juular Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Mrs Juular has been busy behind the scenes sorting this out. I keep encouraging her to sign up here and update her own progress, but for the moment I'll add this. I've done nothing on this but occasionally offer guidance, or stand and drink tea and watch. She's done all this herself which is pretty cool. She rebuilt the slave cylinder using an uprated seal kit, as the usual kits are known for not lasting very long. With this done, the extra pressure in the pipe highlighted that both the nylon pipe and the master cylinder were leaking. The MC was leaking at the point the union went in, as it had previously been cross-threaded. A new clutch hose and MC were procured, fitted, and the system bled. The clutch pedal now felt right and heavy, and the slave could be heard working the pressure plate. Success! Almost.. The clutch plate itself was stuck to the flywheel, as many on here had predicted. This was pretty easy to solve by lifting the rear of the car, starting it in gear, and then revving it up and pressing the clutch pedal then the brake. A couple of goes freed this off with a loud pop. At this point, the car was driveable. It was swiftly insured (£80!) and taxed (£0!) and driven back to shite central carefully, with me following. It made it. Initial thoughts are that the steering seriously needs looked at, as there's about a quarter turn of play above 30mph which is a bit clench inducing to say the least. It's also getting a small overhaul of the suspension and new brake and fuel lines. A new interior is going in, a passenger door mirror, and a small tickle with the lightning stick around the front chassis rails. That's all it really needs. The engine sounds absolutely epic and runs beautifully, with only a slight whine off the diff that will be stubbornly ignored. eddyramrod, JMotor, DSdriver and 30 others 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 is the bog roll in case you say something and the boss mops up the blood fair play for that - not done stuff like that for years juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Mrs J has been busy over the weekend tracking down the steering issue. The track rod ends are a bit tired. One of the UJs was basically hanging loose. All of the ball joints are also gubbed. She's not hanging around. The steering rack bushes are knackered, and we can't get the track rod ends off. Also, the subframe has to be dropped a bit to do some welding. Parts have been ordered. Ideal first project car this, everything is so accessible and simple! Popsicle, dome, mercedade and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Your house is such a hotspot of fixing that I'm tempted to drive past slowly and see if my car improves. Talbot, sdkrc, Supernaut and 21 others 1 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 52 minutes ago, Fabergé Greggs said: Your house is such a hotspot of fixing that I'm tempted to drive past slowly and see if my car improves. I have found driving slowly around these streets only gets bricks flung at your car by dribbling arseholes with monk haircuts. Best avoided! ProgRocker, Lacquer Peel, eddyramrod and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 She's been busy on this while I've been working on the 205 / Amazon. Since the steering rack is out it was only a few more bolts to get the subframe out so the welding could be done. Engine on stands and frame dropped. So, the chassis rail ends are a bit foosty. The offside has had a badly done patch at some point. The nearside isn't anywhere close to that level of bad. I recommended starting with the easier side to get the hang of it. Zap. It looks lovely and clean in there, nothing else to worry about. The plan is to replace the cylindrical piece with a bit of pipe and ensure it's aligned properly with the subframe bolt in place, then weld a replacement section over the top of it. She's been practicing her welding, and it's pretty good for a first go. While that was happening, bits for the steering rack arrived, so that got rebuilt. Ready to bolt back on. After the small bits of welding are done, that's pretty much it ready to bolt back together and go on the road as a rolling project. loserone, Mally, aldo135 and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 Some small jobs done by Mrs since I commandeered the welder all weekend. Brake lines made up. The steel ones just snapped by hand.. a bit scary! New choke cable and knob fitted. Pancake filter fitted. It previously didn't have anything at all. (Yes she'll take the blue wrap off!) Matching plughole pedal cover fitted to accelerator. Note the bit that has been previously welded. That'll probably need some poking. 320touring, Scruffy Bodger, Jim Bell and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Where do you find wives like this?! Talbot, Matty, DSdriver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 The blue tarp has been deployed. Fixing commenced with replicating the end of the chassis rail with new metal. This was welded in place starting with the tube for the subframe bolt. She has been properly getting stuck into this. I haven't done a thing. The repaired section. It was tidied up a little and primed after this, but it's not going anywhere. Nice and solid. The other side is a bit more involved in that there's already a repair patch over the top, plus the rot extends a lot further. Chopping. Then being rebuilt in stages. That needs folded over, and a bit on the other side needs replaced too. Then the lower section is just the mirror image of what was completed on the passenger side. In the meantime, a bad weather project was ticked off, namely dismantling and fixing the original radio. Also, a hood ornament was fitted, for maximum rat look. Shirley Knott, Macscrooge, Tickman and 28 others 25 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 mrs