"glemon" (glemon)
03/21/2020 at 19:20 • Filed to: None
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"glemon" (glemon)
03/21/2020 at 19:20 • Filed to: None | 3
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What else are you gonna do. Nissan R200 to Triumph TR250 project.
New mounting brackets and machined flange installed.
My messy workspace
“Custom” jack cradle to lift the diff into place.
It had to go in and out twice because the nose is about two inches longer than the stock item, so clearance was tight and I had to mess with some spacers, but the jack/cradle thing worked pretty well.
Because it was longer the flange hooked up to the driveshaft at the start of the driveshaft tunnel, I couldn’t even get the bolts in until I pushed some shorter bolts in from the differential side (not enough clearance to do the ones I needed to use that way, a picture would be helpful, but I was full on grease monster at this point ), then with a couple stubbys holding the driveshaft on I was able to tip of two fingers get the regular bolts in from the tunnel side and then ti ghten them down ...a .....flat.....at.....a......time....on.. ....the. .....fine.....thread.....bolts. This took much longer than it took you to read, even with the added dots.
The good news it all fits, the bad news, vendor forgot the axle flange adapters, so I will not finish this weekend. As Rob would say, cue sad trombone.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> glemon
03/21/2020 at 21:15 |
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I built a similar thing when I had the diff out of the TR6 for bushings and oil seals a while back. It wasn’t too bad of a job getting it back in. Just needed the jack to hold the weight while I maneuvered it.
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glemon
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
03/21/2020 at 21:34 |
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Yes that is what I did, one hand on the jack handle, one on the diff
RacinBob
> glemon
03/22/2020 at 01:13 |
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For whatever reason I’ve always like the 250.
In about ‘79 in my senior year of college , I went and looked at a used TR250 for whatever reason outside of Ames Iowa that I saw in the Des Moines Register . It had new green paint and somehow a weird look. For example the chrome crimps on the fender tops were gone. It was interesting . Neat car but no thanks. Years later I wondered if it wasn’t a ex race car they were trying to pedal back on the street.
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glemon
> RacinBob
03/22/2020 at 01:41 |
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I really wanted one when I was young same era as you, they were well used cars by then, but still some nice ones around , but never the right one at the right time. I got this one about 12 years ago, spent 2.5 years getting it back on the road, but always a work in progress. Would have preferred dark green or dark blue, but it started out red I kept it original. http://www.mossmotoring.com/the-all-arounder/
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RacinBob
> glemon
03/22/2020 at 13:19 |
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That is a really nice build.
I ended up going the Alfa route and buying a 4 door 75 Alfetta 6 months out of college. This led me to my current Alfa which I’ve owned 30+ years.
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glemon
> RacinBob
03/22/2020 at 14:02 |
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Beautiful car, like the color, wheels, headlight covers++, mid eighties. I have had lots of British cars, the last few years I have been expanding my horizons with relatively cheap 70s and 80s cars, held and tinkered with for a while then on to another adventure. Two Germans and a Swede so far, next on the list is an Italian car, probably an Alfa, or maybe a Fiat.
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RacinBob
> glemon
03/22/2020 at 14:15 |
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The price for a solid 70's Spider makes me cry they are a lot of car for the money. Mine just went through changing every bit of rubber and almost every seal on the car, + Exhaust. It’s better to find one from somebody like me or you that worked on them than a garage queen which is all original.
50 year old brake lines and fuel lines are not your friends. You might as well buy one where the work’s been done.
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glemon
> glemon
03/22/2020 at 14:21 |
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Mid eighties? Was supposed to be followed by a question mark