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Odds And Ends
Created on 2008-07-07 04:49:23
Lots of little pieces done. Fuel tank is in and strapped tight.
I spent a little time finding areas that were not painted in interior nooks and crannies and hit them with a quick spray of rattlecan matched from paintscratch.com.
The driver side taillight assembly is in place, the passenger door stiffener, bumpers on both doors, some body plugs. I started replacing the hardware, where applicable, with stainless: all the screws on the door and window mechanisms, body parts, boot latch, etc.
The boot latch is installed but not the lock. I'm pressing the seal down tight, hoping it will form itself to shape.
This car will not be concours, but it will be pretty close. I hope.
I spent a little time finding areas that were not painted in interior nooks and crannies and hit them with a quick spray of rattlecan matched from paintscratch.com.
The driver side taillight assembly is in place, the passenger door stiffener, bumpers on both doors, some body plugs. I started replacing the hardware, where applicable, with stainless: all the screws on the door and window mechanisms, body parts, boot latch, etc.
The boot latch is installed but not the lock. I'm pressing the seal down tight, hoping it will form itself to shape.
This car will not be concours, but it will be pretty close. I hope.
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Peel Back From The Painters | 2008-07-02 | 3 | Monday evening I went to Maaco and got this lovely little car back from the painters. There may be a lawsui as they broke a weld, but my lawyers advised me that it would do no harm... | |
| Mrs. Peel Back From The Painters | 2008-07-02 | 3 | Monday evening I went to Maaco and got this lovely little car back from the painters. There may be a lawsui as they broke a weld, but my lawyers advised me that it would do no harm... | |
| New Horns And Alternator Upgrade | 2007-07-17 | After having one too many cars pull out in front of me without looking, I decided to replace the original horns in Miss K with a set of 135db air horns from Harbor Freight. They're... | ||
| Suspension Repairs - And A New Wind Blocker | 2007-07-03 | 1 | So a few weeks ago when under the driver-side wheels I noticed that the wishbone arms had grooves where the lower trunnion pin went through them. Knowing that these should in fact ... | |
| Miss Kensington's Engine Cleanup | 2007-05-22 | 2 | After doing a bunch of little work on Miss K over the last few months, and enjoying driving in the sun, it was time to clean up the engine a bit. When we first got M... | |
| The 71 MGB- Sarah Jane | 2007-03-26 | 1 | Well, my sickness continues. I had seen this car on ebay, and meant to buy it just for the wheels. But then I discover it has a stainless exhaust system, a Gold Seal engine, alread... | |
| Crank Seal Replaced- Finally | 2007-01-27 | 2 | 1 | Well, last week I finally got the crankshaft pulley bolt off. It took the car in fourth gear, emergency brake on full, front of car on jack stands, rear wheels chocked, a socket, f... |
| End Of Year Work | 2007-01-10 | Well, not having posted since October, it's time to update the journal. A bunch of little work has been going on. I obtained a hardtop that will work either on Miss ... | ||
| Brakes! | 2006-10-24 | A summation of a few month's worth of tinkering. After much squeaking from the rear passenger brakes, we ended up replacing the brake piston- all seems much better n... | ||
| Little Bits | 2006-09-05 | 1 | More little bits done over this past Labor day weekend. Checked out the gearbox oil level- had some trouble shifting, but the level is fine. Checked the hyraulics a... |
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