Nods news , A fixorage happened

The Nun · Post by **The Nun** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:24 am

You've changed the selector knob on the heater too.

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:58 pm

Sorry , more blog like post as theres nothing to fix -well on this one anyway

Drive it day .

As the Vuskys clutch slave is iffy I had to use the Singer .
Did 69 miles to Wookey hole , across the top via Preddy and down to Cheddar , went home via the Somerset levels ( Wedmore )
Singer ran utterly superbly - in fact possibly the best its ever been in 34 years of ownership .
Coolant temp 74˚C constant - heater off as it was a warm day .
Oil temp varied between between 68˚C and 72˚C .
FANTASTIC day out

Some pics

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sun May 16, 2021 6:57 pm

Bored today so made a new cover for the engine bay light switch
This time from steel

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Mon May 17, 2021 5:35 pm

Fame or is that infamy - no idea what mag its in though as it popped up on facebook

ImpManiac · Post by **ImpManiac** » Wed May 19, 2021 3:55 pm

It's great to see that you and Annie get out and about and enjoy your Singer, Dave.

It's also rather nice to see your car and your words in print.

Keep the updates coming, my dear friend!

IM

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Fri May 21, 2021 5:45 pm

Sorted out the Singers radio mount .
I thought on the factory car the glovebox lid screws were captive - WRONG

bl***y are now though - redone the radio mounting set up , all now done using rivnuts - even on the straps .
So both cars now sorted on this front and fully rivnutted , Vuskys is poverty spec , Singers has a posh radio surround and colour coded straps

.

colimp66 · Post by **colimp66** » Sun May 23, 2021 7:44 pm

Got to love the rivnuts Dave, so useful for a variety of applications.
Nice hiding the radio in the glovebox to keep prying eyes from knowing what's in the car.

Col.

The Nun · Post by **The Nun** » Mon May 24, 2021 7:59 am

I've seen where they can put modern radio internals into an original period casing now specifically for older cars so it still looks correct on the face of it.

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sat Jun 12, 2021 1:26 pm

Spent a bit of time tidying the wiring to and near the coil

ImpManiac · Post by **ImpManiac** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:09 pm

Looks tidier, Dave.

I love the way your cars just keep on getting better, bit by tiny bit. I tend to be the same with my cars too.

IM

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:38 am

Redesigned my " hide the engines entrails panels " and added a short one on the end , hides a right load of bits and makes the arse end neater IMHO

Pog · Post by **Pog** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:41 pm

Very smart as always. How is it attached to the body?

Pog

ImpManiac · Post by **ImpManiac** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:20 pm

Neat.

IM

bazzateer · Post by **bazzateer** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:30 pm

Nice undercrackers Dave!

The Nun · Post by **The Nun** » Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:52 pm

The IMPs will be a lot stronger than a Ferrari they're right flimsy things underneath.

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Tue Jul 06, 2021 10:49 am

Final piece of the " hide all the guts panel " done .
Ive made a closing / link panel that covers most of the exhaust box .
IMHO it looks so much cleaner

bazzateer · Post by **bazzateer** » Wed Jul 07, 2021 7:45 am

Nice, I like the little guy too

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:06 pm

Starter motor rebuild almost completed , tis the original from the Singer dated 3 64 and hasnt worked since 1988
NOS armature
NOS COPPER field coils ( original are made of inferior aluminium )
New brushes
New bushes
Total clean up
Still got the band and NOS bendix to fit - its been run up and works perfectly

bazzateer · Post by **bazzateer** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:43 pm

Looks nice Dave.

Professional opinion please. Is this washer motor fubarred?

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Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:39 pm

Took the Singer to Haynes in the end and not the Vusky . First car meet for me in 18 months ,
Great to actually get out the house and meet people , also wonderful to see Drew Thomas again after all this time.
As is customary it rained later on but who cares - i didnt except id no coat to speak off

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:31 pm

Remade the oil pressure gauge union and altered the oil temp sender mount , brazed together this time rather than solder , sender holder is slimmer for better heat transfer .
Looks better and works better

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:00 pm

Pratting about again , this time a rear load area light for the Singer.
It comes on when you open the hatch however as i wanted a permanent off position so it never comes on I modded the Imps interior light so the switch turns it off not on .
This is so its not on in daylight plus i can still use my window prop without the light being on the whole time .
It all works really well .
Used an old door switch for the hatch switch

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:36 pm

WOW , An actual human being replied

Anyway for the one person on here it works really well although almost impossible to photograph how it actually looks

AntC · Post by **AntC** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:02 am

No, I’m here as well as I often am, but didn’t feel the need to make a comment. However, being as I am actually replying, well done Dave on yet another clever addition to your car. Mine on the other hand is a bare and barren place, being almost completely standard, but that’s how I like it! I have loved following your posts, so keep them coming if you can find or think of anything else you want to do - or have room to do it!

bazzateer · Post by **bazzateer** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:54 pm

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:36 pm WOW , An actual human being replied

I've been called worse!

colimp66 · Post by **colimp66** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:41 pm

More than one of us on here Dave..

Great idea on the rear hatch light for the midnight shop to Asda to see where the shopping can be stored in the back.

Possibly fit a beeper in case you have left it open by mistake, doors, bonnet and engine hatch could also have beepers..

You may have thought of those already though..

Cheers
Col.

