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Working on the car in the Winter

Winter WorksThe days are getting shorter and winter is rolling in. We are heading for a Christmas with show. It is too cold to work on the car in the snow. So we have to change our plans so that work is done inside the house. The indicator switch needed attention. This is not a lever on the steering wheel, but a knob on the dashboard. You can turn it in the direction of your intended turn and escaping air from a ingenious little cylinder and piston hold the switch for a certain time. I will create a little electronics to prolong this time and make it more predictable. Carburetors

The carburettors got a serious clean and polish. We bought a rebuild kit and a book explaining how these carburettors work. All the iron parts are collected in a bucket, which is going to brought to a place where it can be galvanized. The picture shows how all the holes of the brass arms are filled up and re-bored to the original values. This will make the control much more accurate. Welding result

With all the panels, fenders and doors taken off, we were running out of space to store them. So we suspended all them all from the ceiling. To work on them we can take them down, cut out the bad parts and weld no parts in. The forming of new metal patches is very time consuming, but when enough time is put in make the shape right and lots of measuring and trying I'm starting master it. It is not a difficult as it seems. Take a piece of sheet metal and just start hammering. Better to do it when then neighbours are out of town. For most of the repair I use 0.8mm sheet metal. It is thin enough to form it in the right shape, and still thick enough to allow proper welding. It is fun, you should try it... I have some sheet metal pieces to get you started. I started with panels that are out of sight, next a panel that is under the door, so not quite out of sight, but not the first thing one sees either. Judge for yourself..... oil seal holder

It is fun hammering shapes out of a piece of sheet metal. The oil seal holder of the camshaft drive chain cover was broken. So I started hammering for a few hours and we have a new holder. Drilled 3 holes in it and spot welded it to the cover. Let us see in 1 year time if it leaks....