What did you do to your X1/9 today ?
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Today - plugs badly fouled, running very rich for a very long time.
Caps on ends of spark plugs all loose, plug wires ends loose fit in the rotor cap.
Went for test drive, fill up fuel tank.
Door straps installed. Had to order from Ukraine.
Working on sticky throttle problem. Cleaning up and tying off a lot of unused wiring, (from cat converter, evap, smog control).
More parts arrived from MWB, tunnel cover, shift rod boot, other small stuff.
Caps on ends of spark plugs all loose, plug wires ends loose fit in the rotor cap.
Went for test drive, fill up fuel tank.
Door straps installed. Had to order from Ukraine.
Working on sticky throttle problem. Cleaning up and tying off a lot of unused wiring, (from cat converter, evap, smog control).
More parts arrived from MWB, tunnel cover, shift rod boot, other small stuff.
tvmaster
True Classic
The LADA door straps? How’d they work out…
tigeravg
True Classic
Like I said, attention to detail. BTW, the late model instruments in the old dash looks like it belongs there to begin with!
What is the final color coat, Mark?
81x
X'ing Fixing
Unfortunately, you can't do it without special equipment.Not to take away for the tow hook you made, but I am intrigued by the plastic pouch more. Please explain the RF welding process and some details on the right type of plastic to use for this.
RF machines are big, heavy and expensive. You can get handheld portable machines but they are very limited with actions due to size and low voltage.
The machine generates a current through a straight or shaped electrode which press on a plastic films and reorder it's molecule structure.
It's available on thermoplastic types like PU, PVC and few others.
Other methods are heat, pulse and ultrasonic welding. Each with it's equipment and materials.
RyanG
True Classic
Big weekend roadtrip
Did a group drive through Oregon this past weekend. Friday we started in Portland and drove down through McKenzie pass and the Old McKenzie Hwy (great road if you don’t get stuck behind an RV). Went all they way out to Cowboy Dinner Tree in Silver Lake Oregon. Saturday we drove to Bend for the Festival of Cars show. Sunday we headed home through the Warm Springs Reservation and Tygh Valley. Then up over Mt Hood and back to Portland. All in about 650 miles. We had a great group of cars. Always fun to be on the road with fun interesting cars.
gathering Friday morning (I’m in the yellow)
Getting smoky as we head for the old McKenzie Hwy
Driving through the lava flow
good company, 911 S2 and Alphaholics GTA
Cowboy Dinner Tree (you’ll have to look it up)
hanging out in Bend. The Citroen SM gets a carb tune. The group included my 82 x1/9, Lancia Integrale 8 valve, Alfa Giulia Super, Ferrari 308, Alfa GTV, Lotus Elise, Porsche 911 S2, Alphaholics Alpha GTA, and the Citroen SM. Quite a variety.
heading home Sunday through Warm Springs
some wild horses to salute the prancing horse in the group
almost home. Ran into some weather on Mt Hood. Great way to spend the weekend.
Did a group drive through Oregon this past weekend. Friday we started in Portland and drove down through McKenzie pass and the Old McKenzie Hwy (great road if you don’t get stuck behind an RV). Went all they way out to Cowboy Dinner Tree in Silver Lake Oregon. Saturday we drove to Bend for the Festival of Cars show. Sunday we headed home through the Warm Springs Reservation and Tygh Valley. Then up over Mt Hood and back to Portland. All in about 650 miles. We had a great group of cars. Always fun to be on the road with fun interesting cars.
gathering Friday morning (I’m in the yellow)
Getting smoky as we head for the old McKenzie Hwy
Driving through the lava flow
good company, 911 S2 and Alphaholics GTA
Cowboy Dinner Tree (you’ll have to look it up)
hanging out in Bend. The Citroen SM gets a carb tune. The group included my 82 x1/9, Lancia Integrale 8 valve, Alfa Giulia Super, Ferrari 308, Alfa GTV, Lotus Elise, Porsche 911 S2, Alphaholics Alpha GTA, and the Citroen SM. Quite a variety.
heading home Sunday through Warm Springs
some wild horses to salute the prancing horse in the group
almost home. Ran into some weather on Mt Hood. Great way to spend the weekend.
Mike Petrecca
Daily Driver
What a great group of cars. Thanks for the pics.
