Restoration era 1097

era1097 · Post by **era1097** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:23 am

again a small update.
I bought a second engine,with every thing on it.
So i now have from every part from the engine a spare.
And i started to rebuild the hiff44.
One with a rebuild kit(this one will be build into the car)
And one with the best of both parts.
I am still wayting for parts,And i think i will rebuild the turbo's.
The same as i did the hiff44

G96LUE · Post by **G96LUE** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:41 am

very shiney

paul · Post by **paul** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:08 am

looking very nice and what it reserved......

paul · Post by **paul** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:10 am

Donna my wife has just said wow..... and how do you get away with putting that on the kitchen table!!!!! and for me to not even think about it!!!

millermilla · Post by **millermilla** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:22 pm

Just a word of warning. I rebuilt my carb with a genuine SU rebuild kit and after the rebuild had problems with the float valve sticking when the engine was hot. The float valve in the kit had a rubber tip whereas the old valve was just brass. I refitted the old valve and have never had the problem since.

era1097 · Post by **era1097** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:28 am

Thanks for the good advise.
I will have a look this weekend and change it.
This will save a lot of time in the and investigation work.

era1097 · Post by **era1097** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:42 am

A small update.
Finaly the body came back from blasting.
It will be a very big job to get it restored.
There are a lot off holes on the wrong places.
I will post a view picktures soon.
Also all the parts that need to be coated are back.
And some where not to my satisfaction so they need to be redone.
I also have A questions.
Does anybody know what the breakets of the spot lights on the front look like(maybe sent me a pictures of them)

era1097 · Post by **era1097** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:12 am

As the Auxiliary coolant and oil radiators where heavenly corroded.
The one for the coolant also had leaks.
I had to find a way to restore them.
So i re-manufactured them.
Also the main radiator needed some attention.
I desided to get a aluminum one and mofify it.
And i'am thingking about,spraying it black.
I also put the complere engine togheter.

era1097 · Post by **era1097** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:19 am

I also startet on the front sub-frame.
First i started with a mini city front subframe as i thought the one of the era was to rusted.
But i had it sand blasted and the damage to the frame was not that big,so i used the original front subframe.
I did need to find need metro calipers and rebuild them completly.
Also the brack servo is rebuild.

G96LUE · Post by **G96LUE** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:33 pm

Excellent pics.
Your work so far looks fantastic.

I'd paint the rad black if it was me.
I don't know how effective it is but i have been told that it helps with heat dissipation.

I look forward to seeing your work on the body.

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