Danherald79 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Hi All, New to the seen I did have a herald a few years ago but just brought a new one and now on the seen. I just picked up 1971 Herald convertible in Wedgwood blue. Not been on the road for a while so bit of a project. I’m based in Essex. I believe the car was imported in 1989 but not sure where from. Any info or local people would love to hear from you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Welcome to the forum, great place to ask all your questions . You will find lots of knowledgeable people on this forum Paul - Bury St Edmunds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 welcome aboard were good on here for detailed techy , wandering banter and thread drift into anything form beer to personal plumbing issues get her on the road get the Smile back Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Nice!! What's the badge on the front grille? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 28/01/2019 at 15:42, Colin Lindsay said: Nice!! What's the badge on the front grille? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Just a local club by looks of it. Been busy today taking my drivers door apart as it didn’t shut and window wasn’t working as it should. Any hints on door mechanism? Got it to close and shut but had to close it quite hard. Took all bits off and free’d everything up so all working as it should be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Does anyone know what this spring in window mechanism does? Also help with wheels? Camber is really bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Danherald79 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 This is a snap of my old car, anyone know if it is still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Camber is bad on that one as well. take it for a drive, see if the camber diminishes. If it stays the same, it may be a new spring, or seized trunnions or seized shocks, or various other stuck stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 18 minutes ago, thescrapman said: Camber is bad on that one as well. take it for a drive, see if the camber diminishes. If it stays the same, it may be a new spring, or seized trunnions or seized shocks, or various other stuck stuff. Thanks will let you know 👍🏼👍🏼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Danherald79 said: Does anyone know what this spring in window mechanism does? Also help with wheels? Camber is really bad That looks like the counter-weight spring that helps you wind the window up, though possibly broken? I don't think I've ever seen one outside the winder mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 😂😂It was a mission to get it all out but door lock wasn’t working and neither was the window mechanism. All free’d up now just need to find clips and springs! Looked on rimmers but no luck. Where’s a good place for clips springs etc? Also need to get inserts for window channels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NonMember Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 I bought inserts for Tessa's (nearside) window channels from Canley. Made a world of difference - now smooth and easy, compared to seized up so hard I broke the winder mechanism trying to move it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 21 hours ago, NonMember said: I bought inserts for Tessa's (nearside) window channels from Canley. Made a world of difference - now smooth and easy, compared to seized up so hard I broke the winder mechanism trying to move it. Brilliant I’ll take a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hi and good luck with the car. It looks good. What exactly are these window channel inserts, any part no?, please. Thanks, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 I’ll have to look the number up, just referring to the felt or foam etc that runs inside of the window channels the the glass slides up and down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 It's item 12 on Canley's page: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Ahh. Thank you both Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted February 4, 2019 Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 Landrovers, Minis and VW Beetles use them as well, so you can usually just buy a length from those suppliers who nearly always seem far far cheaper than Triumph suppliers, probably due to the greater volumes sold. Mini ones are often all rubber, no felt, but I think the Landy ones are the same as ours, a hard profile in a felted-material. The supplier will know what to recommend if you query it. eBay has quite a few on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danherald79 Posted February 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 18 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: Landrovers, Minis and VW Beetles use them as well, so you can usually just buy a length from those suppliers who nearly always seem far far cheaper than Triumph suppliers, probably due to the greater volumes sold. Mini ones are often all rubber, no felt, but I think the Landy ones are the same as ours, a hard profile in a felted-material. The supplier will know what to recommend if you query it. eBay has quite a few on sale. Thanks Colin 👍🏼 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 rarebits use to sell the channel no longer trading. shame. make sketches and photos of the rearward channels if you remove and refit the brackets as you can get through a lot of channel when you find youve assembled these silly bits back to front , they are notorious for being all wrong despite trying to be clever . these are pop riveted in place on the channel and you need a short small diameter bush extension to normal pop guns as the depth will restrict a normal rivet nipple fitting down inside the channel pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 05/02/2019 at 11:37, Pete Lewis said: these are pop riveted in place on the channel and you need a short small diameter bush extension to normal pop guns as the depth will restrict a normal rivet nipple fitting down inside the channel pete Use a small length of brake pipe, about 1cm, over the shank of the rivet before you put it into the rivet gun; it works as an extender and fits inside the rubber and rail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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