Vulgalour's Vehicles - 10/03 Ignition Switch Woe
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
& they are let loose with very expensive/dangerous machinery?? most people regard farmworkers as the local idiot, without realising you have to be a machine operator/mechanic/vet/slave/accountant/builder/lawyer/agronomist etc etc before dealing with all the paperwork that comes from government or the eu. i had enough of long hours& low pay & got out..
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
Some are OK, some abuse the equipment and are "moved on" fairly quickly. I think 2 tractors have been written off in 5 years or so by various of the idiots driving irresponsibly.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
as i said qualified staff 
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Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
Could you only get part time farm work then???rich. wrote: after several years of working 120 hours a week i gave it all up & got a job that pays a reasonable wage as most of the farmwork was slave labour..
That sort of reminds me of the pipeline that they dug from Alaska to S. America (I think). They couldn't work out how labour (labor) was costing them a fortune until they checked some time sheets - people were working 180hours a week!
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
The long hours and rubbish pay could well explain the state of the Orange Slice...
More progress today, not quite as exhausting as yesterday as I didn't have to refit so much into the beige car this time around and I had a helper for a couple of hours in the afternoon to make the work a bit easier.
I said there was more rust to be found in the boot. Today I took out the very good boot mat, spare wheel and assorted detritus so I could see if there was much of use to the beige car back here. This isn't a rust hole, it's the hole for the bumper bolt to go through, there appears to be no bracket on the bumper from a cursory look either.
Spare wheel well usually rots out, and this is a fairly average looking one. Beige car has already been repaired here.
Inner arch to seat frame, inner arch to floor both rusty and much worse than the beige car. In addition to the plate that's undoubtedly hiding more rot, there's a few spots coming through on the inner arch on the top that the beige one doesn't suffer from.
Other side and you can see the rot in the corner. The beige one has gone here too, but not quite as badly. I dread to think what that plate is hiding.
Bumper mount on the passenger side is ruined and you can see the rising rot in the lower quarter.
Fibreglass on the blown inner arch seam is causing problems rather than fixing them and you can see through the rear 'chassis' member where there's more rot claiming bits of car.
Then we get to the monster hole. Arch trims are pretty tricky to remove, but this was one of the easiest because it wasn't really attached to anything. There was an ENORMOUS block of filler, fibreglass, newspaper and mesh where there's now a gaping hole where the arch used to meet the rear door.
Got one of the door cappings off, and found even more rot. The doors on this car are going the same way as the ones on the red one that I binned in favour of the other banger racer's doors.
More progress today, not quite as exhausting as yesterday as I didn't have to refit so much into the beige car this time around and I had a helper for a couple of hours in the afternoon to make the work a bit easier.
I said there was more rust to be found in the boot. Today I took out the very good boot mat, spare wheel and assorted detritus so I could see if there was much of use to the beige car back here. This isn't a rust hole, it's the hole for the bumper bolt to go through, there appears to be no bracket on the bumper from a cursory look either.
Spare wheel well usually rots out, and this is a fairly average looking one. Beige car has already been repaired here.
Inner arch to seat frame, inner arch to floor both rusty and much worse than the beige car. In addition to the plate that's undoubtedly hiding more rot, there's a few spots coming through on the inner arch on the top that the beige one doesn't suffer from.
Other side and you can see the rot in the corner. The beige one has gone here too, but not quite as badly. I dread to think what that plate is hiding.
Bumper mount on the passenger side is ruined and you can see the rising rot in the lower quarter.
Fibreglass on the blown inner arch seam is causing problems rather than fixing them and you can see through the rear 'chassis' member where there's more rot claiming bits of car.
Then we get to the monster hole. Arch trims are pretty tricky to remove, but this was one of the easiest because it wasn't really attached to anything. There was an ENORMOUS block of filler, fibreglass, newspaper and mesh where there's now a gaping hole where the arch used to meet the rear door.
Got one of the door cappings off, and found even more rot. The doors on this car are going the same way as the ones on the red one that I binned in favour of the other banger racer's doors.
