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Tidying up the rear wheel arches . . .

I "unlipped" the rear wheel arches, because I'm not going to run wide wheels, and with the lips bent up, it provided a trap for mud, which is the perfect home for rust.  But the wheel arch lips also had a series of chisel cuts in them, presumably to aid in folding the lips over.

I don't know about you(se), but whenever I get up from doing work on the rear brakes (say), I pull myself up by hanging onto the rear wheel arch.  Which, on this car, is a bit fraught because of the sharp edges.  So I welded the chisel cuts up as best I could, then dressed the welds down and applied a lick of paint.  Here's the LHR wheel arch:



I "unlipped" the RHR wheel arch and welded the chisel cuts also, but I need to take to the wheel arch with a new strip'n'clean disc.  And decent breathing protection.

Rob

Still looking for Beaver panel.

Anyone know of a good rear it could be cut out of?

Despite pushing the bandwidth limit on this site up from 30GB to 60GB, it still blew its top on 31 May. Apologies anyone who tried to access the site yesterday and couldn't, but I was unable to resolve it on the spot.

I've implemented some changes to try and block the bots, so we'll see how effective that is this month, I guess.

Thanks Rob.  I'm to blame, silly me   I have found the problem. Not enough vacuum. The reason is I made a rookies mistake when installing the booster. I fitted a T at the carby in the line that feeds the vacuum advance on the distributor. I should have connected the vacuum line to the inlet manifold where the vacuum wipers were originally connected. The brakes a now operating well with a much lighter pedal. Terry from Hydroboost was happy to check the unit out if needed.

Keith

Well, that's the effect, the "nbot" crawler is the cause.

The forum usually runs to about 20GB/month bandwidth. This month it's pushing 60GB.

Keith,

I ran HR discs on the ex-family EK for many years with the booster plumbed into the vacuum port in the middle of the inlet manifold.  Atomised petrol is everywhere inside the inlet manifold - that's its job.

No, I'd suspect that the non-return valve is leaking.

Diaphragms on the VH44s are quite easy to replace - you undo the big clamp, remove the back shell, lift the diaphragm off, put the new one on and reassemble.  Depending on your installation, you may even be able to do the work without disconnecting the hydraulics.

A quick way to determine if the diaphragm is leaking is to start the engine and apply the brakes.  If your diaphragm's leaking, the idle will speed up while the brakes are applied.

Rob

. . . that'd be why I've been seeing Error 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded from time to time.

I will exercise patience.

Rob

A few years ago I fitted a newly rebuilt VH44 from a southern firm on my 59 Fc with standard brakes.  I have never been happy with the hard pedal on hard braking  but assumed that is normal.  Today I checked the vacuum to the booster - all good. It is plumbed correctly.  Contacted the firm who suggested to drive it with the vacuum clamped off.  I removed the hose and blocked it off.  The braking on a hard stop was softer and a much better pedal feel. They will service it for me if I send it to them.   Is there something I have missed or is the unit faulty?  Just want to be sure that I have not missed anything.

One suggestion the firm made was that the diaphram is most likely faulty. This being caused by the petrol fumes being drawn off the vacuum feed at the base of the carby. To prevent the fume damage I should do like they do on the red motor and draw it from the inlet manifold near number 6 cylinder. Anybody heard about this?

Now that is thinking outside the square Gary.

Hi all,

For reasons unclear, some bot has been absolutely hammering this site all month, consuming vast amounts of bandwidth. It's probably some AI model, I suspect.

I have made some changes to try and deny it access. If you encounter any weirdness with your access to the site, please let me know.

(And yes, I appreciate depending on the weirdness, you might not be able to access the site to let me know.)

Apologies in advance if there are any unforeseen impacts, but the current consumption is absolutely unsustainable.

cheers
RET