my FB work in progress updates

[lewisneale]

right first proper day of fixing and playing around..

safety first
jack it up secure on axle stands
tools and equipment ready

first job to tackle was changing the exhaust manifold gasket because it appeared to have a a bit of a blow
all the nuts were easy to remove after a spray of some "rust off ice" only a little bit of force was needed to seperate the exhaust from the studs
this is the old gasket
i forgot to take a photo of the new gasket before putting it on so here it is in position
put all the nuts back on nice and tight..... no bashed knuckles:wiggle

not a hard job at all.

[lewisneale]

right next up was to sort out my window squirters, I found that the t-piece under the grill at the base of the windscreen had crumbled!
a quick visit to my local motor spares shop and i had a new t-piece similar to the original one, easy fix.
:Thumbsup! working squirters
ada7 was keeping himself busy helping out........oops sorry wrong photo
lots of tidying up in the engine bay..............
before and after


adam was super keen just give him a pot of hammerite and he\'s away:Giggle
no seriously he was loads of help... thanks mate:Thumbsup!

looking better and jojo popped round too

[lewisneale]

first club meet in my FB at Brooklands, good day and nice to meet other members


also found a random switch behind the centre console, weird.. more on this when i find out what it does or doesn\'t do

[logicalChimp]

also found a random switch behind the centre console, weird.. more on this when i find out what it does or doesn\'t do

Have you got a Cat 1 alarm fitted?  Cos I had a switch like that fitted to my car as part of getting a new alarm - it allowed for (very slow) entry of a reset code...

And nice work on the tidy-up - looks in good condition (and its always impressive the different a quick clean up and a lick of pint can make :Thumbsup! )

[mpk490p]

good to meet you at Brooklands, glad we resolved the switch! will have a look around for that blanking plate today for you:Thumbsup!
Mark

[Kieron]

Good work Nugget. Looking very clean. Still suffering with man flu so sorry I couldnt help. All ready for JapFest?

[David Nock (RIP)]

Good work Lewis, glad it\'s going OK. Keep the photos coming.

[Ada7]

Those before and after pictures look really good.
Thanks for putting that pic of me up! :mad:
I\'m about again this weekend if you wanna do some more and try getting it running better

Adam

[Nik da Greek]

Deffo running rich from the smell of it when you left, dude. Still not sure if car carbs have a pilot jet like bikes do, but I\'d investigate whether it\'s them blocking up with old petrol varnish giving you that nasty throttle transition at low revs pickup. Exactly what my last carbed bike used to do, that.

Good photos, top car!

[lewisneale]

Deffo running rich from the smell of it when you left, dude. Still not sure if car carbs have a pilot jet like bikes do, but I\'d investigate whether it\'s them blocking up with old petrol varnish giving you that nasty throttle transition at low revs pickup. Exactly what my last carbed bike used to do, that.

Good photos, top car!

the drive home was a bit smelly, something is not right somewhere.
going to really get stuck in though and get it running well and i have a few other ideas, i don\'t need to drive it as i have a daily driver so it will take as little or as long as it needs.

nice to meet you, i will still come to meets even if mine is not working, i can always jump in with adam if he lets me after that photo............

[Nik da Greek]

Might be worth just starting off with some sort of rotary-friendly carb/engine flush, dude, if there is such a thing. Might be a real quick and easy fix, you never know.

I\'m not used to people saying it was good to meet me, usually I have the opposite effect :rollinSeriously, though, always good to meet a fellow Leeds sufferer, er I mean supporter

[lewisneale]

if leeds make the playoff final, would you want a ticket? as i can prob get a couple.

[Nik da Greek]

I guess it\'d depend on the date, dude. I\'ve already used my leave allocation for the year....though it\'d be rather tempting to take a sickie over something like that ...though then I\'d need to take another to get over the inevitable crushing defeat . I\'d have to check in me diary

[lewisneale]

ok no worries, see if we get to the final first then i will ask again

[Nik da Greek]

When we get to the final, hopefully I\'ll have your hand off for a ticket, dude!