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Thread: A well used 80''called Klonk

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    [QUOTE=1950landy;2708008]That is a problem with welding up holes in steel, doesn't matter if it is already galvanized or not the weld will always take on a thicker layer of galv. The galvanizers say it is caused by silcone in the weld.

    Thanks Wayne,
    Kind of wondered if that was the case, I have some proper bearing scrapers ,so these might be good to remove the excess zinc rather than grinding or sanding.

    The rubber strip is 38x3mm EPDM sponge rubber, Clarke rubber have it listed. I got mine from a local supplier. Not sure how well it will stay in place but a small amount of sikaflex will help I'm sure. Hopefully it will stay bent over after it's been clamped up for awhile, it's quite soft rubber.

    Mike,

    The manometer setup is just for testing restrictions. It is no good for testing valve leakage.
    To test for valve leakage I would assemble the valve sit the head up level and put a small pool of penetrating oil around the valve edge and wait to see if it disappears.

    The manometer was made from a household vacuum cleaner, a plastic container that is about the same diameter as the piston that covers the valve and spark plug hole. 8 or 10 mtrs of 3/8 pvc tubing, a 3 mtr length of timber and a tape measure.
    The tape measure is run down the centre of the timber and the tube is run down from the top to the bottom and back up again either side of the tape. The long end is connected to the side of the cup through a neat hole and a hole is also cut in the end for the vacuum cleaner hose.
    Fill the tube with some coloured water to a meter from the bottom, now your ready to go.
    Be carefull if you block the cup off the vacuum will suck the water out of the tube.
    Fit a spark plug to fill the hole, open the valve a set amount , turn the cleaner on and place the cup over the valve and take note of the water level. Then the port mods were made and the test run again and if an improvement is made the water level will be lower than before, indicating less restriction though the port and valve.
    So that's the measuring tool. The rest is knowledge and experience.

    Cheers Steve

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    I have sent you a PM about D Lamps . Wayne

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    Well the jobs list is getting smaller, just two major jobs left left. Repair the two doors and rebuild the engine. The tail lights thanks to 1950landy have been sorted and an exaust system has been fitted.

    I decided to repair the two doors as our local sheet metal shops wanted too much to bend up new ones, so I have drilled out the spot welds and removed the frame from the insides. Inside the top corner i found a work of art that someone had put inside the frame to strengthen it up. So the cracks and holes will be welded up and a new frame made up. Not really looking forward to panel beating again. The door latches have been dismantled cleaned and new springs fitted.

    I got a couple of tail lights off 1950landy. They were in pretty good condition but needed abit of work on the light bulb holders. I wanted to fit LEDs to them to make the tail lights abit brighter, but the bulb holders looked alright just abit of abit of a clean and a tweek, however during the tweek bit I broke one. So after a trip to the jaycar store I came home with some strip LEDs and an LED light kit that goes into the interior light of your car. They will burn your eyes out at 20 paces. So I cut the dividing piece out of the light and glued the LEDs in after giving the lights a coat of paint. So now they are all mounted and working.

    The Exaust I had made up at the local exaust place, I had one to copy that a mate in town got from England. I used a HT holden muffler and it only required minor adjustment when I fitted it.
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    Well done , the lights look a treat. I still need to do the doors on Landy but don't I will be going that far with them. The L/ H one is not too bad but tother has small dents all over it . A panel beater I knew told me he would take the stresses out of it &nwhen i got it back it was dead flat with no spot weld marks left in it . This guy business restored quite exoctic cars so I was disapointed in what he had done, over the years the filler he had put in has cracked & started to lift . The other week I removed all the filler but it has left behind a sticky sudstance in all the detents he has put in . So far every thing I have tried to remove the sticky substance has not worked.
    Keep up the good work & hope you get to the major job soon ( the motor) there is nothing like taking a S 1 for a drive & all the you get from other drivers..

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    lights

    Great idea with the D lights.

    The doors were always a problem , they were on the flimsy side even when new . I've seen various methods that people tried to stiffen the doors . One door I have , they pop riveted a triangular strengtheners in the corners .

    The door hinges are also a poor design, the 'droopy door syndrome' is a common sight on 80's . I made up some sleeves and fitted these into the door hinge mounts on the bulkhead, this improved the door sitting level enormously . The doors are now a firm fit in the hinges .

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    klonks ghost

    Yesterday I was stripping the paint from the doors before I start repairs, the drivers door had tare and weight on the bottom rear corner but couldnt see any other letters even a light sand didnt reveal anything. So I spread paint stripper over the door, left it 5 min and returned to wash the paint off. It was then I noticed letters etched into the aluminium. Managed to read some but enough to be a tease.

    _ _ _ GOOD
    Ma_ _H_H
    _ _ _ _B_A

    Tare 24 CWT
    Load 8 CWT

    Klonk was sold through Annard and Thompson, Brisbane so no records available. Anyone have any idears of any names or districts that might match. I have a black light at work so will try that to see if I can pick anything else.

    cheers Steve
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    Have had a play with the photos of klonks door at a mates place using photo shop to see if we could get a better look at the lettering. We took more photos using his better camera and tried all sorts of light conditions. The best we got was in the shadow of my hand under a LED house globe. We then played around with it in photo shop. The best we got was in the one below, but still still none the wiser really.


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    Cheers Steve

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    Gee its been awhile since Ive updated my thread. Its been a busy A/C season so most of my weekends went to that. On top of that my real job has been flat out as well, so any spare time Ive had was spent asleep in the chair, and couldnt be botherd picking up another spanner.
    However a few jobs have been sorted First I did abit more research on klonk. The serial no and engine no were put through a state and federal data base search but nothing found, glad it didnt come up as stolen though. Volunteering at the PCYC came in handy.
    Next I made up some heat sheilds for the exaust, 3" exaust pipe did the job, made the clamps and will paint them with silver heat proof paint.
    The doors, Ive had new ones bent up, I didnt have the patience to panelbeat them.The parts were bent up and Ive glued them together. The door latch area was strengthend and the door was made out of 2mm sheet.Just waiting for the top coat now.
    The rear seats have been finished. I used closed cell foam under the normal foam, it gives the seat abit more body. Ive made a couple of badges, unfortunatly the mold sat around too long and started to crumble abit so will have to redo the klonk one again. A mate uses the white metal on the back of woodchipper knives after he has sharpened them. They are used it the forestry industry chipping bluegum for paper.
    I have a dual temp and engine oil guage to fit somewhere, most people fit them in the L/H steering column hole but I dont like that as my special land rover man bag will hang over the grabrail and I wont be able to see the guage. So Ive made up a mount that goes onto the steering column. Happy now.

    Cheers Steve
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    And the badges. That knife is 1/2" thick and 5" wide and will shave the hairs off your arm.
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    Nice work Steve! Love the seats,

    Cheers Charlie

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