20/1/11 Visited AY’s house & collected various pieces eg. rear windscreen, rubbers, door sills, letters etc. Discussed cost of windscreen. (Economy Windscreens – new front fitted for $220 & $100 to fit rear). Visited Rubber Shop at Enoggera for rear window rubber, locking strip, door rubbers & clips. Received gear stick via Ebay & this was a very quick process.
21/1/11 I spent this morning cleaning the front windscreen rubber which is in pretty good condition & then also cleaned the back windscreen. Getting the original stickers & gunk off is taking forever & there are still two more to come off.
24/1/11 Tried to fit the new gear lever & after a great deal of trouble was able to get the old plastic insert out. After trying the new one for quite a while, I found that the new one had a nylon insert which was slightly larger than the old insert, so, no go. Not sure what to do about this other than try to get the new one re-threaded. I found out in the process that there are four different sizes for these inserts & the new one is 2 mm larger in diameter than the old one. Fitted the heater hoses & no leaks so far. Refitted another spring to the throttle cable & now working well. The choke cable still is not quite right.
14/2/11 At last I am able to get back & spend some time on the car.
1. Worked on the back brakes as the fluid is still not getting to the rear cylinders. All the lines to the rear cylinders are really tight & I am really concerned that they could break when I try to undo them. I have sprayed WD40 on them all day with little success. Finally, I undid the main line where it links into the rubber hose over the back axle. Plenty of fluid coming out of the main line to here so that is a good sign. I found that this rubber hose was completely blocked. A new one is not easily available so I had to go to Brake & Clutch at Rocklea who are having one made up.
2. I finally got the two rubber rings on the exhau st pipe at the rear but it is still not aligned properly.
3. Fitted window winder assembly & window back into driver’s door. After all the hassles & reseating the glass in the tracks, it is working well so that is pleasing.
4. Heater is not leaking inside the cabin so that is also a good sign.
15/2/11 Both the doors are now really ready for the panels to be put on but the inner felts are missing so I will have to see if Anthony has them. Cleaned front kick panels & now have two good ones. Cleaned & painted heater controls & also LHS vent.
16/2/11 I refitted the heater controls under the dashboard. Tracked down the loose wire from fan heater-an earth wire, & it screwed onto the back of the heater. Fan heater is now working. Remade & fitted bracket for throttle cable. Finally tracked down why wipers & indicators were not working. This has taken me many hours. The fuse holder (bottom right) seems to have some contact problems when the fuse is pushed back. When it is repositioned a little forward, everything works fine. We now have wipers, hazard lights & indicators working off the non original steering control stalk. Finally all these are sorted.
17/2/11 The windscreens finally went in today & fortunately it didn’t rain when the guys came. The front is new & tinted (from China) with the old rubber & the back has the old screen with the new rubber. I still need to put the chrome locking strip on but it is starting to look a bit respectable.
19/2/11 Picked up the new brake hose from Rocklea yesterday & spent today on the brakes. Fitted the new hose & then tried to get fluid into the back cylinders. After a few pumps it came through well. Bled the rear brake system & no leaks, so far, in the rear cylinders which is really good. Finally some good pressure in the pedal. However, when starting the engine & using the pedal, the motor stops due to a vacuum leak in the brake booster, something I have mentioned before. So nothing but to remove the brake booster which is a terrible job. This took for ages to get the four bolts undone which are right up under the dashboard. Worst job I have had to do so far!
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