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UPDATE
Been spending bits of my spare time finalising the Cav. I managed to find the missing bag of nuts/bolts/washers/clips etc.
I've pretty much put back most of the interior bar the passenger dash footwell cover as I don't have enough clips.
As yesterday was a very sunny day I managed to do some final finishing touches. The wiper arms were in a right state. All flakey, corroded and not black anymore. So that was on the list.
As they came off
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A lot of rubbing down and cleaning
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Few coats of red primer
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A good rub down then many coats of satin black (just remembered that I didn't take pictures of the finished article lol)
As they were drying in the sun, I had a peek under the scuttle cover and gave the whole area a good clean, removed the wiper linkages, gave them a clean and lubing up with some grease. I found the wiper motor was loose and is what probably caused the bit of rough running when the wipers were engaged. So, somehow, I squeezed my hand and a spanner in there and tightened up the screws.
I then set about trying to tackle the leaky boot. Always gets some water either side, directly behind the light clusters. It could either be it leaking down from the rear screen or the clusters them selves. There is a bit of corrosion just under where the glass would be [inside the boot]. I took the easier route and removed the clusters. I decided to give the mating faces a bead of clean silicon sealer to totally make them water tight. There is rain on the cards tomorrow so we'll see the outcome.
Fitted the leather gear & handbrake gaitors as well. Took a shot of the interior, excuse the absent window winder :)
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Just really waiting for my dad to have a clear schedule in order for the Cav to get it's pump and belt fitted and get an MOT.
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Where did the gaitors come from? Could do with some new ones for mine as they're getting a bit tatty.
I got a td water pump from VCP too. Also a bargain!
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ebay dude! They also have suede ones too for a few quid more ;)
I'l try get a link...
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Here you go Jack
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-C...#ht_968wt_1167
Fitting is fairly easy. Remove the old gaitor off the plastic gear surround and staple the new one on. Needs a bit of fettling to get it perfect. The handbrake one is harder as the plastic casing is thicker and harder for a stapler to go through.
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UPDATE
It's been a busy week.
The Cav got it's MOT on Thursday afternoon and it's tax too. So it is officially on the road! Woooo!
It's been having a few things done. Fitted the sill plates, a new O/S engine mount was put in on tuesday and tomorrow it's booked in to get some new gaskets/clamps/springs/bolts for the exhaust as they've rusted away and it's now blowing at the join. We're also awaiting news from a friend to see if we can pop into his garage and borrow his 4 post to lift it up and clean/underseal areas that were missed.
The Cav is under classic insurance so will need to send photos to get an agreed value. Gave it a wash yesterday and went over it with some AutoGlym Super Resin and then sealed it with Extra Gloss Protection applied with microfibre cloth. Polishing new and clean paint is so easy... love it!
Had to take some pics:
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The SR got a wash and a polish too :d
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Only thing left really is to find these damn door strips.
So that's it I guess... the actual restoration is done (bar the door strips). I'll still be keeping the thread probably by turning it into a WIP and any small improvments that we do to it.
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The paintwork looks amazing , nice job :thumb:
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Cheers Brains... it's lovely. A joy to polish :)
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looking good mr tek :thumb:
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UPDATE
I have been spending much time and my priceplan minutes ringing around and trying to find out where I can find bits for the Cav that are almost non-existant.
After spending about 7 - 10 days doing the above I managed to find these brand new GM packed and pretty much the last known ones left.
Hoping to get them fitted in the next week.
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5536/1003143s.jpg
Rear doors protective moulding
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Front doors protective moulding
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All for under £100 posted. Just a case of cleaning the cav bodywork to make sure it sticks down properly. One of the strips has very slight creasing of the metal strips so I'll need to fettle it to sit totally straight (only drawback of the moulding is the damn metal backing).
