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February
21st 2007
A new year is upon us and Vera is
coming along nicely. All welding has
been finished now - Tony has lots
of scars to prove it. We are now going
to concentrate on getting the engine
sorted so that we can put her through
an MOT - after that we will finsih
off the wings, bonnet and tidy up
the rest of her during the warmer
months.
After
a little bit of research it was decided
that we would give the plastic push
rods a try and once we had found a
cheap supplier on ebay we were ready
to start.
Pushrods
and rockers refitted and tappets adjusted.
New
Push rod tubes installed on offside.
Sump
strainer removed.
New
rocker cover gasket installed.
The
heater exchangers have been fitted
too. These were bought from Status
VW and they seemed to be really good
quality. After the fun we had with
the heater channels themselves this
was seemed like good news.
New
heat exchanger fitted.
Other
heat exchanger fitted.
In
preparation for the MOT the brakes
are being checked out and we have
already found a few scary problems
with pipes being in poor condition
so a good check over is required.
New
flexi brake pipe installed.
The
panels needed filling and we have
decided that we can live with the
bonnet and wings for a few more months
unitl it gets warmer and we can rub
them down and spay them.
Rear
quarter filled and ready for final
finishing before painting
Another
application of filler and then this
front quarter will be ready for spraying
too. Let's just hope that the new
Euro regulations for spraying don't
kick in just yet.
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