Inside the Engine Bay - starting simple

03/04/2013
The wiring throughout the car is most likely that original stuff or at least quite old. It is insulated cotton technology which is not suitable for modern day operations and in trying to rewire this it has already cost us many hours of work and will all have to be replaced. I will need to look into how much this is going to cost to replace as with all the wiring not connected the car is not running at the moment.

Apart from the wiring and after looking further at the engine the distributor will need to be serviced with replacement of at least points, rotor and cap, new 'correct' ignition leads as the ones in the car are not correct and the carburetor will need to be tuned. Along with these the vacuum and water hoses will be replaced as well to prevent cracking.

This should be completed over the next few weekends, as there is no reason the car has to be running soon and this allows time to get all the parts and allows plenty of time in case there are any hidden surprises that also need to be fixed.