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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Front Lower Ball Joint

« on: July 10, 2015, 15:08:16 »

OK that went well! I'll experiment some more!

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Front Lower Ball Joint

« on: July 10, 2015, 15:06:59 »

I am attempting to insert a photo of the fractured ball joint [http://shawlineassetmanagement.co.uk/PhotoAlbumsPro/Album_nr9w4l/img]

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Steering Rack

« on: June 13, 2015, 15:41:20 »

Thanks Wally, that's another drink I owe you!

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Front Lower Ball Joint

« on: June 13, 2015, 15:12:43 »

Hi Max The spectacular aspect was more to do with careering around a roundabout at speed with just one wheel steering etc. The joint sheared just above the ball and there was evidence of corrosion inside the shear indicating it was probably cracked for some time before finally letting go when I hit a pot hole on the roundabout. The consensus between my auto technicians & CNC shop was metal fatigue and/or metallurgical defect rather than design fault. The Transit component is plenty heavy duty and fit for purpose they think although you can't rule out stresses induced by post machining (either in process or by alteration) I was just looking to get back on the road but would be interested in any design improvements.This would take more time (and the Ace is my daily drive!) I'll endeavour to post some photos soon (just on a train at the moment) but please feel free to email me on adrian.short@btconnect.com and I'll send some high res images.

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Window weatherstrip

« on: June 11, 2015, 22:34:04 »

Hi Paho, I recently bought 3m lengths of this product to use on my hard top http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/eared-rubber-door-aperture-seal plus http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/leaf-rubber-door-aperture-seal for the base of the windscreen. This is superb quality and the car is now (almost) watertight! Car Builder Solutions are an excellent company and despatch many products same day - highly recommended! PS: Thanks for your help with the ball joint info - much appreciated!

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Front Lower Ball Joint

« on: June 06, 2015, 18:52:14 »

Thanks Guys I managed to obtain one from Neil Fisher whom confirmed the need for post machining. This accounts for the £160 unit price & just for info Neil only has one remaining in stock & not sounding keen to get another batch done. Thanks for all your help.   I'll pick up a transit version as well and talk to my Cnc shop.

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Hardtop Glass

« on: July 14, 2017, 15:44:17 »

Does anyone know the donor vehicle for the rear screen used in the earlier series hardtops (i.e. with quarterlights) as shown on this car?
   
   I've taken a pic of the legend on the glass here;
   
   I have another style of hardtop that utilises a Citroen Saxo rear screen and it helpfully has a Citroen logo on it. On this occasion, the glass has an AC logo and I'm really hoping it's not custom made by Starglass! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Bonnet and Bumper Needed!

« on: April 15, 2016, 12:30:37 »

Help! Following a bump in the NEC car park this week, my poor old Ace now needs a new bonnet and bumper. I've heard that there are some composite panels around and just wondered if anyone can point me in the right direction please?
   
   
   Any help much appreciated!

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Steering Rack

« on: June 11, 2015, 22:46:43 »

Does anyone know the donor source for the Ace steering rack please? My ball joint failure has had a knock on effect of blowing the seals on my steering rack, and I'm looking to buy a seal kit. Neil Fisher believes that an AC supplier used to make up 'copy' Ford racks. However, mine has a Volvo logo with the number "34003798" in the casting. It's likely that AC varied the racks on the last few cars, of which mine is DE1102. Once again, any help is much appreciated!

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Ace 'Brooklands' Forum / Front Lower Ball Joint

« on: June 05, 2015, 13:45:15 »

Does anyone know what ball joint AC used on the Ace front lower hub to track control arm please? I had a spectacular failure in Brighton yesterday and the garage I was recovered to are scratching their heads. I was told by the former owner it was likely to be Granada Scorpio but this is not the case. If anyone can help, I would be extremely grateful!