Small Parts #1

With the the axles rebuilt (something of a milestone), there’s some time (10 weeks) before the chassis arrives from Richards Chassis in the UK. With this “float” in the plan, its time to get going on some of the smaller, less esoteric, parts.

Rather than committing an entire detailed post of ,say, putting the Smiths heater back together, I simply add a collection of “Before n After” shots of the parts.

So here we go… Part 1:

Below: Heater Fan (now you’re excited)

The Smiths heater motor needs replacing as its sounds like it’s full of gravel, so whilst the fan was off, I thought I’d rub it back and give it a lick of paint.

After. I’ll post some pics of the overall heater assembly at a later date

Below: Brake, Clutch Towers and Throttle

So, I have the brake and clutch towers the wrong way round but you get the general idea of the layout from drivers seat

Stripped, cleaned, wet and dried and really for primer

We’re all guilty of it, but resting your foot on the clutch pedal, not only wears the clutch release bearing out but after 49 years takes its toll on the edge of the pedal. DON’T-DO-IT

It takes about a week for the top coat to harden off, so these will be residing in the basement until the new bushes and shafts arrive to refit the pedals to the towers

Below: Combined brake and clutch reservoir.

Unlike more modern variants, the (non servo) Series 2a had a single fluid reservoir for the brake and clutch systems. It’s the same fluid for each system… DOT 3 or 4… Broadly speaking, the higher the DOT number the higher the boiling point of the fluid. (The Hope brakes on my MTB run on DOT 5.1)