Bits and pieces

Evening folks,

I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves today.

Bad seal around the air filter 'snorkel',  will need a replacement as it lets dirt into the intake.

The data plate was coming loose so I cleaned the area up and riveted it down

More damage from jacking the car up in the wrong spot, was able to straighten it up so that it would be hard to tell.

An area of concern, an antifreeze leak, hopefully it's just a bad hose connection but the worst case would be the pipe going through the bulkhead.  That's a realy big deal as one has to remove the wiper rack and getting them in the bulkhead is easiest with the engine out-Noooooo!

In the process of replacing the rubber gator, will be trying to get the cover lower so that the gauge panel will be able to be opened.

The old gator, perished as the English would say

Hopefully the gearbox cover has been adjusted so that the fuse/instrument panel can be dropped down as intended by the factory.

The new rubber gator

Other things done today, painted the firewall area, should be able to start reassembling the components on the firewall next week.  Looked at why the switch plate was loose-the screws that holds it in have broken out of the plastic.  Hate to replace it, someone else has tried to glue it in but not very successfully.  Will look at it again at a later date but gluing it may be the only way to fix it short of replacing it.

Will be off till next week so hope you all have a great weekend, see you next week.

Cheers,

Lynn

6 hrs

Heater box, courtesy light switch, rub a dub, dub!

Good evening ya'll,  

I happened to be pawing through some of my junk and found a door switch for JJ's missing drivers side door.  It even worked when I put the ohm meter on it and Jennifer should now have a working courtesy light.  I suspect that it would work when she opened the passengers door but the wire was hanging loose in the door panel.  Simple switch but the new ones are made in China and usually fall out because they are made of soft metal.

So after spending the morning painting the heater box, testing the motor and so forth it was time to start taking care of the firewall and area under the battery tray.  At some point there must have been an overcharging situation with the battery as the area where the battery was has had a lot of paint damage from acid spewing out.  I wire brushed the rusty areas as best I could then hit it with rust encapsulator.  Tomorrow, after it's had time to cure I'll prime and paint the area which should keep it good 'indefinitely'....

A bit of fraying of the cloth covered wiring harness, black electrical tape would do the job but looks out of place on a fabric cover loom so I used some 'friction' tape to cover it.  Hated this stuff as a kid cause it wouldn't stick to anything but I've since learned that you over lap one end and tie off the other- looks a little better than shiny vinyl tape IMO.

You can't tell much but here is the primed and painted heater box with 4 coats of paint, should look original in a short period of time ;-)

The cleaned up area for the brake booster, master cylinders battery and so on.


Tomorrow I plan on painting this area and doing more on the interior. We'll see.....

That's All Folks.....


Cheers,
Lynn

5 hrs

Heater box, etc

Today I started with something just a bit different.  The old gear shift gator was worn out with tears from years of use,  I was surprised that it was made from vinyl and I believe it was original.  Given that it was vinyl I decided to use my 112 yo Singer upholstery machine that I inherited from my Mom a couple of years back,  I used the old one to make a pattern and it worked great.  

The rest of the day consisted of cleaning and stripping parts to get them read to go back on the firewall.  I cleaned the sill and fire wall with a baking soda solution to neutralize the acid from over flowing batteries over the years.  Tomorrow I'll clean further and paint the areas on the firewall there the brake fluid and or antifreeze has eroded the paint.

This is the gator for the parking brake and it's now on the car

This is where the gator goes and contact cement has been applied

The drivers side mud shield ready to paint

The heater radiator, needs to be gently vacuumed and then reinstalled after the heater box is done.

The heater box, quite messy and needing refurbishment, the flap that controls air flow in the heater box was immobile

Had to rebuild the pedal box, the clutch spring was broken so it was time to replace the springs and lube the moving parts

The heater box stripped of paint, needs some sanding to get a nice smooth surface.

The radiator overflow tank, now cleaned and painted as is the mounting bracket

More heater box parts, checked the fan motor and it seems to work with out a lot of noise

The new gear shift gator

That's all folks.