juular 1 juular slap all the time jeloos of welding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 well done to mrs juular for her work juular 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 What does she charge on an hourly rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Lots of work happened on this over the past month or so, despite the weather being mostly shite. Passenger side chassis leg was finished off, seam sealed and painted. Finishing the driver's side chassis leg was a bit more involved as the subframe bolt had welded itself into the tube with rust. This needed a lot of chopping, banging, oil pouring down the tube then it eventually broke free after being asked to support the weight of the car. Then the chassis rail could get finished off. Then the subframe raised and suspension bits and new brake lines put back on. All ball joints, front hardlines, rack and subframe bushes and track rod ends were replaced with new ones. New heater hoses were made up to replaced the old leaky fittings. Some underbonnet tinkering. The new coolant lines and a new pancake filter were put on. Holes were marked out and drilled for a passenger side wing mirror. The windscreen chrome was replaced as it was rotten. While she was doing that I set up the tracking and stuck the front wheels on. Coolant was refilled, at which point we noticed that a core plug had decided to shit itself. I'm not sure why really, as the coolant was drained before the cold weather came in. That got knocked back in, only for us to notice another one which had rusted through completely. We had to wait for a full set of those to arrive and a few other bits and bobs before we could get it started. Eventually, with a bit of cranking we managed to get it running again, and out for a short road test. Unfortunately we didn't make it far, as the Toledo decided to start ejecting more coolant in the form of a whistling jet like a kettle. The coolant return line into the back of the water pump is pretty rusty and has decided enough is enough. We did try a bodge job with some hose, but that only highlighted that it was leaking in about 29384 other places, so a replacement pipe was ordered. Hopefully by next weekend this will actually be drivable! chodweaver, Shite Ron, Matty and 29 others 29 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 imagine how cool it would be if mrs juular decided to take up painting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 Coolant pipe swapped for a nice new stainless thing. And off it goes. Problems to be overcome : It wants the choke out a bit even when warm, otherwise it stalls. It likes to stall at junctions and won't restart without lots of cranking. I'm thinking the carb needs a good service. Apart from that it drives well apparently. No more scary steering and brakes! Tickman, JMotor, Popsicle and 29 others 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 6 hours ago, juular said: Coolant pipe swapped for a nice new stainless thing. And off it goes. Problems to be overcome : NEEDS EFI NEEDS ROADTRIPPPPPPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 please put some correct number plates on Ghosty, eddyramrod and barefoot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 6:14 PM, hairnet said: NEEDS ROADTRIPPPPPPP Planning to take this to FOTU Matty and Sunny Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 I'll let the pictures do the talking. TO BE CONTINUED. barefoot, loserone, cbowditch and 12 others 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, juular said: I'll let the pictures do the talking. TO BE CONTINUED. Is this a compression test or a coolant system test? Your wife is some sort of car fixing angel. I will start a petition to have a statue of her made, funded by Autoshite, therefore made of papier mache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 minute ago, grogee said: Is this a compression test or a coolant system test? Your wife is some sort of car fixing angel. I will start a petition to have a statue of her made, funded by Autoshite, therefore made of papier mache. Compression, sadly. grogee, davehedgehog31 and Lacquer Peel 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, grogee said: Is this a compression test or a coolant system test? Your wife is some sort of car fixing angel. I will start a petition to have a statue of her made, funded by Autoshite, therefore made of papier mache. Cast-off bits of rusty sills, Shirley? grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 I'm sure this isn't helping a whole lot. dome, grogee, loserone and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, juular said: I'm sure this isn't helping a whole lot. What in the name of Lord Stokes is going on there? Is something bent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, grogee said: What in the name of Lord Stokes is going on there? Is something bent? It looks like the valve clearances have been phoned in, and that one has been so loose the pushrod has went on holiday. Dyslexic Viking, grogee and Asimo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Rust Collector, Supernaut, JMotor and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 9:51 AM, juular said: It looks like the valve clearances have been phoned in, and that one has been so loose the pushrod has went on holiday. I've had that, just make sure the pushrod's not bent, set the tappets and it will run forever. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 9/12/2022 at 11:16 AM, juular said: knob AnnoyingPentium, Matty and JMotor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, Talbot said: And you on the staff and all. I'm appalled 😄 Talbot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 It's called "setting an example". 😁 CaptainBoom, catsinthewelder and Matty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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