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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
I always worry when a D2 is my last working car. A TVR as backup for the D2 is a whole new level of brave 
I can recover that PS pressure hose if needed, by replacing the rusted bit with hose and a suitable fitting. The union actually looks quite good so if you soak that in evaporust for a while then WD40 it should come apart, and then the new fitting can be added. The front pressure hose can be left in one piece that way, and you don't end up with the annoying whine. If you have a competent local hydraulic hose specialist (ie not the monkeys at Pirtek!) then they could also do the same - the fiting is a DIN M16x1.6 60-degree cone without o-ring. Its quite a tricky thing to get hold of.
How are the crimps on the return hose? Those are also quite a common failure point - they leak even when the crimps are still intact, and the hose is a really odd spec so I re-crimp them and then protect the joints with heatshrink. |
Hi MJ
I've been lucky with the TVR of late. I finished the engine refresh last year, popped some miles on it locally and then used it for a business trip from Glasgow to Peterborough to bed it in. The worst it did was lock me out at Scotch Corner services. Handy when all the tools were in the boot. Spent the rest of the trip with my newly purchased 'break-in' tools in my pocket.
GH77 of this forum will doubtless be along in a moment to regail the story of the TVR setting itself on fire on the way back from an MOT. A dodgy coil pack conenction that led to a misfire and a melted cat. The puff of molten catalyst from the ns tailpipe was quite impressive.
On the PAS hoses I'm thinking they need a complete refresh - I'll drop you a message with some better pictures.
The AutoDoc bits appeaered, which will allow some progress.
I'm storing up an ever increasing stack of parts for sending away for refurbishment:-
PAS Hoses
Calipers
Transmission
Transmission hoses
Wheels - refurb and new tyres (currently has perished DeathSlides)
Financial ruin is just around the corner
. I'm clearly the kind of person that feels the need to own a Maserati at some stage.