Thanks Brett. How's your EK going.....I gather engine out was the EK??
Big couple of days here with lots of help from the good wife. With the engine sliding in it looks like its so close to turn key stuff but then all the little shit jobs crop up that you hadn't done, so..........
Overhauled the (second) starter motor. Original one was too far gone on the armature and it had been worked pretty hard at some stage. Even the insulation on the crimp for the battery cable connection had melted.
Overhauled the generator. If anyone is interested I had managed to source a few kits for the Lucas C39 generator from England. These come complete with bearing and bush, retainer rivets, brushes and springs, fibre washer, field coil screws, etc.
Fitted new slave cylinder and sorted out gear linkages (had to re bend one as it was hitting on the clutch fork (used the template in the manual).
Fitted up the steering column after running the wiring in the tube (just like putting toothpaste back in the tube!) Pulled both rear taillights and fitted new lenses and buggered globes. Tidy wiring under the dash. One thing though, it buggers me how they never had any major fires in these things. The wiring is such a mess, rub points everywhere, just a rats nest really. That's mass production I guess.
Anyway we got to fire it up but had an issue with fuel not reaching the carb. After checking for blockages, leaks on the suction side, pump valves (again), it turned out to be stuck needle in the carb. Bonus though, as we pressured up the fuel tank to push fuel through we popped the big dent out of the tank. Still got smaller ones to go though. She's done some stump jumping in its life!
Running wise it was ok but the original carb had to be changed out as its got a progression problem. Other than that all else is good. She'll need a tappet adjustment after the first run as I've only done a cold set for now. I'll try and get some video up today.
