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re the sump guard – yes the plan was to go a bit offroad… though that’s been postponed in favour of just getting an MOT for the short term…

re reverse-light switch – is that the bit which goes on the gearbox? That would be good – i think I have one on my original GU loom but would rather not hack it up if avoidable 🙂

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front indicators now working, list updated.

Side repeaters both work, missing one housing, will order a fresh set.

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So today I took the inlet manifold off so I could get to the exhaust manifold/downpipe join, took that apart and put some high temp sealant on both sides of the downpipe gasket. Hopefully that will fix the downpipe leak (which would be an MOT dealbreaker).

It had a fresh gasket on last time I put it together so I could see where the leak was from the soot marks on the gasket (sorry forgot to photo, now covered in goo and back in the car) – it was only a small leak and might have been partially because I seem to have forgotten (or been unable) to tighten one of the downpipe bolts.

This time all bolts definitely done up tight (likely thanks to the deep 17mm socket I probably bought last time and forgot to follow-up with), sealant on both sides of the gasket and when tightened down it squeezed out all the way around so hopefully we got a good seal. I’ll risk a bit of gloop on the inside of the pipes if it means we get closer to an MOT.

I’m going to let it set overnight or so before trying to start it but with a bit of luck we might finally have this leak sorted.

Remaining to-do list is currently looking mostly like this:

Mechanical:
– RR brake cylinder needs replacing (pipe twisted, may actually be ok, would rather replace tho. Have replacement cyl already. Could get messy re pipework so if possible to avoid, avoid). Maybe get MOT garage to do this?
– properly affix the braided fuel lines to the underside of the car. Need to make brackets for that, currently ziptied
– needs windscreen wipers, old ones are shot.
TO CHECK – timing/fuelling (get MOT place to sort it – do premier still exist?)

Electrical:
TO ORDER – side repeaters – must have some somewhere. Bulbs are working, missing one housing. order fresh pair
– Reversing gearbox switchy thing (probably not actually an issue for mot, only if need 4wd in reverse – REVERSING LIGHT?)
– sensors – oil pressure, engine coolant
– add coolant sensor to current expansion tank (should be easy, have part already)

Bodywork:
– pressure wash so we can see what’s muck and what’s paint
– do some filling/smoothing/electrox around welded areas?
– above windscreen small rusty patch – treat & fill for now, weld once mot
– scuttle panel small rusty patch – treat & fill for now, weld once mot
– electrox RR arch and sill
– driver’s wing mirror – looked to be a spare on one of the spare doors

DONE – fix wiring/plugs for the new front indicators
HOPEFULLY DONE – fix downpipe exhaust leak
DONE I THINK – fix stray cable on the FR headlight plug (soldering, easyish)
DONE – put the bumper and chin panel on

• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by LD50.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by LD50.

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I think it’s working now – possibly something broke in one of the auto-updates. Please let me know if you get the same issue.

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congrats on the MOT \o/ one day 😉 #sornlife

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nice project – this is the sort of inspiration I need to get a move on with mine 🙂

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niiiiice!!

Don’t know if we’ve got any B2s but very glad to have one in that case 🙂

Lots of pics please

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Also (more importantly) congrats on the purchase! Lovely looking country 🙂

grinding noise… hmm i’d have to go with whatever the most inconvenient/annoying/rare thing to fix would be so I guess transfer box or gearbox issue? In any other situation I guess I’d say grinding sounds like wheel bearings but it’s a syncro so unlikely to be such a simple thing 😉

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Testing inline pic:

If this works all I did was open the (attached) pic from your post, right click, copy imge url. Then in the text click “img” from the menu, paste url and hey presto (unless it didn’t work then not).

And yes, attached pics are uploaded to the site so will stay with it forever, the old forum is littered with pics where the hosting service no longer exists or whatever :-\

The pics will still need to be attached first then go back and edit the post I guess. Occasionally posts disappear (which is very annoying but so far haven’t been able to track down or recreate the issue) so perhaps post-then-edit is a good approach anyway.

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oh that sucks. sorry to hear it :-\

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interesting. so was that the RHD downpipe or the LHD one? the LHD standard syncro downpipe is pretty decent (i think I have one somewhere) – 2 smooth pipes and little restriction, whereas the RHD one is with the round connector with clips and the flattened section.

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oh really? that’s good to know! just saved me an item on the list. nice 🙂

just fixed the headlight wiring, put the front bumper on and sorted a couple of other little bits…would like to do more but am exhausted so that’ll have to do for now.

Unfortunately the indicator bulb holder thing (i.e. the plastic insert the bulb sits in which gets slotted into the back of the indicators are a bit worse for wear. Does anyone have any big bumper indicators knocking about? A pair would be ideal but one would do. Thanks in advance 🙂

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oh yikes. the standard GU downpipe on a G60? that doesn’t sound great but I guess it would work..sorta. Never even worked particularly well on the original GU.

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hmm well it’s RHD so I guess it’s not an original G60..rhd g60 conversion?

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it’s all good sam, post away 🙂

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