Susan by Tristared

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...we're on our way.

The electric water pump has now been fully tested and works as it should. Being able to cool the engine rapidly after use, by leaving the pump on and fan on is a neat trick.

Not exactly one for the purists - at the moment.

5-11-2015

I managed to get a Sport and Rally interior for a 99 - Thinking that it would fit the 99 seats I stashed a while back.

They didn't - there's two types, and of course I had the wrong ones.

At least the instructions for fitting on the forum were spot on. Though, I can't help thinking they need moving back a tad.

Anyone else found this?

7-15-2015

So, I re drilled the seat runners - and I now fit in my car. Which is nice…


Some shots of my recent endeavour…

Heater housing back from blasting and zincing




Back of housing in primer, which I think is pretty close to the original colour – and the motor plate (in Hycote’s Rover Hurricane Grey).




Motor plate put back together – I didn’t like the idea of self tappers cutting into my fresh paint work – so I glued some washers on.




..in fact - I dislike self tappers entirely. I re-drilled the holes and used M5 socket head bolts in A4 stainless for the perimeter.




The joy of having a parts car is the ability to restore items and then put them on the road going car immediately. Though, this does sometimes highlight production changes.

The assembly on the left is from an 1970 model, the heater matrix is easily a third larger than one on the right (from a ‘74 car), it is considerably heavier as a result. You can see the top heater matrix connection is lower down the housing on the right.

I also get the impression from the forming marks on the later model that the earlier one is better made (possibly thicker metal?)




…just need the sticker for it now.

Nudge-nudge.

Oh - and I transplanted the nylon throttle rod bush neatly into a new grommet from a set bought off the 'bay. This was a concern as I would imagine any oem replacements are tricky to come by...