28-09-2020, 07:53 PM
Well....
Bonnet off,stripped and primed. The bar is a non original I agree. If fitted flanges up the bonnet fouls the flange...! So P.O. was not so stoopid! With it all apart the opportunity is being taken to reset the bonnet by adjusting the radiator 1 /4 inch ir so forward. It all came apart ok...my, how easy it makes access to the front!
A new bottom hose is needed, of course I have a spare....top one! The bottom hose had a clear impression of a bolt head in it! Not long for this world.
Quite a lot of crud in the bottom of the hose & other low lying areas.Put a hose in the block & rad, but not much junk came out.
Checked all the bolts....spring U bolts slack, shock absorber bolts actually rotating & loose, and on checking were badly stretched! I didn't have any BSF grade S but did have some UNF and they are in now.
Bonnet will be painted next week, by then all the rest will be clean and tidy and refitted...on I re coiled the fuel pipe as well, much better looking now.
Bonnet off,stripped and primed. The bar is a non original I agree. If fitted flanges up the bonnet fouls the flange...! So P.O. was not so stoopid! With it all apart the opportunity is being taken to reset the bonnet by adjusting the radiator 1 /4 inch ir so forward. It all came apart ok...my, how easy it makes access to the front!
A new bottom hose is needed, of course I have a spare....top one! The bottom hose had a clear impression of a bolt head in it! Not long for this world.
Quite a lot of crud in the bottom of the hose & other low lying areas.Put a hose in the block & rad, but not much junk came out.
Checked all the bolts....spring U bolts slack, shock absorber bolts actually rotating & loose, and on checking were badly stretched! I didn't have any BSF grade S but did have some UNF and they are in now.
Bonnet will be painted next week, by then all the rest will be clean and tidy and refitted...on I re coiled the fuel pipe as well, much better looking now.