Stinkwheel's mostly Citroen stuff, now Maestro madness

[Stinkwheel]

Time to change the rubber fuel line from the tank on the dyane and also the rubber bits from the main line to the pump and then pump to carb, they are all a bit old and soft 

there is the tank now to undo the fasteners,

All came undo apart from the jubilee clips on the filler neck, they decided to self destruct, nothing a strategic angle grinder won’t solve

 

Tank down and hose changed 

now for the fuel pump ones 

and then new plugs, fresh oil and jobs a good ‘un

i like it when cars are easy to work on 

[Stinkwheel]

Sometimes I think, am I autoshite enough? Then I look around 

ok, yeah, I think so, I’ll just carry on as we are 👍

[Stinkwheel]

 Today the maestro had to be welded outside in the high  winds (as the mini is now immobile in the garage) 

reason, exhaust fell off, see below

 
 

soon sorted with some added gusseting for strength

Then I realised the n/s sill and a post were a bit, well, gone

lots of cutting, welding and taking little card templates for cutting bits of metal to stick in the gaps later, seems I didn’t follow the line of the sill very well, but fuck that shit, at least it’s made of metal now, look how far back the bloody rust went as I poked at it (as can be seen by how much is covered in zinc rich primer)

that is enough for today, bloody cars 

[Noel Tidybeard]

that house looks familiar 🤔

[Stinkwheel]

23 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

that house looks familiar 🤔

It probably does 

[Noel Tidybeard]

1 minute ago, Stinkwheel said:

It probably does 

much a-series citroen rebuilding?

[Stinkwheel]

Just now, Noel Tidybeard said:

much a-series citroen rebuilding?

Once upon a time

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

what a smoll world!

[Stinkwheel]

No pictures but today the Maestro has had, 

new rear shoes, wheel cylinders, new brake fluid,  new rear dampers and a few other little odd jobs. 
 

must thank @grogee for selling me the suspension bits and bobs, the good top spring cups and new rear dampers were just the job.

tomorrow might be front dampers and lower arms with all new bushes and ball joints. If I feel like doing them. 

[grogee]

17 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

No pictures but today the Maestro has had, 

new rear shoes, wheel cylinders, new brake fluid,  new rear dampers and a few other little odd jobs. 
 

must thank @grogee for selling me the suspension bits and bobs, the good top spring cups and new rear dampers were just the job.

tomorrow might be front dampers and lower arms with all new bushes and ball joints. If I feel like doing them. 

Excellent! Another one lives on. It's satisfying getting all those new bits on and being smug, knowing they now actually work.