Decided to replace the belt driven fan for an electric one , I got a fan and off ebay and fitted it yesterday.
I had intended to make up some brackets and fit close as possible to the radiator upper brackets were no problem but struggled to fabricate one at the bottom so I resorted to using the...
put new pistons and seals on car this afternoon but could not finish them as I forgot to get some brake fluid so I put the repainted calipers on and will get fluid tomorrow. I also noticed the master cylinder is weeping so a seal kit for that will be ordered this evening
covered my faded wood veneer yesterday with some sticky back vinyl .
Pleased with the result for a grand total of £6 !!! .
As usual I forgot to take some before photos
Got a few days off next week and thinking of replacing seals as the dust ones are shot but I use the car daily so was wanting to get the parts in advance so I can avoid being with out it, hence the reason I was after confirmation of the parts kit I need.
Cheers Russ
I just drained the tank leaving a little bit in to get me to the shell station, put £30 of v power in went on a short run and is back running as normal so v power is what I will use in future even though its 30p a litre more at the moment, as you say it can be an expensive hobby
Mine has started running lumpy this week during hot weather and last night would not restart after a short run .
I'm thinking it could be the supermarket fuel I put in last week, I usually use shell v power from our local station but while out of town stopped and filled up . Since then its miss...
Think l found the reason for petrol fumes in car, the filler neck has 2 rubber connector hoses and 2 of the 4 jubilee clips were loose. I filled the tank to the top this week and yesterday noticed the smell was very strong so got a torch and found fuel on nearside wheel arch in boot. Hopefully...
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