Radioactive Man Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 2:23 PM, hardhatharry said: fast road cam arrived yesterday........excited What did you go for? I thinks that on my winter 2021 to do list along with a head upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Exciting stuff. All making me very keen to get on with mine now the current domestic projects are reaching the end. What cam/head combo did you finally decide on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/6/2021 at 10:50 AM, Escadrille Ecosse said: Exciting stuff. All making me very keen to get on with mine now the current domestic projects are reaching the end. What cam/head combo did you finally decide on? The Cam is a TH5 dunno about the head yet, still thinking......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Father in law decided to do a bit of trimming using a couple of kits from Owen at Park Lane Classics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 That’s come out really well. I still have to do the knee pads for the GT...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 The problem I have now is, do I cover the dashtop and radio mount in black vinyl or continue with the red? The car will be gun metal grey, the carpet is red, with walnut veneer dashboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 IMO the dash needs to be black. The radio mounts frame I did to match the seats etc, but you could do either. Your car, your rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I do like a red interior but reckon you can overdo it if everything is red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Back to the oily bits!! I always wanted an o/d gearbox but I had dismissed the idea because....well they were always too expensive. Its always been in my ebay save list and suddenly there was a glut of cheap o/d j type gearboxes and I managed to bag one.....unfortunately its in bits, well as the saying goes beggars cant be choosers. Original seller said low mileage but failed 4th gear while o/d not engaged, there was no elaboration on what "failed" means. Turning the gearbox it seems very smooth and I cannot see any damage. Is there a common failure to look for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Implies that 4th works when OD is in. 4th and the other gears will work on not regardless of what the OD is doing. Which suggests that the OD clutch is slipping when not engaged. Check the gearbox itself first but I think you will have to split the OD to check the clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 I popped to the shed to investigate a little more, spun the gears and no obvious damage, engaged 4th again no obvious damage but there is quite a bit of play in the selector I dont know if that is normal. Spinning gears Spinning gears with 4th engaged Selector play Any thoughts....good or bad? I'm thinking this is ok and agree with the general conscientious, its the o/d unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 It's a long time since I've used or worked on a single rail gearbox but the linkage always had a reputation of being about as precise as stirring porridge. I remember a particularly unpleasant Marina. Mind you in comparison to the Austin Allegro and Maxi gear changes it was a model of perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Escadrille Ecosse said: It's a long time since I've used or worked on a single rail gearbox but the linkage always had a reputation of being about as precise as stirring porridge. I remember a particularly unpleasant Marina. Mind you in comparison to the Austin Allegro and Maxi gear changes it was a model of perfection That make me chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, Escadrille Ecosse said: but the linkage always had a reputation of being about as precise as stirring porridge Never really under stood that. I had a single rail OD in my Herald (a couple in fact because I broke the first one) and the change was fine. In fact the second one, which I also rebuilt before fitting, had about the best change of any Triumph box I've owned. Gear lever was cut shortish (rubber bit removed) but no other mods. Also a couple of 1850 boxes (or maybe three, that 1850 ate a few), all single rail, all decent change. Again, I cut down the gear leaver to loose the rubber bit. I am inclined to agree with Colin about the problem actually being in the OD. J-types of a certain age had known problems with their one-way sprag clutches being defective and slipping under load. IIRC this happens when the OD is NOT engaged and is ok when it is. I would expect it to happen in all gears though and actually be worse in the lower gears. How much movement is there in the tip of the input shaft? starnge things can happen to 4th engagement if the mainshaft tip bearing is shot - but the single rail 1500 boxes are usually ok there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Nick Jones said: Never really under stood that. I had a single rail OD in my Herald (a couple in fact because I broke the first one) and the change was fine. In fact the second one, which I also rebuilt before fitting, had about the best change of any Triumph box I've owned. Gear lever was cut shortish (rubber bit removed) but no other mods. Also a couple of 1850 boxes (or maybe three, that 1850 ate a few), all single rail, all decent change. Again, I cut down the gear leaver to loose the rubber bit. Nick, you're not the only person I've heard say that and contradict the more widespread (and quite possibly lazy) reputation. My experience of driving them is very limited and not uplifting. But I'll go with your view on that and assume I got a crap one. In a crap car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Hello All My single rail gearbox seems ok to me I did rebuild that link last time but did not notice much if any difference. But they all seem poor compared to moderns! I think it is proably o/d problem Harry when you rebuild the gearbox it may be worth fitting the longer needle bearing in the 1st motion shaft like I did(there is a thresd on here somewhere?) Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 More stuff today, mostly more bodywork, yawn....... On a positive note fitted the bootlid and started to paint the bulkhead shelf, hopefully putting some colour on it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Finally time for some paint onto the bulkhead shelf only taken just over a year. Painting some of the more stuff thats not on show before it goes to my mates paint shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Sneaky evening session cleaned up the threads and started adding the gubbings onto the bulkhead shelf bit knackered now...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Very nice Harry. Sorry if you covered it further up the thread but are those drip trays from the Aussie bloke on ebay, or did you make your own? I was idly looking at them yesterday - someone on the TSSC facebook page is bringing a load of them back from Australia. Thought I might have a go at bashing some up myself. Edit: I just checked the previous page and see they are indeed from the Australian chap. He's doing a decent amount of business by the look of it! Edited March 24, 2021 by PeteStupps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 @petestubbs I think mine got a bit bashed and squashed in the shipping I had to reshape the front and backs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Bit more progress nearly got the shelf finished and nearly finished the bodywork 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Tarted up the spax shockers this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Now that's yellow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhatharry Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 26 minutes ago, Escadrille Ecosse said: Now that's yellow! Colour matched to the original Spax colour by my local paint shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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