Ian_Greenlaw

Doesn't it drive you nuts !!!!

Okay, so I heated up the accelerator pedal with a hair dryer and yep, it softened it enough it fitted into the holes. Where the linkage is protruding through the carpet, the upholsterer must have just hacked it so I neatened up the hole and found a rubber grommet I inserted into the carpet. Looks a lot better than it was previously. Went to refit the rear 1/4 upholstery panel that was remade and it kept buckling. They didn't fit the material when it was curved rather they did it when it was straight. Tried steam but it is buckling too much. I'll remake the panel myself and make sure it is curved before I put the fabric on. Saw the tyre people on the way home on Friday and saw the tyres that just came in. I'm going to have to go with these as there is basically no other option due to lack of stock and minimal production where they are made. Just wanted to make sure that they will fit in the spare tyre well on the front guards so I took the front wheel off and sat it in the front guard. There's a bit of room at the front and back which would have allowed for the spare tyre covers if I choose to use them. Also the tyres are slightly fatter and being new have more tread than the temporary ones on the car. Got two rims and dropped to the tyre people as I asked them to do one a day to give me time to get home and put on the car. Grabbed a hubcap and sat it on the rim to see what it looked like. Cleaning up the garage and I found a brake spring tool that I've had for 15 years.......I struggled all this time until I bought one 6 months ago. Should have cleaned up the garage earlier !!!! Cheers Ian

Tried to fit the accelerator pedal yesterday. Used some lube.....ended up using a mash hammer.....no go !! I'll try over the weekend and heating it up a little with a hair dryer. I thought at least one would go in !

Oh, One thing, he may not get back to you straight away ( bit hit and miss ).....but he will eventually get back to you

Hi Alan, Replica Manufacturing in New Zealand 156 New York Street Martinborough New Zealand dave.patten.wise.net.nz Here's a direct link : https://www.replicahubcaps.co.nz/ Actually, its worth just browsing his site and having a look at what he does. Some of the skins are amazing ! Cheers Ian

I saw on the news the other day this couple standing infront of their house and the water was half way up their garage doors. How can you ever recover from that ? ........the mud and slime would get into everything ! More flood warnings today for the Tuggerah Lakes area

Crappy day so I thought I'd do a cleanup and hubcap sort out day. Since we were doing a small reno in the house and everything had to be moved, it was a perfect time to get all my final bits and pieces sorted and in the one place. Funny after all this time I still remember where everything goes.....suprising to me too ! Found I have about 12 various glass brake light lenses....a lot from other years I bought incase I couldn't find original 34 Dodge ones. Got all my sill ( new ) covers ready, painted rims, RAM mascot, front door handles, horns, complete spare wheen set ups x 2 etc.... Sorted my hubcaps out. I have 4 new skins mounted to caps and 2 skins which I'll mount to the spare wheel locking hubcap backing plate. These hubcaps don't have the raised pleats where the arrows are after the word Dodge so I have had to heat them up and gently tap that part to a slight curve so the skins will fit nicely on. I also have 6 restored original caps ( which are good ) but not as good as the new ones. I have two locking hubcaps from another year maybe 35 or 36. At this stage I'll probably go with the new caps as these are almost perfect and look the part. I may not drill a hole in the ones that are the locking caps just so all 6 look the same. Also if I do end up using the locks they will go in the original caps. I'll try and source two more locks but they are not easy to find. The new caps also have the word Dodge already blackened out so that will also save me some time. I've taken a few pics to have a look at. Just got off the phone to the tyre people and they are still in quarantine. Maybe next week ! Cheers Ian

Hope all goes well Ron, take care mate !!!!

Yours looks stunning Matt ! I'm getting excited but now looking down the barrel of having Knee surgery.............I'm falling apart !!!!

