Thread: Bundalenes '51 Restoration

Originally Posted by digger

and the best bit is if you have horses theyll lick the parts clean for ya!!!

I used to have goats, but they might swallow the part as well.
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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

I used to have goats, but they might swallow the part as well.
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Swallow a chassis?? How big are your goats???😀😀

Yes Digger, that was this one we are restoring now. The reason for the molasses bath for the chassis was to get rid of all rust but keep the remaining original paint.





Erich

Hey Erich, seems to back on track again, well for now, until you're back to flittering around the country side again.

Just a question about the rust and the use of molasses, I have heard cider vinegar does the same thing, the reason I ask is I'm restoring an old bike, and need to clean the rust from inside the tank, any idea which would work better.

Hi Sheila

Hi Baz, we are here for a short time and then off again, so I am trying to get a bit done.

You are welcome to bring it out and drop it into the tank, depending how high it is. Presently I have about 25cm cover (I have raised the level and diluted it a bit this morning. Only problem we are away in about 2 weeks. Not sure how it would work on the inside of a tank. Have a word with Ron Beckett, I recall he has done some molasses with fuel tanks.

What ever process you use, it will need priming almost straight away.




Erich

Brake reservoirs.

I have a pin hole in ours, so I tidied it up and silver soldered it with MAP gas. Oxy would have been much better as you can concentrate the heat to a point, but I don't have Oxy. I had to be careful not to run the solder out of the existing joints (that is if they are soldered). I wrapped a water soaked rag around the base of the container just in case. Also because I was limiting the heat, I couldn't get that nice silver solder run.

I then filled the reservoir with metho to test it - all good.

I was looking through my spares and found an early reservoir which bolts back on the firewall I assume.




pic showing early and later. The early one has a longer live to the master cylinder.




Air cleaners. Just sorting out what I have and what I need - all good in this area I think.



This will go into the molasses tank after Christmas.






These are 3 different air cleaners, not sure which model the other 2 belong to but I think they are all Series 1






Erich

Hi Erich

The oil bath on the left of screen is correct. The centre one is for an 86/107/88/109 S1

I'm not sure about the one on the right of screen it seems far too tall for a Land Rover one. Or at least too tall for a Series 1.

Diana

Hi Erich,

I believe that the air filter on the far right is for a Series II or IIa..

I have 2 x Series II's - and it looks identical to the air filters that I have.

Cheers,
The Grey Ghost