Tigger's Bouncing!!!!

Tigger has left the building [^]
Well the clutch drag was sorted, then the blanking plug on the end of the cam came off [B)] so it was gearbox off again to sort that out, so fingers crossed he will be fine now. Much more punchy with the higher compression :p

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"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
 
quote:
Originally posted by cazz enigma

I know :-( he's mad



Thanks for all your hard work Tim! I'll tell him off for not bringing cake
 
No problem Cazz :) it's been a bit of a mission that's for sure.

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"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
 
The joys of fixing vehicles eh [:0]
What was wrong with the clutch?quote:
Originally posted by commeracer

Tigger has left the building [^]
Well the clutch drag was sorted, then the blanking plug on the end of the cam came off [B)] so it was gearbox off again to sort that out, so fingers crossed he will be fine now. Much more punchy with the higher compression :p

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"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"



Bloody Commer`s!
 
Not sure, it was a different pressure plate than standard and a bit thinner, or a bit of misalignment in the bellhousing as the one i used was cracked and had to be welded before it was fitted to the box. We changed both :)

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"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
 
Shouldn't take him long to get home then;)
Looking forward to a full report.

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Harvey & Bonnie
 
As long as he stays clear of the drains and can handle all that extra power and gears he will be fine :Dquote:
Originally posted by Panky

Shouldn't take him long to get home then;)
Looking forward to a full report.

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Harvey & Bonnie



Bloody Commer`s!
 
Exciting ! Sounds like you've had your hands full these last couple of days. Let's hope Colin gets back in one piece. It's a long drive..



1965 Commer (1592ccm) series IIa Bluebird Highwayman
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Got to bed about 4am and had to get up to take the kids to school at 7.45 as I had blocked our cars in with Tigger:( .....my eyes are sore now! ......I'll post a bit later with how it all went:D

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''COMMER'EnSayThat''
 
First of all a massive thanks to Tim for all his hard work and Chris for cooking me some lovely grub:D[8D]

It was great to meet Beachboy and also to see Debs & Dave again! Even though between them they stopped us working for about 3 hours AND made me feel bad as they all turned up with Cake for Tim...I tried to make up for it and got him a takeaway ;)

Well, I got there at lunch time Friday and by tea time we had the old box out and the new one in:)
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Just a pic of Tigger mid surgery....his bumper had started peeling chrome and although it was nice and straight, I didn't want to pay a fortune for a decent re-chrome and I don't like the painted look so decided to do away with it altogether! I like the look, it shows those lovely flutes off[8D]
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Saturday was spent eating cake and chatting to visitors:D .....oh yeah, and Tigger had his head skimmed[8D]

We realised that my straight as I could make it exhaust just wasn't going to fit under the new gearbox so Tim managed to make a new one for me that now exits on the passenger side and has a mid silencer aswel as a back box ...
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Nice new gear knob in place..
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We had a few teething problems along the way, but thats all good as far as I'm concerned, it was certainly good for anyone else thinking about going 6-speed as any production line issues have now been covered with The Colonel and Tigger[8D]

The biggest headache as Tim has already mentioned was Tiggers cam core plug coming out just before I was due to come home[:(!][:(!] ...still on the positive side I was in the best place possible for it to happen...imagine if it had happened on the way home[:0]

As for my journey home, with the new power boost due to the head skim and that oh so lovely 6-speed, I found myself so excited ...the difference is truly amazing, that 6-speed is so nice to use, the changes are so positive and slick, I highly recommend you all form an orderly queue to get one :D[8D]:D

Tigger, safely back home:)
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Thanks again Tim, I thoroughly enjoyed myself and learnt a thing or two [8D]

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''COMMER'EnSayThat''
Member of The 6-Speed Club
 
Yeah, bring some bloody cake next time :D

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"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
Founder of the 6 speed club
 
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