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betty

Postby bonkers » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:16 pm

well it seems i stumbled across this last night after a look for bikes to commute to work on :lol: :lol: :lol:

have named her betty ....

a 1.6 esi ...

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has been stood for the last 18 months or so just occasionaly moved to free up the brakes etc ..aparantly the clutch is biting very late .. so my first question is ... are they adjustable or is it a new clutch kit that is needed and they range from £60 to 200 is the cheaper one a one to avoid or is a clutch just a clutch after all ...
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Re: betty

Postby skitz » Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:08 pm

Looks nice in white.

Check the master and slave cylinder for leaking fluid. Clutch isnt adjustable.

Id go for an exedy or similar with clutch. Its a good few hours work to change a clutch so you dont really want to go cheap and end up having to do it again. Give me a shout if you need any odds and ends as im breaking a vti at the moment
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Re: betty

Postby battscrxvti » Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:24 am

Looks nice mate whites a nice find too and lots of odds and sods on the old one I guess
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Re: betty

Postby bonkers » Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:29 pm

Indeed a few pieces will be transfered ...good clean out 1st then a service and then look a bit deeper into what else I can swap around
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Re: betty

Postby rooneyrocket » Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:59 pm

tasty wee number you got there
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Re: betty

Postby bonkers » Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:29 pm

well the fun begins .... started yesterday cleaning interior ... pulled it all out to give it a wipe and then set about hoovering and washing carpets .... look lovely and clean now so im happy ..few quid lying in the hidden holes made me chuckle ...swapping seats from wilma into betty as hers are a bit old and poor ....
have to replace all speakers again as they still honda originals :shock: :shock: :shock: and some arent wired in either but i can mange that ..
managed to fix central locking as that was broken .. and thought id best see what was lurking under the plastic sill trims :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
over all im not to shocked by them ...was expecting a lot worse ..they have been attacked in the past with fibre glass so will last a little longer yet till i can afford a proper fix ....

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Re: betty

Postby battscrxvti » Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:01 pm

Still looks pretty solid under there just alot of staining from the rust , bet if you polish that it won't look half as bad
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Re: betty

Postby bonkers » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:59 pm

ok firstly thanks to skitz for the advice he gave me regarding the clutch and what to do ...bought the easybleed kit from halfords ...was easy when i found out how to do it properly ...
openeing the nipple to much is not a good idea :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
but it seems it let all the air and some dirty old fluid out and so i have now bled the clutch and it seems to work again ...
but still seems to bite a bit later than wilmas will know more when had it out for a burn ...
seems a while away yet as want to do all the things it needs before taxing her ...
next going to maybe try bleeding the brakes as its the same principle from what i can see although i know not to depress the pedal all way to floor as been doing a little reading on the matter :? :?

then as it was raining i tried the heaters only to find they not working ..so looked under bonnet and see the 30 amp fuse has blown in there so will replace that when i get a min ...
ordered some new plugs and a engine flush as the oil in her must be years old as when it warms up it stinks ...not a very nice smell at all so looking forward to doing that ...
want to jack it up over weekend and have a good look under and at the brakes etc as at work now to much till sunday .... :roll: :roll:

the progress will continue .... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: betty

Postby battscrxvti » Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:21 pm

If you can pop to halfords get a one man bleed kit , like this

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Theses a ball in the end to stop the fiuld and air going back so just put it on and pump the pedal no locking on the off and you press pedal and all the crap, I couldn't get a good clutch pedal then used that and worked straight away
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Re: betty

Postby bonkers » Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:34 pm

this is the one i got ..kit
.but as never done it before got it everywhere to begin with ..but im happy to use it again now i know how ...and i had the wife help to ensure so 1 man 1 woman kit for me :lol: :lol:
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Re: betty

Postby bonkers » Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:39 pm

well managed to get out there and clean all the drains today ... a worthy job as they were all blocked from sitting under trees etc ... also managed to find out that my heater resistor has seen better days hence why blowers werent working ... and tried to swap it for wilmas but its totally different ..bloody thing ...
broken resistor ...
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Re: betty

Postby battscrxvti » Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:41 pm

drop jazprom a pm or maybe skitz dude
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Re: betty

Postby bonkers » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:27 pm

well managed to wire in all my speakers today and swapped wheels over from wilma ... attacked the rear spoiler as it was loose only to find it is beyond repair so have stuck on my blue one for the min ... the brakes will need doing very soon so i dont think she will be moving far this year as it isnt taxed at min so may aswell use the summer time we have left to do the jobs that need doing whilst i was at it i came across this ....
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looks very worn to me the other side seems fine though ...

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can some one tell me what it is called and how big a job it is to replace please as it doesnt look to good to me ... am going to be getting all the bushes replaced soon as the anti roll bar ones were an advisory on the mot so may aswell do the lot whilst im at it ...seems the sensible thing to do ...

temporary blue spoiler and wilmas old wheels
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Re: betty

Postby battscrxvti » Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:27 pm

thats a balance for the drive shaft dont think can replace with out swaooing the shaft just silcone seal the crack and if doesnt wobble at 70 mph jobs good
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Re: betty

Postby bonkers » Wed Jun 26, 2013 6:07 am

OK thanks karl ...it doesn't look to pretty haven't drove ityet so unsure if it wobbles ..
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