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how far do i have to go

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:34 pm
by andrew.searston
hi everyone :D
heres a pic of my engine.
how far off concourse would this be, considering the car lives out side???
and also what coulour would the original ht leads be??
is their anything else to improve on originality??
thanks, andrew[frame]Image[/frame]

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:39 pm
by DanRodd
only things that stick out to me are the halfords battery and the ht leads,they would have had seperate caps.

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:42 pm
by andrew.searston
thanks for the reply
could you explain what you mean by seperate caps?? and would they be fabric covered (what coulor)??

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:28 pm
by DanRodd
they wouldnt be fabric covered,but would have bakelite caps like these:
http://www.gsparkplug.com/products/cap/

but i couldnt say which type myself.

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:19 am
by aupickup
the rad fan blade hub would have been black

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:14 pm
by andrew.searston
i thought they where either yellow or red. is it the hub or the blade that needs to be black???
so other than the engine steady bar being upside down and the ht leads, is everything as it would have been when it left the factory??? :D

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:19 pm
by aupickup
the hub was black

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:20 pm
by aupickup
was also a stencelled sign on the radiator cowl
simialr to turn cap slowley to avoid scalding

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:21 pm
by andrew.searston
ok thanks and the blade either yellow or red, im guessing red for a 1957

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:24 pm
by andrew.searston
forgot to add does the dizzy vac pipe go round the front of the engine and a clip on the thermostate housing or round the back as ive got it now and clip on to the manifold??

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:27 pm
by aupickup
prob yellow fan blades
dynamo was painted green

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:31 pm
by stevey
should it be a side exit dizzy cap for 1957?

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:32 pm
by PSL184
stevey wrote:should it be a side exit dizzy cap for 1957?
Yes it should be - and that Halfords battery will never do, tut, tut, tut :wink: :lol:

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:45 pm
by aupickup
i have a side entry dizzy cap and leads for sale £6.00
the leads are held in with a screw and the coil leadis a screw fit[frame]Image[/frame]

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:58 pm
by andrew.searston
tut tut tut richard your moggys not shiny enough :D :D

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:36 pm
by PSL184
andrew.searston wrote:tut tut tut richard your moggys not shiny enough :D :D
After you've finished on your engine you can come round and polish mine up then mate :wink: :lol:

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:43 pm
by mmjosh
After you've finished on your engine you can come round and polish mine up then mate :wink: :lol:
i can do that rich :P

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:09 pm
by Matt Tomkins
fancy doing mine 'n' all? :P

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:26 pm
by bmcecosse
The dynamo AND the starter should be green. And - it's not the right shade of green anyway.............The battery would be rubber topped with individual cell caps (and your terminals are dangerously close to the clamp bar - best turn the battery round!) - and the blue electrical connectors down near the dizzy will never do.......... :roll:

Re: how far do i have to go

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:13 pm
by Kevin
Front dampers also need a clean up especially the bolt retainers.