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Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 4:31 pm
by Errol62
Ok thanks patrick
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Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 4:31 pm
by Errol62
Bloody technology!
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Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 5:00 pm
by gpi
you dont get banned for being wrong. its all in the delivery. you taught me that.
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 5:16 pm
by melly
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 10:22 pm
by Blacky
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 4:53 pm
by gpi
so its a hydra body, but looks like previous owner had red triples with a manual box.
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:19 pm
by melly
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:36 pm
by Blacky
Well , they are in there
if you cant weld you gotta know how to grind
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:37 pm
by Errol62
Looks like a result Craig
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Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:33 pm
by melly
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:26 pm
by EK DAZ
In regards to the rust on the underside of the roof, I had to drill the spot welds on the cross members on one side of the roof so I could move the bows to one side to remove the black material and the rust under them. The plastic stripping disc were magic. Then applied phosphoric acid, epoxy primer, dynamat ,then repositioned the hood bows and re-weld. Job done
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:06 pm
by Errol62
Bugger. Maybe you can offset it a bit. Reckon they are a good way to go, although I would use EJ HR rear brakes rather than original. Looks like after market HK and LC on MC. Standard replacement for the factory big nut MC back in the day….
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Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:21 pm
by Blacky
You can lose the spring and fit a gas strut on the opposite side of the hinge, will see if
i can find the info you need regarding spring rates and travel
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 12:00 am
by melly
Thanks Gents, I did wonder about cleaning up under the crossmember Daz, good info cheers. What about a narrower diameter spring of similar strength Blacky- or is that what you were referring to re the specs? gas struts a handy alternative. If that MC was used commonly Clay how come mine is fouling?If I was to offset the MC then the whole pedal mech and pushrod would have to be altered too yeh? thanks guys
Re: Melly's EK wag find
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:16 am
by Errol62
Used commonly to replace the big nut, original from HK on. It is fouling because it is a modification to the original single circuit master. Moving it over slightly shouldn’t cause binding of the pedal and Clovis mechanism. This is a common modification. I haven’t done it myself but plenty have, and I’m pretty sure they didn’t need to go replacing bonnet springs melly.
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