The first job however, was to readjust the valve clearances on the Red car. (See? I didn’t call it a shed!) Looking closely at the valves and rockers I spotted what turned out to be a broken washer. Luckily it hadn’t broken small enough to drop into one of the cam followers or anywhere else so I was relieved about that.
With the tappets quickly done I
refitted the rocker cover and turned my attention to Gertie.
When I removed the nearside rear
subframe yesterday I remembered that the exhaust bracket was broken. Mk1
subframes are becoming rare now, but I’ve managed to source a Mk2 pair with the
better exhaust mounting.
I then decided to remove the
other side too. The subframe bolt on this side was a real pig to undo
because it was seized solid and I ended up cutting the damn thing off with an angle
grinder.
Now that both subframes were
removed I then removed the propshaft and the quill shaft. I was going to send
the propshaft away to be checked for balancing. The reason for this was because
the car gets a vibration that starts at 70mph and gets progressively worse. However,
close inspection of the quill shaft revealed a somewhat knackered bearing.
Spinning it manually showed that it doesn’t rotate freely at all. I’m quite
convinced that this will be the cause of my vibration. Lets hope so. Now that
Gertie is high in the air with more or less no back axle in her I need to get
this welding done as I can't put it back together until it is. I also found more welding that needs doing on
the handbrake mounting, but this doesn’t look too serious.
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