Totally reliant on a 21 year old 110 with 234k on the clock!!

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>>> Have you got 11" on a SWB originally fitted with 10"? If so, did you
>>> change the master cylinder?
>>>
>>
>>I found that it needed the 1.5 inch LWB master cylinder.
>
>It will do. You can fit either the early type single-circuit master
>cylinder, or the twin circuit one, or the twin-plus-servo one, depending on
>what you're fitting it to. However, later SWB *may* have had the same
>master cylinder - I think they standardised on 11" brakes on everything
>eventually.

Later SIII SWB did indeed have 11" brakes fitted. I've got a 11" set
of front brakes to fit to my IIa SWB as i'm not entirely happy with
the 10" setup - more to do with the adjusters setup (ie only one
adjuster on the front - who thought that one up?) than anything else.
I was just wondering if I'd get away with retaining the SWB master
cylinder. Evidently not, so it will go to replace the clutch master
which leaks.

>
>The non-servo 109" brakes with 11" drums work quite well. Putting 'em on a
>SIII with a servo would get you brakes something like modern discs in
>stopping power, but you'd still have the risk of brake fade if you use 'em
>too long at a stretch.

The best ones are the servo assist 109" 1-ton brakes, with the extra
wide shoes/drums. {The same ones they fitted to the 101}. I had them
on my 2.6 SIII, and the thing would stop on a sixpence.

Alex

 
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:37:51 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:32:59 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Mm. I've seen engine failures which can be contributed to infrequent
>>oil changes, both petrol and deisel. Oil-burners are especially prone
>>to packing up if the oil isn't changed regularly.
>>
>>Fortunatly with a Series the need to change the oil is somewhat
>>redundant, most of them operate on a total loss system anyway,
>>requiring the constant addition of new oil.
>
>I trust you change the filter regularly, too.

Hehe. I'm not even sure it's got one in it......

Alex
 
In message <[email protected]>
Alex <[email protected]> wrote:

> >>> Have you got 11" on a SWB originally fitted with 10"? If so, did you
> >>> change the master cylinder?
> >>>
> >>
> >>I found that it needed the 1.5 inch LWB master cylinder.
> >
> >It will do. You can fit either the early type single-circuit master
> >cylinder, or the twin circuit one, or the twin-plus-servo one, depending on
> >what you're fitting it to. However, later SWB *may* have had the same
> >master cylinder - I think they standardised on 11" brakes on everything
> >eventually.
>
> Later SIII SWB did indeed have 11" brakes fitted.

From June 1980.

>I've got a 11" set
> of front brakes to fit to my IIa SWB as i'm not entirely happy with
> the 10" setup - more to do with the adjusters setup (ie only one
> adjuster on the front - who thought that one up?) than anything else.
> I was just wondering if I'd get away with retaining the SWB master
> cylinder. Evidently not, so it will go to replace the clutch master
> which leaks.

You'll need the 109 master cylinder - why not go the whole hog and
have a servo too......

>
> >
> >The non-servo 109" brakes with 11" drums work quite well. Putting 'em on a
> >SIII with a servo would get you brakes something like modern discs in
> >stopping power, but you'd still have the risk of brake fade if you use 'em
> >too long at a stretch.
>
> The best ones are the servo assist 109" 1-ton brakes, with the extra
> wide shoes/drums. {The same ones they fitted to the 101}. I had them
> on my 2.6 SIII, and the thing would stop on a sixpence.
>

All 6-cylinders had the wider drums/shoes, as did the 1-Ton and
Stage 1 V8, and as you say the 101 (in fact all FC's).

> Alex
>

Richard
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>>
>
>All 6-cylinders had the wider drums/shoes, as did the 1-Ton and
>Stage 1 V8, and as you say the 101 (in fact all FC's).
>

Unfortunatly 1-ton drums don't fit a 101, as the 1-ton 5-stud drums
are a lot cheaper than the 101 6-stud ones.

Unless you're handy with a drill.....

Alex
 
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:28:29 +0100, "GbH"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>So are you advocating summary justice?
>EMB was right?
>I think not!

No.

I was giving my opinion, based upon some degree of experience WRT the
way these types of cases are presented to the Courts. I, thankfully,
do not, however, have to investigate these cases.

 
so Austin Shackles was, like...
> Just one more "what if" in this thread and then I'll leave it.
>
> If you observe truly crap and dangerous driving and let him go and
> have his accident elsewhere, what will you feel like if the accident
> he then has involves your family?

