Unfinished Business

While the car has been off the road I have got round to sorting out a couple of jobs I should have done sooner. Well I was busy, blowing up the engine, obviously.

The new oil pressure/temperature gauge is now in. This was a real pain to fit. I probably should have read the manual but I simply dived in. So after eventually taking out the fresh air vents in the dash the job got a little easier. Anyway, while they were out I took a look at the wireing (the centre consol and radio panel were also removed for access). I was concerned by the number of scotchlocs and poor joins as well as the sight of some burnt wires and melted insulation. So just incase there was any danger of my list of jobs getting shorter I decided to remove the radio. Besides it was very old and was only an FM and LW set with not even a tape player (not that I have any tapes now). This came out as did the switch for the rear fog lights. It is this that I believe caused the melted wires. The person who fitted it took a live feed from the back of the light switch so these wires were now being expect to feed the two headlights and two fog lights. Lots of amps. I taped up all the melted insulation so at least there should be no further problems. At least until I fit a new loom. I will fill the holes in the dash soon and have a cd player to fit in place of the radio.


Oh yeh almost forgot I was a little anoyed at the temp gauge as I had managed to dent the chrome rim as you can see.

I also managed to fit the flamethrower coil. I have only manage to fit one mounting bolt at the moment as the coil is smaller than the original one and by tightening the bracket to clamp it in place the two mounting holes are now closer together so don't line up with the captive nuts on the inner wing.

The last job I got done was to fit the new oil cooler and install the oil stat. This was straighforward enough. Although more haste and less speed has meant the hoses are a fraction too short and are under a little tension. Not a real issue as the hoses will be changed soon for braided ones. The oil thermostat can bee seen at the back of the picture where the hoses pass through the radiator mounting panel.

Well you would see it but the pictures not up loading. I will publish this blog then try again.