The Rebuild

[Willanthry]

Thanks for that info on the windscreen Robert...one of the windscreens on my Blitz is fairly well rusted out in one corner, and it's been bent outwards into the bargain, which ought to make fixing it interesting...what sort of glass did you use in the windscreen?

[gjamo]

Hi Robert,
Looks like 25 balls in the thrust race of my jack.
Cheers,
Graeme

[hrpearce]

Hi,
Bob the person who gave the jack to me found out what it was three weeks ago when he was on a spare parts buying trip and told me when he got back so it looks like I received a valuable gift.
Willanthry I used the original glass it wasn't removed from the frames I patched , cleaned and painted with it in place as I wasn't game dismantle the frames.
Graeme thank you I will have to find some more as there was only 7 left in the jack when I opened it up.

[hrpearce]

Finally got around to buying a 7/8" tap and die, the tap I got in Aus. but I ended up buying the die from UK. I'll have to make a 2" stock for the die as mine is 2 1/4" and has tabs to lock the die in, this one will need grub screws.

[hrpearce]

The blitz was making a strange noise on startup this morning, it turned out to be the alternator fan rubbing on the fan belt as the single retaining bolt at the front had failed. Thank goodness for threaded rod as that got me going quickly. It looks like I need to make a proper mounting next wet day.

[hrpearce]

A little bit closer to finishing. I got one rim sandblasted between jobs today and started cleaning the nut threads. It was good to have a little CMP time again.

[hrpearce]

When you haven't got the proper tools improvise. This is how I cleaned the threads on the rim bolts, not pretty but it works.