1966 2 door saloon Milly restoration project

[David JM]

Thank you both for the helpful comments, I cleaned off the brake light switch terminals with emery cloth, then re fitted a terminal connector and bingo, both brake lights working.

then the new one arrived. spare for the spares box. so I did a headlight check and the left side headlamp is off, could be just the bulb.

the wiring is a little old and showing it's age.

[David JM]

off with the headlamp to get a look at the bulb.


nothing wrong here, perfect condition.so it has to be a broken connection or blown fuse, but one headlight is working.so it must be isolated to a broken wire somewhere?

[David JM]

taking another look in here, there is a loose brown green wire and a loose connection block.


joining these two back together was like making a morse code lamp work, simple fixs are always the most satisfying.

[David JM]

I must be colour blind it was a green wire red tracer, anyway with a flame danced over the heat shrink sleeve it seals in the connection like it's vacuum packed.


both light working, if this had been a modern I'd still be out there chasing a fault and scratching my head. Great result.

[David JM]

the fog lamps in that picture above have two loose wires either side, I want to connect them up to a new switch, anyone advise me on what terminal I should run them off?

[David JM]

My son's first car, of course the first thing he wants is a aftermarket steering wheel. have to say it's quite snazzy, not my cup of tea as I'm old and into the original look. At least it's not some tiny teacup size. Badge of the boy racer, but it doesn't look too bad, large enough to look classic, can't stand those teacup size boy racer wheels. Probably cos I'm old.
Had to line it all up using black tape so the bolt holes lined up and the steering wheel looked right.

[David JM]

The Pickup seats getting an extra layer of foam to plump them up. Going in from underneath, first I'm gluing a patch under the seat where its beginning to go. Weights on that overnight to let it set.


the bands out, taken out from underneath, they look like they are in good condition.


the cab looks odd with the seats out

[David JM]

filling the seats out from below saves taking the covers off, but only any good if you are just filling out the seat base, hard on the hands, getting the clips into the holes using rat nosed pliers.


seats nice and plump, I feel like I'm sitting on the seats instead of in them now.


Working on my son's first car has made me look far closer at my own Pickup, cross over lessons and ideas, never a bad thing. And it's nice working on simple jobs in the warm weather.

[panky]

That steering wheel adds at least another ten horses, looks good too

[David JM]

@panky interesting M logo avoiding any legal entanglements with the current owners of the bull motif logo, I guess it's also mounted off bonk too. The Bull motif is actually the county council of Oxford motif so that may be a legal get out.

[David JM]

seat belt shenanegans, this bolt isn't playing, the captive nut is just turning and making things difficult.


the inertia reel bolted in smoothly


Harry could sell the originals on ebay to pay for his bonnet insulation material, but I doubt there's a need for them by anyone.

[ManyMinors]

seat belt shenanegans, this bolt isn't playing, the captive nut is just turning and making things difficult.


I don't think it will be a captive nut on a 1966 car. Just a nut. You'll have to remove the trim panel to gain access and hold the nut with a spanner.

[David JM]

thanks for the reply, we replaced the nut for a fresh one and now the new inertia seatbelts are fitted to both front seat passenger and driver. now we need to think about rear seatbelts.

[David JM]

So far we've welded up the holes in the underside, made and fitted a bonnet cross piece to attach to the bonnet hold up brace, replaced bonnet safety catch and spring, fitted an in line fuel filter and fixed the float bowl inside the Carburettor to stop the fuel bowl overfilling, fitted an electronic motor for the windscreen washer, fitting it's button using the old push pump, replaced the HT Leads, plugs points, new air filter and steering wheel, re fitted the foot pedal to the floor for the headlight dip switch, cleaned up the interior and re welded the drivers seat fixing, re stuffed the front seats, replaced the rusted out bottom edge of the rear nearside wing with new metal, filled and primered it, sanded down smooth ready for a re spray, dug out rust spots around the car, krusted and re filled oversprayed with primer. total lubricant change for Engine, gearbox, rear differential and dash pot. lubricated front window winders, re fitted wipers, tackled headlamp broken wiring, re welded the boot luggage frame and refitted rear seat back wingnuts, removed fuel sender unit and eased it back into use, refitted it back into the tank using a new cork Gasket to solve fuel smell issue. re taxed with the DVLA (NO CHARGE) Quite a list, next big thing is to prepare it for a blow over with fresh Dove Grey Paint. Getting there...