I just have to do it!

A big stone attacked my car, again... This time it killed the brake pipe that runs under the sill to the back wheels. So finally, I had to do something about the brakes. Now, all brake pipes and hoses are new. I took a gentle test drive in the forest and it's possible to use the pedal for braking again.




The brakes still didn't bite enough, so one of the front calipers is going to have a service. The rear calipers are going to be replaced by either the disco1 calipers to the right in the picture, or a pair from a scrapped RRC of a friend. Either way those also have to get a service first.




At the same work bench as my growing pile of brake parts, I am sorting out parts for the series3 engine that is under restoration for 'Plutten'. I wanted to prioritate this, but since we are selling the car that-I-will-not-mention-the-brand-of-here, we need 'SvartaDamen' as our first car until a replacement i found. Well, I think it's found already actually, it's the money I havn't found yet.





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2,25

Time to start an engine.

I have two 2,25liter petrol engines to choose from. One is a series 2 engine, probably the original power to Plutten. It has had a quick check and then been conserved for the future (filled with oil and valves shut).

The engine we (I and my uncle Ole-Johnny) chose to try to wake up and put into Plutten is a series 3 engine (well, I can't tell the difference, but my uncle pointed out a few modifications).

After having removed the cylinder head we could see that the engine was in good shape. It had not been turned for a long time though, so some rust had started to show inside. Ole-Johnny guessed that it had been through a service after having an earlier stand-still before the perhaps ten years it had been standing before I bought the engine... So, the history is probably that it has been standing for a while, then have had a service with new gaskets etc, driven for a time, then been standing still again for a long time. All together, he dint think it had run very much... Finally something good about this car!

As you might have noticed, the engine is red. Shouldn't be... But since I have a correct coloured series 2 engine saved for the future, I don't mind really.

Here my father Ingvar (also a SLRK member) and my son Måns (G4) are giving a helping hand at the dismantling.

Finally some inside photos.

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