Ella - The 1985 Mexican Bandit

Fair play Mart are you all sorted now for the weekend after burning the midnight oil???

again big thanks to tango and chipper last night. hopefully not too much midnight oil tonight

tonights jobs

LHS

Hub seal and clean brake,
Exhaust silencer and new clamp

front beam - fill with grease
maybe play with front ride height

Engine

Fit breather kit , gonna try drill the rockers at work , do i add the breathers outlets on the rockers above or below the bail clip line ? there scat s/s ones
rich told me the other night but i have forgotton

check oil level

Clean Inside hoover and outside and wax ! ,

Fit headlamp rims which should ready to pick up after work.

can't think of out else

Bring it on. I will be over again asap for another midnight car session!!!

another fairly late car session last night ,

got the lhs hub seal done and massive clean on the rear calliper. greed front beam, tried to fit the breather box but could find and gaps to put the pipe in for the rockers so that will have to wait

small update no much though :/

engines running bit rougher than usual :/
steering box has got to much play in it :/
car is pulling all over the shot when braking :/
interior still not done :/

car is off to spend a weekend with chris so he can look at the motor I'm sure it summit simple, its ok when crusing and if you give it some welly but just pottering about its rougher than normal

will look at steering box , its prob gonna need replacing so have to order that up
brakes might be cus the steering has a lot of play in it i think as theres about and inch or so of play in the wheel if not more when in straight line
interior will get done when get chance,

recently i have had the want to to take shell of and get pan powder coated but still making my mind up lol

The steering box will usually adjust up.
jack the front wheels off the ground, put car on a left hand lock, undo the lock nut on the box and adjust the screw pin in until you have almost no play in the steering box, then tighten up lock nut whilst holding pin on steering box still.
they just wear over a period of time this is why they are adjustable.

LOL! I wish I only had an inch or so of play.. more like 1/4 turn in my bus!

I think that was the problem with SuperDry. The first time I adjusted the box I did it with the wheels centred.

Mr Scoops wrote:

I think that was the problem with SuperDry. The first time I adjusted the box I did it with the wheels centred.

isn't that what the manual tells you to do because i did the same....?????

You're meant to do it with the wheels on left lock.

aaah.. I'll do it again then in that case!

That's great news on the steering box . I have. Bee
Adjusting it jacked up with wheels straight lol .

few weeks old but he ho its still updates

beam polybushes replaced with different brand, ended up taking the beam of to get them in !




discovered a ball joint needs replacing too as lots of up and down travel in it, there long travel and only lasted 6000 miles :C

Fair play to you dude...I'll probably be dead before the fastback has got anywhere near 6000 miles!

Took the LHS carb of last night to sort the sticky throttle situation :/, looks like crud in there for where it has been drivne in 6 weeks :C, hopefully a small strip down and refit and should be good as new, pics to follow tonight

well ella is getting tucked up for the winter , needs some new balljoints and the carbs putting back together for MOT, and door cards fitting

very tempted by this though so



so so tempting !

Can you go any lower?

a little ye, im still waiting back for specs from R9D,

What's happening then Wiz??
Not long until Sandown, best get a wriggle on!

he's going to be setting up a carb rebuild shop in my kitchen one night

and needs some new ball joints

WizBizMartin wrote:

well ella is getting tucked up for the winter , needs some new balljoints and the carbs putting back together for MOT, and door cards fitting

very tempted by this though so



so so tempting !

You won the fucking lottery or something???

loveing this build!

tango_van wrote:

he's going to be setting up a carb rebuild shop in my kitchen one night

and needs some new ball joints

I have a genuine delloroto rebuild kit already and will be taking other carb off tomorrow night

Just ball joints to buy and fit

battery out for a charge up , carbs off ready for quick rebuild ,

Mot booked for the 2nd !

gotta get a wriggle on