Hi hi, i'm still alive, just doing other things with my life, thought a small handful might like an update. And its nice to keep things in one place...
Its been a couple of years since it was on the road, I decided I'm fed up with not driving it.
Picking up where we left off, I treated and re-painted this old crust which had wet carpet on top of it for months.
Began undoing the work of my now "ex" mechanic who had unbeknown to me, butchered my car and made it dangerous to drive while trying to do a simple job...
I already knew he ruined my wings for me, and after some back-and-forth he refunded me for all of the work done, which allowed me to buy replacement wings.
Wings before:
After:
The coilovers were horrible for road use, so I set about removing them.
Only to find that he had butchered my rear shock mounts on the body. As you can imagine I was rather peeved by this.
These plates are now welded to the underside to reinforce them, they are quite thick steel plate.
And on the top, the metal parts of old top mounts, inverted, with machined sunken holes for the fixings.
Original front struts back in... New brake parts including backplates too.
Did the timing belt, water pump, tensioner, aux belts, radiator, hoses, as well as new distributor cap and rotor arm.
Thought I better service it...
Fuel filler neck had been held in like this for years.
Improved that with this.
Three sources of water entering the drivers footwell fixed, the scuttle repair is temporary, I have a repair section for it. The others... Wellllllll... Tiger seal is good stuff, I'll over-paint it somewhen and see how I feel...
After a few storms confirming that had done the trick, interior back in... Hate this job.
Same with the boot and rear interior...
Replaced the fuel feed and return lines with some branded R9, the R7 I had previous fitted was apparently some of that fake stuff with R7 stamped on it... Who knew fake hose as a thing? Jesus...
The old. A section of which I posted to the supplier for them to investigate.
Aerotwins be gone...
New heater motor...
Replaced all bulbs including the plate light bulb which has been dead for years (rusted screws + laziness)
Meaning my check panel is now clear (all the check circuits work, by the way!)
Tackled this bad paintwork which had failed previously:
High build, lots of sanding, more high build, etc...
Guide coat, more sanding, another dusting of primer (not pictured)
Base coat, as a single stage.
Finito, not perfect but a vast improvement.
Leaving it looking like this for now.
Did a few more little things, some scrubbing and rust treating, replaced a bit of fuel line, re-attached some bits, fixed the idle control valve, proper coolant flush and bleed, handbrake adjustment, re-wired the rear wiper/wash which now works again, adjusted front wiper linkage, re-treated and painted the inside of the rear boot pockets, flushing the washer hoses, cleaning out the washer bottle, oiling the locks, new exhaust gaskets to fix a leak, lots more I've forgotten, etc...
MOT is on the 10th. Depending on whether they feel like advising the old tyres (not replacing as I will be changing the wheels), windscreen crack (not fitting the new one until it gets sprayed), or some of the corrosion on subframe/suspension components, it maybe *maybe* could pass no advisories? We'll see...
I can't control myself.
