Thread: New Project...

Hi John,

I believe that all of my nuts are now the double sided 9/16" BSF nuts - and that 2 spies had infiltrated my shed, being single sided 27mm AF nuts.
I know that they are inter-changeable, but I figured it would be easier to carry one spanner instead of 2 when out and about - just in case I have to change a spare.
That was the main reason why I changed them - so that all are the same size.
I actually ended up importing these 2 second hand nuts from the UK - in another parts order.

Today I decided to give the nuts a second coat of paint:


Now my nuts are all shiny and polished, even though they get very little use..

Next step was to finish cleaning the drivers side axle parts - this has been a few hours of joy. The parts aren't perfect, but they are as good as I'm going to make them! (I am a little over cleaning at the moment)..



I'm quite happy with the work that I managed in the shed today.

Man - your attention to detail blows me away! I just get lazy all the time cleaning stuff and think "That'll do...."

Hi All,

"Roger" came with a front valance - although it did not come with the brackets that mount it to the front of the chassis. So I purchased some from the UK:


Painted them:


First problem - the front bumper bar (a replacement unit) didn't have any holes for the front valance, so I had to drill some:


I then fitted the front nuts/bolts:


When I went to fit the brackets for the top side, I noticed that the hole in the valance was quite big - but the hole in the bracket was quite small.. Hmm. Rather than having a slim nut that would fit the bracket, but which would then be loose in the valance - I decided to drill out the 3 brackets:


Next pain - in order to fit the bracket you have to undo the existing nut/bolt in the chassis. Not the end of the world - but a pain... That done, I installed all of the brackets and fitted the front valance!


Next job - clean up the Voltage Regulator? Before:


After:


And here it is - test fitted on the firewall:


I am missing 1 of the screws for the Voltage Regulator... Would anybody have a spare one? Pretty please!

That's it for today. Cheers.

I should have a spare screw somewhere in my collection, let me know if you can't get one locally.

I am pretty sure I have a spare screw, will get back to you tonight about 7:30 west Australia time

I have a screw if you still need it?

PM me your address and I can send it tomorrow 😄

Hi mate, I'm chiming in a bit late here, but we are putting an alternator on Roger, so no need for this regulator now.

Maybe I should have mentioned that before you spent all that time cleaning it - sorry. Your new wiring loom will have no connections to that.

On the bright side, you now have a nice clean regulator as a spare for the Grey Ghost...

See you on Saturday.

Hi All,

Well yesterday Super Gav came over and we worked on Roger for a few hours.

Whilst I was completing the very difficult task of installing the front lights, Gav decided to take the easy road and rebuilt the passenger side swivel..

Cleaned-up, new gaskets/seals - and some hard work, here it is:


And installed on the car:


Remembering that I have removed the free-wheeling hubs and putting the car back to standard..

Here was my contribution to the day: