Puma-minor fixes

[spudfan]

Pulling into a carpark the Mrs. suddenly says to me "You need to squeeze my teat".Nearly hit the car in front when I heard this. "I'm leaking" she continued.How I got parked I don't know. Anyway it transpired that there was a drip into the passenger footwell so I guessed she ment the drain bung near the heater. While she shopped I duly "squeezed her teat" and "it did leak".Wonder how the mechanics at a garage would have reacted if she had landed into them and said the same thing.
Ah yes women and cars.....

Finally got around to tackling a loose door mirror arm yesterday. A few pointers may be of help to anyone else doing it.
Open the door and undo the door stay by removing the small clevis pin at the bottom of the door pin.
Catch the falling washer. Mine fell to the ground and rolled. The watching cat saw it and chased it,caught it and disappeared with it.
Push up door pin and remove.
You can now open the door wider.
Prise out with a flat screw driver the plastic push in trim button in the corner. I put a piece of Duck Tape on the trim to stop the blade making a dent in it.
Pull the trim away slightly and insert something like a screwdriver or a spanner to hold it out. Your thumb is not the best item for this, take my word for it.
Put a spanner on the nuts on the inside and turn the bolts on the outside, easily done with the window down.Just turn the bolts enough so as you can remove the nuts.Careful not to let nut disappear in to doortrim. Push each bolt back in after you remove each nut and you door will stay in place.
Push the mirror arm forward and tighten those bolts. Job done.
Ease out one door bolt just enough to fit the nut then tighten it. Then do the other one.
Remove screwdriver or spanner ("or black and blue thumb) from behind door card, insert trim button and push door card home.
Next find cat playing with washer or if not get a new one.
Insert door pin into door stay arm, fit washer then clevis pin.
Put away tools, suck sore thumb,and plan how to make the assassination of the afore mentioned cat look like an accident.
While you are at it get an 8mm socket or spanner and tighten those door stay nuts and your doors will stay open again.

[PAT303]

I started putting some under floor heat shielding in mine yesterday,the center muffler has to go and some exhaust wrap around the engine pipe.I might put some felt under the mats also,marine carpet in the rear,roof runners and hard wire the cooler,jobs jobs and more jobs but two big trips in the next 6 weeks so it has to be done. Pat

[Drover]

Anyway it transpired that there was a drip into the passenger footwell so I guessed she ment the drain bung near the heater. While she shopped I duly "squeezed her teat" and "it did leak".

Hi Spudfan,

Are the "teat's" to which refer, on the blower assembly, accessed from underneath and located on the engine side of the firewall ? I found two in this location that were full of mud and sand.

I have been getting wet floor on the left hand side (passengers foot well) and it is not from rain. I was thinking it must be the air-con or some type of drain beingblocked ?

Cheers

[SVX37]

Hi Spudfan,


I have been getting wet floor on the left hand side (passengers foot well) and it is not from rain. I was thinking it must be the air-con or some type of drain beingblocked ?

Cheers

Hi Grant,

I had the same problem. It was from the air-conditioning and the dealer fixed it under warranty. Al good now.

Nigel

[spudfan]

Hi Spudfan,

Are the "teat's" to which refer, on the blower assembly, accessed from underneath and located on the engine side of the firewall ? I found two in this location that were full of mud and sand.

I have been getting wet floor on the left hand side (passengers foot well) and it is not from rain. I was thinking it must be the air-con or some type of drain beingblocked ?

Cheers

Yep, thats them. I do not have air conditioning.