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Then it was time to fit the propshaft, Harry wants to help, but its a bit heavy.[frame][/frame]

the propshaft slid into place without a murmer for the swear box[frame][/frame]

then disaster sneaked up on me as the propshaft rear grease nipple sheared right off.[frame][/frame]

totally unsure how to fix this, if at all possible.[frame][/frame]

David

OoooH nasty.How much is left stuck in ,dictates your course of action.
Options :-
I'd certainly remove the prop from the pick up, it's easier to work on in vice/ work mate / bench
with good light.Metal swarf generated by your extraction method is a danger.
Either a blob of grease, removed...disposed of and replaced as necessary as you progress.Or a Hoover / Henry
sucking the swarf away.Worse case scenario...you would have to clean with a meths soaked pipe cleaner or
if you possess one, a thin engine oilway brush.

1.An easyout of suitable diameter
2 .Drill out with a small drill.Big enough to take away the bulk of the metal of the grease nipple body but still leave the thread part still in the grooves.You can then pick out the remnants with a small pick.
3.Plenty of metal left ? Choose a suitable size self tapper, screw in until it bites the maybe an eigth of a turn.Apply heat....Hot Air Gun or boiling water, a squirt of Plus gas.Gently.. reverse the self tapper.

Have a go, gently, not damaging the thread is crucial.Clean up and put new grease nipple in place.
I have found an instance where someone has failed and simply superglued the new nipple in place...cheat's method.

Bob

Or just stick in a new UJ! They are not expensive!

If it was greased previously it will be good for some time before you need to worry anyway. Just get on with the rebuild and do that at a later date!

from one snotty job to another, think I used bolts that were too long for the accelerator pedal mount bracket, the captive nut on the right broke free and just rotates uselessly, I'm trying to cut the bolt off so I can clear away the pedal and get at the nut, awkward location for any strenuous activity. Have I got the wrong location for the pedal mount?[frame][/frame]

I'm rather unsure about this, Ive trawled through my pickup relic thread to try and find an image showing its location,but all the pictures of this area have the throttle pedal mounts obscured by the parcel shelf. There's nothing in the two well thumbed, and slighly blackened at the edges, Haynes manuals. Can anyone throw up a picture here and show where it all goes on. The bolt finally cut off leaving me with a stub that fell back into the boxed section in front of the floor. There are two more captive nuts there, no idea what they are for if not for the accelerator pedal mounts. I've pre-positioned the pedals to see how close they are to each other.[frame][/frame]

Why not offer up the cable and guide up and see if it pulls the cable cleanly?
If it does that it's spot on, if you don't like where to foot end is you can just bend it to a better position.

Are you thinking of starting a Part 3?

yes Marky I am thinking of starting a part three as it goes, its getting unwieldy again. Thanks for the pedal tip. I'll give that a go.

davidmiles wrote:yes Marky I am thinking of starting a part three as it goes, its getting unwieldy again. Thanks for the pedal tip. I'll give that a go.

Get too 100 first

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The throttle cable should come through ( used your pic with an arrow!) here via the alimumin holder and line up with the pedal. Then below that is a U shaped black metal cover the stops the pedal, bolts go in from under the bonnet side and the other side holds the wire loom and I think indicator flasher unit.

Here you go David, hopefully these show the details you need. Just popped out and lifted the carpets on my 62 pickup.[frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

Thanks guys, useful help there, I'll try running the accelerator/throttle cable through and see if it pulls straight. I'll keep this going to page 100 and then start a part three. I had a fiddle fitting the handbrake lever, had to undo it all and fit both bolts at the same time, then it went in ok. The gear lever fitted up ok with the small screws from Namrick nut and bolt shop in Hove.[frame][/frame]

I dug out the accelerator cable pedal guard. Its in a bad state, can't find these anywhere, It might be worth welding on a new piece if nobody sells these.[frame][/frame]

Would be worth welding a small strip in. Have you finished dipping all your small parts yet ?

If you lift the pedal up and use the Mk1 eyeball to see that the end lines up with the hole it will be fine.
You'll get an idea of there the pedal will sit when at rest too.

Thanks for that, yes I'll eyeball it, and i'LL ELECTRODIP the rusty pedal guard. on the subject of pedals I think I've had the pedal stop the wrong side of the gearbox coverplate, so here Ive unscrewed it and tried it underneath the panel.[frame][/frame]

the reason being.. Ive had the whole lot up on stands again, this time to fit out the brake pipes, but first to connect the clutch linkage.[frame][/frame]

Ive got this all wrong, the split pins aren't bent back properly yet, not until I'm happy its all connected right, there is no pedal return so Ive missed off a return spring somewhere, need to get back into the Haynes manual. Might just need the nut screwing further up the threaded bar, this might draw some tension along the linkage to the clutch pedal.[frame][/frame]