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[liirge]

Cheers Mk1leg thankyou for the support!!!
Yer i cant wait to see the finished article, going to be so rewarding to see her up and ready.
after or Before L2B im going to take her to my old school. wich is an old abbey, and do a photoshoot!

[liirge]

Ok, Progress is not as fast as i wanted, little Down, but you know.
Front wiring loom is in (Semi), and before anyone says anything, i know its in a state, and Yes, imreplacing it at a later date, ive really run out of money!!! also i think im gonna have to be asking some questions in the Tech section about it!
Ok the brake lines are done and so is the clutch. Bad news is that the Oil warning sensor has broken, went to plug it into the loom, the metal plug just fell off. I think im going to ask in the Technical section how to get it off, doesnt appear to have a flat edge.
Shocks are on the back, and the front Castle nut is talked up and Pinned! Started on the gear selector, the roll pin is half in, but got a bit fde up with, so will finish driving that in at a later date.

[liirge]

Feeling a bit down, coud'nt bare to work on her today, and finished early yesterday!
Wish i hadnt of put a deadline on the job! Grrrrr...
Yer yesterday bled the Clutch, fitted all the brake lines properly, did the handbrake cables i think thats it!
I hope i dont wake up tomorrow feeling so depressed about it!

[Lund]

Feeling a bit down, coud'nt bare to work on her today, and finished early yesterday!
Wish i hadnt of put a deadline on the job! Grrrrr...
Yer yesterday bled the Clutch, fitted all the brake lines properly, did the handbrake cables i think thats it!
I hope i dont wake up tomorrow feeling so depressed about it!

Keep at it, your doing an absolutely cracking job, from what I can see you know what youre doing and are very good at it, keep it up I have faith in you making that dreaded deadline!

[liirge]

Cheers Lund,
I try my best!!
Yer the deadline, might see if i can get a new MOT slot on the 11th or 12th!!
But we will see, we will see!

[Twincam]

Cheers Lund,
I try my best!!
Yer the deadline, might see if i can get a new MOT slot on the 11th or 12th!!
But we will see, we will see!

Keep up the good work!!

You were brave to start this restoration, and you have come a very long way. Be proud of yourself

Edited by Twincam, 30 April 2008 - 05:56 PM.

[liirge]

Cheers twincam!!
I feel a little better tonight so hopfully tomorrow i'll get something done!!!
Brave!!!!! hahaha that makes me laugh!

[Retro_10s]

lovely lovely moke!...I love the rubber floor matts

[liirge]

Yer those mats are going to hopefully save the Floor pan, from dreaded rust.

[liirge]

News news!!
Re-booked MOT to the 13th from the 8th, i needed to the prssure was taking its toll on me!
Today started by yet again another attempt to bleed the brakes, and yet more leaks were discovered. Had to get various new parts to fix them, but in the end and fingers crossed they are bled! Tried the fuel pump as well, didnt get any thing from her not a dickie bird!! Tried tapping her to get the contacts to move NOTHING!!
so...i rebuilt all the elctrics inside and finally she worked!
Then as a morale exercise more than anything i had a go at firing the beast up for the 1st time.
The video below is a quick summary of what happened,
1st attempt,
the seal at the bottom of the float bowl, had become knackered so had to take the carb off and nick the seal from the HS2 i have. Petrol wnt everywere and i mean everywere.
2nd attempt,
Just kept turning over and over, soo.. had to chck if there was a spark as you can see from pictures before the wiring loom is hardly impressive. Turns out that i hadnt plugged in the wire coming from the Dizzy, so there was no spark between the points.
3rd attempt,
It fired, pretty well, until trying again and it stalled, and smoke came through the carb!!!
4th attempt,
She was running, I know adjustments have to be made on the idle speed.
So, ive now got to Put the air filter on, and the exhaust so i can fiddle with the mixture etc. The clutch needs adjusting so havnt actaully put her in gear yet. also i need to know how the throttle attaches so i can do that.
But yer i dont think she sounds to bad, what you wreckon??
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Edited by liirge, 02 May 2008 - 05:12 PM.

[liirge]

Ok so as some of you might have guest she is only running on 3 cylinders!|
So im gonna check the electrics later, hopefully just a gunged up spark plug or ht lead not in properly

[liirge]

Right she's firing on all Cylinders, an HT Lead wasnt plugged in all the way.
The gear change problem is starting to scare me. 2nd and 4th dont engage, and are really hard to move.
Oh and ive put the rear lights on, no bulbs though!!!! Doh!

Edited by liirge, 04 May 2008 - 05:30 PM.

[liirge]

Well theres been alot of work done the irritating jobs, the wiring is just sooooo bad...cant wait to be getting a new wiring loom when i have the money, it took a whole day to the indicators! but they work now and so do all the rear lights, aswell as seatbelts and seats. Also i drove her round a concrete pad.......
Shes a BEAST!
yer so the photos dont do the hours of work justice!!











Will it be ready!!!!!
Im getting worried!!

[Rosslin Racing]

mega to the bitter end, you have done a super job, are you fit for the blue boys?
I am driving up tomorrow in a mazda MX5 so i will look out when I am in TW.
I would like to see this Moke for real! I have a feeling that I have seen this car before, like a long time ago.

[liirge]

Hmmm you probably have when it was Goldy\yellow back pre 93!!!!
Blue boys on the 14th was it?
if i make the MOT, ill be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yer ive gotta say driving her for the first time, only a tiny distance was well.......i may have wet myself a little!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!