Bumpa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2018 5:04 pm Well the new pump from Tony Hart is installed and the car started again. It starts amazingly easily. First turn of the key. All seems to be well this time with no water escaping, and the heater gets nice and hot. I've had the rear wheels lifted off the floor and tried the clutch and transmission and it all seems good.
There is a strange noise coming from the region of the large silencer under the floor so I must investigate that, and oddly the clock isn't working, even though it was before I took the engine and gearbox out. The dashboard hasn't been dismantled so quite why the clock has given up is a mystery.
What's left to do? Properly tune the engine. refit the gearbox cover, and the interior carpets. Refit the seats. Buy some new tyres to replace the 30 year old ones on the car at the moment. Build up the brakes. I have all new discs and calipers, together with master cylinder and recon servo. Also the rear brakes have new cylinders and shoes. Once all that is done it will be just about ready for an MoT!
Sounds like it's coming along nicely
, check the exhaust rubbers as they can perish causing more vibration which could make the exhaust box knock