Cheers,
Lynn


7.5 hrs

Doors V2.0

Evening,

Back at it today, hope you had a very nice Mother's Day.  This picture was taken after replacing the weather seals around the door.  Of interest again is the molded plastic water 'shield' that in this case has been damaged and the outer portion is broken off-that's why you can see the hole in the door.  As a consequence the door card was/is warped and didn't fit well.  At some point you might want to replace the door cards but that can be done some time in the future should you so desire.  I was pleased that I was able to get the door to fit better, it was VERY close at the front top and the bottom was to far out but with a little adjustment of the hinge allowed me to get a much better fit IMHO.

Door installed with door card and trim, found and installed the lower trim piece that was in the boot. There is a bodge on the door that I had to do in this picture, see if you can find it.  Answer tomorrow ;-)

Nice fitting passenger door.

Gear shift gator, it was split from age and use, took it apart, made a pattern and will sew a new one.

That's all folks,

Cheers,
Lynn


5.5 hrs

The Doors, nothing to do with Jim Morrison

Evening,

The only way one can replace the seals around the doors is to actually remove the door, otherwise you can't get to the front seal.   On C.D. it looks like some one has had the doors off before but I see no evidence of damage other than the sheeting behind the door card.   The door card sheeting caught me by surprise as it looks like a piece of thin molded plastic unlike the sheet of  heavy drop 'cloth' type material I've seen on the other cars I've worked on.  Sadly the plastic is glued to the door with contact cement and damaged which makes it very hard to remove. 

 Jennifer had a bag of seals and they appear to be of good quality,  to install them I clean the channel out with a wire brush then a mild solvent and after wiping the release agent off the seals stuck them on with 3M Black Weather Strip Adhesive.

Drivers side with the door removed 

The door resting on a cushion

Clamping the weather stripping in place

The door has been reinstalled with the mounting screws going back into the same holes, means that it's in the same spot as before.   The molded black plastic door liner, learn something new every time as I didn't realize Jaguar did this.

The finished door with new window waste seals and new door seals.

The drivers side door took most of the day but I did get started on the passenger side this afternoon, again the molded plastic panel intended to prevent water damage to the door card.  One thing I did find and don't understand is that one of the bottom door drains on either side has been closed (mashed), can't conceive the reason for this as the doors need all the drainage they can get. 

Outer waist seal attached at the top of the door, the glue that was used to glue the panel on is apparent, the yellowish stuff on the door.


We received our 'care' package from SNG today-pretty speedy as I placed the order on Tuesday!  Will finish the passenger door on Monday and then move on to preping the firewall in anticipation of installing the new master cylinders and so forth.

That's all folks!

Cheers,
Lynn


5.5 hrs

Miscellaneous Stuff, interior, door

Evening Folks,

Some days you're the windscreen and others you're the bug, today I felt like the bug.  I think I'll take a day or two off from this project. Jennifer has been very sweet to work with and very patient with the progress on her car.  

Today I worked on some of the interior components trying to hide the scars of time with some gentle manipulation that is probably harder than just replacing the stuff.

The center console shows the ravages  of time, the seat has been rubbing against the vinyl and damaging it, how to fit it? Well what I decided to do was to lift the vinyl and glue it down.  I also rebuilt the hinge attachment for the cubby/arm rest.

Another way to hide the breaks in the vinyl include taking the vinyl off the cubby  and repositioning it so the cut is on the inside of the cubby.

Cleaned up with leather conditioner, the gear shift lever gator is vinyl and needs to be replaced as it has several tears from use.

Will be replacing the rubber around the emergency brake lever, I've shifted the vinyl so that the slit is on the inside of the cubby.

Re-glued the vinyl on the side of the cover, I think it will be hidden when the seat is back in.

On to the door, interestingly the door has evidence of having been removed before, but what was interesting was the molded plastic door liner that you can see in this picture-dark black cover below the chrome strip.

Inside view of the door card

As I wound up the window I noticed the handle seemed to be bent, what I found was that one of the window winder mounting screws had fallen out and pushed the door card out making it look like the handle was lopsided.  The screws were loose to so needed a little attention too.

Evidence of previous tampering.

Well that's it for today, I placed an order form SNG today for brake parts and some interior stuff....

Take care,

Cheers,

Lynn

7 hrs