Squire's voitures

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I've just done my bike leathers with Dubbin, I got the black one & it's also recoloured all the manky brown cracked bits.
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Today I bit the bullet and removed the windscreen. The job in itself is not difficult, it's just the thought of hearing a sudden 'crack'. Anyway, we got it out fine, I had to use my feet to push it out with my assistants ready on the outside to catch it.
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The steel bodywork here is in mint condition. It's just a shame it wasn't done when it and the backlight first began letting water in, damaging the door capping and rotting out the rear floor.
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For the leather seats I borrowed this from my father. And the blackfill tube is the closest I can come by to the original 'Seelastik' windscreen sealant used. This is bituminous in composition, not silicone, which is to be avoided at all costs.
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Removing glass is one of pet hates on cars. You have to be so rough with it that cracking sounds seem very likely.
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I've had the best results when sealing wraparound windscreens by using black single part urethane sealant. It sets just like rubber, but isn't as permanent as tiger seal. The trick is to really clean the aperture and wash the seal in hot, soapy water to really get rid of the muck off it. Fit the screen as normal THEN run a bead around both the glass and seal and the seal to body join. Most problems trying to fix leaking seals is that people try to seal them without cleaning them properly first. You are just trying to seal the mud in the corners not the seal to the aperture. You done the hardest bit by biting the bullet and actually taking the screen out. That bitumen stuff for gutters isn't really the right stuff as it's oil based and can attack the rubber over time.
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Carried on with more shitwork, cleaning up the windshield aperture and separating the glass from the rubber, technically I was supposed to remove the stainless steel trim but as this seemed a PITA, and re-instating it even more so requiring the use of a special tool, I dodged it.

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I also had another crack at the Ferguson with my neighbour, we can only get it running briefly each time before it stops, sometimes it is hard to re-start. Don't know why this is - we are only using the gravity fed petrol supply which is getting through, can't see anything amiss with the carb, but when we disconnected the air intake tube neat petrol really poured out, it had evidently been pooling there.
But, if it is awash with petrol, why does it keep cutting out as if from fuel starvation?
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Could it be flooding instead?
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We considered this and after draining the excess from the carb tried again whilst I opened and closed the fuel cock as a basic attempt at regulating the fuel supply. It still didn't go properly.
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I assumed you would have done.
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How about a stuck float, or wildly incorrect fuel level. Might just.
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Float needle valve?
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