If I understand your argument correctly, we should try to cause minor
accidents with any bad drivers we see, so that they learn their lesson with
us and don't have more serious accidents elsewhere? It doesn't stack up
when you put it like that.

To be completely honest (and I promise I'll shut up too), I have often been
tempted to give someone the consequences of their own bad driving - people
who pull out selfishly, idiot lane-changers, tailgaters, the lot. But it's
all a bit self-righteous and superior, and in retrospect it's far better to
let them go on their way. There are too many accidents and tragic injuries
already, without us "better" drivers causing more.


--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
Richard Brookman wrote:
> so Austin Shackles was, like...
>> Just one more "what if" in this thread and then I'll leave it.
>>
>> If you observe truly crap and dangerous driving and let him go and
>> have his accident elsewhere, what will you feel like if the accident
>> he then has involves your family?
>
> If I understand your argument correctly, we should try to cause minor
> accidents with any bad drivers we see, so that they learn their
> lesson with us and don't have more serious accidents elsewhere? It
> doesn't stack up when you put it like that.
>
> To be completely honest (and I promise I'll shut up too), I have
> often been tempted to give someone the consequences of their own bad
> driving - people who pull out selfishly, idiot lane-changers,
> tailgaters, the lot. But it's all a bit self-righteous and superior,
> and in retrospect it's far better to let them go on their way. There
> are too many accidents and tragic injuries already, without us
> "better" drivers causing more.

I'm with that sentiment, putting other wrongs right makes you a big headache in the long run!

**** 'em all & get on with yer own lifes!

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"


 
so Nige was, like...
> >
> **** 'em all & get on with yer own lifes!
>

Amen to that.

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:19:06 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he wrote:

>I reckon I could live with dodgy toerags if I had your job... :)

You misplet Tuareg
--
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:29:26 +0100, MVP <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net>
made me spill my meths when he wrote:

>She's here and she's naked, you all hate me don't you...

<polishing pinkie> Still waiting up here....
--
Wayne Davies - Mobile 07989 556213 - Harrogate, N.Yorks, UK
 
On or around Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:53:15 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:37:51 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>I trust you change the filter regularly, too.
>
>Hehe. I'm not even sure it's got one in it......

more important in a lot of ways. I can never understand this modern trend
for changing the filter every other oil change... filters, generally, are
cheap, and engines aren't.
--
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"Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria"
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) from Divina Commedia 'Inferno'
 
On or around Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:49:40 GMT, [email protected]
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:19:06 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he wrote:
>
>>I reckon I could live with dodgy toerags if I had your job... :)
>
>You misplet Tuareg

deliberately, and in any case, 's not him that had it.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria"
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) from Divina Commedia 'Inferno'
 
Tim Hobbs wrote:

> EMB behaved like an arsehole, and I hope the WRX driver turns out to
> be a lawyer or relative of same.

And now Mr Plod has done his bit the outcome is:

The WRX driver would be labelled a Chav if he lived in the UK (based on
his past record). He has been charged with driving whilst disqualified.
He has admitted to having been accelerating hard and doing
approximately 120kph when he hit me (in a 50kph speed limit area whilst
I was braking from an indicated 25mph). His disqualification was due to
"dangerous driving causing injury" charges relating to having mown down
a pedestrian and hit 3 other vehicles about a month ago in another WRX.

All in all I don't feel my actions were unreasonable, and events since
have only reinforced this view.


--
EMB
 
Alex wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:33:57 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>>OK, EMB was being a little bit naughty in anchoring it hard.
>>
>>No he wasn't. He was ****ed off at being tailgated so, by his own
>>account, deliberately caused an accident which could have killed
>>someone. If the car was trashed back to the front wheels it is likely
>>that someone WAS injured - spinal injuries like whiplash often don't
>>show up for 24 hours. EMB had no way of knowing whether there was a
>>child in the car, properly belted or otherwise.
>
>
> Child should be belted at all times, not "otherwise" There's no excuse
> for taking risks with your kids life by letting them not wear a
> seatbelt.

And wearing seatbelts has been a legal requirement since the late 1970's
here, and all children under 5 years old must be in an approved child
restraint.


--
EMB
 
Alex wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:36:18 +1200, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Austin Shackles wrote:
>>
>>
>>>hehe... besides, if he was half-awake, his thing should have easily been
>>>able to out-stop yours. so he obviously wasn't...
>>
>>I've been playing with Series brakes for a fairly long time now and I
>>can get them to work extremely well. With a booster, 11" drums and a
>
>
> Have you got 11" on a SWB originally fitted with 10"? If so, did you
> change the master cylinder?

Yes - S3 109" master cylinder and booster.


--
EMB
 
On or around Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:12:20 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Tim Hobbs wrote:
>
>> EMB behaved like an arsehole, and I hope the WRX driver turns out to
>> be a lawyer or relative of same.
>
>And now Mr Plod has done his bit the outcome is:
>
>The WRX driver would be labelled a Chav if he lived in the UK (based on
>his past record). He has been charged with driving whilst disqualified.
> He has admitted to having been accelerating hard and doing
>approximately 120kph when he hit me (in a 50kph speed limit area whilst
>I was braking from an indicated 25mph).

mind, if he admitted that, he's sub-moron level anyway. Never, ever admit
to breaking the law...

and indeed, that's not how you originally described it. The impression was
that you were both travelling at the same speed near enough and you slammed
on the anchors (albeit at a stop line) in order to "catch" him.

further info implies that had you done anything other than ignore the stop
line, he'd have hit you anyway.

would've saved a bit of argybargy in here if this had been apparent from the
start.
--
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"There are three sorts of people in the world - those who can count,
and those who can't" (Anon)
 
Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:12:20 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> Tim Hobbs wrote:
>>
>>> EMB behaved like an arsehole, and I hope the WRX driver turns out to
>>> be a lawyer or relative of same.
>>
>> And now Mr Plod has done his bit the outcome is:
>>
>> The WRX driver would be labelled a Chav if he lived in the UK (based
>> on his past record). He has been charged with driving whilst
>> disqualified. He has admitted to having been accelerating hard and
>> doing approximately 120kph when he hit me (in a 50kph speed limit
>> area whilst I was braking from an indicated 25mph).
>
> mind, if he admitted that, he's sub-moron level anyway. Never, ever
> admit to breaking the law...
>
> and indeed, that's not how you originally described it. The
> impression was that you were both travelling at the same speed near
> enough and you slammed on the anchors (albeit at a stop line) in
> order to "catch" him.
>
> further info implies that had you done anything other than ignore the
> stop line, he'd have hit you anyway.
>
> would've saved a bit of argybargy in here if this had been apparent
> from the start.-

Yeah, it would, it's very true that WRX type cars attract a certain 'chav' character. Having said that
most owners of newer WRX etc are motorsport enthusiasts, or just plain car nuts!!

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"


 
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:22:47 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>would've saved a bit of argybargy in here if this had been apparent from the
>start.

Ask any Circuit Judge or Magistrate that and they'd laugh so loud
you'd need ear protectors...

One from earlier today:

Landlord up for selling to underage yoofs. Denies it all, to the
hilt, claims said yoofs were obviously over 18 - actually said they
looked more like being in mid 20s (not that it mattered).

[45 minutes of wasted life later]

Landlord admits said yoofs go to same skool as Landlords son, also go
to same yoof klub, also play for the same local junior football team -
sponsored by...

.... the Landlord.



 
Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:22:47 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> would've saved a bit of argybargy in here if this had been apparent
>> from the start.
>
> Ask any Circuit Judge or Magistrate that and they'd laugh so loud
> you'd need ear protectors...
>
> One from earlier today:

I'm involved in a huge (for me) court case as I'm suing my ex-employer for breach of contract & I am
amazed at the judicial process is so clinical. All the judge is interested in is cold hard facts, not
intersted in hearsay or conjecture (thank gawd!) The best thing is my ex-employer forged a contract of
employment & is now committing perjury & conspiring to pervert the course of justice!!

The judge was furious & i wept with joy later!!

It's a funny old game - the law!

Nige
--
Subaru WRX
Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
WTB a clean RRC pref 3.9 or LSE 4.2

'"gimme the f*ckin' money"


 
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:11:31 +0100, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I am amazed at the judicial process is so clinical. All the judge is interested in is cold hard facts,


What else could any peer base their judgement upon? A basic principle
on our legal system is 'proof', not, as you say, superfluous bollocks.


>It's a funny old game - the law!


Like it or (as I do at times) loath it, "The Law" is the only thing
that barely protects us from complete anarchy - and believe me,
complete anarchy is pretty close at times, and not the utopia that
some political philosophers would have us believe it is.


 
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