The GRUMPY Brumby

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Post by chinski » Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:55 am

mate well done ! the grumpy brumby looks great ! good to see you getting it out at QR too !! if you're heading up again & post here first if i see it i'll come up for a look, would love to see a brumby on track showing up & surprising a few people ! :D
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Post by steptoe » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:15 am

nice work - and when you install the wiper mechanism, think of a long lasting lube in there somewhere - mine needs it from the sound of things :(
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Post by Eatu4t » Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:14 am

This thing is soo cool!
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Post by chridk » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:41 pm

chinski wrote:mate well done ! the grumpy brumby looks great ! good to see you getting it out at QR too !! if you're heading up again & post here first if i see it i'll come up for a look, would love to see a brumby on track showing up & surprising a few people ! :D
Cheers Chinski, Not sure when I'll hit the track next, I'm desperate need of new rubber and I want to get some wider rims aswell, so looking at a couple of grand...but it'll happen one day
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Post by chridk » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:43 pm

steptoe wrote:nice work - and when you install the wiper mechanism, think of a long lasting lube in there somewhere - mine needs it from the sound of things :(
Cheers Steptoe, wipers don't do much work as it's not my daily ;-)
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Post by El_Freddo » Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:15 pm

When I saw the first pics I immediately thought "ooh, that'll be fun" - but then the later pics show that you made good of it really well.

Well done mate!

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Post by Bantum » Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:42 am

Looks good, I'll have to do the same to mine at some stage ... :(

I might of missed it, but what did you 'patch' the rust with ?

Cheers, Bantum ...
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Post by chridk » Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:56 am

Once I cleaned the area up with a wire wheel, I drove it to a mates workshop....(no windscreen makes for a breezy drive ;-) ) and the holes were welded up, I then had to shape the welds with a die grinder & metal burr.
Turned out Ok I think, hope to re-set the windscreen this weekend with new rubber.

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Post by Bantum » Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:21 pm

:cool:

Thanks for sharing ... :)

Note: When you do put the seal back, I would also put a bit of fresh silicone around the rubber to help seal it better ... ;)

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Add : In FHI speak, they call it the 'angular line' or 'datum measure point', this is where you want to seal it ... ;)
Also make sure the 'drain grove' is not blocked at bottom of screen ...

P.S. - Did you spray inside the frame with any rust treatment ?

Ciao, Bantum ...
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Post by Rodeo4jake » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:16 pm

Good job with that repair, I often look at mine & wonder if there is the beginnings of this trouble hiding under the rubber.

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Post by chridk » Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:00 am

Thanks for the coments guys, I got the windscreen back in on saturday and took the grumpy for a spin.
Make sure if you ever try this, that you insert your crome surounds before fitting the screen to the car, it would be imposible to do it when in place.

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Post by El_Freddo » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:44 pm

Rodeo4jake wrote:Good job with that repair, I often look at mine & wonder if there is the beginnings of this trouble hiding under the rubber.
Jake, the ~$100 for a new windscreen rubber is good insurance I reckon, plus those rubbers become brittle and crack, letting moisture in where it's not welcome. Pop it out and put on a new rubber seal ;)
chridk wrote: Make sure if you ever try this, that you insert your crome surounds before fitting the screen to the car, it would be imposible to do it when in place.
Good to know this! I couldn't get Sunnie the Brumby's ones back on, now I know why! Also damaged them when I took them off :( The chrome has a wave look to it now as it's come off the plastic.

Anyone know where to get new ones from?

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Post by chridk » Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:16 am

Lakeside and the Grumpy Brumby, 27/11/2013.

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)


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Post by Bantum » Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:33 pm

Nearly lost it there on about the 3rd lap ... :p

Tip : You'll also have to super glue the rear view mirror in place to stop the vibrations from moving it ... !

Note : The glue won't actually hold for long, but will make the ball joint & socket tighter ...

Cheers, Bantum ...
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Post by Rodeo4jake » Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:29 pm

I liked watching that ,thanks for posting. I now have an idea of how quick these STI converted Brumbies can go.

Cheers Jake
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Post by chridk » Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:26 pm

Bantum wrote:Nearly lost it there on about the 3rd lap ... :p

Tip : You'll also have to super glue the rear view mirror in place to stop the vibrations from moving it ... !

Note : The glue won't actually hold for long, but will make the ball joint & socket tighter ...

Cheers, Bantum ...
Haha Bantum, It was running off the track and hitting two maassssive pot hole that moved the mirror. Thats an indication of how hard the hits were.

I had an awsome day.....and I drove home afterwards ;-)
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Post by chridk » Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:30 pm

Rodeo4jake wrote:I liked watching that ,thanks for posting. I now have an idea of how quick these STI converted Brumbies can go.

Cheers Jake
Oh, and Jake, The Brumby is speed limited to 180km/h which I was hitting and staying on before the tower and through the kink, but still a lot of fun.

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Post by Bantum » Fri Nov 29, 2013 10:19 am

Thanks for sharing, I bet you had to do change of shorts afterwards ... :p

I've had my stock Brumby up to about 155 km/hr, that's about as fast as it would go ( revved it to the max ) - mind you that was at the end of going down the main strait at hidden valley, Darwin ... Awesome ... :)

Unfortunately brake fade and bad handling stop me after about the 4th lap ... :(

Did you have any down force happening on the rear ? i.e. rear wing ?

Cheers, Bantum ...
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Post by chridk » Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:13 pm

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Did you have any down force happening on the rear ? i.e. rear wing ?

Cheers, Bantum ...[/QUOTE"]

This is how she dressed for the track mate

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Post by chridk » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:19 am

The Grumpy will be on the track this sunday 8/12 at Lakeside for those of you in brizzy that would like to see it in action ;-)

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