a brief run through...
After contemplating putting hundreds of odd
sized bolts back on Grover, I tossed that idea
out the window, and bought 150 bucks worth
of bolts. None of which ate BSF!! All standard
heads. The killer was the 2x Stainless 8 inch
bolts for the firewall, 25bucks each!! Ouch!!
Lucas, prince of darkness, made this smashing
starter motor!!
Heres the hole it sits in, thats a massive cog to
turn, good thing its a sturdy lucas!! =D
Lucas fitted nicely back in its home, with a good
coating of loctite gasket maker.
Heres a close up of the clean and painted gearbox
mounts and drum handbreak.
Front engine mounts have fresh paint and new
rubber as well.
Ive put the original muffler back on. New bolts
and some muffler gasket cement keep the fumes in.
Neil shouldnt have comented on the state of the
prop shafts, or my grease gun... he got the job of
cleaning and greasing them both.
Great job Neil. You earned the beer! ;-)
I couldn't convince Neil to install the prop shaft's though.
No worries, easy to install without the body panels!!
Next the freshly painted fuel tank gets installed.
The jack helped to lift it into the tight spot.
It was even tighter with a thin rubber strip at each
end to protect rubbing and rust holes!!
Here's the fuel tank installed, and if you look
close you can see the rubber strips.
Fan, Alternator and fanbelt installed!! YAY! =D
Installing the master cylinder was a fiddly job.
The copper pipes were not quite bent the right way.
Brakes are bled, ready to roll!! =D
I made sure to check that the break peddals fit
before greasing everything! Good job, since they
didnt quite fit, and i had to do some extra
dismantling and replace a few split pins.
But in the end, everything fit nicely! =D
I needed to make a pin for the clutch pedal, the
original broke! =( Considering i dont have a drill
press, Im happy that i got the split pin hole straight.
Here you can see the new pin on the left. Nickel
anti seize on the shaft may help prevent snapping
on next removal. Fingers crossed!
Next the radiator goes on, and after fiddling with
the hoses, filling with anti freeze will ensure no
frozen block in the extreeme Australian Winter.... =D
Next Damo fills the fuel tank so we can test the
electric fuel pump, no problemo!! =D
Then, after finding the distributor cap, solenoid,
coil and battery cables.... and then figuring out
where to plug them in.... I pushed the start
button..... She turned over a few times, then
chug-chug-chuggedy-chug.... Grover was alive!!
Now for the firewall, wireing loom and body pannels!!
This is a super happy day! Not long now folks!! =D
