So far
Engine bay cleaning ongoing but pretty nice.
Removed Exhaust Manifold and Carbs. New gaskets, cleaned thoroughly and replaced old and missing nuts on both. Wrong rubber carb mountings sent, running on old ones for now. Refitted and filled SU Oil to correct level.
Fixed the Exhaust at the first connection, one of the bolts was bent, hack-sawed through it and replaced.
Restored the Airfilter housing, new Airfilter. Let's get her running first then maybe I'll look at chalky's
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Drained Oil, new Filter, new Oil. new Sump Nut/washer
New Plugs correctly gapped, HT's, Distributor cap, Points, Coil. Battery( next purchase ).
Black caps and breather on rocker cover restored and spray painted (rubbers in good enough nick for now, wrong size top domed nuts sent)
New vacuum pipes, new Clutch Slave and Master rebuilt (almost thanks steve)
Clay Bar Kit on the bodywork - couple of times
Compounded and Buffed and Polished couple of times
Autosoled all the stainless trim, bumpers, hub caps, couple of times. (watch out for that little groove in the stainless along the roof line, it gets crusty). Brushed and cleaned around the door glass and quarter lights until spotless inside and out then polished
Washed out the interior three times. Method. And seats are not Leather.
Nice hot day and/or heated Garage
1 Large Good Quality Spray Bottle
20 squirts Oxi Vanish Stain Remover
1 or 2 Caps of Vanish Carpet Shampoo
1/2 Cap of multipurpose Disinfectant
Warm Water to the top.
1 x Old Vacuum Cleaner
1x Good Absorbent Kitchen Roll not the flimsy stuff.
Shake the Bottle well but not too vigorously. Nice blue liquid.
Spray each seat ( doing one at a time) give it a good soaking, do the surrounding carpet and door panels too if you wish. This is just round 1.
Leave to soak for 20-30 minutes.
Vac on full blast, no brush, and suck all the water out of the seats/carpets. Take your time, and get as much wet off that you can.
Now get a handful of Kitchen Roll and Mop the Seats first, then the Carpets, watch the filth come off!!
That's one done, do the others at your leisure. I repeated the whole process three times. Up to you! Windows open and electric fan heater on.
Carburetor bottles buffed with Autosol. Nice, I'll grab one off in a minute and take a photo. Cant get to the stainless on the Exhaust until I get it out of the garage.
New s/t screws and rubber feet for the Grille and headlight surrounds, and silver paint on the detail. More cleaning around and rust removal and treatment in that area. Replaced the radiator nuts/washers with new ones and new cap.
Did I mention cleaning? Anything for the Dishwasher?
It's not looking bad, inside and out. Can't wait to get it out of the garage...to find out what else needs doing. I know the Gear selection is a bit sloppy, I think I know someone who can do it for me. And of course that Bearings job, then the Brakes, and I will replace the wheel bearings, I want to try zx1 grease on those, then shocks. Oh and and the engine mounts, that I should have done when the manifold was off! rollseyes.
Thanks to all for the help!
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