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The car started misbehaving (despite going so well last week) so we decided to change the front discs. Wear was detected in the driveshaft UJ's so we whipped those out as well. Interesting to note the date of 20th July 1966 engraved in one of the hubs.
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The car is now ready for our next adventure to The Hague in a couple of weeks time. We now have 1000 miles on her and the final adjustments were made today and she is driving beautifully. Here she is resplendent in brand new wheels and tyres.  Started cleaning the engine and the amount of crud that comes out of an engine block is astonishing. After a good flush through, rodding and cleaning, it all looked clear. Taking it into the workshop and putting the pressure washer through the galleries showed that we still hadn't got all the corrosion out. We have probably got all we are going to get now though. The engine block has now been painted with a matt black as we didn't want it to stand out as being restored. The release bearing was completely worn down so we will be fitting a new clutch, fork, arm etc. Finally, we made the decision to start using the old girl more and this meant removing the engine to change the clutch so we got the engine out in preparation. It will have all the seals changed and given a good clean (remove core plugs etc) before being refitted with a new clutch. Lots to do to ensure we put it back exactly as it was removed. The car now has a clean engine bay and looks stunning. |
