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[timmy850]

Looks good. Always a treat to be able to work in a nice clean engine bay !

Thanks! It's slowly coming back together. As always it takes much longer to get it all reinstalled

 

Saturday afternoon I got a few jobs done:
Wiring loom rewrapped with cloth tape
Speedo pod cleaned & bolts installed
Speedo installed & wired
Wiper motor reinstalled
Bulkhead plates wire wheeled ready for paint


And a few more jobs this afternoon:
Bulkhead plates painted and installed
Earth cable added
Master cylinders installed
Choke cable and grommet installed
Engine steady installed with new bushes
I bought a new set of clevis pins, the lower clutch pin was still looking new, the top one plus master cylinder pins had some wear and will be replaced


Still quite a few jobs to go, but getting there

[timmy850]

I had the whole day off today, and I managed to get 99% of the jobs done. It's now all plumbed up and started up straight away.


Next up I'll need to do a brake & clutch bleed, and set the initial toe. The good news is the steering rack already feels firm and there's no play

[Steve220]

Great effort on the bulkhead!!!

[timmy850]

Great effort on the bulkhead!!!

Thanks Steve! 

 

There has been a little bit of progress the last few weeks, first up I noticed that the new white/clear oil pressure line needed a new adapter that suited the fibre washer - new one on the right

 

Next up I've started to bleed the brakes. I'm doing a full system flush through too, and it took a while to fully flush through the reservoir with new fluid. Not a particularly photo worthy or fun job to do, but it needs to be done 

[timmy850]

I'm a bit late for the update & I haven't been able to go for a test drive yet, but it's ready for a road test now. There were quite a few jobs to finish which took a bit of time and effort, plus just general life business and hot weather in the garage.

The wiper motor didn't work after being installed, so after an hour or so of mulitmeter probing & unplugging and replugging wires it started working again. With that working OK I was then happy to reinstall the dash panels, carpet, and get the interior sorted again


Next up I checked all the lights were working, and the RH headlight was very dim. It was the same on low and high beam, so I swapped the bulb with no change. After a bit more multimeter probing I found the earth wire bullet connection behind the grille had come out, so that was an easy fix.

There's still a few things I want to sort out, especially the fuel lines & vacuum lines, but for now it should work fine and I need to get the annual inspection done in the next week.