Touched up the engine paint a little too, before removing the old spark plugs

Doing some essential maintenance It's a hot day, the small dog won't even sleep in side Gigi. Prefers the vented garage floor I was getting some engine knock, Mike local peterculter garage guy suggested retard the ignition timing. I checked with my awesome 70's style timing gun Yep it was...

Will do, I need to carefully strip the old fabric for a pattern and do some thing metal fabrication. There are several parts so I'll start with the top which looks not too complicated, I hope lol

Dashboard refurb I've found a fabric supplier you can phone up and speak to on the phone. They're really helpful, and even sent me five samples so I could get the best match and fit. The vintage Nero is the closest match, to the original dash and seat fabric also. It's the most expensive one...

Yep, it wasn't expensive and seems to last forever. As in it doesn't go hard. I have an almost vintage 29 year old, last of the proper Sprites, which I've rebuilt. She's called Velma as she used to get towed by Scooby called Scooby-Doo.

I found an air riveter, pre painting the parts after test fitting with cleco fasteners, and assembly with caravan mastic tape made slippery on one side by painting with paint thinner to make temporarily slippy; useful for this job. Oh, and closed rivets The tool box was a challenge to get in...

Having removed the vinyl backed choir sound deadening, which is across the middle of the bulkhead for the purposes of repairing and slightly upgrading the wiring behind the dash, tiding up the bulkhead, with some welding and fabrication. Also having removed the bottom sections of the dash for...

The small dog's found the perfect spot for her bed, while stopped in the woods. Been getting loads of daily use recently. There is some big end knock, so I changed the oil with added Lucas Heavy Duty Oil Stabilizer. It has stopped the knocking and is only a temporary measure while I get a...

It certainly was, we were out in the secret garden making a bodger's shave horse.

On the bright side your engine will be cleaner inside now :D

Yes the roads are full of holes, but there's not much of a week's there! Doesn't look like much penetration, but I'm Shure you can weeks them up. I'm in Peterculter, so you must have driven close by lol.

I find myself using the blue thread lock on all these nuts that could rattle loose. Even used it on the UJ lock nuts for the prop after having to remove new ones to fix the transfer box. I would love an overdrive, but they're so expensive. I'm on the original 6.00-16 extra traction tyres, but we...

Welcome Cheif, Do try and work out how much the engine oil is down, by measurement from the dip stick. It is possible for the big metal can to have gone on a little out of true, which may cause a leak. it's app 1 litre of oil for the filter housing. a large piece of cardboard from an old box...

Will you rebuild the box, may I ask?

The gearbox is working great, weve covered a thousnd miles and changed the oil. Also found and fitted smaller round wing mirrors, which strangely being concave show more than the not origional rectangular ones which were on. Into an old original electrical accessory dash center console, I’ve...

You can get different colours too!

So He apologized for his Fu** Up, and dutifully posted his ‘own’ transfer box, via UPS. So that I could remove and fit the replacement transfer box while the rest of the gearbox remained in the car. It was a bit of a pain, because it also entailed removing the transmission brake and drive...

:confused:o_O Nope I'm definitely stuck in FWD Low. Max speed about twenty. So it's on the phone to ? well No names because we all f*^* up, and despite being megga disappointed, and having taken far longer than I would have in my twenties, (Day in a pub car park would have done). I explained...

The continuing saga of the gearbox So After fitting the reconditioned gearbox which I bought from a Landie Dealer in Cornwall at a total cost of almost £1000 delivered, on the understanding that my gearbox would be returned on the same palette at their cost. The idea is they then rebuild my...

Sills The original 1975 sills are in pretty good shape still, with the exception of the nearside front which has deteriorated. So I re-fabricated it. The sill was originally galvanized, as is the repair section, but I gave the itl a liberal application of Kurust as it was cleaned up and on...