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I HAVE BEEN MISSING

Postby skinner » Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:35 am

Hello all , I have been missing from here for quite a while , a year or so now , :oops:
well last year I fixed the little cars engine, drove it all summer about 2500 miles ?
towards the end of the summer I was going faster than the viva wanted to and it started to knock alittle to tell me to slow down, well first it knocked at 50, then 45 then 40 ,, so I parked it , got her apart an looked ,it started to wear a rod bearing on #2 , im hoping my local machine shop can fix the issue, I think the big end hole in the rod my not be round an causing this problem,,
on the bright side the little girl got some color this year,,
cheers all maybe I can get some timeto get back on the site a little more ?
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Re: I HAVE BEEN MISSING

Postby Paul Dawson » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:00 am

When you say 'got some colour' - did that mean you've been doing a bit of spraying? I'm just about to start getting to grips with the paint on mine, it's a multitude of primers and old topcoat at the moment. It will be a DIY job at home in the garage, using a small airbrush to do one panel at a time, so if you've any wisdom to impart maybe put something into the restoration area to share ideas / techniques.

Hope you get the engine sorted.
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Re: I HAVE BEEN MISSING

Postby hbpeter » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:26 pm

Welcome back. Sounds like you had a busy summer. Can you get new bearings ok? Pictures of the painted beauty?

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Re: I HAVE BEEN MISSING

Postby skinner » Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:06 am

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Hay it only took me a hour to upload the pics ,, but here they are, the first one is a fresh paint job , done outside in the grass ! only place i had !
second pic is where it was sitting when i found her ,,shes come a long way baby !!!
third pic is at the local walmart , couldnt resist,,,,,,,,,
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Re: I HAVE BEEN MISSING

Postby hbpeter » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:16 pm

Very nice, love the last picture!

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