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[Marcrs]

God, I love that Gareth to bits.

(Said in a big blokey sort of way).

:rollin


yep...me too - he\'s the bestest friend I\'ve ever had :Thumbs-up


I wouldn\'t have been able to take on this project without his help, and it certainly wouldn\'t be anywhere near the position it\'s in now, that\'s for sure!

I\'ll have a nose at the washer pipes at the weekend, thanks for the tip - need to find some better wipers too, as it is those that have scratched the windscreen...but they seem to have some old fashioned clip system, so I can\'t fit nice bosch aero ones
Wonder if Garath fancies welding some new type ends to the original wiper arms... :cool

[kiwi-mick]

very impressive work guys
good to see someones attacking a restore with the vigor i wish i had!

[Marcrs]

Made the most of my afternoon off today...

Got all the interior back in, and cleaned the carpets, then I fitted a remote central locking kit

Fixed the windscreen washers - a new pump, and a good clean of all the pipes and it started to work!

Lost the rear foglamp, rewired the drivers side reversing lamp - just need to paint the bulb red


Hopefully I\'ll have enough time to polish out the scratches on the windscreen over the weekend, then it can go for an MOT in the week!!!!

[captainbizzaro]

Wish I had a Gareth, I\'m well jealous:D

Fair play lads good luck with the MOT

[Marcrs]

Had a go at improving the scratches on the windscreen today. I used a "scratch doctor" kit from ebay, and it was £12 well spent.

Hard to capture with the camera, but there were lots of deep scratches, caused mainly by the wipers






Started off by masking it off a bit




Then used the pad supplied on my old faithful electric drill




The deep scratches are still there, but they\'re much improved, and hopefully it\'ll be ok for a while, until I can afford a new windscreen...








I also got the red bulb paint out, and finished the rear foglamp

[JBerg]

Do you have a link to that scratch repair stuff? Cant find it on ebay and the results look fab!
 
Thanks
 
Jon

[mooragerx7]

I also got the red bulb paint out, and finished the rear foglamp
 

 

I didnt bother with the red paint on mine just used a red LED bulb :Thumbs-upAthough yours look a lot brighter than mine is but it went though a MOT so cant be that bad

[Marcrs]

I used a red LED unit on one of my 323s, and it isn\'t that bright, but it shines red, and that\'s all the MOT man requires

I already had the red paint...and the bulb...so I went with that option this time - and yep, it\'s pretty bright...and much better than the bolt on unit under the bumper

As far as the windscreen goes, the deeper marks are still there - I\'d need to polish it so much I\'d have no glass left - but it is a great improvement. It took me several hours, but I had to keep stopping to let my old drill cool down

I bought this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Windscreen-Scratch-Repair-Kit-Glass-DIY-Remover_W0QQitemZ380115564434QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item5880a73792

but this one looks the same, and is cheaper

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Glass-Windscreen-Scratch-Remover-Repair-Kit-DIY-New_W0QQitemZ120496319585QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item1c0e23ec61

[Marcrs]

Marc, if you\'ve not already sorted the screen washers......there\'s a little plastic tee piece in the plastic pipe, down in the well of the scuttle panel with the wiper motor. Have a look in through the slots if you can see. The sun rots the tee piece and the screenwash pressure is lost.
That would be my first check.

After replacing the motor and getting something out of the washers, today I took off the scuttle panel cover so I could, I thought, unblock the left jet...

found the tee piece to be quite perished - you were spot on mate, thanks for the great advice - so I glued it up with araldite, and unblocked the jets with my footpump

Good pressure on both sides now

I also fixed the ball joints on the arm on the left headlight, they were both broken, and the metal part kept coming off the plastic joint...so I glued them in, and now the headlight goes down properly - result!


It\'s booked in for an MOT on Tuesday - fingers crossed

[captainbizzaro]

Good luck with that mate, have they any experience MOTing rotaries? When I took mine first time round they tried to put it on the emissions machine:Hammer

[Marcrs]

Good luck with that mate, have they any experience MOTing rotaries? When I took mine first time round they tried to put it on the emissions machine:Hammer

Don\'t know - he did mention the fact that he\'ll never get it through the emissions test...

I have a previous MOT with emissions test attached though...limit set at 4.5% :xconfused

[captainbizzaro]

I think i\'m right in saying that any rotary made before 1986 is only supposed be visually tested ie as long as you can see whats going on while it\'s running it\'s good to go.:driving

[David Nock (RIP)]

I think that\'s basically it.
There has been a lot of discussion about this but a couple of years back MikeLMR on here did some research and posted up what you say Captain. Also my MOT man has had all the MOT manuals out of his cupboard concerning the pre \'86 rotary and got exactly the same results.....there are preset limits of HC\'s and CO but these engines are exempt from a detailed exhaust analysis test, however they have to be basically clear of visible smoke
If they are smoking I guess he can fall back on the emissions limits that are set?

I think the reason for the exemption was that the HC and CO emissions with the original thermal reactor system were infinitesimal (and out of interest my tester and I have proved that to be true). There has never been a subsequent amendment to the MOT regs for 1st gens fitted with an after-market exhaust.

A regulation conundrum then. A legal mod affects something which in turn is never modded \'cos the cars were limited numbers coming for test in Britain.

[Marcrs]

It passed the MOT

woooohoooooo!!!!

So, now it\'s roadworthy, and I can drive it (once I\'ve taxed it on Thursday ) I can start on all the other jobs that need doing...oil leaks, rust, bushes, windows, gauges, paintwork...ho hum, it\'ll be a while before it\'s back to it\'s former glory, but at least I can enjoy it

Thanks again Garath, without your hard work it would still look like swiss cheese

[A7RXY]

Great news, and well done to the both of you, enjoy.................