Thread: Project 'Bob' (formerly Bobette)

Or a toy car, wondered where that went... Sure enough it's in the tank. I have a plan involving a length of wire but it will require more patience than I had available today, listening to the engine start albeit briefly has been a good way to recharge that patience... Next day off work is Wednesday so I shall go tank fishing then methinks, perhaps I can get the little guy to join in and help get them out lol

A successful days fishing, 8 pegs, toy car, hairbrush and half a chicken nugget. From this I have learnt to keep the tank in the shed lol.

With a cooler day I figured it was safe enough to work on the last bit of chassis repair situated on the driver side outrigger so out with the grinder and off with the rust! The PO had welded a bracket to here for the fuel tank which could not be more in my way if it tried but got it back to decent metal and tack welded a plate in place, sadly by now I was running out of daylight and getting rained on pretty badly... Felt like back home lol

Only one more bit of rust to tackle on this outrigger and the chassis will be finished allowing me to reinstall the peg-free fuel tank and make a serious attempt at getting her started. Here's hoping for a clear day Sunday!

Didn't get her started today but did manage to get the fuel tank back in, pain in the bum though it was. I would love to know what sadist made those filler pipes so damn hard to put back on, took forever, a whole lot of hot water and a good deal of foul language to get them back on.

Just one question, what is the larger of the two holes for, the smaller one is for the fuel pipe to the engine but the larger one didn't have anything covering the hole. It seems a bit big for the fuel gauge alone but that's the only thing I can see missing

Originally Posted by 450Dan

Just one question, what is the larger of the two holes for, the smaller one is for the fuel pipe to the engine but the larger one didn't have anything covering the hole. It seems a bit big for the fuel gauge alone but that's the only thing I can see missing

You are correct - it is for the fuel sender,

Cheers Charlie

After a few hours of toil I can now happily say that Bob is alive. About 5 failed starts before the pump managed to get fuel from a can to the carb and she sputtered to life. Much cheering and excitement followed. Sadly as usual there is a downside, the carb appears to be leaking lots of fuel out of the bottom of the float area... Oh well at least now I know it definitely needs a recondition. This minor downside did not dampen my spirits (only the exhaust manifold with fuel) so I went on to fit the Tex Magna indicator stalk to replace the botch job which was hanging from the steering column. I can now indicate which direction I plan on going and start the car.

I have also discovered that for some reason the brakes appear to work properly only when the engine is running... Did not think a car this age would have power assisted brakes is this normal?

It is not that usual to have power assistance on Series brakes, but not unknown either.

How's Bob coming along?

John

Well, waiting on a clutch master cylinder from the uk at the moment so decided to work on the bushes with the car on the shiny new stands my lovely wife bought me as a very early birthday present. As it stands I have half of one of the old ones out, snapped 5 drill bits and a hacksaw blade and have decided that I do not like bushes lol. Soaking one overnight in a bucket of oil in the hope it might loosen the outer metal sleeve, the inners come out fairly easy so far. All good fun! Might have the rear suspension done by the end of the long weekend so fingers crossed, would be good for her to sit level.

Much success today with old bush removal, managed to get all the rear suspension bushes out entirely. Dropped off the driver side spring from the axle and began to put a newer less flat one back on, this however has not gone quite as smoothly, and as of right now I have had to down tools and retire until morning and the return of daylight, Luckily I have Tuesday off.

The problem I have is that whilst the new spring fits nicely on its hangers, I can not get it to line up to where it is supposed to be on the axle. I have measured the new and old springs and they are both the same size, the only thing I can assume is that because the old ones were flat as a pancake and I only have one off, the axle is further back. Going to try taking the other one off too, see if that helps, or bolting the spring to the axle before the chassis, but then I'm a bit worried that it might be too difficult getting it on the front hanger which was an utter pain on its own. I fear I might need to grow an extra arm lol.