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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by RONOUE » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:02 pm

Spray silcone on the rim.....Soak your rubber bogie's in hot,very hot water will slip on very easy.Silcone will not eat the rubber in the long term like grease ;)
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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by Barrie2777 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:17 pm

Thanks for your input Ron. Just a bit late for me but you will save some frustration for many other collectors. On another note.....it has been 219 views since this thread hit 1000 views at which point I had told Bruce I was offering a prize for the next person to reply. Well Ron, you have won your choice of either a HUS-SKI or Diablo FOB. Just email me with your choice.

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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by Go Go Diablo » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:37 pm

Dang! I wanted that fob! :lol:
Too many Diablos and parts to count.
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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by Barrie2777 » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:49 am

Heating the hinge knuckle and applying oil usually solves the "stiff hinge" problem but these hinges are cheap, readily available and exactly the same dimensions as the originals. It was an easy switch.
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these hinges are available at any hardware store and are exactly the same as the oroginals, without the rust problem!
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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by Barrie2777 » Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:56 am

It was a busy weekend in the paint room. Hopefully this is the last red paint I spray for a while. If you look closely, you will notice some strings hanging from the handlebars. I attached a string to the end of the brake and throttle cables before I removed them. Now I will reattach the string to the cable and pull it back through the handlebars.
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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by Barrie2777 » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:03 am

At last!!! No more seeing red.
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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by tweivoda » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:14 pm

Barrie, the Red looks nice in the pictures. What paint are you using for the red and the white?

Terry,

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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by Barrie2777 » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:19 pm

This is a paint by DUPONT called Orient Red. It is an original color for my MGA. I'll get the product number tomorrow.

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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by Barrie2777 » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:20 pm

It has been a while....I was hoping all that red would just disappear but no such luck. I have done a bit of assembly in the past few days and low and behold a Daiblo has emerged from that enormous plie of red parts. I scratched a blad spot on my head wondering where some of the parts were and when I found them I scratched some more to figure out where in..... they went. I made new rubber for around the transmission and made one small change. I made it without the cut at the rear so that it fits around the gearcase at installation. Mine slips over the gearcase from the top and makes a complete seal around the gearcase. The next three machines should be quicker than this one as I now have two complete assemblies under my belt. I am hoping to avoid a few of those "put together, take apart " sequences which I find to be all too common.
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This was the first Diablo I owned, about ten years ago
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I install the tracks while the tractor is upside down
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Re: seeing red!!!

Post by huuksnatch » Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:51 pm

Looks sweet Barrie! Its alittle slow at work latley so i have read all 8 pages on "Seeing Red" and i couldn't tell ya how fired up i am to start to restore my 444! Plan is to start next monday and can't wait to be "seeing Yellow!"
-Steve

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