So it was time to start cleaning up parts. Paint wise I’ve stuck with POR15 and Eastwoods. Both are avaliable from www.frost.co.uk. For the fuel pump, alternator bracket and a few other parts I’ve used Eastwoods Primer and Eastwoods silver … Continued
So we towed the car back and here it is in all its glory. The pictures really don’t do it justice, a signifcant improvement from the tatty old bay!! Pretty chuffed with the results and the finish. Just need to … Continued
The first job to tackle was the strut tops. New panels purchased from CapriGear made the job a lot easier. Clean up, treat and weld in. Once that was finished there was a number of areas that needed addressing, including … Continued
With most things removed it was time to pull the engine out. I borrowed a engine crane from a friend and began by unbolting the block from the gearbox. Support the gearbox with a jack underneath. Make sure you don’t … Continued
The brakes consist of three parts, the servo (big black circle thing) the master cylinder and the brake lines themselves. Start with draining the brake fluid from the top of the master cylinder. A great tool for this is a … Continued
Once all the misc had been removed, it was time to remove the inlet manifold and exhaust manifold. The inlet manifold is held on by 4 bolts and 2 nuts. Make sure you remove all the ancillarys first. The inlet (manual … Continued
This is a fairly easy job as long as none of the screws are corroded/ heads knackered. Start by removing the grill, this is held on with 4 screws that are very easily accessible. As you can see this exposed … Continued
So its summer 2015 (July) and I’ve decided to overhaul the engine bay. It started one sunny weekend with the removal of all the peripherals (rad, brake servo, wiring loom etc…) The picture below is how the engine bay looked … Continued