Today is the day the cable gets replaced properly - after waiting an age for a cable on back order I finally have one!
I am waiting for the correct knob (Edit - P.O. included the correct knob in the glove box! BONUS!) as it would appear that my car has a choke cable from a mini in it?
Wish me luck!
Edit - Looks like I shall be busy with this again tomorrow...
I got the inner cable out ok - along with the old knob...
Managed to remove the wrong choke nut from the dash - it seems everything on this car was screwed down\had seals put in while the paint was still wet :(
Pulled like hell on the outer from the front end... got about 5ft out the front... and is stuck solid 😞 - still have the bare end poking out the back?
All the rubber is within the tunnel but I just can't seem to shift it?
After a good nights rest (its just too darn hot!) I will have a go at giving it a tug from the back end - and go from there... even if the rubber boot on the back end of things did decide to disintegrate 😞 and a replacement is only available as a "classic" (special order) genuine part - £15! and I might have it by September 😮
So much for the manual saying "remove right-hand wheel, disconnect fuel tap, remove tank, remove 'washer thing' from dash, pull out inner cable, pull out outer...."
and then of course my favourite line -
"Installation is the reverse of removal"
It is never that easy!
Oh and then there is the clutch cable (7th!) to thread up... I should be able to do it in record time by now!
On the plus side my recent purchase of a 1957 parts book is proving to be a blessing - As I now know all the part numbers of everything :smile: and some retailers as I order straight by part number are giving me trade prices :D
Right off to bed for another day of madness tomorrow...
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10 years ago
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