Although the stars of this blog in recent times have been the Oxford and the GSA, work continues on other fleet members as well.
Sometimes successful, sometimes not.
Here’s a round up of what has been done recently:
The 335.
This beast has been slumbering for a long time after it became apparent that it was running rich, misfiring and producing spectacular backfires on LPG.
My brother spent a day methodically working through causes.
First up, the plugs were filthy. He got them cleaned up and refitted – we shall order new.
A replacement AFM (Air Flow Meter) was attached, along with new sparkplug leads and she was fired up.
With her up to temp, she was pulled out of her resting place and given a swift look over. Despite being hoachin, she looked in reasonable condition bar her battery being unserviceable.
We aired up her tyres and ran it up and down before concluding it was worth the risk of slinging her in front an MOT.
a few days later, with the GSA battery (really!) fitted and a few gallons of petrol sloshed in, a return trip was conducted to the MOT station of choice.
It was a fail, but not a bad one –
The battery clamp was my fault as I didn’t refit before taking it for test – I can be dozy early in the day.
We’ll get the work completed and have her back in for a retest soon.
Clio 172 #60
This continues as the defacto daily beater for both the burd and I. After multiple hiccups , it appeared to be behaving..
Out for lunch last week and the good lady said “#60 has a rubbing sound constantly, and a metallic ting occasionally, both from the front right”.
I contained my excitement.
Back home, it was up in the air for investigating.
This piece of plastic arch liner had detached itself and made a happy little home on the bottom arm, where it rubbed off the back of the wheel causing the persistent rubbing sound.
This jubilee clip had escaped from its post as CV boot holderer onnerer, and was merrily swinging away on the ARB.
A new one was procured and fitted.
Clio 172 #54
This one is dragging on – hoping to get it MOT’d soon
2 new tyres have been fitted to the rear.
The brakes were shocking, so a fluid change was instigated.
It seemed like a good choice. Dropping the spanner in the bottle, not so much.
We bled it in time honoured tradition from the furthers to nearest the master cylinder. Bother backs went ok, and we kept the easy to access* reservoir topped up with fresh fluid.
Can you spot it?
Moving onto the front, things didn’t look as grand..
Despite application of “spanner in a can” many bleed nipples died.
Luckily, in a fit of forethought (almost 3 years ago!) I had bought 2 new calipers and stored them away.
Both were fitted and more bleeding occurred. The pedal still feels crap, so we will have to try again.
Additionally, the handbrake cables were removed for new to be fitted.
New handbrake cables were spotted on last night, but there appears to be an issue with the drivers side. It’s a matched pair of cables, but one appears too long, although that may be due to the rear calipers lever.. more investigation required.
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