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After about 250 hours of total work in the last six months, I have completed bringing this car up to the next level.
In addition to the stuff I mentioned a few weeks ago, this is the work done most recently:
Carb total rebuilds
New Wire harness
New steering ball joints and system adjustment
Installation of fully serviced trafficator
Thanks for all the advice everyone.
The test drive was wonderful. Everything worked right. Even the OD, which is now correctly operating on a throttle switch ($35 eBay) and throttle relay (Moss).
Also, the fuse system I installed is doing fine.
30 Amp at the brown wire at the solenoid
15 Amp on the ignition switch input
20 Amp on the headlight switch input
So far so good. I tried all the power items together and loading the system by turning switches on and off, and could not get any fuse to blow. I think all the new wiring and clean connections, each assembled with electrolytic grease, really cuts down on current draw. I'm even running the junk bar lights off the high beam circuit to the front of the car. No blown fuse, but I want to do some testing in the dark to see if the additional load diminishes the high beam quality.
When rebuilding the carbs, it turned out the rear one was not original, but pretty much worn as badly as the front one, even though much newer (brass shaft bushings). The reason, it turns out, that I could not previously get good carb tuning was a loose jet bearing nut on the rear carb, and no seals on the slow speed adusting screws on either carb. This in addition to the known issues of worn throttle shafts and bad shaft bushings.
Here's a couple of pics of the project today:
In addition to the stuff I mentioned a few weeks ago, this is the work done most recently:
Carb total rebuilds
New Wire harness
New steering ball joints and system adjustment
Installation of fully serviced trafficator
Thanks for all the advice everyone.
The test drive was wonderful. Everything worked right. Even the OD, which is now correctly operating on a throttle switch ($35 eBay) and throttle relay (Moss).
Also, the fuse system I installed is doing fine.
30 Amp at the brown wire at the solenoid
15 Amp on the ignition switch input
20 Amp on the headlight switch input
So far so good. I tried all the power items together and loading the system by turning switches on and off, and could not get any fuse to blow. I think all the new wiring and clean connections, each assembled with electrolytic grease, really cuts down on current draw. I'm even running the junk bar lights off the high beam circuit to the front of the car. No blown fuse, but I want to do some testing in the dark to see if the additional load diminishes the high beam quality.
When rebuilding the carbs, it turned out the rear one was not original, but pretty much worn as badly as the front one, even though much newer (brass shaft bushings). The reason, it turns out, that I could not previously get good carb tuning was a loose jet bearing nut on the rear carb, and no seals on the slow speed adusting screws on either carb. This in addition to the known issues of worn throttle shafts and bad shaft bushings.
Here's a couple of pics of the project today:
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