1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850

[JPB]

Your axle has a leaky hub seal on the NS!

Probably because it had been out of use for such a long time but hey, that's free parts for you. Glad the car's still with you.

[mach1rob]

Yes! It's doing sterling service as a shed currently! Right in the middle of a house move, so packing etc is taking a precedent over playing cars, mind, no bad thing when the weather is like this. New place has a garage, which is nice, so hopefully, once in and settled progress will be made no matter what the weather

[megadethmaniac]

those MGF Allys are quite late aren`t they?

I know the earlier ones shared the Triumph spaced PCD but figured that they`d have been 100`s. If not I must broaden my horizon for the Herald.

Does look quite purposeful, if you catch my meaning but the arches ( rears) are just a little overfull for my liking and I suspect rubbing may become an issue.

[mach1rob]

Nope, they were off my 1998 R 1.8 VVC. They're 205s on the back, so a bit too wide, I would expect the 195 to fit better, but have been told 185s are about the widest to go. Seeing as the MGF fit 185 or 195s front and 205s rear, and as all the tyres on those rims are plentiful in tread I have no reason to want to change them. I had seen a metallic green Dolomite on the same MGF alloys, and it looked ok in the pics, but after trying those on the one side, decided they're not for mine, it looks far better, and more period on the Sprints for now

AFAIK the Fs and the TFs stayed at the 98pcd and never changed to 100x4 as per the 200/400 Rovers.

[mach1rob]

I think I may have got carried away with removing bits to get to the waterpump...

[JPB]

At least the pump seems to have come out, I love it when they don't fight me all the way.

Just noticed that the distributor is out, are you thinking of doing the jackshaft bushes while it's in bits?

[Toledo Man]

John, he might be fitting a Sprint dizzy. It makes life 10 times easier with the points and gives more options for electronic ignition. I've hardly had to touch mine since I fitted a Sprint dizzy.

[mach1rob]

Dizzy is still in, just the cap removed. Sprint dizzy already fitted complete with electronic points

Just a pity the pump isn't going back in as easy as it all came out! New water seal required AGAIN...

[JPB]

Is that the graphite one? There's a brilliant write up about sorting these on the TDC forum in which Jon Tilson explains how to make sure they don't leak again. Assuming that excess slop in the jackshaft isn't responsible for the problem that is.

[mach1rob]

I've read the wiki, and I quote

The weakness with all these seals is that if you assemble the pump completely and have to use some form of impact - no matter how gentle - when refitting to the block you WILL damage the seal. I've shattered a graphite ring and damaged the internal seal type in my time and I was EXTREMELY careful to use the bare minimum of force to get the pump back in.

Yep it's true! I've ordered another kit, so hopefully I'll be able to crack on with it over the weekend. Thankfully jackshaft seems ok, and the whole pump bar the seals is good, although the cover looks a bit suspect, it was doing the job fine.


But I have taken the opportunity to paint the engine bay, and tidy it up a bit as the amount of overspray under there is untrue. Mind I wasn't impressed when I took the masking tape off and chunks of red paint came with it...









As I type, postie has just delivered kit from Robsport, not bad seeing as I only ordered it at 4pm yesterday