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t... I regularly used to drive past there!
Still on cloud 9, still can't believe my luck!!
Down to earth though, the engine's an unknown quantity and the interior's trash...
On the plus side, the engine's looking complete. On the negitive side, the air filter and plug leads have been pulled off. It certainly hasn't run since 2005, could be 1995 - ouch. Plan is to pull the plugs, look down the bores with an endoscope and go from there.
Interior? Ha! I laugh at mould, I have plant life!!
Yes that's grass growing in the middle of the back shelf. Phil Dickie to the rescue! Alternative interior is needed...
Down to earth though, the engine's an unknown quantity and the interior's trash...
On the plus side, the engine's looking complete. On the negitive side, the air filter and plug leads have been pulled off. It certainly hasn't run since 2005, could be 1995 - ouch. Plan is to pull the plugs, look down the bores with an endoscope and go from there.
Interior? Ha! I laugh at mould, I have plant life!!
Yes that's grass growing in the middle of the back shelf. Phil Dickie to the rescue! Alternative interior is needed...
I have seen worse! looks OK to me. jet wash the crap out of it and it won't look that bad. The interior is nothing, neither is the hood, the wood etc is a disposable item in any case, the chassis will clean up and the engine might not be as bad as everybody thinks. Everything else is do-able. Get yourself a polishing wheel and some switch cleaner ;-)
Perhaps we have to start a site for sad SEAC restoration stories....
Good Luck fella.
MikeyB
Perhaps we have to start a site for sad SEAC restoration stories....
Good Luck fella.
MikeyB
Just get some fresh oil and fuel in it and start it. Then again maybe not.
Mines hadn't ran since 1996 when I purchased it last year and I fitted a new fuel pump and filter cleaned the injectors and squirted some oil down the remote filter pipes to prime the pump and it fired into life. The clutch cylinder was seized and the brake needed replaced but that was it. I think your list might be a tiny bit longer but I'm very impatient and I would try to start it as soon as I could.
Good luck.
Mines hadn't ran since 1996 when I purchased it last year and I fitted a new fuel pump and filter cleaned the injectors and squirted some oil down the remote filter pipes to prime the pump and it fired into life. The clutch cylinder was seized and the brake needed replaced but that was it. I think your list might be a tiny bit longer but I'm very impatient and I would try to start it as soon as I could.Good luck.
"endoscope down the bores"
Don't scare yourself, just plus gas the plugs and leave for a couple of days. Then introduce an eggcup full of diesel to each cylinder and leave it for a week. Then see if it will turn over with a socket on the crankshaft pulley. Dismantling the engine will be easier if you've managed to get it turning first. Could you remove the dry sump plate in situ and spray lube the big ends?
Don't scare yourself, just plus gas the plugs and leave for a couple of days. Then introduce an eggcup full of diesel to each cylinder and leave it for a week. Then see if it will turn over with a socket on the crankshaft pulley. Dismantling the engine will be easier if you've managed to get it turning first. Could you remove the dry sump plate in situ and spray lube the big ends?
mikeb said:
I have seen worse!
That reminded me of this:
"I've had worse - tis but a scratch!"
I wasn't being doom and gloom about the engine strip - many moons ago I bought a semi-race 1700 crossflow engine that had sat in someone's garage for a couple of years. I stripped it for peace of mind just to find it was as mint as a minty thing with a polar bear stood on top
As far as restoration goes there isnt any body panels to fabricate or chassis to weld and that is normally the bulk of the money so realistically its not a lottery win to sort it..Okay its not gonna be cheap but worth every penny..Its definately a worthy project and you definitely have a nose for these things..did you smell it before you saw it.. I imagine it has a very organic car like smell to it..bit like a rare truffle..
I still cant get over the fact that some dozy whimp parked it up for all these years after probably spinning it out on a run at high speed..Brown trouser tart.
I still cant get over the fact that some dozy whimp parked it up for all these years after probably spinning it out on a run at high speed..Brown trouser tart.
Hi Steve,
What brakes, I can't see any brakes!!!
Getting the wheels off was a fight, locking bolt covers with no key caused a bit of a hicough.
Looks like standard 2.8i granny brakes to me; 'competition brakes' must have meant competition pads.
Suits me for road use, I can put sensible pads in.
What brakes, I can't see any brakes!!!
Getting the wheels off was a fight, locking bolt covers with no key caused a bit of a hicough.
Looks like standard 2.8i granny brakes to me; 'competition brakes' must have meant competition pads.
Suits me for road use, I can put sensible pads in.
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