damn happy. First things first, I wanted to get the engine warmed up before I tried anything (with the...
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So, mid May came and with the Spitfire now road legal I promtly took the bonnet, doors and bootlid back off to start welding, prepping and painting. Thinking the bonnet was the biggest challenge I started with that, I had it in my head that all I needed...
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Well, found my nut, lying on the floor in the middle of the barn, exactly were it shouldn't have been. Repeat after me.... I MUST BE MORE ORGANISED AND CAREFUL WITH THE BITS I TAKE OFF... I was very pleased when I torqued up the final rod bearing and...
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Late Sunday Afternoon, after getting frustrated with the front strut on the Volvo (see previous post), I finally got back to the next job on the David Brown, honing the bores and installing the pistons. I honed the three cylinders for as long as my tired...
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Over here even used cars are so expensive that I can't bring myself to buy one that doesn't need some degree of fixing. The theory being that the cost of getting a car fixed at the garage is also extortionate, so by buying a car with problems from somebody...
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I got this tractor 2 1/2 years ago with the property and before that it had sat outside for a period (of years) and the engine was seized solid. The year has dissapeared with finishing the Spitfire and driving it around Europe along with various other...
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I can't really go on calling these updates as I am so far behind with my reports that the car is now finished.... I will however, mainly for my own benifit and memories, continue the story until I am up to date (could take a while).. April came and almost...
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And not before time.... What a battle it's been, but the posibility of Haugtuft becoming a "2 tractor farm" has taken a huge step forward. After literally years of trying, I've finally unstuck and removed the pistons from the David Brown. It took jacking...
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