My first series 2a project

Good to see it's not leaking, but I guess it'd be nice to know why it was empty.

Love be the big vice too 😁

Funny you mention the vice, I never had one and I was fumbling around, dropping stuff, almost getting injured so I thought, enough of this, im off to Bunnings to get a vice! $160 or so later....

Remember it took 40 years to leak out - you won't see it leak in a few days, or probably until you put it back into service - do yourself a favour and change the bottom seal before you reinstall it. It will almost certainly leak when used.

Yes.

Good point, much easier to do now. From what I read its an easy thing to change, remove the top plate and replace the seal... the inside pieces dont come flying out (dont like that compressed spring in there!)

Easy to remove the endplate & replace seal without removing the shaft & spring.
1956 Series 1 with PTO welder (home made)

Only if you find rust inside or wear on the surface the seal bears against do you need to remove the shaft/spring/bushes.


Colin

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

You can reuse the head bolts. If you don't already have them I suggest getting both a (factory) workshop manual and a parts book. The latter is mainly to show how things go together, as it has a lot more pictures than the workshop manual, although you need to use some caution, as pictures in some cases only show early parts, not later ones, even though both part numbers are given.

You can get these on CD from the AULRO shop.

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Hi JDNSW

What/where on the site is this AULRO shop you have mentioned? I think we may need to get our hands on this CD too.[smilebigeye]

Thanks
Veronica

That's interesting - it used to be in the top bar of the menu at the top of every page. Seems to have disappeared. Send a message to any of the moderators; it must have disappeared in the recent meltdown of the site.

Whilst waiting for the chassis to get sorted, i started painting items such as handbrake, steering relay and air filter. The next thing i want to tackle is the fuel tanks - yes got 2, a stock small 2a and another small tank from a series 1 with cap on tank which will be the aux tank.

I have already removed all the fittings off the tanks and gave them a pressure wash. I now want to strip the paint and left over muck, but here is where i am worries. Both tanks have not had any fuel in them for a long time, but there is still a smell of petrol even tho i washed inside. Would if be ok for me to use the angle grinder with wire wheel for the outside? Im thinking it should be ok, but as it will throw sparks i wanted to ask.

Thoughts?

I've found that petrol can stay in the nooks and crannies even after washing. Had a tank go 'whoosh' on me once when repairing a leak on it. 2 thinks you can try - either fill the tank with water to the brim when working on it - add a bit of dishwashing liquid to it as this breaks the surface tension of the water and lets it get into those previously mentioned nooks.

Or, wash it out with hot water and detergent - again, to break the surface tension. After that, either way, you should be right. You may still have a smell, but that doesn't mean there's fuel present.