Black Efi resurrection

[Jeff Turbo]

A wise man once told me that the two cheapest mechanics in the world were oil & grease, I took heed! I'll be glad when I get a few of these bits reattached, plan is to fit suspension, wheels, fuel tank, fuel & brake lines while it is still on the jig, then apply waxoyl and trundle it outside to fit other bits. At least I've got some spare time to work on it now..

Very good, will look forward to seeing it done in the future

[Doctordiesel77]

Do like the cable greasing tool, glad to see it's coming on nicely

A wise man once told me that the two cheapest mechanics in the world were oil & grease, I took heed! I'll be glad when I get a few of these bits reattached, plan is to fit suspension, wheels, fuel tank, fuel & brake lines while it is still on the jig, then apply waxoyl and trundle it outside to fit other bits. At least I've got some spare time to work on it now..

[Jeff Turbo]

Do like the cable greasing tool, glad to see it's coming on nicely

[Doctordiesel77]

I always think moving parts look better with grease nipples fitted!

[Doctordiesel77]

A bit more done, front struts back together, rear hubs back together, old bushes off front arm (not as easy as I thought!), grease nipples fitted to front ball joints. I used a motorcycle cable greaser to grease the new handbrake cables, as they seemed bit stiff. It worked well, but was a bit messy I might make something better to do the job next time. The motorbike greaser just needed the holes in clamping washers and rubber drilling out a bit and the cable slots in the washers enlarging. I butchered a spark plug socket to fit strut bearing retaining nuts, a it had a hex on as well as the square drive, this meant that the allen key to hold the rod could fit through the square drive hole & I could still turn the nut using the hex. Quite a few different greases needed..EP2 bearing grease for the wheel bearing, No1 soft grease for the cable (I was torn between this & graphited grease, but any grease has to be better than no grease!), castrol PH white brake grease for the sliding parts on brake shoes/adjuster/handbrake arm (not easy to find these days, as nobody seems to bother & if they do they usually use copper grease, which turns to glue & stops everything working), red rubber grease for the pistons in the new wheel cylinder, graphite grease for the ball joints and a dab of copper grease on the wheel cylinder bolts.

[Doctordiesel77]

Having time and making time are similar, but different things ha ha ha!

[Jeff Turbo]

Bondo, a staple diet on any American car show, you must have too much time on your hands to restart on this project. See you Saturday

[Doctordiesel77]

This one is a bit of a jigsaw puzzle at the minute. Shell has been on a spit in a clark 'temporary garage' in the barn for quite along time. There is a dehumidifier in there & up to now it has had several doses of jenolite and several coats of 'bonda primer', so should be fairly rust resistant! Annoyingly there were a few areas where the 2k high build primer reacted with either the bonda primer or (more likely) some older paint underneath despite leaving the bonda primer to cure for a very long time. Got the mess sanded off, reprimed with bonda primer, then put some barcoat on before putting some high build on. Should make better progress now, as long as I don't sand through the barcoat at any point! Good job I've got a parts list