Graceland
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 posted on 7/9/04 at 09:40 PM |
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jsut picked up my new engine :D
one rover V8 ready for a quick stripdown and re-ring and bearing rebuild 
not that heady when fully laden are they  hehe
best bit is the engine cradle i "made"
shopping trolly from local supermarket, cut basket off, put engine onto trolly from back of tranny van and push up driveway - so easy
pictures starting tomorroe, but now i gotta route learn bolton to clitheroe calling at 8 stations along the way  lol - work always gets in the way
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JoelP
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| posted on 7/9/04 at 10:07 PM |
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damn it clitheroes a sh*thole... ive looked at houses up there, but they not worth the cost of the visit...
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Graceland
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| posted on 7/9/04 at 10:30 PM |
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clitheroe is a beauty spot compared to Hall I' Th' Wood just outside of bolton. lmao
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cassidym
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| posted on 7/9/04 at 11:48 PM |
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Graceland, been meaning to ask you, is your chassis similar to McSorleys +442?
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sgraber
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| posted on 8/9/04 at 03:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Graceland
clitheroe is a beauty spot compared to Hall I' Th' Wood just outside of bolton. lmao
clitor-what?!  It sounds like a GREAT place to visit, but wouldn't really want to live there either. I hear it floods once a month...
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 8/9/04 at 09:03 AM |
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heh
we also have a place called cumbernauld.
Perhaps thats a place we would like to visit - more than 1 a month
atb
s
teve
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/9/04 at 10:07 AM |
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Whaley Thornes.
It's pronounced Warley though. It sounds like a picturesque village but it's far from that. My mate was in charge of demolishing some
terraces there, everyone was rehoused and he was going to sort out getting the power and water cut off next day. When the crew got there the houses
were stripped before they started. The roof slates were all on pallets and one gable end was removed and all the bricks were cleaned and ready to
sell. The local mafia were there guarding them and wouldn't let the legit crew near them. The houses had to be made safe before the crew could
go near them to knock them down!!!!
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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twinturbo
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| posted on 8/9/04 at 11:34 AM |
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Cummersdale, Little cockup and Big cockup are all local to me..
And just outside orpington you have Badgers Mount and prats bottom..
TT
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ned
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| posted on 8/9/04 at 11:49 AM |
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i pass byfleet & newhaw station everyday - twice! then there's horsham, balls cross..
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Liam
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| posted on 8/9/04 at 09:16 PM |
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You'd be amazed how many cool places are right on your doorstep!
Just Click Here!
Liam
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 8/9/04 at 10:00 PM |
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i have
Titty Ho (map)
6.5 miles
Willey (map)
25.4 miles
Butthole Lane (map)
37.8 miles
Shaftenhoe End (map)
39.3 miles
Foul End (map)
42.1 miles
Nasty (map)
42.5 miles
I have only heard of titty ho. There is a car dealers called titty ho motor co there.....
atb
steve
ps
from Liams area, I like the nice sounding Newton Blossomville
but not
Herbert's Hole
24.9 miles
Crotch Crescent
26.4 miles
Golden Balls
30.5 miles
Pishill
32.0 miles
Tyttenhanger
[Edited on 8/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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locoboy
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 05:32 PM |
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didnt use the link but licky end and bell end are near me lmao
ATB
Locoboy
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Graceland
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 05:37 PM |
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not impressed much with the engine i just won for cheepo cash - good pair of heads, some other random bits, a rare breakerless dizzy and thats about
all i can salvage - pistons seized well in the bores
piccy of the "unseizing process" which failed to work
 
Rescued attachment DSCI0011.JPG
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zilspeed
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 05:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
heh
we also have a place called cumbernauld.
And guess who live there for his sins ?
At least we're handy for the best driving roads in the world
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Viper
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 07:13 PM |
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Graceland
CoCa Cola is good at unseizing the bores
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Graceland
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 07:22 PM |
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cocacola??????????????????
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Viper
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 07:35 PM |
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yeah chuck it down the bores and leave it overnight or longer if needed.
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Graceland
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 07:49 PM |
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why cocacola?????
new one to me that is
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 07:52 PM |
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It's the acid in it.
Take the sump off and put it in from the other end. Use the cheap stuff. Take the crank out and belt the pistons back down the bore with a
hammershaft. If that fails you have a good doorstop. It'll need boring anyway.
[Edited on 9/9/04 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Graceland
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| posted on 9/9/04 at 07:55 PM |
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i've got a good v8 plantpot then
time to buy another one......... wheres my local car breakers with a v8 in it, ummmm
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James
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| posted on 10/9/04 at 10:57 AM |
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Hmmm, really like the Coke idea- have to hope my engine seizes now... just so I can give it a go!
Cheers,
James
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mackie
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| posted on 10/9/04 at 11:30 AM |
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Graceland,
if it is a gonner just clean it up, whack a plate of safety glass on top and sell it as a coffee table. I saw one on ebay go for £170!
How much of a rebuild were you planning on doing?
At some point I think we want to do a fully rebuilt bottom end for our engine, maybe replace valve stem seals and seats and fit new timing gear.
It should be good for a while yet though.
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SeaBass
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| posted on 10/9/04 at 12:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Graceland
a rare breakerless dizzy
Standard on Vitesse...
Cheers
JC
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mackie
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| posted on 10/9/04 at 12:59 PM |
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Any post '76 V8 should have electronic ignition.
Graceland, do you know which dizzy you have?
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Graceland
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| posted on 10/9/04 at 02:53 PM |
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aint a cloo which dizzy it has - but have sold the block to my m8 for a tenner - he is gonna make a coffee table out of it and i have a good pair of
heads to play with and some other nice things.
the best bit is i just won another one on ebay for 70 quid - picking that up on monday - the bloke even turned it over on the starter motor while i
was on the fone to him how good is that!! at least it aint seized lol
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