In the past few weeks I haven’t been able to spent much time on this car. Though I managed to complete a few smaller jobs. The first one was a rather important one. But also a little messy! Wax oiling the inside of the doors, the bonnet and the boot. Why this is so important? Because I don’t want to be wax oiling these parts after I have fitted the wiring (or the screen washer tube in case of the bonnet). And with the help of some automotive spray foil and card board, I managed to limit the mess! Time to leave the wax oil to settle and the surplus to drip out.
I haven’t been to the shed since, but with the hot temperatures of the last week I think all surplus wax oil will have dripped out buy now. Hopefully I’ll be able to check the result within the next few days. And clean up any surplus wax oil that has found its way onto the paintwork.
Then there was an engine part that got some extra attention. The Sprint engine’s specific timing cover. When I shot blasted it last year (and I thought it was only a few months ago) I noticed that the threads of two of the mounting holes for the front pulley were badly damaged. Time to attack them with a thread repair kit. But not before I had cleaned out all four holes with a thread tap. And that was when I found out that only one of them was damaged. The other one came out fine after cleaning the thread.
And after drilling, tapping and fitting the repair coil the fourth one was also again fit for service.
The only remaining job on this part is the decision how to fit the fan pulley. With original specification UNC 5/16 bolts or use studs. It will probably be the last as that is in my opinion the better solution from a mechanical point of view. But it should also help attaching the fan pulley in position. As long as there is no radiator in the way that is. Choices!
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