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Miami, MB, Canada
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been a long time since I've bothered to make a post in the journal, so I've a fair amount of catching up to do.
New fuel tank in.
New plumbing and wiring under the car, went with a #2 positive cable to starter, some difficulties encountered getting all this stuff to run in the channel. Easily the worst job I've had on this car and not that enthralled with the finished job, however its there and it will work.
New handbrake cable installed.
New main wiring harness installed.
Master and clutch master cylinders cleaned up and installed. Hope they don't leak.
Heater box refurbed and put back in.
Carbon filter refurbed and replaced.
A matched set of used leaf springs obtained, refurbed, and rear end assembled with new fibre washers and replaced. New rear brakes and wheel cylinders, drums were good.
Used dashboard from Jim K obtained, all gauges cleaned up and transferred to dash. Fixed a number of crap wires in dash harness, still have a couple of light bulbs to find replacements for. Also need a nut for the dimmer rheostat.
Fixed up all the heater/vent control mechanisms, operating smoothly now.
Refurbed light switch.
Front suspension rebuilt with new kingpin bushings and new kingpins. All new rubber bits.
Steering gear installed, made new shims to correct mounting angle for CB crossmember conversion. New LH engine mount installed, but expect to have to remove steering gear again when engine goes in.
Waiting for new calipers for front brakes, managed to twist off both bleed screws on original ones so enough messing about there.
Sanded and polished cowl area, paint looks real good.
Installed new wheelboxes for wipers, and new fittings on cowl.
Installed new cowl seal on windshield frame, only took about 20 minutes! Installed frame to car, only another 30 minutes! dunno if I could get that lucky again.
Car is really starting to look like something again and my pile of Moss parts is dwindling.
New fuel tank in.
New plumbing and wiring under the car, went with a #2 positive cable to starter, some difficulties encountered getting all this stuff to run in the channel. Easily the worst job I've had on this car and not that enthralled with the finished job, however its there and it will work.
New handbrake cable installed.
New main wiring harness installed.
Master and clutch master cylinders cleaned up and installed. Hope they don't leak.
Heater box refurbed and put back in.
Carbon filter refurbed and replaced.
A matched set of used leaf springs obtained, refurbed, and rear end assembled with new fibre washers and replaced. New rear brakes and wheel cylinders, drums were good.
Used dashboard from Jim K obtained, all gauges cleaned up and transferred to dash. Fixed a number of crap wires in dash harness, still have a couple of light bulbs to find replacements for. Also need a nut for the dimmer rheostat.
Fixed up all the heater/vent control mechanisms, operating smoothly now.
Refurbed light switch.
Front suspension rebuilt with new kingpin bushings and new kingpins. All new rubber bits.
Steering gear installed, made new shims to correct mounting angle for CB crossmember conversion. New LH engine mount installed, but expect to have to remove steering gear again when engine goes in.
Waiting for new calipers for front brakes, managed to twist off both bleed screws on original ones so enough messing about there.
Sanded and polished cowl area, paint looks real good.
Installed new wheelboxes for wipers, and new fittings on cowl.
Installed new cowl seal on windshield frame, only took about 20 minutes! Installed frame to car, only another 30 minutes! dunno if I could get that lucky again.
Car is really starting to look like something again and my pile of Moss parts is dwindling.
rear suspension etc
right side up
front suspension DS
starting to look like a car again
yes i did make it myself, I had some stuff laying around but still had to buy a
bit more steel to get things the way I wanted it. And casters. I can take
some pictures of it for you if you like. It worked reasonably well, i could have
spent a bit more time balancing the load of the car but once the
suspensions were off it actually wasn't too hard to rotate.
That is an impressive jig.
It must have made the restoration a lot easier.
I would be interested to see some more photographs of it.
Kindest regards,
Douglas
Kindest regards,
Douglas
Doing the engine bay and dash should be much easier when you can work with everything on it's side or upside down from a seated position rather then lying on your back.
Awesome!!
Don
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