Never mind the Gas Crisis heres the Wobstang!

[mercrocker]

It's another great thread where it isn't always "thanked" properly but I am nonetheless enjoying seeing the progress.....Good stuff and Thanks!

[brandersnatch]

What he said. Thanks.

[8BAK465]

Sorry Guys was going to post another update but life got in the way
Cant remember where I was up to and my pics have gone awol it looks like FB are getting wise to remote linking

The pedal box is back in



Hopefully the dash will be back in next week sometime?


im nearly there I had to strip a floorpan side at a time in between weather etc

Anyway feast your eyes on this!



I then pulled out all the rear folding seat mechanism and found more bloody bitumen



After spending 3 days covered in the shit then stripping the paint underneath it

Ta Da



Its not finished next stage is to replace seam sealer new for old then overcoat with black enamel

Next there's another Saga the Wiper Linkage Saga

Grab the Popcorn!

[mercrocker]

Nice work, Jo....It'll be worth it knowing how sound it is when the trim's back in.

[Hooli]

There's a job I can't see me ever bothering to do on a car.

[8BAK465]

So the Elephant in the Room
The wiper linkage
Trouble for the second time heading to the third

Some of you might remember from that other forum the original wiper linkage that had come from the states on the car was as loose as a lady of the night and wouldn't turn the wipers or at times would bind and fry fuses for fun

So I got another better one from a rusted wrecker here in the uk but had really good bushings

That has lasted two years until I had to remove the wipers and the spindle bent like a Swiss cheese banana

So we had this



Oh Bollox!

I got another linkage but it was worse than the one I have so I split it into companant parts in the hope of using it as a pattern to get a better one made



I then hacked off the bent spline



To reveal a bent shaft




The garage that painted the car straightened the shaft for me and i bought some Land Rover splines to replace the fubured one

Which were too small

So I found you can get Ford Spline caps in the states but by the time you add cost,shipping its like $60

Soo

I spent three days grinding the mushroomed top off one of the spline caps and driving out the shaft in the hope I didnt split the seized cap a few mm at a time and soak in WD40 and try the next day

And eventually i got the prize



and now this bit



has to go on this bit



Hopefully it will seal to stop water coming in through the spindle holes and enough to get me through the winter while i get something proper that lasts longer than ford intended to replace it

Wish me Luck

[8BAK465]

Thanks Guys
Yes its all about knowing what's under the new sound deadening is all sound
And believe me Hooli I cant see me ever doing this again

The next one I do will be "I cant give a toss look!"

[8BAK465]

My images linked from faceache keep going after a while
Anyways The Shite One is currently on hollibobs now having the EFI done
Told my mate to take his time not in a hurry to get him back just now though he may be getting used a bit more next year if we ever get out of here alive

[8BAK465]

Its been a while Sam is back in Hospital tomorrow for follow up surgery so cars have been the last thing on my mind.

Had a call from my mate last week to say there was progress on the shite one

He now has electrickery witchcraft going on in the fuel pump department at a much greater pressure

The Mechanically Horse and Cart pump has been pensioned off and the tank has been chemically cleaned and had fitments tig welded in place to necessitate Go and Return lines for transmission of Motion Lotion







And the lines have been replaced with bigger diameter hard lines for go as the original now nearly 46 years old he didn't trust and the car never had a return system anyhow





He reported that he just needed to modify my intake as its dual plane and needs to either be single or as he has modified it Hybrid so its duel plane with an inch flow through ground out of the dividing wall as the ECU has to be able to read the Air Fuel Ratio from all four injectors at the same time and leaving it duel would of upset the apple cart

And there's more as Jimmy Cricket would say

Stay Tooned

[8BAK465]

So Today this happened

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Running on good old GMT EFI