14/12/10 Refitted both front brake lines. Undid hoses from the engine bay to discs & blew them clean. Blew out from disc to bleeder screw on both sides & the complete line now seems OK on both sides. I put in a little brake fluid & left bleeder screws off & blew a lot of fluid out of RH disc but none from LHS. Have not even started on back lines. Started car (still having trouble with the starter motor) & brake pedal quite firm. Moved car & some brakes, probably one out of four working. Brake booster doesn't seem as bad. Then the brake pedal went straight to the floor as if another wheel got some fluid. Will keep at it tomorrow. Still no hood lining.
15/12/10 I tried to shift the car but the front brakes are locked. Bled the system but still the wheels are really difficult to turn. I suspect the pistons in the disc callipers are seized up as was the master cylinder. I can’t even start the engine as the starter motor will not engage so out it came for about the tenth time. I also bolted up the front guards to the undertray. Started to screw RH guard but the fit is not quite right yet.
16/12/10 Refitted the starter motor after oiling it up but it engaged once & then it was back to its old ways. I will have to get this fixed! I took off the front brake callipers so I could move the car. RH side was not on very tight. Both came off without too many hassles but will have to check with AY about getting them reconditioned. Hood lining came today but I am not sure I will have the time next week to do it.
29/12/10 I worked on the car for the first time in many days due to Christmas & the weather. I am still trying to sort out the starter motor. Checked voltage across all points & that seems OK. Battery is fully charged & the battery charger is on. The starter turns quite freely but does not engage. Finally removed SM again & found that the bendix drive was jammed & not releasing. Did some more cleaning up & filing off various bits & re-oiling and it is moving freely on the shaft. Fitted it again & it went first time but not second but with a tap it went again. I was actually able to shift the car & turn it around in the top of my yard & that is a first.
30/12/10 Cleaned up interior so that roof lining can go in. Spent considerable time trying to sort out window in driver’s door which keeps on falling off its tracks. One track is damaged & I tried to straighten it but I still can’t get it back in the tracks correctly. Will try again tomorrow as it is not the easiest task to do.
31/12/10 With the help of KH, we assembled the roof lining & clamped it to the body so it can settle for a few days & reduce the creases. It fits OK & is starting to look good & we should be able to glue it down next week. We also again tried to fix the window & after several unsuccessful attempts discovered that the window had not been attached to the track in the correct place. It was about 30cms short on one end & this was enabling one slide to come out. That meant trying to separate the glass from the metal track, both of which had had a liberal amount of Araldite applied. I finally got the two apart after using the hot knife trick but that was enough for today.
3/1/11 KH & I completed the roof lining. Started at the FR side gluing down & then worked back & forth section by section. It looks pretty good & just the section around the parcel tray need completing once the rear widow is in. Just takes time working back & sideways to get all the creases out. I am not sure that I would want to do it everyday, though!
4/1/11 I took the front brakes to All Brake & Clutch at Rocklea for repair. Bought rubber strip for driver’s window & a clip for the throttle cable.
5/1/11 Still having starter motor problems - won’t engage & consequently can’t move the car very much to work on it. Hooked up jumper leads & tested voltage across all points which seemed OK but still not engaging. Took it our again & drive shaft seems to be cau ght again. Took it to HP Auto Electrics who suggested I take it to ESP Cargo at Salisbury au st pipe but it is still not correct.
Collected front brakes but more expensive than originally suggested due to the fact that the callipers were different. One is a Capri & the other of unknown origin having different & more expensive pistons. Apparently they are of very similar size & will do the same job.
8/1/11 I haven’t been able to really work on the car due to the terrible weather but there were a few non raining hours this morning. Refitted SM with new drive & guess what? Away it went & after quite a few trials, the SM seems to be working well. It was good to get the car going again so that I could shift it slightly to work on it. In doing that however, the gear stick came out in my hand & it seems that the notoriously common problem of the nylon ball has struck here. I can still stick the lever in & change gear in a manner of speaking.
While the weather held out, I refitted the front brakes, bled both front lines & at last we have some front brakes & the brake pedal is getting some feel to it. The weather started to look bad again & just as I had cleaned up & covered the car, down came the rain again, so that was it unfortunately.
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