Topic: Look what I just bought!

[James_Smith]

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Aloha and poing James form a mustalid in Hawaii!
Being the friendly Yank I am.
If you need help with looking for parts on your mobile landship,
I'll be more than happy to help.
Do you have any Literature (Like a Chiltons) on your vehicle?
Contact me via PM or e mail and I'll see if I can hook you up.  

You are a star of the first order ferret! When I pick the car up tomorrow I'll find out what manuals/paperwork come with it, and get back to you.

[James_Smith]

Right, off to pick the car up. Hope we can get her home under her own power!

[James_Smith]

Well, she made it home, over 120 miles from where she set off, under her own power.

She's beautiful.

She's also suffering from pretty bad tin worm in a few spots (hey, it's Britain), the alternator is shot, she overheats quickly when standing but not at all when moving (fan might be having some issues, or the water pump, or both), the electrics in time-honoured old car tradition are going to require surgery, and she's chewing through fuel because the emissions control setup isn't working right. Bought 30 litres of fuel on the way home for nearly £25....the tank fitted holds much more.

Good points - steering is nicely weighted with plenty of feel for an assisted setup, gears change smoothly, engine also runs smoothly. And she's beautiful.

I'm now hunting for a workshop manual so I can find what connects to where. Oh, and if anyone's ever tried changing the drive belts on an Olds Custom Cruiser or Delta 88 of 1983 vintage - how the hell do you do it properly? There's nothing to adjust or slack off, no tensioners, you have to take components off to get the belts onto them, then re-attach the components! Which moron came up with that stroke of brilliance?! If any Olds designer wants to admit they were responsible for that, I would really like to meet them...

[CaptStumpy]

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Oh, and if anyone's ever tried changing the drive belts on an Olds Custom Cruiser or Delta 88 of 1983 vintage - how the hell do you do it properly? There's nothing to adjust or slack off, no tensioners, you have to take components off to get the belts onto them, then re-attach the components! Which moron came up with that stroke of brilliance?! If any Olds designer wants to admit they were responsible for that, I would really like to meet them...  

You should be able to change belts by loosening components. For example the alternator should have a sliding bracket with a bolt that you can loosen but not completely remove and push the alternator toward the engine to remove. It should pivot. When you tighten just use a lever to get the right tension and tighten the bolt. Be careful to not overtighten, you might wear out the bearings in the alternator.  

[ferretlxix]

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Aloha and poing James form a mustalid in Hawaii!
Being the friendly Yank I am.
If you need help with looking for parts on your mobile landship,
I'll be more than happy to help.
Do you have any Literature (Like a Chiltons) on your vehicle?
Contact me via PM or e mail and I'll see if I can hook you up.  

You are a star of the first order ferret! When I pick the car up tomorrow I'll find out what manuals/paperwork come with it, and get back to you.  

Got your PM and I replied to ya
Hope those Links I sent ya help out but, let me know if you would like me to do a bit of foot work.
by the way, here are those links again.
 Chiltons
 Haynes
Good luck with your new LAND BB!!  

[James_Smith]

Thanks ferret. Just been looking at some parts today for her....some sensible stuff, some vital stuff.

Oh, and a 555ci 850hp crate motor. Hey, a guy can dream right?  

[ferretlxix]

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Thanks ferret. Just been looking at some parts today for her....some sensible stuff, some vital stuff.

Oh, and a 555ci 850hp crate motor. Hey, a guy can dream right?    

Yeha and in your area too, a fellow can dream of cheap petrol!

Hope the links I sent ya helps out. Let me know if you want me to look for some stuff for ya!  

[James_Smith]

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Thanks ferret. Just been looking at some parts today for her....some sensible stuff, some vital stuff.

Oh, and a 555ci 850hp crate motor. Hey, a guy can dream right?    

Yeha and in your area too, a fellow can dream of cheap petrol!

Hope the links I sent ya helps out. Let me know if you want me to look for some stuff for ya!  

 

Thanks again for the links ferret. I'm going to be pulling bits off the car this weekend to find out what the score is. One thing we did notice when getting a drive-belt attached to the engine - a few of the bolts have been replaced with the wrong kind, so I'm now having to juggle between 9/16 and 5/8 sockets, and a fairly dumb 15mm one for the few 15mm bolts that some [bleep] stuck on there. One of them on the alternator has pretty much welded itself in place...guess I'm going to have to break out the nig hammer for that one!

[TB613]

 

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 One thing we did notice when getting a drive-belt attached to the engine - a few of the bolts have been replaced with the wrong kind, so I'm now having to juggle between 9/16 and 5/8 sockets, and a fairly dumb 15mm one for the few 15mm bolts that some [bleep] stuck on there. One of them on the alternator has pretty much welded itself in place...guess I'm going to have to break out the nig hammer for that one!

The SAE/Metric mix may have come from the factory, GM has been mixing standards in the US for quite some time which drives anyone trying to work on them nuts.  

[ActiveX]

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Heh.

A pint of Marston's Pedigree in my local is £2.05, Fosters and Carlsberg £2.10, £2.30 for Strongbow, Stella, Kronenburg and Guiness. Thanks to the US laws on buying alcohol (Pussy Law # 216 ) I've not bought a pint in the States, how do the prices compare?  

Sheeit, just drink the damn petrol

[TheShadow]

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 One thing we did notice when getting a drive-belt attached to the engine - a few of the bolts have been replaced with the wrong kind, so I'm now having to juggle between 9/16 and 5/8 sockets, and a fairly dumb 15mm one for the few 15mm bolts that some [bleep] stuck on there. One of them on the alternator has pretty much welded itself in place...guess I'm going to have to break out the nig hammer for that one!

The SAE/Metric mix may have come from the factory, GM has been mixing standards in the US for quite some time which drives anyone trying to work on them nuts.  

 The Automobile Industry has been in league with tool manufacturers to make us buy standard and metric tools. Its a conspiracy I tell you...a conspiracy! Now where did I put my meds?      

[James_Smith]

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 The Automobile Industry has been in league with tool manufacturers to make us buy standard and metric tools. Its a conspiracy I tell you...a conspiracy! Now where did I put my meds?      

Hehehehe. You may be right there.....

V. annoying though. I usually only work in inches, apart from when the Uni forces me to accept the existence of millimetres.