Danny's K Series Conversion Project
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Danny
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It was suggested that I take the buggy for a spin before stoneleigh as there may be issues... what could go wrong???
Well I dragged her out the garage and drove up the road and thought she was a bit under powered... fast forward 2 miles and every time I change gear the front dives and feels like the brakes are on...
I notice smoke and managed to get to a safe place... Well the rear o/s caliper was smoking a lot and I sat there scratching my head!!!
AN hour passes and the buggy can move again and so I trundle home... no problems..
I get home strip the caliper down and find not much wrong.. put it all back together and and all seems well!!
Go back out and trundling at low speeds no problems... get on the 60 mph roads and boom once again brakes are slammed on and I am sat in the middle of an S bend parked up!!
A key factor I noticed was that the brake peddle was rock hard and the front brake discs where also warm... then it click!!
The brake light switch had wound it self up and was effectively dragging brakes... I took that off then the buggy was flying again... literally... forgot how quick that was!!!
While I was trundling about I noticed the front arms where not moving much... ffs and while I was parked up I saw that the arms were sat on the bump stops... FFS
So in wednesday night (after a funeral) I need to pull the front end off and most likely cut the outside casings off the shockers (I knew I should have done that) and hopefully that will solve that problem!!!
I still have not managed to get the buggy up to temperature on the main road yet either so I cant be sure that the cooling issues have been fixed :-\
After thursday I am off to Monaco for 2 weeks then when I get back I have 1 day to finish the buggy for stoneleigh... as always its going to be tight!!!
Well I dragged her out the garage and drove up the road and thought she was a bit under powered... fast forward 2 miles and every time I change gear the front dives and feels like the brakes are on...
I notice smoke and managed to get to a safe place... Well the rear o/s caliper was smoking a lot and I sat there scratching my head!!!
AN hour passes and the buggy can move again and so I trundle home... no problems..
I get home strip the caliper down and find not much wrong.. put it all back together and and all seems well!!
Go back out and trundling at low speeds no problems... get on the 60 mph roads and boom once again brakes are slammed on and I am sat in the middle of an S bend parked up!!
A key factor I noticed was that the brake peddle was rock hard and the front brake discs where also warm... then it click!!
The brake light switch had wound it self up and was effectively dragging brakes... I took that off then the buggy was flying again... literally... forgot how quick that was!!!
While I was trundling about I noticed the front arms where not moving much... ffs and while I was parked up I saw that the arms were sat on the bump stops... FFS
So in wednesday night (after a funeral) I need to pull the front end off and most likely cut the outside casings off the shockers (I knew I should have done that) and hopefully that will solve that problem!!!
I still have not managed to get the buggy up to temperature on the main road yet either so I cant be sure that the cooling issues have been fixed :-\
After thursday I am off to Monaco for 2 weeks then when I get back I have 1 day to finish the buggy for stoneleigh... as always its going to be tight!!!
Danny
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Had a funeral to go to on Wednesday but in the evening I managed to strip the front of the buggy and found this...
So I took out the shocks and cut off the covers and straightened the panel and put back together.
I also adjusted the brake light switch and all seems to be working well
Took her out for a spin as well and she ran perfect...
Painted my rear side engine panels black as I think this may help with the looks of the car... might look pants but we shall see
All that is left for Stoneleigh is washing and refitting a couple of panels and we are good (I think)
I am off to Monaco on the bike now so will see you all in a couple of weeks xxx
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So I took out the shocks and cut off the covers and straightened the panel and put back together.
I also adjusted the brake light switch and all seems to be working well
Took her out for a spin as well and she ran perfect...
Painted my rear side engine panels black as I think this may help with the looks of the car... might look pants but we shall see
All that is left for Stoneleigh is washing and refitting a couple of panels and we are good (I think)
I am off to Monaco on the bike now so will see you all in a couple of weeks xxx
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Danny
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So a little update
I found a good priced new water pump £57 which I thought was ok
I have found 2 good alloy wheels these will replaced my damaged front wheels and 1 front wheel will become my spare
I have bought all the electrical bits for eh waterpump to make it work for the ignition off run on thing
Tyres (oddly) look ok still so going to drag another year out of them if I can then I will repaint and what not next year.
Need to keep hold of as many pennies as I can as I have a big project coming up (if all goes well this week) and will make me skint for a couple of years
So with a bit of luck this week I should be ready for wales
I found a good priced new water pump £57 which I thought was ok
I have found 2 good alloy wheels these will replaced my damaged front wheels and 1 front wheel will become my spare
I have bought all the electrical bits for eh waterpump to make it work for the ignition off run on thing
Tyres (oddly) look ok still so going to drag another year out of them if I can then I will repaint and what not next year.
Need to keep hold of as many pennies as I can as I have a big project coming up (if all goes well this week) and will make me skint for a couple of years
So with a bit of luck this week I should be ready for wales
Danny
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Right Today I spent most of the morning looking for my BMW car keys to find that the cleaner had knocked them off with the hoover.... grrrr
But still I managed to get to the garage and I got new front pads and disks fitted A nice quick easy job and now I have started on filling that space behind the firewall
Once this small job is done then it is a case of fitting my electric water pump and my mate Twiz coming round to wire it in
I am also going to re do the wheel alignment on the buggy ready for wales
But still I managed to get to the garage and I got new front pads and disks fitted
A nice quick easy job and now I have started on filling that space behind the firewall Once this small job is done then it is a case of fitting my electric water pump and my mate Twiz coming round to wire it in
I am also going to re do the wheel alignment on the buggy ready for wales
Do you mean A series Metro or K series Metro?owelly":3a5x9o4g said:
This is how I did mineowelly":3a5x9o4g said:
Danny
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Today I was late getting to the garage and had to mess about with the tig welder as I was in the red with the gas so was half expecting to need to go and get some more.
Well it went pretty well.. took the bad edges off and looks OK
I will tidy it up tomorrow if I need to...
And tomorrow I am making a bracket to support my exhaust and also my friend is wiring the water pump to work as well
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Well it went pretty well.. took the bad edges off and looks OK
I will tidy it up tomorrow if I need to...
And tomorrow I am making a bracket to support my exhaust and also my friend is wiring the water pump to work as well
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Thanks Phaeton and Danny. I've had a good read through your posts and it's given me a few ideas for mine. I've already got the subframe out of the buggy and I can see where the new mounts need to be. I may make the wheel base a bit longer to get more room in front of the engine to make room for further developments. ;-)