Big Car is back from Keith Gott’s and is running!
She needed a set of new pistons, tappets and push rods, as well as a couple of exhaust valves, lots of gaskets and 16 hours of labour!
Keith Gott have given us a list of jobs that need doing to get Big Car ready for the MOT:
Stop the fuel tank leaking – Alice and I took a look at this today and we can see where it’s leaking from, so we’re going to scrub it clean and keep an eye on it;
Connect the speedo cable – we reconnected this today, but we’re not sure if it’s clipped
on properly ;
Adjust the hand brake – we got this done today;
Investigate the slight play in the off-side swivel joint – hopefully this is not bad enough to fail the MOT;
Replace a missing circlip on the off side front wheel – I’m gonna order one of these this week;
Reattach the front wings – Jono got this done last week;
Fix the wiring to the lights, indicators and windscreen wipers – this was all working before but a connection must have come loose;
Put some seats and a battery cover in – Alice is going to take a look at her local scrappys for these bits;
Reattach the passenger seat belt – Alice got this done today;
Clamp the battery down – we need to work out how’s best to do this.
Alice and I are going to have another go at Big Car on Saturday the 24th of Novemeber, if anybody would like to join us.
Take care, Bob.