Mad4slalom
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Good luck, that will be a satisfying milestone to hear her fire up
Many thanks and yes indeed. Hopefully should't be too far away now. fingers crossed.Good luck, that will be a satisfying milestone to hear her fire up
I read somewhere that steel wool should work on bad chrome but I tried a piece of the chrome which would be out of sight when the handbrake cover is on First. I would recommend doing the same. I was quite gentle with it and one bad patch is still visible. If you do a search on YouTube for βsteel wool chromeβ you will see quite a few videos on this - probably where I first saw it, come to think of it. Good luck!Tim, the chrome on my handbrake was very similar to your first photo. I cleaned it up with some metal polish but it hasn't come up anywhere near as good as yours. I was scared of getting to aggressive ( using wire wool like you) as I thought it would just flake off the plating. Looks like I should give it a go.
Tim, the chrome on my handbrake was very similar to your first photo. I cleaned it up with some metal polish but it hasn't come up anywhere near as good as yours. I was scared of getting to aggressive ( using wire wool like you) as I thought it would just flake off the plating. Looks like I should give it a go.
[/QUOTE have you tried the screwed up tin foil, good forgetting rid of light rust on chome plated parts .
It's with a local transmission specialist for overhaul - a few parts needed to be looked at, notably the output shaft bush which was a little sloppy - and it needed a once over by. an expert. I wanted to 'fit and forget it' so asking someone who knew what they were doing was probably best as gearboxes aren't something I know anything about at all and they are difficult to get out. It is supposed to be returned soon although I must admit it has been with them quite a while already and I have had to chase up regularly so let's see......What have you done with your gearbox?
Most people are happy with a game of Snakes and Ladders at Christmas .Hope everyone had a good Christmas Day. For obvious reasons its been quiet week on the car front but I did manage to complete the power window wiring loom. All the old tape was removed, the various chewed wires replaced and connectors cleaned or replaced as required. I have added an extra wire for each door so that I can include a red safety light and/or puddle light when the time comes. It was easy to do this whilst all the binding tape was off. The doors are in really bad shape so adding these extra lights in will be relatively straightforward.
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I have also started to mount, clean and prepare the instrument and fuse box wiring loom, which is a bit more complicated. More of the same repair work required just more complex, particularly as the previous owner had modified the wiring (see bottom right of pic) to include an 8 pin Corvette (but made by Pioneer) radio which they had power off not required auto transmission power feed. I will replace this 8-pin, connect it to the right power take off wire and add an 8 pin to ISO convertor (from eBay) which will make it easier to change radios in future if I (or next owner) needs or wants to.
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Have a good week and Happy New Year!
........lots of snakes, not many ladders!Most people are happy with a game of Snakes and Ladders at Christmas .
Yes indeed! Similarly I hadn't realised that these early C3's had a burglar alarm built in (how many other 70's cars had an alarm?) which is triggered by either the hood or the doors opening although I had wondered why there are two door open sensors on each door and why there is a key lock in the rear panel above the rear bumpers when there is no boot!I found when replacing looms on my 68 that I now have features I didn't know I had. Like a key in warning buzzer and foot well lamps. The key-in warning was interesting when testing before powering up and the horn relay kept buzzing because the key was in and the door open. Before the door lamp switches were not connected so I never knew I had the warning!
Thanks! I'm really enjoying this part of the build. I think your suggestion is a good idea - I know that there are conversions kits for modern refrigerants so that's probably the way to go. I haven't even looked at the compressor but I know that the a/c radiator/condenser(?) - the one by the main engine cooling radiator - is damaged so that's going to need to be replaced.Looking good as ever Tim. I ended up replacing everything on my A/C except for the liquid line and it cost me Β£600 in total. I think you might have an earlier system to mine, from what I've read it's probably worth switching to the later system if you need to replace most of it anyway.
John, many thanks for this link. I'll check it out - the price seems very reasonable compared to what I was expecting.You'll probably want to go with R134a. I got a standard condensor from Rock Auto, but you might want to try one of these if it fits your car, they are about the same price and supposedly work a lot better.
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