Spyder restoration - long time coming

[peteracs]

 No specific jobs done other than driving the car over recent months. A few shows and Betameeta so getting some use out of the car.

A few to dos are
Fix a weep from base of expansion tank, tried new pipe but may need new clamp. Very occasional drop from it which is annoying.
During Betameeta Nigel noticed the cambelt was not as tight as on his car, so will re tension it during winter as well as check valve clearances and timing whilst I am in there.
Need to apply underbody sealant as not applied any since 21, so time to do some.

Peter

[peteracs]

Hi

On the subject of the timing belt I read a section in GC’s book which says you should be able to twist the belt to 45 degrees between the two cam pulleys, which my belt does appear to do, so will leave well alone until I come to change it, probably next year.

I have been to a few local meets recently including my local club Sunday drive/lunch yesterday. I had not noticed it at first, but after half an hour I saw the oil pressure indicator was reading very low and through the day proceeded to get lower and lower, however the red light did not come on, so I was hoping for a sensor failure…

Changed it today and sure enough new sensor gives a good reading so happy camper.

Peter

[Neil-yaj396]

The oil pressure gauge on YAJ suddenly dropped to zero many years ago on a long drive back from Suffolk. As the red light didn't come on I risked continuing the journey. It was the same thing, and a second hand sensor brought it back to life.....

[peteracs]

I guess after nearly 50 years they are allowed to fail!

Peter

[peteracs]

And there I was thinking that apart from a regular local dry weather run over the winter and some planned maintenance things were over for another year. That was until yesterday morning at 10:00am (Wednesday just before the NEC) when John B rang to say the Spider of Paul Greenway has had an electrical issue and cannot make it, is yours available…..

So after some negotiation with better half and some trainline searches to get back home, I delivered the car to the NEC that afternoon at around 2:00pm where I met Mark & Frank from the LMC who took the keys and I returned home courtesy of the train.

Back to the NEC on Saturday morning for my originally planned 2 days on the Beta/LMC stand.

Photo sent by John B during Thursday setup day.

[Nigel]

Well played on stepping up Peter.

That green Coupe, what a lovely shade, suits it so well.
That's a great display.

Looks like I'll be missing a fine collection of cars this year. However I've got a
local LMC event to attend as compensation, a visit to a restoration company
near Tonbridge, and I'll be driving the HPE.

Nigel

[WestonE]

Well done Peter!

[Neil-yaj396]

Paul (not John) Greenway's Spider is red (pic in this months VL), so in a way your Spider is a better contrast Peter, with the red VX (?) already further down the row. Great line up.....

[peteracs]

Hmm no idea where I got John from (John B maybe?) Yes meant Paul, now modified

Peter