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
Carefull, if you find any more rust, Rich will want to buy the car 
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
So, rust aside, we've been busy. Removed the grab handles, dashboard, glovebox, front parcel shelf, sun visors, rear view mirror, steering wheel, remaining C pillar trim and door membranes. Then we got the steering column, pedal box and air vents out too. we're pretty close to bare shell inside which will make removing the wiring loom, dashboard mount, glass and headlining a good bit easier to get out.
There wasn't a huge amount more to be done inside the car so attention turned to mechanical stuff. Brake master and slave cylinder, clutch cylinder, both headlight trims and one headlight (pesky seized and rusty screws), steering column support bracket, manifold heatshield (finally got one!) and that previously mentioned rear arch trim.
Looking pretty empty in there now. These cars are brilliant to strip down, most things are easy to access and we were lucky in that many of the fixings on this one were secure but not seized. Wherever possible, fixings and fastenings have been put back in their respective holes so when I come to reusing any of these parts it will be that bit easier. This did highlight that the play in my steering rack is actually the pinch bolt inside the car that holds the knuckle/rose joint to the column hasn't been fully tightened, having a (mechanically) good car to compare against was vital to diagnose this.
Did some work on the interior of the beige car and with a very quick wipe down of Autoglym Rubber & Vinyl spray they've come up astoundingly well.
Apart from this door. The dodgy grab handle I had won't go back on because the little thing at the top that stops you pulling the handle off the door is broken. I did liberate a good plastic clip from the orange car so I could fit a brown handle I have and now this doesn't pull off every time you try and shut the door. I'm on the lookout for a new black handle for this door now because this bugs me, but slightly less than it would if there were no grab handle there.
Those seat covers have made it into the car, I make no apology for them because I think they look superb in the new interior. I need to get some offcuts of black carpet for the inner sills as the ones from the orange car were in poor condition.
Tomorrow I should be making a start on removing glass and engine bits. I was disappointed to find that the thermostat housing, while good, has half a waxstat stuck in it just like the red one so I'll have to get the hole saw on that which was a job I thoroughly enjoyed last time.
There wasn't a huge amount more to be done inside the car so attention turned to mechanical stuff. Brake master and slave cylinder, clutch cylinder, both headlight trims and one headlight (pesky seized and rusty screws), steering column support bracket, manifold heatshield (finally got one!) and that previously mentioned rear arch trim.
Looking pretty empty in there now. These cars are brilliant to strip down, most things are easy to access and we were lucky in that many of the fixings on this one were secure but not seized. Wherever possible, fixings and fastenings have been put back in their respective holes so when I come to reusing any of these parts it will be that bit easier. This did highlight that the play in my steering rack is actually the pinch bolt inside the car that holds the knuckle/rose joint to the column hasn't been fully tightened, having a (mechanically) good car to compare against was vital to diagnose this.
Did some work on the interior of the beige car and with a very quick wipe down of Autoglym Rubber & Vinyl spray they've come up astoundingly well.
Apart from this door. The dodgy grab handle I had won't go back on because the little thing at the top that stops you pulling the handle off the door is broken. I did liberate a good plastic clip from the orange car so I could fit a brown handle I have and now this doesn't pull off every time you try and shut the door. I'm on the lookout for a new black handle for this door now because this bugs me, but slightly less than it would if there were no grab handle there.
Those seat covers have made it into the car, I make no apology for them because I think they look superb in the new interior. I need to get some offcuts of black carpet for the inner sills as the ones from the orange car were in poor condition.
Tomorrow I should be making a start on removing glass and engine bits. I was disappointed to find that the thermostat housing, while good, has half a waxstat stuck in it just like the red one so I'll have to get the hole saw on that which was a job I thoroughly enjoyed last time.
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
terry you know me too well 
is it possible to spray the handles with vynilcote?? or was this another of my weird dreams...
please dont ask
is it possible to spray the handles with vynilcote?? or was this another of my weird dreams...
please dont ask
Re: '80 & '81 Austin Morris Princess and a '75 Renault 6TL
No Rich, as I was about to suggest the same, in fact I am 99% certain I purchased some black vinyl spray from Halfrauds some years back to help tome down the bright red interior of my Mustang Turbo.