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1966 Bellet Sedan Rear lights Wanted
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
Posts: 2824
Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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Bellett_EST wrote: Brakes are still missing, the hydraulics guys couldn't help.
Rear lights I will get from finland.
Water bottle I suppose will be replaced with a tank from some other car. I think I will add an electric pump. Maybe later go back to original system.
Turn signals, wipers etc work for now.
Biggest challenges to go are:
1) Cleaning, protecting and covering the bottom
2) Building the muffler.
3) Gearbox oil needs to be changed.
4) The engine - I don't know what surprises it has for me. It doesn't start without adding some brake cleaner straight into carburettor. Previous owners have said that the engine smokes badly, I'll see about that. I suppose there are two main possibilities for smoking - piston rings or valve guides. don't make the mistake of filling the gear box with gear box oil.......
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Bellett_EST
Joined: Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:41 am
Posts: 75
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Car(s): 1966 Bellett 1500 sedan
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Glenn wrote: Bellett_EST wrote: Brakes are still missing, the hydraulics guys couldn't help.
Rear lights I will get from finland.
Water bottle I suppose will be replaced with a tank from some other car. I think I will add an electric pump. Maybe later go back to original system.
Turn signals, wipers etc work for now.
Biggest challenges to go are:
1) Cleaning, protecting and covering the bottom
2) Building the muffler.
3) Gearbox oil needs to be changed.
4) The engine - I don't know what surprises it has for me. It doesn't start without adding some brake cleaner straight into carburettor. Previous owners have said that the engine smokes badly, I'll see about that. I suppose there are two main possibilities for smoking - piston rings or valve guides. don't make the mistake of filling the gear box with gear box oil....... I was about to make the mistake. What oil goes there then?
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BULLITT
Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:03 pm
Posts: 2419
Car(s): 1966 TEARDROP ...MANUAL ...
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hi one of the club members came back and suggested you rekit and resleeve the front brakes to give it even braking as the car has sat around so long the pbr brakes in Australia the kit is k550s the cup is p5149 and the boot is p5150 a brake specialist d\should be able to cross reference my brake guy is brilliant on these his name is wayne at better brakes southport queensland same state as your mate in mackay email is wayne@betterbrakesqld.com.au he could kit yours however he may be able to send you the bits cheers dave his phone 0755710271
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
Posts: 2824
Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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Bellett_EST wrote: Glenn wrote: Bellett_EST wrote: Brakes are still missing, the hydraulics guys couldn't help.
Rear lights I will get from finland.
Water bottle I suppose will be replaced with a tank from some other car. I think I will add an electric pump. Maybe later go back to original system.
Turn signals, wipers etc work for now.
Biggest challenges to go are:
1) Cleaning, protecting and covering the bottom
2) Building the muffler.
3) Gearbox oil needs to be changed.
4) The engine - I don't know what surprises it has for me. It doesn't start without adding some brake cleaner straight into carburettor. Previous owners have said that the engine smokes badly, I'll see about that. I suppose there are two main possibilities for smoking - piston rings or valve guides. don't make the mistake of filling the gear box with gear box oil....... I was about to make the mistake. What oil goes there then? Basically it's engine oil: see pic also from the manual. Most here use SAE30 I think.
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PR91
Joined: Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:54 am
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Use straight SAE30 oil in the gearbox. Don't use multigrade engine oil and definitely do not use gear oil.
4 stroke lawn motor engine oil is SAE30. Silly as it sounds, it's perfect for a Bellett gearbox.
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Glenn
Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 am
Posts: 2824
Location: Melb.
Car(s): '72 Sport Bellett (imported 180912), M/B AMG A35, i30, had Belletts in past, 2 sed, 3 GT's.
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PR91 wrote: Use straight SAE30 oil in the gearbox. Don't use multigrade engine oil and definitely do not use gear oil.
4 stroke lawn motor engine oil is SAE30. Silly as it sounds, it's perfect for a Bellett gearbox. Its interesting that Isuzu don't specify what to use over 21.1C. Surely it gets hotter than that in Japan !!!
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Bellett_EST
Joined: Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:41 am
Posts: 75
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Car(s): 1966 Bellett 1500 sedan
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How is the availability of front turn signal lenses? The ones below the headlights. One of mine has lost some pieces and is pretty bad, I am afraid It will not survive the winter rally.
If anyone has them, I would be interested. My friend lives in Sydney, we could make shipping through him.
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Stickman
Joined: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:29 pm
Posts: 1524
Location: Kallangur, Brisbane QLD
Car(s): 3x1965 PR20(Donkey, Jenny n Bundy) 1 1969 PR20(Percy) 2 1968 PR20(Eugine n GT Donor) 1 1968 PR91 GT, 1 1965 Wasp
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Bellett_EST wrote: How is the availability of front turn signal lenses? The ones below the headlights. One of mine has lost some pieces and is pretty bad, I am afraid It will not survive the winter rally.
If anyone has them, I would be interested. My friend lives in Sydney, we could make shipping through him. If you keep an eye on this Ebay seller there may be some coming up in the very near future, but you may have to be quick as there will likely be limited stock available https://www.ebay.com.au/usr/bellett_len ... 7675.l2559
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