"Blue 33" so now named.
This morning I gingerly drove it the 6 miles to F. Tempest & Sons at Stickney for the suspension to be pumped up and low an behold we have suspension. They also set the head lights up on the beam machine. Cost £45 all in. Then it was stop for a drop of fuel as it was way low then up to Spilsby for the 4 wheel laser alignment.
The temp gauge was normal then it started to dip and come back then it just dropped and stayed there. This evening I went out to the small market town and it was stuck on the floor then when I came out it suddenly worked until we hit some bumps as I over took a pretend 4X4. Will have a go at bleeding the cooling system if the weather is OK tomorrow.
The front is a wee bit high right now. If it does not settle then it will need lowering slightly.
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Get it bled again
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Posted 10 years 9 months ago #138413David
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The MOT is booked for first thing Monday morning so fingers crossed.
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have now bled it cold then hot and got no visible air out. Gauge is reading again ...................................... at the moment. Will see how things go when we go out in the car.
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Posted 10 years 9 months ago #138419If you do have air at the sensor, then bleeding at the point on the metal pipes will get it out.
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I have bled the system at all three bleed points three times now doing it both cold and hot and got no air out of it that I could see. Went for about a 20 mile drive late yesterday afternoon and the gauge worked fine. Just de-iced the car and started her on the drive whilst I checked all the lights for the MOT this morning and the gauge started to move normally. So all I can do is keep an eye on it and see how it goes. The coolant will be changed again in a few weeks once I get some stainless under floor pipes. Might see if I can get another expansion bottle so it can be all cleaned out and just swap them over then clean this one up as a spare.
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Posted 10 years 9 months ago #138485The main thing is it is just a gauge problem and not more serious.
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She failed her MOT this morning on these two brake pipes with corrosion on the bends and the O/S/R top ball joint.. I suspect that the faulty sphere that same corner has allowed the ball joint to take a hammering. Anyway after a bit of palaver getting the old one unscrewed the new one is all fitted and she is back on her wheels. The garage will do the brake pipes and weld up the N/S sill for the MOT.
Just goes to show that the tester down in Hampton, London, didn't look very well under the car :nonod: ..
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Hence the brake pipes won't be done before the weekend now. Soooooo maybe I can get the sill welding sorted so it's all ready once the piping is done and bled.
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Nice shiny Goodrich hoses.
The O/S bleed nipple would not budge and even a 12mm full hex socket spun on it. So Irwin to the rescue once again. Tapped the Irwin socket onto the bleed nipple so it got a bite the just unscrewed it. Used a nipple out of the spare front calipers to replace it until new ones can be sourced.
The old rubber flexible hoses were passed their best:-
Not much hexagon left of the ferrule.
The flexible hose metal end is well rusted too. Well rounded off bake pipe ferrule.
As there was little too no chance of getting the metal pipes undone due to rust I just chopped them through with big wire cutters. Now if the weather would just ease up perhaps could get the copper lines fitted.
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Turns out it was the rubber track at the front of the window a good spraying with silicone spray has it sorted and now going up smoothly as well as down.
Now with window working it was lowered and outer handle removed.............................. the problem was soon evident the pivot screw had come undone allowing the pivot bar to slip out of place. Clipping the sring back in place and tightening the screw sorted it out.. Then on checking the latch itself it was found that is wa snow not releasing :bang: so after much fiddling the latch mech was removed to inspect. Lot's of fluff and road grime noticed to a good clean and then lube of the mechanism and then the struggle to put it all back in place and tighten up. Door no opens from inside and out..
Whilst the door card was off time to check out the speakers and why are they not working.... Ahhh corroded connections so a good clean up spray with maintenance spray and they are once again working. Now just have to find the balance control on the head unit and there does not seem to be much left and nearly all right at the moment.
Door card replaced and onto the copper brake line fitting. This si where it all went down hill .................................................... FAST :doh:
A good 1/3 of all the plastic clips touched broke. The belly pan had several badly rusted bolts one even the Irwin socket struggled to get purchase on. Finally got it off and the front to rear line unclipped. There was no way I could get the line out in one piece so had to resort to cutting it. After shaping the new copper line it was a nightmare to get it slotted down in place past the hydragas pipe but ti was eventually achieved after much cursing and twisting about. Then it was found that the copper is smaller diameter than the original so does not fit into the clips snugly. So will have to wrap some insulation tape around the pipe where it goes into teh clips to hold it snugly.
The O/S/R brake line is partly fitted but some of the clips that hold it up broke so as you cannot see them under the body work some method of securing the pie safely has to be thought up. Might have to drill a couple of holes to take bolts to hold "P" clips. Not happy about that but needs must.
It's obvious that whoever thought up the brake line routing was total pillock who never gave a seconds thought to service and replacement. The N/S/R line is impossible to see let alone reach without destroying the resonator box or removing the rear sub frame ............................................................... what utter stupidity.
So in the damp and fog this is my job for today. Cut out the resonator box to get at the brake line.
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