MOT time

[Dave Taylor]

Booked MOT for Saturday, fingers crossed.

[11ghzrcvb14sy]

good luck for tomorrow (MOT)

[Dave Taylor]

Cheers mate, fingers crossed...

[Dave Taylor]

Oh Yes! get in there, passed first time and found the rumble in the process, turns out the prop rear UJ is stuffed.

[Dave Adams]

it's not hard to replace the hardy spicer joint*.......not too expensive to get prop shaft overhauled and re balanced either.

 

* smashed mine to bits the first week i got my Malaga B+ in the 90's

[Dave Taylor]

Already stripped down Dave has you can see from the photo, if I can pick one up today she be on the road for dinner.

[Dave Taylor]

The job is done, I now have a fully functioning Dutton (until something else drops off) The uj was pressed in by a mate this morning. I bought it from North West Propshafts 30 flaming quid because it is the pressed in type which is getting rarer, they offered to make me a brand new prop for £98. He told me that they manufacture for a few KIt Car suppliers.

Test drive and no rumble, I had got used to it over the last 12 months or so, and now it smoothish.

I have also changed my headlamps back to sealed beams with stainless mesh guards, after the MOT tester found one of the Angel eyes headlamps was a left hand drive unit, he passed it anyway has he had passed it the last 2 years. I had got fed up with them though, I like the retro look, For now the sealed beams will do I'll replace them with H4 bulb types next.

[Adrian Southgate]

Seems their prices may have gone up a tad since I had the Sierra done then.