No Luck and then Luck !

We started with the fan on - to heat up the garage - ahead of having a look at the Alpine. Very heavy rain and very cold - mind you there is suddenly snow across most parts of the country so we were lucky.

So door alignment. I replaced the nearside door screws - I did not disturb the strike plate though as I'll 'leave well alone' as it fitted fine. Mind you it was a tad too tight so I tweaked it out. Fine.

Then I attacked the drivers door - whatever I tried it just would not sit correctly. I tried grinding off a bit.

But still no success. So I just realigned it on the first catch and will live with that. It won't open and looks a little better I think.

So next I thought I 'd look at the Talbot. Did that panel reveal the back of the fitting ... No. Especially as it was riveted on. But it gave me a clue. I found the wooden bulkhead came away so I undid that. Ah bingo. That allowed me to get to the back of the mounting point. 

Then taking off the lower part allowed me to see below and behind it - there was the nut - no washer though. Anyway - with a helper holding one nut firm it was 2 mins to fix it back and 10 to put the car all back together. I'm sure the washer will find its way out sometime.

So should I revisit the fuel pump ?

While I thought about it I had a quick SAAB trip to save the planet (locally) as the sun was out for a bit.

Then I thought I'd look for a very thin spanner. It's 18mm or 3/8 ww for the big fuel union nut but I found a vintage adjustable spanner that was thin enough to fit the small nut too.

So that's it then. I'll try again tomorrow.

Then Mk2 run to Harkstead for jobs before the gloom came back.

Mind you the rain hit before I left and the sky looked evil.