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Got goat-roped into doing some work on a pal's B, electrics had been messed with and a LOT of stuff didn't work. Story goes; the PO allowed some golf-cart technician(?) to have a go at it... ungood!
Got all the wiring sorted so now he's got brake lights, taillamps and signals. And the rat's nest of a wiring loom under-hood now has some order to it.
The windshield had been replaced by some shop that charged the PO $800(!) for the task. They managed to get ONE bolt into the frame, at the passenger side. Otherwise it was 'floating' and only the little center two were holding it down. That shoulda been a lawsuit, IMHO.
Left rear wheel cylinder had a bit of "weep" evidence... on closer inspection someone had been there before me: the clip supposed to hold the thing in place was dangling on the pipe, the bleed screw had been broken off too. Right side Bundy pipe had a crimp (compression) fitting about four inches up from the cylinder! That is getting replaced tomorrow AM. Oh, and that clip was kinda wedged at one of the ears. Cylinder was canted in the hole.
This is again my beef with those who diss British cars. They were usually fine until some ham-fisted bozo got ahold of 'em and bodged every job they did. Most "mechanics" gave the cars absolutely no respect or were outright contemptuous of 'em.
Got all the wiring sorted so now he's got brake lights, taillamps and signals. And the rat's nest of a wiring loom under-hood now has some order to it.
The windshield had been replaced by some shop that charged the PO $800(!) for the task. They managed to get ONE bolt into the frame, at the passenger side. Otherwise it was 'floating' and only the little center two were holding it down. That shoulda been a lawsuit, IMHO.
Left rear wheel cylinder had a bit of "weep" evidence... on closer inspection someone had been there before me: the clip supposed to hold the thing in place was dangling on the pipe, the bleed screw had been broken off too. Right side Bundy pipe had a crimp (compression) fitting about four inches up from the cylinder! That is getting replaced tomorrow AM. Oh, and that clip was kinda wedged at one of the ears. Cylinder was canted in the hole.
This is again my beef with those who diss British cars. They were usually fine until some ham-fisted bozo got ahold of 'em and bodged every job they did. Most "mechanics" gave the cars absolutely no respect or were outright contemptuous of 'em.
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