DDG 220 C aka "Millie" - MK 1 Singer Chamois

[John A. Ross]

haha, you thought i was serious

the heated section of the manifold is suppied by a length of 12mm steel tubing which as one would expect was pitted to hell.

On top of that you simply cannot reliably crimp 16mm ID hose onto that and expect it to stay there and not crack or fall off.

So first things first, clean up the tubing and reduce the diameter from 12.98mm to 12mm so I can get a fitting on there.

Old school time, ctrip of emery paper and elbow grease ! at least the pitting is gone !





So after much dust and elbow grease I can now get the 12>15mm compression couplings fitted.

[John A. Ross]

So the back side was easy enough, that is just straight out, but the front has to come round 90 degrees and head back and while I could have left hose lying on the heat shield I decided to tidy it up a bit.



you get the idea


So time to get funky and solder up some copper fittings, having been used to pipework from another angle I detest solder fitting, compression all the way but sometimes need must.

Amazing how much easier it is not doing this under a floor or a sink !




So far so good but being paranoid about solder joints as they hate vibration I decided to add a support at the other end as you can just see past the manifold base, just stops the end flapping around

[John A. Ross]

And the final result in place




Just right place to clamp onto the chassi leg and route the hoses in a tidy way.

[John A. Ross]

Now !

on retrofitting these manifolds one thing is a REAL pain and thats fitting the nuts as you cannot fit a 5/16 nut AND get a socket around it so it is 1/2 turns with spanners and no idea if it is tight.



Reason being the bor of the manifold is bigger than standard.

So an alternate solution is needed

A 5/16 thread nut that uses a 12 point 3/8 socket head. Designed for this very purpose




There are other alternatives such as long nuts of course but this solution is very neat indeed.


You can ALSO get these as a bolt ! which fits perfectly for the transom side bolts and the smaller head lets you get a socket or ratchet spanner in, take s alot of hassle out of there also !

[John A. Ross]

Rubber stuff fitted and routed, seems to fit.



The 19mm hose still bugging me, a 90 deg bend would sort it but i hate the look of those things, they look so "unfinished" and after-thought-ish which in this case it is.

Need the sapce for some kind of air filter as at present there is very little room for anything other than a pancake and even then it needs to be thin, I would prefer it to breath a bit better.

[John A. Ross]

now time for the annoying linkage but first I need to fix the accelerator pedal as it is the wrong type for the car as first i need the cable travel for full throttle pedal down and go from there, outer is way way too long so that needs cropped.

[PMCG]

But.........have you checked Oil Level in car ???


I thought I had stumbled upon the plumbing section on a Screwfix forum for a minute. ;)

Reminds me though, have to bleed one of my radiators.

[John A. Ross]

Well decided it was time to do the clutch, complete disaster.

New resevioirs great, on last car the unions on the bottom gave me grief but not this time.

First vac bleeded would not work, the hand pump thingy nearly got frizbied into the nearby park and the big tub vac bleeded would not work a damn seems to have a leak somewhere in itself, so was back to pump pump on mu own, usually OK, takes longer but usually OK.



OH NO

The imp gods were not kind, leak at the 3/8 to 7/16 union, no matter how tight I make it, just wont seal, so that will need to come off again, whats worse than brake fluid, working with it upside down running up your arms is what

Plus a leak at the 7/16 to steel braided hose at back, starting to get worried now as i did them both on the bench press flaring tool so should have been perfect. hate to think it but crap line comes to mind splitting up the seal. Drain time tomorrow and we will see, probably me rumping it up too much but we will see.

had to walk away.

[John A. Ross]

But.........have you checked Oil Level in car ???


I thought I had stumbled upon the plumbing section on a Screwfix forum for a minute. ;)

Reminds me though, have to bleed one of my radiators.

Oil level, only just got a dipstick and i dont mean me

[PMCG]

Sometimes best to go do something else then back to it tomorrow.

I'm operating same system, washed 3 cars today, that took 7 hours, now having a beer (or two).

[PMCG]

Oil level, only just got a dipstick and i dont mean me

Other car ya dipstick. ;)

[John A. Ross]

youl be having to go out and forage more guiness soon at this rate .....

[John A. Ross]

Other car ya dipstick. ;)

oh, the Skoda, bolloox yes, makes sense now, I have now earned this weeks "dipstick award"

[John A. Ross]

Skoda oil level full, sorted

[John A. Ross]

So question of the day before i got to another few bits on the car

Refurbish the original bluemils front plate to give the shiny paint a bit of contrasting character

Or fit the modern pressed plate.