Steve P Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Things to do to my Vitesse i haven`t had time to do lately,now with time on my hands... A few years ago i was lucky enough to find an original `Mike the Pipe` 6-3-1 hand made manifold for my Vitesse,it was brand new and never been on a car. The reason as i found out it had never been on a car,was that the angle of the flanges was slightly out so it would not sit flat without fouling the sump flange. I don`t have the facility to heat it and bend so i came up with this,a laser cut 10mm spacer to the exact pattern of the inlet face.I plan to fit this with a gasket either side of it and possibly some high temperature silicon. I hope this doesn`t have any effect on running but time will tell.The two in the picture are mild steel and stainless steel. Then i have a Trunnionless suspension kit to fit that`s been on the shelf for 2 years. Looking forward to more time in the garage. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Clark Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 I'm going to be getting on with several Triumph jobs I didn't have time for, curing an oil leak from the Spitfire sump and painting its bulkhead, maybe fit a new fuse box. Fortunately I've got the parts already. The TR6 needs a new head gasket and I've got that on the shelf too. Bought paint last week to decorate hall, stairs and landings (3 floors, so should kill plenty of time). Sadly, no test match special on the radio while I'm working. Mike the Pipe... I lived just down the road from his workshop in Stanley Park Road, Wallington in the seventies. As a teenager, I could peer round the door and see what he was working on. Usually an Escort or Cooper S. Please can we have a photo of your MtP exhaust manifold? Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 I actually have 2 MTP manifolds,i bought one years ago which turned out to be a saloon one,then i found the Vitesse one,they really are a work of art. I will take a photo when i am in my lockup. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Did some eBay shopping the weekend shows as deliveries from tomorrow, wonder if they will turn up. Have a new neighbour to entertain with angle grinder music. Regards Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 3 hours ago, 68vitesse said: Did some eBay shopping the weekend shows as deliveries from tomorrow, wonder if they will turn up. Me too, a litre of Cuprinol Garden Furniture Stain which my local hardware shop didn't have (nor bathroom paint neither). Had to shout the entire length of the car park and then strain to hear a reply. Must learn semaphore. Ordered some Heraldy bits from Paddocks. (online, so didn't have to shout.) I've got garage-fever so am avoiding it for a day or two, which seems to mean grass cutting now that my lawnmower has just been dropped off, may as well as can't get a plumber, can't get a tiler, can't get my uPVC front door fixed... did they have this much bother back in the time of the Black Death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 I cleared the workbench and have started going through the junk that has built up over the winter months in the garage. Also I must start up the MX5 tomorrow as it has been used for a number of months. I can sit in it and hear the engine go Brum Brum! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, dave.vitesse said: I can sit in it and hear the engine go Brum Brum! Dave Open the garage doors first... I started the GT6 the other day and all of the smoke alarms in the garage went off. Blooming things wouldn't stop for ages either. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Smoke alarms are noisy devils, the wife use's them as timers when shes cooking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: Open the garage doors first... I started the GT6 the other day and all of the smoke alarms in the garage went off. Blooming things wouldn't stop for ages either. Cough Cough Cough! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham C Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Work from home instead of the office, my manager has managed to set his computer same time message system to show when we are on or off line. So no wandering off to the garage for me. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 reminds me of the extractor they made for running trucks at speed on the tachograph rollers in the factory it had a large peripheral diameter to dilute the exhaust, but its had a mammoth extract fan and it could take sandwiches, overalls and anything nearby up the pipe mash it to bits and spit it out on the factory roof. colin you need to make one Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Hi. More welding of door bottoms. And then start on the Bonnet which wants "new" arches. So then even more welding?. But first I have to put the staging up and replace the T-V aerial, which the recent high winds brought down. Move said staging to garage and re-secure Weather Vane (Same issue wind). Oh!, and repair the lower Door hinge keep plate which stripped a thread yesterday during a "trial fit". Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Graham don't know if it will work on your system, but to keep our network remote session from home active whilst monitoring our water supply system thro telemetry we used to keep a largish nut on the shift key, The reason the powers of be limited access was for security and minimize costs/users wanted to ensure we only accessed the system for the least period by logging us off if there was no activity for a set period, as a duty engineer you would scan the system as you walked past, TV Ad breaks & having to access and log on was painful, so we devised a way to keep the system/access active. You can always beat the system & where there's a need/wish there's a solution! Peter T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanMi Posted March 25, 2020 Report Share Posted March 25, 2020 15 hours ago, Peter Truman said: Graham don't know if it will work on your system, but to keep our network remote session from home active whilst monitoring our water supply system thro telemetry we used to keep a largish nut on the shift key, The reason the powers of be limited access was for security and minimize costs/users wanted to ensure we only accessed the system for the least period by logging us off if there was no activity for a set period, as a duty engineer you would scan the system as you walked past, TV Ad breaks & having to access and log on was painful, so we devised a way to keep the system/access active. You can always beat the system & where there's a need/wish there's a solution! Peter T or you can download a simple bit of code called mouse jiggler which just moves the mouse pointer every now and then to simulate use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 I wondered how my son-in-law, the chef, was working from home! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: I wondered how my son-in-law, the chef, was working from home! Doug Making toilet roll! Great!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Graham C Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Thank you for the ideas, may try when bored next time. Keep safe everyone. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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