Botch of the month - DuttonOwners2024-03-28T23:20:58Zhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/forum/categories/botch-of-the-month/listForCategory?feed=yes&xn_auth=noToday I've been.........................tag:duttonowners.ning.com,2015-10-05:2398922:Topic:1779322015-10-05T15:51:41.909ZSteve Kerswellhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/steveKerswell
<p>Today I have been dressed head to foot in yellow oilskins removing 120 M10 plated cap heads and replacing them with Black cap heads, seems plated bolts are prone to shearing, tomorrow another 120 and the day after another 120. Someone should read the spec. before assembling, yours a bit damp Steve.</p>
<p>Today I have been dressed head to foot in yellow oilskins removing 120 M10 plated cap heads and replacing them with Black cap heads, seems plated bolts are prone to shearing, tomorrow another 120 and the day after another 120. Someone should read the spec. before assembling, yours a bit damp Steve.</p> How to cure chassis rusttag:duttonowners.ning.com,2013-05-11:2398922:Topic:904322013-05-11T17:30:28.479ZJames Doultonhttp://duttonowners.ning.com/profile/JamesDoulton
<p>Answer: Screw a sheet of aluminium over the whole underside of the cockpit, covering the rust holes so that the MOT tester doesn't notice. Unfortunately, I wanted to fit my new seats, so I removed the panel only to find this...</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3807232322?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3807232322?profile=original" width="704"></img></a></p>
<p>and this ...…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3037138053?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3037138053?profile=original" width="704"></img></a></p>
<p>Answer: Screw a sheet of aluminium over the whole underside of the cockpit, covering the rust holes so that the MOT tester doesn't notice. Unfortunately, I wanted to fit my new seats, so I removed the panel only to find this...</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3807232322?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="704" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3807232322?profile=original"/></a></p>
<p>and this ...</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3037138053?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="704" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3037138053?profile=original"/></a></p>
<p>That'll be why it was sold without an MOT last year by the guy who had owned it for many years. Then some scoundrel got it MOT'ed a few weeks later and then sold it for over twice what he had paid for it.</p>