Thread: A well used 80''called Klonk

Wow! What a story. So glad both you and your daughter are okay ... no concern for the pig at all! I love the teaser of Klonk's dash.

Glad to hear that you are both OK, and as for your dash that looks great, mine looked like that a lot of the time even with the engine running, and why they ever chose a green light for low oil pressure defeats me, as in aircraft green is good, not a warning.

You must have lots of bacon now!

Originally Posted by Avion8

........why they ever chose a green light for low oil pressure defeats me, as in aircraft green is good, not a warning.

You must have lots of bacon now!

Oil warning lights were only introduced around WW2 as low priced cars went to pressure lubrication, cars became dependent on batteries (change from magneto to coil ignition), and ways were sought to cut costs (warning lights being cheaper than gauges). Pressure gauges and ammeters were replaced with lights (although many cars retained ammeters, while gaining "ignition warning lights").

Charge lights, being the first introduced, initially to warn you that you had left the ignition on, and as with other warnings, were red. When oil warning lights were later introduced, they obviously could not be the same colour, and green was chosen, almost universally. (Some cars had little in the way of warning - for example, my first Citroen had as the only instruments, speedo, fuel gauge and lights for high beam, generator and hydraulic pressure. By contrast, my father's contemporary Simca had the same gauges, but warning lights for generator, high beam, oil pressure, handbrake, low fuel. Still very small numbers of lights compared to most cars today.

John

Great story in the making. Looking forward to the progress. Thanks for the photos. It will give other owners a bit of belief in what can be done. Cheers.

Thanks guys,

Yep a waste of good bacon, just abit too tenderized. He was still there when I went back to get the car a fortnight later.

Well klonk is making good progress, Brake lines done, fuel lines done, new wiring installed, all shockabsorbers rebushed and fitted.
New tie rod ends were fitted and the steeringbox secured ,the linkage rehashed to set it up to work evenly in both directions without clashing with the throttle linkages.
The pedals and shafts fitted with new bushes.

The Wiring harness provided hours of entertainment, 12 individual pieces of wiring. But with the help of the wiring diagram and following the colours it wasnt too bad. The worst part is finding out where it fits on the vehicle.
I had an extra earth wire from the fuel tank included in the harness to prevent future problems there, indicators and a trailer plug were also included. It was abit too long out to the tail lights by a meter or so, so had to coil the harness up inside the chassis as I didnt want to cut and join it.

I had quite a few air leaks in the fuel system when I got it pumping fuel. The steel pipes I'd made were letting air in between the pipe and olive, so had to soldier them up, even found an air leak on the pickup pipe on the fuel tank (not mine) I wonder how many problems that one caused in the past.

So now only brake shoes to reline and gearbox mounts so the g/box can be sat in place.
So its about time I started to sort out some stuff with the engine. I was given the name of a man that has a spare 1600 he wants to sell, condition unknown.

Cheers Steve

And more

Looking very nice!

John

Looking good, where did you source your wiring loom from?