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Title: Series 3 LHD Up close & personal Post by: John B on 06 December, 2014, 03:57:21 PM Some pics for Simon and anyone else of course.
Simon - if you want anything specific please let me know. (5 more pics to follow in next post) Title: Re: Series 3 LHD Up close & personal Post by: John B on 06 December, 2014, 04:01:05 PM ........continued
Title: Re: Series 3 LHD Up close & personal Post by: simonandjuliet on 06 December, 2014, 05:36:49 PM Lovely unmolested engine bay ! New clutch - or just a very clean 'box ?
Thanks Title: Re: Series 3 LHD Up close & personal Post by: John B on 06 December, 2014, 06:17:25 PM Clutch was replaced just before I bought the car, also the prop shaft couplings were replaced and
all brakes renewed. The first problem I had was the wobbly dynamo syndrome, managed to improve it a lot but still slightly out of alignment. The water pump was noisy but a few squirts of grease improved that - a job for the future is to strip it out and see if I can just replace the bearings. There is no thermostat in the cooling system but I think this is deliberate to help combat the high summer temperatures, my Fiat 850 Special was the same although I have fitted one to that as it will be getting a bit of winter use so a working heater will be nice. Title: Re: Series 3 LHD Up close & personal Post by: chugga boom on 06 December, 2014, 07:32:59 PM Clutch was replaced just before I bought the car, also the prop shaft couplings were replaced and all brakes renewed. The first problem I had was the wobbly dynamo syndrome, managed to improve it a lot but still slightly out of alignment. The water pump was noisy but a few squirts of grease improved that - a job for the future is to strip it out and see if I can just replace the bearings. There is no thermostat in the cooling system but I think this is deliberate to help combat the high summer temperatures, my Fiat 850 Special was the same although I have fitted one to that as it will be getting a bit of winter use so a working heater will be nice. We machine a steel sleeve , from memory 10mm o/d 8mm I/d , ream the original pivot point out straight and press the insert in place , did my s2 last with engine in the car , removed the radiator and there was enough room to work , common fault on appia's and if left wears the alloy pulley's on dynamo and cooling fan , if you want to you can make 2 sleeve's so that the timing chest cover will separate easier , however make sure they are reamed out bolted together so they align correctly |