Bobbycham · Post by **Bobbycham** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:05 pm

Need a beeper for when l watch any of my dashcam footage (with the sound on ,that is)

Bob (Still here also)

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:59 pm

So either im a short arse , my seats are saggy or I just like sitting high when driving ( Ironic as ive lowered the car )

Anyway I wanted the rear of the seat higher to account for the seats very soft ( and comfy ) base.
Cue lots of lateral thinking , had to be reversible , bolt on ideally , had to be safe , strong enough to hold the weight and look at least half decent .
Eventually I came up with these --- handlebar hight adjuster for motorbikes , had to chamfer just the top clamp and just for safetys sake in case they loosen off a centre bolt which locks into the inner indent on the seat .
They " might " be a tad high but i want to try it first , easy to solve - just machine a few MM off the base

As it is I sink into the seat base , they are very springy so my arse vanishes The lean back has always been too much on the base , they do recline though so thats adjustable

moose · Post by **moose** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:29 am

How many Nod's Mods does this car now have. That is another great idea and cheap fix, wonder if the load on floor will be different with the riser's round part compared to the curve of the seat base ?

Bobbycham · Post by **Bobbycham** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:40 pm

EXCELLENT Dave !
Is that really your first name Dave?

You never cease to amaze us.

Bob

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:16 pm

Bobbycham wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:40 pm EXCELLENT Dave !
Is that really your first name Dave?

You never cease to amaze us.

Bob

It is , although ive been called other things

Used it for work today - As predicted its slightly too high so i machined 10mm off the base with the lathe , Its now perfect for me - total of 30mm rise , my seats sagged terribly over the decades so i added extra springs wrenched from a scrapped Honda in 2010 , been fine since in the fact of no extra sagging

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:46 pm

Well my strange abstract bonce with the added hole has reached a whole new level of upcycling bodgery
Yesterday morning I was chucking out a load of rubbish - including Imp bits .
One part that went in the bin ( initially anyway ) was an early AC oil filler cap - the one with the vent and filter , it had a large dent in the top so seems little point in keeping it.
I carried on hoofing stuff out which included a stainless soup ladle with a busted handle.
For some strange reason this abstract bonce of mine got thinking about the dented oil cap and busted ladle .
Anyway to cut a long story short ( before you all doze off ) i cut the oil filter cap up , cut the ladle up , brazed the two together and came up with this.
Shiny newness and a total one off

moose · Post by **moose** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:27 pm

How do you keep coming up with this stuff? Awesome.

Teddie2003 · Post by **Teddie2003** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:11 pm

Well if "the repair shop" ever needs an in house Imp expert, think you'll be one of the first in the queue.

AntC · Post by **AntC** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:27 am

Two things come to mind here, one is the squirrel instinct that we all have to a certain extent, but you must have in spades, to keep stuff like that and the second is the cleverness of matching the two bits of rubbish and producing such a brilliant outcome. Love it!

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Fri Oct 01, 2021 5:39 pm

Took four people to make this including myself but we now have a rather posh fuel cap , even got two of them to sign it top and bottom

bazzateer · Post by **bazzateer** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 12:05 am

Nice!

Bobbycham · Post by **Bobbycham** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:53 am

Really NICE mod to my cover cap there Dave . Totally UNIQUE
Don't get involved in the CNC machines at our place so best l can offer to Chamois owners is this

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Other badged caps will be available , or plain, just like Dave had off me .

He did butcher an old cap to fit my cover cap on , l will sell them ready to be bonded to original filler cap.

Bob

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sat Oct 02, 2021 2:15 pm

Ita a Bob on cap for sure

, looks great so thank you .

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sun Oct 10, 2021 2:20 pm

Well thats not good .
Was supposed to be just greasing the kingpins but found this instead.
Racks been a bit stiff anyway so ive replaced it , also fitted NOS heavy duty inner track rods at the same time
Trackings probably in the next county but steering feels lighter

The Nun · Post by **The Nun** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:46 pm

I'm told that the tooling to make the original spec gaiter clips is no longer usable as it got so worn out it was disposed of, trying to find a suitable new alternative is difficult too, none of the new stuff available is exactly ideal either, you can't beat the originals.

Bobbycham · Post by **Bobbycham** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:51 pm

Can't beat the originals is just about the correct phrase for anything nowadays , too much choice but NOTHING as good as originals.

Everything watered down so you have to use four times the amount and still doesn't do the job.

Looks like a GOOD job there Dave , Those innertube valves doing a good job ?

Bob

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:33 pm

Hayashi drums are on , brakes feel great , steering is much lighter

oli · Post by **oli** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:13 pm

Hayashi drums?

Please enlighten me a little?

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:27 am

Made in Japan actually but organised by Steve Moo in Australia , limited to only 20 pairs i think . weight almost nothing , steel lined finned alloy - takes three weeks to make one apparently

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:33 am

Rear drums are now silver to match the Hayashi fronts , i used engine paint rated to 180˚C , If it cooks that off im probably dead in a ditch so should be fine

moose · Post by **moose** » Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:32 pm

Very Nice Dave. I did look at them but not a period modification for the rally car. The standard drums are approx 4.5Kg and those are 1.5kg????

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:23 am

moose wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:32 pm Very Nice Dave. I did look at them but not a period modification for the rally car. The standard drums are approx 4.5Kg and those are 1.5kg????

They are very light , even made my steering feel lighter - strange but good

The Nun · Post by **The Nun** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:44 am

You will need another 8kg bag of sand in the front now

Dave ' Linwood ' Lane · Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:24 pm

Random bodge job / mod for today .
Used an old bicycle brake adjuster for a choke cable stop . Easy to adjust the cable now.
Throttle already has one on both cars