1978 Revenger, and other projects

Ian do you still need an altonater?

Graeme

Found my nearly new one in the garage so you know where there is one if needed

Timing chain cover off



and new one fitted!



cleaned up the bottom pulley and tickled it with some black paint, and fitted a new water pump, even though the old one looked fine, fitted a new temperature sender and thermostat !



cleaned off that horrible spongy stuff off the bulkhead!



decided to tackle a few rusty bits, mainly the rear drivers side door!



attacked with a wire brush!







sorry I seem to have lost some pictures, of the metal being cut out and let in!





I had to let in couple of pieces on the rear arch!



there's a bit of rust along this edge, both here and at the rear, but it will have to wait until I can get it on a lift!



replaced the coil, not that there was anything wrong with the manky origonal!



Got a replacement Radiator, so removed the electric fan assembly, and painted it and the holding brackets, ready to be refitted,



unfortunately whilst cleaning the fan, it became apparent that the blade is very brittle, worried that the blades could snap off and destroy the new radiator, I reluctantly ordered a modern slim line replacement, including fitting kit!

well I was going to bid, but my computer crashed!



Anyhow I was expecting to get the car running today, but life has a habit of kicking you in the nuts, and mine were well and truly kicked,

thought that as one side of the engine was looking rather smart,



that I would tidy up the other side, with a quick lick of paint, cleaned all the muck accumulated around the core plugs, and noticed that the rear lower looked like it had rusted out, so

Because of the space being filled with the inlet and exhaust manifold, and that the exhaust needed replacing anyhow, I removed both, so that there was good access to the rotten core plug, eventually after spiking it with a chisel, it finally came out, followed by loads of rust coloured gunge, after cleaning that out, I thought it only proper to remove the other side in case that was also gunged up, a waste of time as it seems far cleaner, at least I know that now though



And, the electric fan I ordered was to big to fit, so I have had to order a smaller one that may be going in front of the Rad,

so its not been a good day, I can't even order the core plugs until tomorrow, as speedy spares are slowly spares on a Wednesday as they are shut! ;D


onwards and upwards I think

More than a month before an update, disgracefull

managed to get the engine back together having fitted the new core plugs and re painted the block,





then fitted the exhaust that mr XBollox includedin the sale, had to order a clamp and seal, then modify a bit to get it to work!







new radiator, with new electric fan, as the blades on the origonal had gone brittle,




then got the headlamps fitted, with new bulbs,



started her up, then had to fix all the leaks, mainly tighten hoses, that I thought were tight, but went slack when the hoses warmed up, clutch was stuck, so spent a couple of hours trying to free off, gave up and left it until the next day, tried again and the clutch freed, only the clutch bearing was real noisy, left it to sulk in the rain and found out that she is still leaking from the back window, one step forward two steps back ;D

I supposed I sulked around for a week or so, whilst it rained and rained and rained, but eventually the sun came out and I used some gutter sealand around the window, so it now doesn't leak,
I enjoyed the sun even more by using my time off work to cruise around the lake district with my wife in the MX5

I then picked one of these up,





its a one owner, with 100k miles, drives superb but it needs a front exhaust pipe, and some serious wheel upgrade, still got the dealer stickers and fob,

that left me seriously lacking in cash to buy parts for the revenger, so a clutch and the tie rod bushes will have to wait a while,

anyhow after a couple of weeks of doing nothing to the revenger, I decided it was oil change time, and whilst the lift was available, I decided to sort the rear corner out,

cut cut



I repaired the inner, then the outer skin,



cut a bit of rot out of the back,



new bit in



thats bang up to date!

Thanks,

made a vehicle enquiry, as i sent the SORN form off and never heard anything,



apparently it was last on the road early in 1985, so its been off the road for 27 years, and its not on the SORN register, nor does it need to be! ;D