Finished stripping all the brakes down, repolished the pistons and cleaned everything. A couple of the pistons had locked up so I'm glad I did them all ( thankyou to Keiser for your input to do them all ). Reassembled and readjusted the brakes so my brother is coming over on Thursday to help adjust the brakes. Almost to a point ( after tightening a few steering bolts ) to restart the engine and take her our for a test run ! I realise I'm getting closer to the finish line so I contacted the Tyre people. The tyres I'm after are out of stock ( Firestone Whitewall ) and the manufacturer hasn't done a production run yet so they said they wouldn't have them until November / December ( now these are $450 AUD per tyre ! ). He did say they are expecting a shipment of a limited run of the same style of tyres from a manufacturer...Auburn. These look exactly like a Bias Ply tyre but are actually a Radial Tyre........unfortunately the price of these little gems is AUD$620 per tyre. I've contacted a few people and they basically said that the people I deal with have the distribution rights in Australia.....benefit of being land locked I guess. The guy at the shop said to give him a call later in the week and when they come in I can go and have a look. Remember too that I need 6 of these as I have one in each guard. For that price I think I'll leave the tyre covers off so you can see the nice new tyres. I spoke to them about my car and they suggested the 650.16 would fill the guards in nicely but I may have to get 2 of the 600.16 for the spares in the guards if the 650's don't not fit. I'm going to get one tyre done at a time ( transport reasons in my car ) and that way I can test and see how they look. Still waiting for the upholsterer to get back to me with the one panel I need remade ( Its been 3 weeks and people just don't get back to you !!! ) Getting there ! Cheers Ian

Just in the process of removing the brake cylinders and cleaning them up so I'll let you know how it goes. Question......this may seem a bit obvious but here goes. I was sitting in my car the other day pondering life in general and looked at the door and thought.....how do you shut the door ? By that I mean you can either grab the door handle ( or window winder handle ) and pull the door shut or put your grubby mits on the garnish molds and pull it shut. Anyone else thought of this as all the sales brochures I have don't have a door pull as such. Anyhow.....something to think about.

Wow, looks original from the photos. Looking forward to some more shots !

Yep they're the little buggers. Do em up and no leaks. Really happy with them so far !!!!

No end to your talent you guys !!!

Keiser........was thinking about this last night and you're dead right. I'll check all of them out. I'll let you know what I find.

The copper crush washers on the banjo fittings......I've got rid of the lot of mine after talking to another member on this forum. He put me on to an aluminium washer with a neoprene ( I think ) insert. If you go back on my forum you'll see my pictures of them. Now there are two sizes for the 34's ( inner and outer ) and you use a fraction of the force and guess what.....not a drip in sight. And not expensive in the States either. Do yourself a favour...replace them with these.....you won't regret it.

Finally got a full half day to work on the brakes. Nothing coming through the lines so I assume the master cylinder has locked up. Just in case I bought a new one. We pulled the old one out and it was jammed tight. Rather than waste time trying to repair it ( which I'll do later ) we installed the new one and reattached the fittings. Bled the brakes all around and the colour of the fluid wasn't pretty ! By the time we finished the fluid was clear. Checked around the car and brake fluid was running out from inside the front brake backing plate. Did a quick 30 minute disassemble of everything and found that the piston in the brake cylinder had locked up........but I just did these not long ago !!! Freed it up and removed everything and repolished the pistons. Reinstalled and everything seems to look ok now. I'll check later this evening. This begs the next question....should in disassemble the remaining 3 or not ???

Just caught up with the story....I'm so sorry this has happened. I hope you are able to get back on the road as soon as you feel up to it. Take Care Ian

Is that the sleeve that goes on the brake pedal shaft ?

Go back a page on this thread to April 10th. The first 3 photos in this post are what I believe is the correct return spring for Left Hand Drive Cars. How you get that return spring over the linkage bar and then tortioned is beyond me. The other photos on the same date are various options I have found over time. I think what you have ( bolted to the oil pump housing cover ) doesn't sound right and is probably a mock up as often the spring in my photos would break and it was too difficult to replace them so they opted for a quicker repair option.

The second thing was the gap between the toe board and the crossmember. Let me know if I got it wrong. I put my hand up and I could barely get my finger between the two. I've attached a few shots so hopefully this may show you what youre after. If not, let me know. Your crossmember looks a little different to mine. Last shot shows where I'm running my battery leads.

Okay, So I tried to take photos of the freewheeling cable where it leaves the firewall. Mine isn't anchored down yet but given that it didn't move around much. It then disappearsunder the car but sits on top of the brake line ( theres a rubber cover to protect the brake line ). It then goes past the flywheel cover where you can see the indentations where it rubbed many years ago. The on top of the crossmember.....( wore a grove in the crossmember from memory ) then onto a holder that bolts to the side of the transmission.

Yeah, I had new ones made so they would fit.

I redid my battery cables and fed them through the chassis frame so they are basically hidden as much as possible. Remember mine is a right hand drive and my pedals are no where near the battery cables. Finally a benefit of a RHD car !!!!

Page 7 gives a lot more detail as well