Dutton Kit Cars and their owners
S1 Rebuild(s)
some pics of the rebuild process,
the top trailing arm bracket is broke......
the diff is sloping back a little (looking up) so that will need sorting.......
As you can see there isn't a lot of bracing in an S1 chassis, that will be sorted.
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Permalink Reply by Dave Adams on
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Been a busy week off.....car isn't painted as I planned....but loads of mechanical stuff has been...
Here is my "fan belt " fitted....with my fabricated tensioner....the idler gear and tensioner were stripped and reused as a new tensioner the bracket some 4mm thick 30x30 angle iron.
I also have plumbed up all the brakes if I had bought some brake pads they would be bled up now....
Bottom rad mounts in place and I have my header tank.....but I cannot find my mounting bracket....bum!.
So I got on with the rest of the plumbing......
And the focus heater rail is used....some more brackets needed.
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Permalink Reply by Brian (up north) Morris on
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looking very good that. its going to be one hell of a beast....:-)
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the plumbing is not such a stress, but lots of other things have been....the battery is there to make sure that every thing fits as it should, and for some testing of electrics. it knackered and i dont think it will start the car.
almost all of the mechanical stuff is sorted now....i need to fabricate an exhaust and i need to fit the fuel pipes....then i can think about seeing if it will start. and it needs some paint....
the colour this year will be Nissan 526 red......the same colour that my Malaga B+ was.
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I have spent 3 days trying to update my post by adding some pictures but they just won't upload!
Is anyone else having issues with the site?
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no all good here
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Permalink Reply by Jim (across the pond) Adamek on
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Dave, I had the same problem when I upgraded to Windows 10. Now that I have done all the Microsoft 10 upgrades it works just fine. When I had the problem I would have to add a new photo as my profile photo and then convert it to a new file photo.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Kerswell on
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one day OK another seems very slow, yesterday down nearly all day.
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Bottom hose in as well....
long pipe runs but oOK. .
radiator is I believe ford fiesta. ...
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I will of course have to tidy up a little and stick a paint brush on some things.....but the pipes and brackets are galvanised so they won't rust too quickly I hope.
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well.....today i went scrap yard hunting and got my missing coolant sensor plug, and a spare (almost new ) alternator with mounting bracket for the Legerra project for 30 quid....a good price.
i also got a spare air flow sensor.
so i got back to my car and tried to finish the plumbing....the heater connections. the heater unit is 1/2" pipes and all of the focus pipes are 5/8".....so i need a reducer connection. as an experiment i put my plastic 1/2" joiner up-against my 5/8" joiner....and thought they look like they might fit inside one another, so in the vice they went and they do fit together, very tightly. so tight i cannot get them apart now....so home made reducer.
the radiator is now fully fitted..just need to sort the expansion tank and the bleed pipes......BUT i have had to remove the heater again and look at mounting it differently....the pipes were higher than all the other water pipes on the car.....not good.
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My proposed tyres along side the current ones....
175/60 X 14
195 X 14
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