Might coax it into life this week sometime, got a few errands to run.
Still, car work hasn't completely stopped....I have the Austin afterall.
Took the clutch hydraulics apart late last year as the last few times i drove it 2 gear was becoming a bit difficult to engage. As i had expected, judging by the grungy fluid i could see in the master cylinder, it needed a good sort out. Hydraulic fluid is hygroscopic so needs flushing out every couple of years or so, don't think this had been touched for a very long time...result, one very bunged up rusty master cylinder and even more rusty slave cylinder. Me thinks it's been functioning on a something like a 70/30 water clutch fluid mix, not good for the insides of the cylinder, they tend to rust. Not sure i can even save the slave cylinder, i'll give it a try though just waiting on the parts to arrive from my trusty middleman in the UK.
Master cylinder pieces, i could quite believe that this hasn't been touched for many many years.
In pieces, i can spend hour after hour taking things apart, more fun than actually driving the car sometimes.
Cleaned up and put back together using new insides, the walls of the cylinder were very lightly pitted in places but it should be OK, it all seemed to rub out with a bit of emery paper.
Another item on my list of things to do is sell these utterly horrid alloy wheels that came with the car. Cars in Norway generally come with 2 sets of wheels one with winter tyres and one with summer tyres. These are obviously the summer ones and I really don't like them, won't suit the car at all, just need to source some original Mercedes alloys, i got 2 in the pile of treasure i bought not long ago just need 2 more, turn up on finn.no all the time just need some in the Oslo area.
