Wet Feet Woes

Well, another un eventful and quiet week. During the week, I spent some more time finishing the paintwork, only a few spots left till it is finished externally.

The bad side..After finally deciding that the leak from my windscreen was coming from the Windscreen/Seal I popped down to the shops and grabbed up some sealant. After a 10 minute careful job all around the screen seal, and a few hours to dry I had seemingly fixed the problem.
That is until the next downpour where I once again end up with wet feet. It will now bear further investigation and additional sealing, perhaps at the Seal/Body area next time.

Aswell as this somewhat minor annoyance, the next problem I noticed was the fact that the "Kickdown" was not functioning. After investigation it was found that the accelerator cable was very badly adjusted and had a lot of play in it. So badly infact that the engine was only delivering 50% of its full power! What a waste of a big engine, although its all sorted now...
Although as an additional to that point, some by racer also got their views sorted when they realized they still couldn't match it for power and acceleration even at 50%!

Well, now its half term and a week long break from Sixth Form I can get round to doing some other jobs..

A Busy But Quiet Fortnight

Well, haven't got a post in over the past few weeks as there was nothing really worth reporting in small sections so I figured I'd just drop it all down in one heap tonight.

Over the past few weeks, not much in the way of engine or technical stuff has gone wrong ((touch wood)) and so has given me some time to do a few other little bits.

After spying a fair sized spot of rust on the offside valance I investigated further.. After careful tapping with the handle of a screwdriver, the entirety of the problem soon became clear, a hole the size of a fist was the problem.
After a quick trip to the local car shop to get some metal mesh, I set to filling the whole with some P40 and finishing with some P38. Problem solved..

After all this was sorted I set out with my very small hand spray airbrush to cover up the previous weeks repairs. I quick swift spray on each spot left the car looking a lot neater.

Aswell as these, I noticied a side indicator repeater bulb was blown, so I changed that also. Put a new LED bulb into the interior light and we also fitted a little "Light On" sounder, that squeals if you open the drivers side door with the light still on, to save from forgetting about them and leaving them on.

All in all, a fairly productive period but nothing overly special done.