Live that SM.
Live that SM.
The fitment is identical, the straps are not exactly the same shape, but they have the correct curve. For $5 each I'll use them
Stripping carpet, old insulation and sound proofing, and thirty years of glue and paint from floorboards. Yuck.
And beating out dents from the boulders someone had run over. Not sure how you can put giant dents into the floor but someone did it.
Drain holes had been sealed, need to fix those.
And beating out dents from the boulders someone had run over. Not sure how you can put giant dents into the floor but someone did it.
Drain holes had been sealed, need to fix those.
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SuperTopo
True Classic
Do you know what that clutch nut spec is? What threads and flare type?
Dr.Jeff
True Classic
I have that info, but will have to dig it out. If I don't post it in a day then please remind me.
twincam69
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Michael Oxman
The Journey Begins!
When I got mine both floor panels were thoroughly bulged up a few inches each. I used my trusty Harbor Freight deadblow hammer to beat them down. I wondered the same thing - how did this guy end up running over boulders??
RyanG
True Classic
I also had big dents in the floor of mine when I removed my carpet to clean it. I figured someone along the way used the floor as a jacking point? At least they beat back into shape fairly easy.
Dr.Jeff
True Classic
OK, @SuperTopo I found the info.
The clutch line nuts are a ISO/Bubble flare, "Lucas nose", M12 with a 1.25 thread pitch.
For more info on what all that means see this thread describing the brake line nuts. Just be aware the actual size is what's different between the brake and clutch nuts:
Brake line nut replacements
As we know the Fiat's brake line attachments use a odd sized nut fitting. Its a fine thread with Lucas tip for ISO/DIN bubble flares, plus a longer shank. The actual dimensions of the stock ones on my X measure: M10 (1.25) X 18mm overall length, for 3/16" line. I've found two sources that sell...
xwebforums.com
One problem you may find is the Fiat hard lines are actually a SAE (inch) size, not metric (which I find very odd). In the case of the brake lines there is so little difference between the equivalent metric diameter and 3/16" that it does not matter. However on the clutch lines there really is no direct metric equivalent that is exact....close but not as close as for the brake lines. Finding replacement hardlines in the correct 1/4" size is easy. However the flaring tools that make bubble flares are almost always metric sized. Therefore when you go to make a bubble flare on the clutch line you may find it difficult if your tool is the more common metric type (due to that size difference). To make matters much worse, most tools indicate it is for both, and gives the metric and SAE sizes on it. But unfortunately they are not, so the tool is too loose to properly clamp the line and it tends to slip. That creates a poor bubble flare. It really depends on the particular tool you are working with, they vary a lot. I found I could use the hardline clamping portion for a SAE size line in my metric sized bubble flare tool to make things easier. Likewise, the replacement nuts themselves are metric dimensions, so they can be a bit difficult to work on the SAE lines. That can also make for a leaky seal if the bubble flare is not perfect. Many people aren't aware of this difference and have a lot of difficulty getting leak free seals on the Fiat clutch lines.
Deadblow is good idea. I used a big rubber mallet. Also seat track is bent from someone sitting down heavily. Will try and push that up from under chassis.
tigeravg
True Classic
I just ordered that. Yes, 12mm x 1.25. Got it two days ago. Perfect replacement. Inlinetube.com, less than $7.50 shipped. Bought it on Ebay, delivered in 2 days. Also bought the "bubble" flaring tool, $17. Same delivery time. Now just waiting for my box of Dynamat to show up before replacing the pedal and heater core boxes.
Getting ready for a road trip with the raceX in a few weeks. The car is very low and a little hard to load/unload from my trailer. So I took the race wheels and tires off and replaced them with some Trons I had on hand to gain some ground clearance. Trons are much sexier too! 
OK, maybe not.
I think the Trons have 175s on them. Check out the 4 race tires stacked next to a set of 4 185/60/13 tires. Just a bit more rubber on the 20x9.5 slicks.
Update: Geez Jim, look at the picture at least. 165/70/13s on the Trons.
OK, maybe not. I think the Trons have 175s on them. Check out the 4 race tires stacked next to a set of 4 185/60/13 tires. Just a bit more rubber on the 20x9.5 slicks.
Update: Geez Jim, look at the picture at least. 165/70/13s on the Trons.
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