Thread: The leg work begins.

Originally Posted by alien

And some more pics.

Attachment 39535 Attachment 39537
Does this mount look right?
It's angle and flat wielded to fitt, looks like a good job though.
Attachment 39538 Attachment 39539

That mount looks a lot like the one I have on my 186. And apparently it has been registered in QLD.

I'd love to rip it out and stick in a 300tdi....

So, I took a battery and dizzy lead over to my mates workshop to see if I could get it to start. Pulled the plugs, checked the oil (I will replace this later, but it doesn't appear to have any nastys in it. Put in the battery and cranked the engine - the oil pressure light went out pretty quick. Checked for spark - nice thick blue spark, stuffed the plugs back in, and ran a fuel line to a drum of clean fuel, tipped a bit of said fuel down the carby, and cranked it. It started pretty much straight away! It stalled a couple of times until the clean fuel got into the carby, then sat there ticking away nicely. Took a bit to get some oil to the rockers, - I have had this happen before, and the oil pump was a bit stuffed, so I'll grab a new one for it at some stage, but everything works. No coolant leaks, alternator charges the battery, all the lights, indicators, wipers work. Only the heater fan doesn't, as it's been disconnected, but pretty happy all in all.

I didn't get any further, the clutch and brakes don't work, so I don't know if the gearbox or anything else is ok yet. Pulled the clutch master out, as it is stuck - got it filled with CRC at the moment, trying to see if I can get the piston out - I managed to tap it in a bit further, but it is resisting me getting the thing out...

Anyway, just thought I'd post this, as it is a good start.

Cheers - Gav

So, managed to get the piston out of the clutch master after soaking it for a couple of days. All good inside apart from all the gunk. Cleaned it all out, then honed the cylinder with a bit of wet and dry, and put it all back together. Pulled the slave cylinder off, and it was in the same condition, but the piston yielded easily and the same treatment was given to it.

Put everything back together, and bled the clutch. Clutch petal felt good. Started it, pushed the clutch in - selected 1st ..... and...... away I went!

Tried reverse - all good, but there is something in the driveline that didn't sound right - a clunking from up the front only when going backwards - not sure what that is yet, but I'll get to that at some point.

Drove it out of my mates workshop and towards the street - now in second and rolling along nicely - when I realalised I had forgotton that the brakes don't work yet...

Oops - on with the handbrake - good job that works well

So, a bit more carefully now took it for a drive up the street - it is a dead end in that part of the industrial estate, so all safe to do so, and no one else around there on a Saturday arvo.

All the gears work well, but the box was making a bit of a whining sound - probably taking a bit to get the oil flowing again - if there is any in there - I didn't check...

Only a short trip, but it goes well, steers ok, and everything seems to work as it should.

So, onto the brakes next to see if I can get it to stop.

Oh - by the way - don't mention any of this to SWMBO - I'm not supposed to be working on it yet, but I can't help myself...

At least it can be moved easily around the workshop now so it won't be in my mates way.

Cheers - Gav

Good to hear you got it going.
I've got one or three projects here you can work on when you feel the need.

Yeah - I'm sure I have time for those Mick... I'm supposed to be getting the Rangie finished, and SWMBO's Rangie has just **** an airspring, so I have that to do as well.

I am more than happy to pop over and have a cuppa and discuss how you are going with things. You working on the Inter tomorrow???

Yes.
I have painted bits.

Ooooh - sounds good. What time will you be there? I have a bit of time free in the morning - I can give you a hand for a couple of hours.

EDIT - now I'm a Chatterbox too..., and it only took just over 2 years. Good spot as well for my 2000 th post.

So, while at my mates workshop today, and had a bit of time to spare & the Series III was calling me, so I pulled the LH front wheel off to see what condition the brakes are in. Thought it could be a bit tough for a start as the drum retention screws were a tad tight, and had been butchered in the past. A big hammer and the impact screwdriver sorted them out, and the drum was persuaded off to reveal what lay beneath. Well, I'm pretty happy as it turns out - on this side at least, the shoes have plenty of meat on them, and the drum is in good nick and I'm not even going to need to machine it. Everything is a little gummed up, but should clean up ok. Pulled the wheel cylinder out, but haven't got it apart yet - like everything else, it is gummed up and needs a bit of TLC. I had to go and do some real work so that's where I have left it, but I think I should be able to get it to stop again without too much issue.

Like always - don't tell SWMBO...

Edit - I really need to find a suitable name for it soon, so I can address it properly.