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November 07, 2003
Oh yes! I know that feeling too.
Doing jobs on these cars can be frustrating at times. With regard to the Midget though, I only have myself to blame, being the present owner and also the 'daft previous owner' . Having said that, when it was still quite new, the garage who serviced it (and supplied it, The Bedford Garage, in Exeter Devon U.K. - no longer in existence, by the way) failed to lubricate the king pins properly, leading to them seizing up, so I resolved to do my own servicing, spending the remainder of what I would have spent on servicing on good tools. When I started I knew nothing, but with the help of the official workshop manual, I soon became surprisingly proficient. I also now have a good set of tools and a great hobby. Anyway, every time I did a job, I greased all the nuts and bolts etc. (except brake parts) with grease, and as a result, where it says in the restoration books something along the lines that 'these bolts will probably be seized and need cutting off and replacing' I have no problems at all! Wish I had thought to do similar with the body, which now needs some work doing to it, but even then, nothing like what you have done. Still, in the meantime, I have had time to practice on a few other vehicles :-)
Hats off to you though, because it is time consuming tedious work. But the feeling when you drive your project out into the sunlight for the first tiem since rebuild ...
"Roger Stinson" < rogerstinson@... > 26535
Posted on November 7, 2003 06:11 PM
Posted to category(s) Body | Braking System | Engine (external) | Lubrication System | Miscellaneous | Restoration | Specifications | Technical Info
