Thread: The leg work begins.

I visited a fellow a couple of weeks ago. He had some brake boosters from America. He was going to use them on his disk brake conversion. I got a few pics to show you.

I reckon you should take the minimalist approach with it. The paint isn't too bad. It looks a pretty neat machine as it is.

Originally Posted by bacicat2000

Quick update. Had a few hours spare at my mates workshop just before Christmas, so I found myself getting the fuel system sorted. If I left the engine for any amount of time, I would have to pour fuel down the carby to get it running again - power piston in the carby was doing nothing. Ran a kit through it, replaced the fuel line to the tank - I had been running it from a small drum under the bonnet, removed, cleaned and refitted the fuel pump/bowl and now it starts easily and runs very smoothly. Bit of smoke out the exhaust, but not worried about that at the moment.

Coolant system Is next, as it won't hold water for more than a week or so. Can't see any obvious leak, but I will strip everything out, clean everything, replace the hoses and see what I find after that. The rad looks in pretty good nick, so it could be something stupid like a loose hose clamp or something.

May have a chance to finish the disk brake mock up these holidays, and if I do, I'll fit it up to the vehicle and see if it is all going to work in practice.

Oh, if anyone has a brake booster for a series III for sale, let me know.

Cheers - Gav.

G'day Gav,

There are two new brake boosters for sale on eBay at the moment. No links to the sellers.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Wow, it's been a while since I've been here...

Nothing really to report, but I have a quick question - where would I find the chassis number on this vehicle?

Cheers - Gav

Been doing a bit over the last couple of days - a big thank you to Mick_Marsh for his help.

One thing I need to sort is a clunking noise it makes while reversing. All quiet going forward in any gear, but a clunk, clunk, clunk in reverse. Can't work out exactly where it is coming from - any ideas?

Cheers - Gav.

Park brake?

JC

Mmm - could be. The park brake works and releases well though - it is the only form of braking that it has at the moment.

If it was dragging slightly - like I was using it as a brake to keep the car a a safe speed.. could that make that sort of noise?

Re chassis number, either front right dumb iron on the flat outer plate that the front spring bolts to or on the rear left spring hanger. Should be on the small folded section of the hanger that's welded to the chassis...

Re reverse gear... They are a straight cut gear mounted in the side of the gearbox. They don't like speed or power (ever), and have a habit of loosing teeth.. Ran a V8 2a in the UK for several years.. Broke a reverse gear tooth within the first few months of fitting the V8, and it survived making the clunking noise you describe...

6 cylinder transport makes sense now....

Another small but heavy step happened today - 1,500KM from the vehicle...

The 'new' engine for it - a Rover 6 cylinder - is now in my trailer at Glenreagh ready to come home with me. It's condition is unknown but it has a brand new clutch on it which was a bonus. It has at least one known 'issue' - that is a tap stuck in number 6 spark plug hole, so not sure what else I will find when I clean it up and pull it apart.

For the price it doesn't really matter, it was a bargain.

A big thanks to Keith and Dave for getting it from Gympie to Glenreagh for me.

Here it is ready to be transferred from one trailer to the next. I'm sure some pics and video will turn up on how this was achieved.