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Location: leigh | Not much to report at the moment. I have had quite alot of bother fitting the tf frame because I have ended up with positive camber some how! Been scratching my head with it for a good week now! My phone camera is goosed too so I can't get any decent photos  |
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Location: leigh | So since putting the tf frame on I have had positive camber! Not really sure what I am going to do at the moment, I have tried everything but it's still there! I have bought some cds tubing and it looks like I will be having a do at making my own wishbones. |
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Location: Thinking of vvc'ing my Roadster Brabus :-) | glyn-ellis - 2/5/2016 1:48 AM
So since putting the tf frame on I have had positive camber! Not really sure what I am going to do at the moment, I have tried everything but it's still there! I have bought some cds tubing and it looks like I will be having a do at making my own wishbones.
You must be doing something wrong as the tf frame is basically a metro frame even with the same mounting and pivot points,
with tf front top arms and bottom arms, you should have about 0.5 deg neg camber and about 3 deg caster. |
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Location: Thinking of vvc'ing my Roadster Brabus :-) | glyn-ellis - 2/5/2016 1:48 AM
So since putting the tf frame on I have had positive camber! Not really sure what I am going to do at the moment, I have tried everything but it's still there! I have bought some cds tubing and it looks like I will be having a do at making my own wishbones.
Taking a long time to post reply, so double posted
Edited by Dave 20VTRO 2/5/2016 9:24 PM
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Location: leigh | Nothing can go wrong really. Everything bolts on in a set location! I can't get my head round it at all lol. |
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Location: Thinking of vvc'ing my Roadster Brabus :-) | glyn-ellis - 3/5/2016 8:31 PM
Nothing can go wrong really. Everything bolts on in a set location! I can't get my head round it at all lol.
Got the right lower arms on, ie tf ones with tf lower ball-joints? |
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Location: leigh | While I have been scratching my head with the lack of camber I thought I might aswel do something productive with the time! So I did some science stuff! Box of water and washing detergent a battery charger and a set of old disc rotors off a job and I made a super rust removal tool.. basically it uses electrolysis to strip the rusty nasty stuff off and makes things wonderfully new again!
Here is a caliper hanger I did! Very nice I suppose!
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Location: leigh | Got the right lower arms on, ie tf ones with tf lower ball-joints?
I gave got tf top arms (obviously) metro bottom arms. Tf ball joints top and bottom and tf steering arms and tre's. I always thought the tf and metro bottom arms where the same. |
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Location: leigh | Just when you think you are getting somewhere! Put 15l of fuel in the tank and got a strong smell of fuel in the car! Looked at the tank around the pump and the gimp has cut a hole in the floor to fit the pump and sliced into the tank! Some people should have been wiped on the curtains! |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | glyn-ellis - 9/5/2016 7:18 PM
Just when you think you are getting somewhere! Put 15l of fuel in the tank and got a strong smell of fuel in the car! Looked at the tank around the pump and the gimp has cut a hole in the floor to fit the pump and sliced into the tank! Some people should have been wiped on the curtains!
Lucky he didn't set the car on fire doing that! |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | glyn-ellis - 2/5/2016 10:48 PM
While I have been scratching my head with the lack of camber I thought I might aswel do something productive with the time! So I did some science stuff! Box of water and washing detergent a battery charger and a set of old disc rotors off a job and I made a super rust removal tool.. basically it uses electrolysis to strip the rusty nasty stuff off and makes things wonderfully new again!
Here is a caliper hanger I did! Very nice I suppose!
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Very interesting. Can you show us the electrolysis setup? |
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Location: leigh | I can but it is very simply to explain and I don't have a photo at the moment! You need:
Old battery charger (one that dosent care if the battery is no good)!
Plastic tub
Salt or washing detergent and water
Lump of old steel or sheet ect
Part that needs cleaning..
Fill the plastic tub enough to cover the part you want cleaning. connect the earth - side of the charger to the part you want cleaning..
Get the lump of steel and put that on the other side of the plastic tub and connect the positive to the scrap steel. Make sure the positive wire isn't in the water because it ruins the wire, dosent matter with the earth. I leave it over a day and it's like brand new! Don't let the bits touch though lol and don't breath the fumes! I'll try to get a photo next time I'm at unit! |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | glyn-ellis - 10/5/2016 7:23 PM
I can but it is very simply to explain and I don't have a photo at the moment! You need:
Old battery charger (one that dosent care if the battery is no good)!
Plastic tub
Salt or washing detergent and water
Lump of old steel or sheet ect
Part that needs cleaning..
Fill the plastic tub enough to cover the part you want cleaning. connect the earth - side of the charger to the part you want cleaning..
Get the lump of steel and put that on the other side of the plastic tub and connect the positive to the scrap steel. Make sure the positive wire isn't in the water because it ruins the wire, dosent matter with the earth. I leave it over a day and it's like brand new! Don't let the bits touch though lol and don't breath the fumes! I'll try to get a photo next time I'm at unit!
great. thanks for explaining. |
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Location: leigh | Now I just need a metro sized bucket! |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | glyn-ellis - 10/5/2016 10:10 PM
Now I just need a metro sized bucket!
 yes. You could get the shell acid dipped (or what ever its called). |
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Location: leigh | Wouldn't be much left haha.. |
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Location: Northwest | Any new updates my mate. |
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Location: leigh | No not at the moment.. I'm chasing my tail with an ignition problem that has developed.. it cuts spark randomly and does huge backfires.. I'm guessing it's cutting the ignition because the Rev counter drops off to zero.. only does it every now and again though so I'm confused! |
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Location: Northwest | Ive been having backfire problem on my Gti,turned out to be worn out coil pack. |
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Location: Northwest | Ive been having backfire problem on my Gti,turned out to be worn out coil pack. |
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Location: leigh | It's weird. . I did about 5 miles around my unit up and down testing it (mini shake down before I take it for mot) and then after that it started back firing! I thought it had ran out of fuel because there wasn't much in! Put some fresh in and it still does it I'll change the coil pack and see where I stand with that.. taa! |
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Location: Northwest | Ive sorted mine out now with brand new coil pack,ive used (Lucas) brand. never had any problems with good lucas parts. |
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my multiple metro projects!
