nick-york
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| posted on 3/4/11 at 06:59 PM |
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rocker cover modifications
when i line my bonnet up on the nosecone and scuttle i ve noticed that my oil filler cap on the rocker cover is about 15 mm too high to fit under the
bonnet .would it be best to try and reduce the height by cutting bits off the cap and the rocker cover or just move the filler to the other end of the
rocker cover ?I ve seen that daddylonglegs has moved his filler on his pinto . if i moved it maybe he could tell me how easy they are to take out and
how they are fixed in place .or can anybody else help me please ?
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RichardK
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| posted on 3/4/11 at 07:11 PM |
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Hi mate, when ya gonna pull your finger out and get that car finished 
This is how I did mine, John did his more parallel, thats a point I wonder if he got his mesh??
Anyway doing it this way worked well for me, sliced it off, welded it on the other end, drilled down the center of the neck, got a small hole saw on
the other side, job was a good un. Oh then blocked off the old hole with a bit of scrap.
Cheers mate.
Rich
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austin man
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| posted on 3/4/11 at 07:12 PM |
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a few people relocate the oil filler to get round this or fit a bonnet with a bulge
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 3/4/11 at 07:29 PM |
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Yes Rich, I did get my mesh thanks  . Thought I'd IM'd you but in my senility I probably imagined it 
Not sure how good your welding is Nick but I had a mare doing mine, kept blowing holes in the tin, or not welding enough when I turned it down. I
ended up brazing mine on. (Less leaks than my welding too )
BTW, my filler cap is apparently OTT (it's from a CVH engine) it seems Halfords do the single outlet ones for a few beer chits.
Good luck
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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nick-york
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| posted on 3/4/11 at 07:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
Hi mate, when ya gonna pull your finger out and get that car finished
This is how I did mine, John did his more parallel, thats a point I wonder if he got his mesh??
Anyway doing it this way worked well for me, sliced it off, welded it on the other end, drilled down the center of the neck, got a small hole saw on
the other side, job was a good un. Oh then blocked off the old hole with a bit of scrap.
Cheers mate.
Rich
Cheers Rich ! it ll be much quicker just cutting the old one off rather than trying to take it apart which is what i was going to do !
you make it sound so easy ! building at the moment is going through a bad spell . people have been promising me things and letting me down.i ve been
without a welder for about 4 weeks and lots of brackets to weld . I m about a month behind schedule and even worse is the wife has seen lots of
locosts on the road recently !Hope you have yours on the road again soon.
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 3/4/11 at 07:42 PM |
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If its in the way ... just blank it off, and do what some marine engines do when access is limited.
The sump plug is replaced by a braided hose which ends in a bulkhead fitting. Then a hand pump can be used to pump out old oil and pump in new. No
more grovelling around under the engine with drip trays etc.
A big hole in the rocker cover is a very crude way of filling a tank in the bottom of an engine!
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nick-york
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| posted on 3/4/11 at 07:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Yes Rich, I did get my mesh thanks . Thought I'd IM'd you but in my senility I probably imagined it
Not sure how good your welding is Nick but I had a mare doing mine, kept blowing holes in the tin, or not welding enough when I turned it down. I
ended up brazing mine on. (Less leaks than my welding too )
BTW, my filler cap is apparently OTT (it's from a CVH engine) it seems Halfords do the single outlet ones for a few beer chits.
Good luck
i ll test my welding out first on some similar thickness material first i think just to be safe . If i make too many holes i ll
get it brazed on . Cheers .
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