Little update guys, finally got round to making a proper start on getting the 75 back on the road.
Stripped out the interior a few days ago to dry it out. The car had been sat in my garage for about 5 months now and thought the carpet had dried out during the hot months in the summer, oh how I was wrong. The carpet was dry, but the sponge underneath was still holding litres of water!
So got the karcher valeting machine out and sucked out all the water from the sponge and gave the carpet a good valet clean. Hopefully get round to getting the carpet back in today or tomorrow.
Surprisingly, the floor of the car is rust free. Since the carpets had been wet potentially for years, I was expecting a lot of rust, but luckily it's nice and clean
Then moved onto sorting out the brakes, all for discs and pads replaced, and also treated the calipers to a bit of dark blue hammerite paint to tidy them up. Also adjusted the handbrake so it's nice and tight now. Just need to bleed the brakes today.
The rear discs were heavily rusted, especially the offside rear which had broken into two pieces! the calipers seem to move ok though, gave the sliders a clean and some copper grease. Some before and after photos of the brakes:
Offside rear before:
Broken into 2 pieces:
After:
Offside front before:
After:
For the electrical issues, I've disconnected the two highline satnav drives in the spare wheel well as they need replacing due to water damage, but amazingly all the other electrics now work. Aircon, indicators, headlights, reverse sensors, drivers memory function, windscreen wash and even the headlamp wash. All things that weren't working when I first brought the 75 home
Still plenty to do though:
- bleed brakes
- service, so oil change, oil filter replacement, spark plugs, air filter.
- fit new abs sensor plug drivers front side
- fit new rear light seals and check for any other leaks
- sunroof drain mod as the drains are leaking
- clean and tidy engine bay
- bleed coolant system as currently it keeps pushing the coolant out when the caps left open
- refit interior
- then hopefully get her passed through an MOT
There are some bits I'll still require for this, so if anyone has these bits and willing to part with them cheaply let me know
- boot false floor
- rear seat back in sandstone single piped (just need the back rest and not the seat base)
- v6 engine cover
- I've got a set of Y spokes to put on the car, but would prefer to fit Serpents or Meteors to her (she originally came with Serpents but the scrappy that had her lost them
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- post MOT I'll need a replacement front bumper and bonnet in JFM royal blue as the current ones are scratched.
Cheers