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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Solved my fuel gauge problem.......
Bought a new sender with 52mm gauge as a matched pair......13 quid posted.....bodge it onto my existing fuel pump mount......sorted.
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well.....
fuel trims LTFT +25% STFT 0 +/- 1%
tick over at 1100rpm
now had new thermostat (was opening too soon) new AFS, and TPS fuel pump, injectors and pressure regulator.
Oh and a new inlet manifold gasket (the one between the plenum and the injector plate.) no difference......
SO off comes the inlet manifold ....again.... and i blank off the openings spray it with soapy water and pressure it a little....
and 3 or 4 air leaks one quite big next to the throttle body which was very hard to spot even after the soap, it was quite big as well.
so its all plugged off and reassembled and it ticks over at a better but still to high speed. 990-1000 rpm. but more importantly the fuel trims are now LTFT 0, STFT -10 to -14...... a short run it should have learnt the new settings, and i will look again. then I should get both the LTFT and STFT at about 0 +/_ 2
lets see shall we.
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Well LTFT settled down to +22%....
Better but not much.....or I think. It seems the maximum they read is +25%.
So off came the manifold ....again. and several more air leaks found. All smaller but nonetheless air leaks.
What I can say is even as it is now it's LOADS better.
So hopefully once all done and dusted it's fully sorted.
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Well finally got the fuel trims to somewhere like normal......lots and lots of small air leaks.
So went out for a blast.....it's very quick even compared to my old 2.0L pinto. But car has some strange handling so not flat out.
Just got into my drive way and this happens. ..
No damage done....it's was the bottom ball joint........
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Permalink Reply by Steve Kerswell on
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You woz lucky there Dave, glad no damage and you are safe.
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Permalink Reply by James Doulton on
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That could have been quite nasty, luck was with you (for a change?). Any idea why the ball joint failed? You only just had it MOT'ed, didn't you?
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The 2 litre Pinto should be pretty similar in torque to an 1800 Zetec-E. Is it just that the Zetec revs better? Or is it a lot more responsive?
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it seems to pull through the rev range much stronger, it also pulls the higher speeds far easier. it doesn't feel like it has more torque it feels less.....but it may have a flatter torque curve, so that might feel less noticeable than a pinto with a peaky curve.
but it is a lot more responsive......and as it climbs the rev range it just pulls harder.
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modified triumph wish bone running Maxi ball joints and Ford Cortina uprights.
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Permalink Reply by Adrian Southgate on
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Ball joint or bolts? Are your's still riveted or did you change them?
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it has maxi ball joints on the bottom......they bolt on. it was the bolts that failed (high tensile as supplied with kit) i do have cortina ball joints as well i may look into swapping them.
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Permalink Reply by Steve and Matt Pegrum on
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Are you sure the ball joints aren't binding up due to excess travel?
Bolts like that shouldn't just fail but binding could cause it
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