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Pedals & misc

Well bits keep on getting done - little by little.

I installed the air horns that have been sitting in my cupboard since before the 2005 10CR on Friday evening. Just replaced the right hand horn with the compressor - straight swap. I’ve left one of the old horns still attached as I don’t see any point in removing it and it’s even louder with 3 horns now!

The breather hose from the rocker box to the inlet manifold was split - so I removed that and plugged the manifold with a plug from a Spitfire 1500 manifold. At the moment I’ve just used some pipe and directed it to the ground - I need to site a small catch tank somewhere in the engine bay - it’s quite crowded really!

I cleaned up the manual flywheel using distilled white vinegar - about 12 hours of soaking and all the rust is off! Marvelous stuff - used a block and some 600 wet and dry to totally clean up the front surface.

I removed the pedal box from the car with its single brake pedal and swapped over the new pedals I cleaned up the other week. Just need a spring for the clutch pedal and I can put it all back in the car.

Replacement Tank

As the inside of my petrol tank seems to be rusting like crazy and filling up countless fuel filters with crud I was on the look out for a replacement to clean up and swap. I found one on eBay which was described as being a year old before the car it was removed from was scrapped - condition didn’t seem all that relevant as I guessed I would need to do it up anyway. Luckily it was located close to my sister so she could pick it up - and even better it went for 50p!

I removed the sender unit from the back this morning and peered inside - totally spotless! So I masked it up, got the wire wheel and angle grinder out and cleaned off the surface rust. A quick spray paint later and a nice looking petrol tank… shame you won’t see it!

Pedal-prep

One job that needs to be done is to add an extra pedal for the clutch. I got a pedal box off Doug - the box itself was a bit rusty so I cleaned it up with a wire wheel on the angle grinder. However whilst browsing the parts catalogue (like you do) I realised that the box itself is the same part number - in fact everything is the same apart from the pedals themselves. Sticking my head under the dash proved this and revealed a pedal box in immaculate condition already there. So I finished cleaning up the pedals and gave them a quick spray paint.

I am using an MGC clutch master cylinder - so I needed to devise some sort of stop for the pedal - I’ve drilled a hole in the pedal and will simply put a long bolt through it. Nice and simple solution - hope it works!