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| Fault | Repair | Cost | Photos | Parts Obtained From |
| Lumpy Idling and poor starting | Manual Choke Conversion | £50 | Graham Walker | |
| Oil Leak | New Rocker cover gaskets | £5 | Graham Walker | |
| Water Leak | New water pump | £39 | QRG | |
| Leaking Washer Bottle | New Wash Bottle, Pump & Tubing | £12, £14, £3 | Graham Walker & Halfords | |
| Paint falling off the bonnet ridges in big strips. | Bad paint rubbed down. Wide white stripes fitted to mask area. | £10 |
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Viper Stripes |
| Paint cracked along the waist line | Rubbed down, blue stripes applied to mask area. Black pin stripe applied down the centre of blue stripe. | £7.24 |
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Viper Stripes |
| Rev Counter stopped working. Found a faulty multi-plug just under where the the water bottle had leaked (surprise surprise) | Cleaned verdigris off connectors, sprayed some electrical cleaner into plug and connected back up. | £0 | N/A | |
| Hood would not seal along front edge. Hood frame not assembled correctly and fouling drivers door. | Replaced hood to windscreen seal. Dismantled hood frame and rebuilt (correctly) | £7.50 | Graham Walker | |
| Oil Leak from the front crank seal. |
Seal replaced by removing the crank pulley. The new seal was then drawn into place using the pulley bolt, a piece of plastic pipe and a large washer. It is possible to push the new seal all the way through into the timing case if you're not careful. |
£8 |
Graham Walker also available from your Ford dealer. Though not mine apparently !!! |
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| No Head rests ! | Pair of beige headrests for a Triumph
Dolomite were bought on ebay.
I then painted these with Vinyl paint to match the interior. This is the same stuff I used to restore the interior of my 5a. Pictures on the right are before and after. Update Just managed to acquire some original headrests in blue. So the DIY ones have now been replaced. |
£10.50 Headrests £12 Blue Interior Coat |
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www.Ebay.co.uk |
| Scruffy Wolfrace Wheels | Rubbed down with 600-1200 wet and dry, then polished with "frost" alloy wheel polishing kit. Finished off with Autosol. | £15 for polishing kit |
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www.frost.co.uk |
| Under bonnet untidy | Cleaned with T-Cut and elbow grease | £3 |
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Halfords |
| Radio/Cassette not up to my music collection. (Who owns cassettes anymore ?) | MP3/CD/SD card/RDS Radio installed. | £50 | Aldi (oh yes !) | |
| More carb woes | Gave up trying to improve the Pierburg. Fitted a spanking new Weber DGMS & JR performance Filter. What an improvement !!!!!!! |
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www.fastroadcars.co.uk | |
| Another Oil Leak | Removed timing cover and replaced all gaskets and seals. Tip :- If you break the sump gasket during removal, cut a piece from a new gasket and seal the gap with gasket compound, easier than removing the sump. | £18 | www.Ebay.co.uk | |
| Heads unsuitable for unleaded fuel. | Bought a set of heads that have been
converted. They have new stem seals, bronze guides and have had new valve
seats pressed in. Valves have either been replaced or reground. I've yet to
fit them though ! Update Didn't get round to fitting these so I've sold them on. I now plan to do a 2.9 conversion as soon as I can find a good donor Granada. |
£10.50 + £20 for gaskets |
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www.Ebay.co.uk |
| Jaguar XJS electric Mirrors | As the car was originally
supplied with only one mirror (drivers side) and a matching passenger
side one is no longer available, I decided to fit a pair of
electrically operated mirrors from a Jaguar XJS. I also acquired an XJS
switch which has been mounted vertically on the door card.
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£40 Mirrors £8 Switch |
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www.Ebay.co.uk |
| Replacement Carpets | I have just bought a full set of Carpets from Gary Taylor (see for sale page) Photos will appear here as soon as I get round to fitting them. | £good price | gary.taylor1@tiscali.co.uk | |
| Heated Windscreen | A group of Scimitar owners got together and had some heated front screens manufactured for the SE5/6/8. This seamed like a good idea to me so I ordered one, it's still in the box and will be fitted once I've got round to getting the car painted. I've had a wiring harness made up by a club member to help with fitting. | £180 | David Lanceley | |
| Gauzes | Improved throttle response, MPG and cold starting | £15 | Click Here | alanwdean@ntlworld.com |
| Alloy Rocker Covers | The
pressed steel original rocker covers are prone to leaking due to their
flexibility. These covers were rubbed down and cleaned, then sprayed with metalic blue paint |
£50 |
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| Capillary Temperature Gauge | A new water outlet housing from a 2.3 engine was sourced. This was machined flat and drilled to allow the capillary sender to be positioned. The gauge was then located in the dash board where the clock should be. I have a digital clock on the radio display so the smiths original was only used to flatten the battery when the car was sat in the garage !! |
£18 Gauge £10 Outlet |
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www.Ebay.co.uk
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