August 2011

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Bleedin' brakes!

Rob kindly has lent me his old wheels with usable tyres.  Mine are off to be detyred, cleaned and retyred.

Spent 4 hours today trying to bleed rear brakes. I had to make an adapter for my jack to fit into the hole in the base of the IRS so I could jack the car up on the diff. This took around 90 minutes of welding and machining until it worked as I wanted.  I finally got the bugger jacked up safely, but was unable to remove the shock absorber; essentially I was too stupid to realise that the bottom bolt holds both shocks on. So don't worry, absolutely no brakes were bled in the making of today's blog.

Car looks nice with Rob's wheels on it anyway.

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Friday, 12 August 2011

Paint everywhere, Sir?

Note to self.  Do NOT store paint in plastic urine specimen bottles; they dissolve and paint goes everywhere.

First SNG Barratt order in by phone.  Took 25 mins for 5 items.  Lots of being called “Sir”.

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Thursday, 11 August 2011

Brass for brass

001aOff to get my special triple eared knockoff spanner this afternoon pro the princely sum of, wait for it, $128!  This makes brass worth about $500 per kilo.

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Tuesday, 09 August 2011

RTFM.

Quick photo shoot.  I received all the original Jag manuals today.

 

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After reading the Owner's Manual, I opened the choke full and turned the motor over with no throttle, as per instructions.  Started in about 5 sec from cold.  Maaarvelous.

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Sunday, 07 August 2011

Start with something simple

Plan today is to sort out the indicators ( not working) and change the oil.  

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Saturday, 06 August 2011

The Jag Arrives...

I am understandable very keen to pick up car after over a week of waiting. Jarrod arrives at 10am and we set off to Aldgate.

Agreed pickup was 11m but we get there at 1015; doh.

Gaynor rings poor Alan, who is having coffee with the boys at Chris’s place which seems to be where E-type types congregate on a Saturday.

Alan rushes home to find us manhandling his beloved. The car silly, not Gaynor!

After a short time tow truck arrives, we load the car on and off we go.

By 1110am she’s being unloaded at my house. A few tense moments and she’s in the purpose-built shed.

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