Ok well it certainly has been a while between visits but again as I don’t actually have the car readily available it does make it somewhat problematic in actually doing any work to it so there isn’t actually much to update.
Anyway I have come up with a list of things that I know are going to need replacing and adding to the Count, though probably I would come up with a much larger list if I had the car to look at.
Going to need:
Tyres and inner tubes
Engine Mounts
Gearbox mount
Brake shoes, front and rear
Master cylinder
All hoses
Flexible Brake hoses
Brake and Clutch return springs
Clutch “C” rod connection
Auxiliary fuse box
CB
As per the discovery of moving the car to it’s new accommodation last October (I think it was) the brake system is completely devoid of fluid, probably due to the failure of some rubber part in the system perishing in the humidity. As the rubber does tend to perish so readily where the car is I think it would be best to replace all components on the car to do with braking, for piece of mind if nothing else. I already have a complete set of new brake slave cylinders (front and rear) for the Count, so the master cylinder and new flex hoses should complete the system and the new shoes will hopefully improve the brakes performance.
Other items are probably mostly for spares so that I have them to hand during the trip “just in case” and to replace some of the worn items that were replaced back when it was restored the first time. The CB is of course to hopefully contact other travellers and perhaps to know when a road train is coming so I can get the heck out of their way when out in the middle of no where as one must to do.
The auxiliary fuse box is specifically for wiring up items such as the CB, Stereo, a power socket etc, so that there are some fuses involved in the system rather than just the two standard ones for the whole vehicle. Oh and relays will need to be installed as well for the lights, going to put Halogen H4 items in instead of the sealed beams that replaced the original items that were as effective as “damp glow worms in jam jars” , so descriptive but really don’t recall who told me that one.
The car may come down to Melbourne late in 2013 so I will certainly be able to start getting things going in earnest then.
