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Matthew B Full Licence
Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 291 Location: Townsville, Australia
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Inspiring stuff looking at some one willing to repair!
I note in one photo that your bottom door hinge threaded plate is not there, make sure you put in new guides for this so it doesn't fall out. Nothing worse than having to cut open your door pillar to get the plate out.
All looks good repairable stuff. The bit behind the holed panel is best fixed from underneath.
Great advantage of steel - if you cut it wrong you can weld it up and do it again!
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
Joined: 08 May 2011 Posts: 71 Location: South Gippsland, Victoria.
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frosty moderator
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3833 Location: 4559 near a big pineapple, Qld
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Kel 我能行
Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 463 Location: Hunter Valley
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Anna
It is great to see what both you and your dad are doing. Well done and keep going with it.
You will have a great car at the end. Plus you can be proud that you did it with your dads help.
Great stuff
Kel
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brundahted 4th gear
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
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graham At rest
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
Joined: 08 May 2011 Posts: 71 Location: South Gippsland, Victoria.
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brundahted 4th gear
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the posting info Frosty.
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
Joined: 08 May 2011 Posts: 71 Location: South Gippsland, Victoria.
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jimmy_d Full Licence
Joined: 29 Aug 2009 Posts: 322 Location: Melbourne eastern suburbs
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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I just know Im going to get flamed for this but in worst case scenario you dont "really" need the whitworth tools for some of the jobs.Some of the imperial/metric are sooooo close that they will do little or no damage as long as the bolts are not too tight or seized,too tight,use the right tool,seized,no matter what you use your going to have problems,either rounding or shearing.Dont whinge at me,you know its the truth!
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Monk moderator
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 671 Location: Canberra
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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Further to jimmy_d give all the nuts and bolts you plan to undo NEXT weekend a spray of Inox last thing Sunday night, then give them another spray the night before and (fingers crossed) - BINGO!!
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
Joined: 08 May 2011 Posts: 71 Location: South Gippsland, Victoria.
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
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DON58VAN Full Licence
Joined: 25 Sep 2008 Posts: 863 Location: Sydney/Bowral
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Anna
It sure looks like you and your Dad are getting serious. Good on you!!
Re Whitworth spanners, sockets, etc. It is good to have at least a few of the sizes commonly used on the Minor. I bought some of mine on Ebay (used) but most of them came really cheap from my local bric-a-brac markets (used).
Some sockets and spanners you buy these days (new) are special designs that will do Whitworth, AF and Metric. That is because instead of putting pressure on the points of the nut and bolt heads, they are designed to apply pressure adjacent to the points. This is great because they have some tolerance to slightly different head sizes and they work well on heads that have had their points mangled (rounded off).
There is some overlap between the Whitworth and metric (and AF sizes), as pointed out earlier.
Cheers
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John Ballard valued contributor
Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 2646 Location: Dubbo NSW
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:39 am Post subject: |
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In regards to Whitworth spanners/ sockets, I buy from markets and swap meets etc, usually very cheap and I now keep a record of what I have in my wallet as I double bought a couple of times. I now have a full set of sockets and most ring spanners and I probably spent less than $40.
But as other have said most nuts can be fitted with other spanners.
I also use Inox.
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LittleBlue 3rd gear
Joined: 08 May 2011 Posts: 71 Location: South Gippsland, Victoria.
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Hi everyone, it's now October and we haven't made a huge amount of progress. The rotisserie is now finished, and today we will try it out. Finished taking off the guards (which was tricky... nuts were tarred over so we had to chip them free before getting a spanner on there) It just needs the front/rear glass out.
We have a weekend of high 20's now so hopefully we'll get some done. I haven't driven my baby since March, and we have a looong way to go... I am going crazy!
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Bill Littlehales At rest
Joined: 26 Mar 2012 Posts: 78 Location: Jindera NSW
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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LittleBlue wrote: | Hi everyone, it's now October and we haven't made a huge amount of progress. The rotisserie is now finished, and today we will try it out. Finished taking off the guards (which was tricky... nuts were tarred over so we had to chip them free before getting a spanner on there) It just needs the front/rear glass out.
We have a weekend of high 20's now so hopefully we'll get some done. I haven't driven my baby since March, and we have a looong way to go... I am going crazy! | Hi Anna go easy on your Dad as when I restored my daughters woody it was in much the same condition as you Little Blue
it,ll be worth it in the end
Bill
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