Hi all. I collected my pride and joy last night from Sussex Aircooled where it's been for a few weeks undergoing some immediate fixes and I am delighted with the changes and quality of the work, so below is a short summary. Replaced the knackered engine (probably a 1300) with a recon 1641 and I can feel the difference immediately and that should improve as it runs-in. The old one was running very hot with poor power. The fuel vent is temporary until the right part comes in. Also the clutch had issues, so replaced at the same time. Looks good and sounds better. Drives much more smoothly, goes up hills! and will idle now. New tin where it was rusty. The speedo no longer working (going wild), so need to look at that, any suggestions gratefully received? Next was some heating, so went for a dual gas/240v system which is switchable when we are on hook-up but also allows off-grid. Neatly fits under the bed alongside some new electrics. And finally some new electrics, split charging and camping hook-up which was all missing before. And here she is, back home. Next I'm going to tackle the interior myself with some replacement carpet and general sort out, the headliner is baggy so will look at options for that. Plus over the winter I have a plan to take off the top, refurb it, including new pop-top canvas, time allowing. We've booked a couple of nights away at the end of October, so looking forward to trying it all out.
Excellent, glad you are sorted. The speedometer issue, could be the cable needs lubricating if it’s jumping around, should be an easy fix
New speedo cable is an easy fix however ours still jumps a bit when at crawling speed but i can live with it.
Mine was playing up and it was at the wheel end where it goes into the cap I found the square hole had gone a bit rounded off so it didn’t run round smoothly.
Thanks for the advice. Managed to fix the interior lights today, next is fog light which was working but is now not then onto Speedo cable.
Fog light was an easy fix but Speedo cable not any better after some lubrication. Will get a new cable. New problem is accelerator cable coming loose where it connects to the dual carb rods, easy fix but not staying permanently in place. We managed a short trip away to a campsite in Sandwich, Kent. Was really good, a few pics below.
Speedo cable replaced today, seems to be working fine now. I had a few problems getting a new rubber grommet back into the hole in the wheel where the cable goes through, but after some persuasion, I reckon its about 90% in and plenty of grease around it. Next thing, new carbs are not closing fully and revs are high at times. I've tried different springs, no luck and today greased up the accelerator linkage as it seems tight. A little better but not perfect. I think there is friction on the accelerator cable and this is preventing the carbs closing, without the cable it works fine. The cable itself looks fine, there are some rubber bellows just loose on the cable (not doing anything) and the pipe through the fan housing in the engine bay seems to be pulling out a little during use. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Those grommets are sent to try you but pleased the problem has gone! One thing to try on the pipe through the fan housing is to secure it with a jubilee clip to stop it moving about. Also, what condition is the spring in which lives under your accelerator pedal, they can corrode and snap in half.
this is absolutely needed to be firmly in place as Mork says. The flexible conduit above the gearbox mates with the end to keep everything happy. If the two come apart the cable will be stiff and possibly sawing through something. If you don't have a flexible conduit above the gearbox... you'd be advised to fit one.
