Practically Classics Forum

Definitely struggling with the spray gun a bit. I don't seem to be able to get any sort of a wet edge laid down no matter what I've done with the settings and the paint doesn't seem to be atomising all that well, hence the pebbly texture we seem to be getting most of the time. https://i.ib...

Had an opportunity to do a very quick test of the paint yesterday evening - which was basically 30 minutes setting up the spray gun, wiping the panel down, then the same to clean the spray gun out. Actually painting covered about five minutes. It's pretty obvious that this is going to be an o...

I have paint! Took a bit of discussion to come round to what was probably the best compromise in terms of being sprayable with the equipment I have, being suitable for the substrate, and not being horrifically dangerous so as to require a respirator with a remote air supply. We got there in the end...

This afternoon I took an hour out to investigate a gremlin which has turned on the Xantia in the last week or so - that the rear of the exhaust had taken up rattling somewhere. It's driving me round the twist. Being a hydraulic Citroen has pluses and minuses. Needing to pull the axle stands out to s...

You can buy cable off the reel from Car Builder Solutions www.cbsonline.co.uk if you don't mind using solderless nipples Cheers for the link, I'll take a closer look when I (hopefully) have the opportunity to sit down at my desktop PC later. I'm currently using my phone and that website seems to be...

Moderately irritating couple of days. Really wanted to properly sort the throttle cable, I was astonished that my bodge had held a day, much less several weeks. Now this sort of thing used to be simple...less so these days. Having been to the usual mainstream suspects along with three independent mo...

Been struggling for energy a bit this last couple of days so not been a huge amount going on. Have got the new PCV hardware fitted to the engine on the Invacar though. https://i.ibb.co/PhX0ztB/IMG-20190805-152249.jpg While I had the valves off it gave me a good chance to see how things were looking ...

That was pretty painless. New clutch master cylinder is now fitted to the van. https://i.ibb.co/WFVWbWD/IMG-20190804-165547.jpg https://i.ibb.co/qnJbBzR/IMG-20190804-165452.jpg Only slight headache was discovering that the hose clip had cut into the hose to the reservoir meaning I ...

Nothing massive to report other that than with use TPA seems to just keep running better. Had her out this afternoon to run a few errands, rubbing shoulders with rush hour traffic. No bother.  Have finally brought the PCV valves picked up last week inside for a clean up and fitting when I next get...

Care package arrived for the van this morning. https://i.ibb.co/YX2pqf0/IMG-20190731-183040.jpg Thumbs up for Simply Car Parts...I only ordered this on Monday evening, so having it on my doorstep on Wednesday morning is pretty good going. Here are the part numbers for those of you playing alon...