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Post by pauldaf44 on Nov 14, 2013 8:43:08 GMT
Struggle, schmuggle. ;D Anyway, Pete's got a weekend waft-o-matic for his weekends....  You haven't tried getting gearboxes, wings, clutch pressure plates or starter motors for FWD Triumphs lately, have you?  I don't see the problem I have one of each of those in my garage ;D Two pressure plates in fact |
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Post by macplaxton on Nov 14, 2013 10:28:12 GMT
You haven't tried getting gearboxes, wings, clutch pressure plates or starter motors for FWD Triumphs lately, have you? Nope, and I did pass on the opportunity of a freebie 1300 not that long ago. Well apart from hob-nobbing with the key hoarders (see above ;D) and getting into the inner circle. Gears, get them cut. Wings (some sheet and a big 'ammer), clutch pressure plates (modify something else), starters (again modify something else). Yes, a cheap abundance of bits dry up, but there nothing in the above list that is a show stopper. Anyway, back to the problem in hand. Peter, I hope you've not done a "Bob" and grumbled about a dead clutch when 18 months later you come back to tell me the propshaft was the culprit all along. Have you got on your own hands and knees and checked?? |
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 14, 2013 13:11:38 GMT
Good point Rich. No, I haven't yet. A nasty bought of sciatica and a car parked too far over in my garage prevents any such thing from taking place...for now.  |
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Post by macplaxton on Nov 14, 2013 13:39:05 GMT
Be a Victorian Dad and send the Junior Grinder in... |
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 14, 2013 18:59:40 GMT
Dear god, then nothing will get done. That would mean putting down his games console...
Thinking about the problem before it reached final conclusion, it was intermittent. Sometimes I would try to pull away from junctions and it was like she hadn't changed down. I was revving her hard to pull away and even then she was doing so begrudgingly. BUT, this wasn't all of the time; intermittent.
I would have thought a dodgy prop or clutch come to think of it would be doing this all of the time.
Thoughts?
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Post by Nick on Nov 14, 2013 19:20:52 GMT
so would the brake light switch not working...
as it doesnt trigger the vac valve for changedown when you are braking.. got stuck in Gina more than once when her switch was playing up
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Post by 33grinder on Nov 14, 2013 19:59:26 GMT
Hmm, that is a possibility. Hadn't thought of that.
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