Black Efi resurrection

[Doctordiesel77]

A few more small but time consuming jobs done. Had to break into a second roll of brake pipe due to wasting a bit having made the 'schoolboy error' of fitting a small nut to the passenger side front line, rather than a big one...oops! Next holdup is that my two spare front hoses turned out to be one spare hose...identical boxes, correct numbers on boxes, correct pipe in one box, incorrect in the other..about 10 years too late to take it back & complain though.

[Doctordiesel77]

My theory that I'd have some time to get more done fell to bits fairly early on, but finally got time to start attaching a few parts to the bodyshell. The downside of posting on here is that I can see just how long it is sine I had a full weekend off .Quite easy to work on it in the jig, but it is starting to get a bit out of balance now! Polybushes were surprisingly easy to fit and should last well (so it says on the box anyway!)

[Doctordiesel77]

Excellent progress, nicely done and dare I say, very old school, as they say lol

I can't see these new fangled modern ways catching on

[Jeff Turbo]

Excellent progress, nicely done and dare I say, very old school, as they say lol

[Doctordiesel77]

Getting the inner race that pops out of the bearing & stays on the hub off can be a bit of challenge, even though it isn't normally super tight. Gas axe or 1mm blade are often used in garages, but can leave damage on the hub. I wedged thm off about 1/8" with a hammer and chisel, then used this very handy little motor bearing puller, which made the job easy & probably quicker than getting the 'big boys' toys out! Bearings can be hard to refit, hammering or pressing can both damage them. My method was to put bearings in freezer for an hour and spindle in rayburn for a short time (too hot and it can melt grease out of bearings). You need to be careful getting the hot spindle to the vice, but then the bearing just presses in by hand, a bit of grease is a good idea, if it gets stuck halfway, you are back to press/hammer! Once the bearings are in I always ease the two inner races apart and shove as much grease as I can into the gap. Some will squeeze out when refitting the hub, hopefully some gets to the bearings.

[Doctordiesel77]

Got a bit more done, front wheel bearings seemed ok, but thought I'd change them anyway, the old fashioned impact screwdriver is invaluable for taking disc securing screws out and10 ton puller is useful for the hub and bearings, if it had failed then I'd have taken them to a press, but it did the job, so saved a couple of quid in fuel. Good job I did change them as,a) they are the ball race type and b) one ball was pitted, so they'd do what ball race ones were discontinued for, which was droning/rumbling.

[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