Grrrrrr · Aug 20, 2020

kermit_rr said:
it holds charge, its been fine so I'm not sure whats happened, possibly a new drain!
its Thor... any clue where I get a regulator from? cheers

Sorry, Thor is way beyond my ken!

hef19898 · Aug 20, 2020

Picked up the second front seat today. Pricing for both, including some mechanical work, was more than reasonable. And they look pretty neat, next to each other, if ask me!

kermit_rr · Aug 21, 2020

nothing yet! but!! Island! order! arrived!
silly question, do I need to do the viscous coupling up tight, given the thread is opposite to engine rotation, surely it will tighten itself up?

Bix · Aug 21, 2020

kermit_rr said:
nothing yet! but!! Island! order! arrived!
silly question, do I need to do the viscous coupling up tight, given the thread is opposite to engine rotation, surely it will tighten itself up?

Hand tight on, it'll sort itself out.

brianp38dse · Aug 21, 2020

kermit_rr said:
nothing yet! but!! Island! order! arrived!
silly question, do I need to do the viscous coupling up tight, given the thread is opposite to engine rotation, surely it will tighten itself up?

A little bit of copperslip would not go a miss.

tomcat59alan · Aug 21, 2020

brianp38dse said:
A little bit of copperslip would not go a miss.

And a little tap on the spanner just to make sure.

kermit_rr · Aug 21, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
And a little tap on the spanner just to make sure.

that assumes you have a spanner.. and is the reason I asked

tomcat59alan · Aug 21, 2020

kermit_rr said:
that assumes you have a spanner.. and is the reason I asked

How did you get it off ? 32 mm diesel, 38mm petrol.or a big adjustable.

, don't tell me you used the hammer and chiesel method.

Dopey · Aug 21, 2020

Had to buy a new batter charger, the old one turned on, but wouldn't pick a mode... got this, £20 not too shabby

I had an Aldi one Ultimate Speed, see how this one goes, has a lot more features like pulse etc

tomcat59alan · Aug 21, 2020

Bix said:
Hand tight on, it'll sort itself out.

As long as when the engine stops the fan doesn't have enough momentum to unscrew itself.

kermit_rr · Aug 21, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
How did you get it off ? 32 mm diesel, 38mm petrol.or a big adjustable. , don't tell me you used the hammer and chiesel method.

I've not, yet! But I'm replacing the water pump as well so i don't need to take the old one off

Bix · Aug 21, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
As long as when the engine stops the fan doesn't have enough momentum to unscrew itself.

I've never had that happen after refitting several. At a guess a shade over 100 over the last 5 years. The fan stops almost immediately on shutdown and the amount of shock from starting is enough that even if it did dislodge a teeeny bit, it'll tighten itself back up again. But I have never experienced a VC spinning itself off. Not saying it could never happen, but it seems highly improbable.

tomcat59alan · Aug 21, 2020

Bix said:
I've never had that happen after refitting several. At a guess a shade over 100 over the last 5 years. The fan stops almost immediately on shutdown and the amount of shock from starting is enough that even if it did dislodge a teeeny bit, it'll tighten itself back up again. But I have never experienced a VC spinning itself off. Not saying it could never happen, but it seems highly improbable.

Remember it happened to a guy with a Sierra And it cost him a radiator.

Bix · Aug 21, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
Remember it happened to a guy with a Sierra And it cost him a radiator.

For it to spin enough to unscrew itself I'd imagine the VC was shot anyway. Spin a healthy one by hand a few times and it'll quickly bind. Even on a stone cold day, a running engine shut off will have put enough heat through the VC it won't spin enough to unscrew.

But without being there at the time this is just guessing.

RangeRoller dt · Aug 21, 2020

hef19898 said:
Picked up the second front seat today. Pricing for both, including some mechanical work, was more than reasonable. And they look pretty neat, next to each other, if ask me!View attachment 217481

Look like new

whats in the Thule box, roof rack bits?

tomcat59alan · Aug 21, 2020

Bix said:
For it to spin enough to unscrew itself I'd imagine the VC was shot anyway. Spin a healthy one by hand a few times and it'll quickly bind. Even on a stone cold day, a running engine shut off will have put enough heat through the VC it won't spin enough to unscrew.

But without being there at the time this is just guessing.

He was a very unhappy bunny when he brought the rad to show me when returning the vc spanner. Got it recored for him.

Bix · Aug 21, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
He was a very unhappy bunny when he brought the rad to show me when returning the vc spanner. Got it recored for him.

Yeah fair one. I'd be upset as well. Suppose he is lucky if that was the only thing he broke.

kermit_rr · Aug 21, 2020

How do i know if i have a 130A or 150A alternator? Can't see anything obvious on the body. Do I care?

Mark Piercy · Aug 21, 2020

kermit_rr said:
nothing yet! but!! Island! order! arrived!
silly question, do I need to do the viscous coupling up tight, given the thread is opposite to engine rotation, surely it will tighten itself up?

Tighten the bugger, I did that with mine and it unscrewed when it was in full lockup and spun off the barsted thread when I'd stopped the engine...

Mark Piercy · Aug 21, 2020

Checked the fluids, greased the props and swapped my wheels around ready for the holiday jaunt a demain.
Fooking love my '38.

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