project 1980 Austin Princess - Nearly Exploded (Probably)

[vulgalour]

The other day Pat helped me get the Princess up on an axle stand.  Today I got to work with my new finger sander and discovered things.  What was a small structural repair has become a small complicated structural repair and is going to be best done by removing the rear axle.  This is rather more involved than expected.  At least removing the axle just means undoing four bolts and the handbrake cable so it's not too bad, and I can clean up the axle while it's off the car.  Might also drop the fuel tank and do everything I can get to all in one go, might as well.  Catch everything while it's small and doable sort of thing.

[vulgalour]

 

Had all these loose ends of content that I couldn't turn into a single video on their own, so just chucked them all into a video together.

[vulgalour]

There's a problem with the earth.
 

 

[SilverMachine]

6 hours ago, vulgalour said:

There's a problem with the earth.
 

 

its infested with people?

oh you mean electrical earth, cool, im sure the bellhousing is probably the correct location for the connection, also how old is the lion battery? have one in the fusion - im sure its 15+ and is still going strong!

also as a bit of a preventative measure is it worth adding a semi chunky earth (chunkier than the throttle cable housing) between the block and pedal box? i know you shouldnt need it now but im going belt braces and sock suspenders!

re previous video dose donkey have a zombie alter ego - for halloween? 

 

[vulgalour]

Not sure on the age of that Lion battery tbh, it's definitely getting on a bit but seems happy enough to continue batterying.  The problem with an extra earth on the pedal box is that doesn't take the throttle cable route out of the equation since to get to the pedal box it has to go through that cable.  Instead, there's that extra earth from the battery to the inner wing which, with the new battery cables, seems to be working just fine now happily.

15 hours ago, SilverMachine said:

re previous video dose donkey have a zombie alter ego - for halloween? 

 

Bit late for this year, certainly an idea for next year.  A pinata costume might be a better option since those are traditionally donkeys, I just don't want people to beat me with sticks to get sweets out of me!

 

[SilverMachine]

2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

A pinata costume might be a better option since those are traditionally donkeys, I just don't want people to beat me with sticks to get sweets out of me!

thats a good point!  maybe keep sweeties easily to throw out to the hoardes of demons....

[vulgalour]

Time to cover up all those exposed wires in the boot with what I've got to hand.

 

[dozeydustman]

I really need to catch up on your channel shenanigans Angyl. I have a few days off work so I may have another Lanchester binge!

And also good to see you and Pat are back together.

[vulgalour]

It's all worked out nicely hasn't it?  Plenty of Lanchester stuff to enjoy and from the comments from one viewer it turns out it was a really good idea to document dismantling the donor car so they have points of reference for their own LD10.

[vulgalour]

Video in which we investigate some sill rot and, somehow, weld near an unseen fuel leak without exploding.

[PhilA]

You reminded me with this the other week. The ground on the Chieftain is primarily the chassis; I looked and there was no heavy duty connection between the chassis and the body. The main engine ground went to the inner wing, which seems OK until you factor in that is only bolted to the body. 

The body is bolted to the chassis via isolators, so the ground path for the engine was via a detachable part of the body, which was connected to the main body tub which was grounded with a heavy wire to... The engine. I didn't think that one through well. 

Now the chassis connects to the engine, the engine also has a heavy wire to the body. Improvement. 

Well done on making the Princess better. It's surprising sometimes how going a little overboard can help long term.