My new Fastback.
My new Fastback.
I picked her up in Norwich a couple of weeks back.
Ran like a beaut for about 70 miles then Broke down, severe fuel injection troubles! and the cluth stuck!!
AA flatbed truck relay across England and the clutch freed up so's I could limp onto the ferry.
Limped off ferry in Dublin, got a tow into the AA depo and was given a hire car to drive home to West Cork.
'Clemence' (as she's known due to her clematine, colour) arrived at my home on another flatbed at 5.30 that evening.
The AA simply rock!!!!
Shes in my workshop with the engine out for clutch inspection and injection overhall.
She's a 1973 1600i .Totally original (Need to sort the ride height though)
Still has user manual in the glove box.
Ran like a beaut for about 70 miles then Broke down, severe fuel injection troubles! and the cluth stuck!!
AA flatbed truck relay across England and the clutch freed up so's I could limp onto the ferry.
Limped off ferry in Dublin, got a tow into the AA depo and was given a hire car to drive home to West Cork.
'Clemence' (as she's known due to her clematine, colour) arrived at my home on another flatbed at 5.30 that evening.
The AA simply rock!!!!
Shes in my workshop with the engine out for clutch inspection and injection overhall.
She's a 1973 1600i .Totally original (Need to sort the ride height though)
Still has user manual in the glove box.
You're right I think the chairs were changed.
The car is very solid apart from the bulkhead below the windscreen under the bonnet.
There are holes in the curved section, I think it's where the water runs down from the windscreen?
I'll post a pic tomorrow, maybe you might have some ideas on how to tackle the repair.
Clutch problem was simply a missing return spring.
I've alot of oil leaks to cure and very dodgey Fuel injection![/quote]
The car is very solid apart from the bulkhead below the windscreen under the bonnet.
There are holes in the curved section, I think it's where the water runs down from the windscreen?
I'll post a pic tomorrow, maybe you might have some ideas on how to tackle the repair.
Clutch problem was simply a missing return spring.
I've alot of oil leaks to cure and very dodgey Fuel injection![/quote]
They usually rust out because the drain from the tray fills with muck where it bends to exit through the bulkhead. Then the spot welds get stretched as the water gets into the gap between the tray and the bulkhead bulge. There's a rubber seal between the tray and the bulkhead.
I cut the top off the bulge with a hacksaw blade (machine hacksaw blade, 1" wide I think), repaired the rust and tacked it back on in a few places, and filled the thin slot with body paste to help future removal. It's done 8 years anyway, but there's the odd blister now showing the rust is just re-appearing.
Some drill out the spot welds and get in under the dash to remove all the gubbins and the tray, and repair the bulge from the back. I don't bend well enough these days to do that!
I cut the top off the bulge with a hacksaw blade (machine hacksaw blade, 1" wide I think), repaired the rust and tacked it back on in a few places, and filled the thin slot with body paste to help future removal. It's done 8 years anyway, but there's the odd blister now showing the rust is just re-appearing.
Some drill out the spot welds and get in under the dash to remove all the gubbins and the tray, and repair the bulge from the back. I don't bend well enough these days to do that!
Yes, but there are several other ways!
Once there's a bit of rust in the tray to bulkhead joint, blocked drains spill over the front and down onto the floor.
However, screen seals sometimes leak, heater channels can get corroded through behind the underseal on the rear wheel wells and water gets in from the air intake louvres through the rusted areas. Check the rear bulkhead under the back seat behind the regulator, and the opposite side.
Also the reinforcement panel under the rear of the front wheel arches rusts through to the cabin and pours water over the fuse-box area.
Oh yes, plenty of incontinence in our elderly cars!
Once there's a bit of rust in the tray to bulkhead joint, blocked drains spill over the front and down onto the floor.
However, screen seals sometimes leak, heater channels can get corroded through behind the underseal on the rear wheel wells and water gets in from the air intake louvres through the rusted areas. Check the rear bulkhead under the back seat behind the regulator, and the opposite side.
Also the reinforcement panel under the rear of the front wheel arches rusts through to the cabin and pours water over the fuse-box area.
Oh yes, plenty of incontinence in our elderly cars!
Great, thanks for your help!Editor wrote:Yes, but there are several other ways!
Once there's a bit of rust in the tray to bulkhead joint, blocked drains spill over the front and down onto the floor.
However, screen seals sometimes leak, heater channels can get corroded through behind the underseal on the rear wheel wells and water gets in from the air intake louvres through the rusted areas. Check the rear bulkhead under the back seat behind the regulator, and the opposite side.
Also the reinforcement panel under the rear of the front wheel arches rusts through to the cabin and pours water over the fuse-box area.
Oh yes, plenty of incontinence in our elderly cars!
Plenty to look out for then!