Dave Adams's Blog (114)

S3 dutton

He says it is registered as a Ford and has a Xflow 1300 in it (which he also says is worth £700!... no hope.)

the sale is one day only...have a look could be good for bits if nothing else.

This is a circuit for turning a relay into a latching relay.......

Why?

well you might want your fog lights to come on with your side lights (or dip) but when you switch off your lights the fog lights will trip off and not switch back on when the lights are turned back on.

the 12v supply for the momentary switch can come from ANY convenient place, once…

on my way home from work last night at 20:00 i managed to tear some muscles in my rt leg and it hurts like billy-o.....getting into the Phaeton is just not possible neither is getting  into my wife's Fiat Sciento, just way too painful.

the Hyundai was just about do-able to get me to casualty, but even getting out of bed was a struggle. 

to top it all we told our neighbour that they had some loose concrete hanging off the chimney, and they called a roofer to come and sort it.…

Did anyone get some pictures of the line up at stoneleigh?

i seemed to have failed on that score and i would like a few for the Dutton Torque that is about to go to the printers.......you can email me (full photos dont compress them to heavily) at the club email editor@duttonownersclub.co.uk

Anyone know of link to some thing on converting an S4 to 5 link? also the S4 i recently acquired (and is now in the possession of a new club member who is going to get it back on the road )  also  needs some disc brakes to replace the drum brakes it currently has.......lots to do.

i have nearly finished putting the new DT together but i dont have any pictures from stoneleigh if some could be emailed to me that would be really great.

i saw one of these yesterday so i knew they were available, and a little research i found these.... they are "E" marked.

link below...

indicators with stop and tail

a little thought and these would sit nicely at the rear of a car especially in pairs or threes like the…

been looking at diy dash's and found this ....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Speedometer-Tachometer-Gauge-Dash-Cockpit-NEW-STREETFIGHER-SP2-/220977699819?hash=item33734c1beb&item=220977699819&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#shId

looks very…

All the time i have been in the DOC i have only seen the Dutton power bulge that fits on the O/S of the bonnet hump and with its opening facing forward, i have even seen this hump fitted to the N/S of the bonnet but the opening facing rearwards, so i assumed that Dutton only did one version.

Until today when i got home and i noticed on one of the bonnets i recently acquired has a bonnet bulge of the opposite type/side. so i am going to make a mould of it so it can be copied...... 

this is a link to an ebay advert in which the owner thinks his rear end is an improvement on the dutton rear.....hes obviously on drugs...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DUTTON-PHAETON-SPECIAL-BODY-/121078485684?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c30d712b4

but just in case it disappears here are some pictures.......…

This may be very obvious to some of you folks out there but prior to this method shown i used my vice and various sockets to force the bushes out. however i saw someone use this method to remove some heavy duty bushes on a rear subframe on a Fiat car, and thought DOH! why didn't i think of that.......

Take your suspension piece and secure it...…

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/41618/viewall.html

one of a few i have found on the net which is a useful guide....

thought i would start a page for cars spotted....

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dutton_Phaeton_-_Flickr_-_exfordy_%281%29.jpg…

here are some pics of my sierra.......

and....

finally,

it is likely that i will swap the 14" wellers it currently has…

When diagnosing some faults some mechanics have well tried methods that for the most part work very well.

take wheel bearings....recently my truck had a wheel bearing failure, i noticed it while driving and noticed that when turning left the bearing noise went quiet and when turning right it got noisier......therefore the N/S (front axle in this case) bearing was suspect, and on checking it it was warm to the touch...sorted.

And so it was on my sierra just recently, both…