Glue is not Conductive then ?

Town first thing in the MK2 - then off to see the Alpine for the rest of the morning.

The first shock was that doors, boot and bonnet were back on - and the window and door mechanisms are in - plus Lee has finished trimming the dash top. 

So all in all lots of progress as you can see.

So I set to work on my jobs. First take the light cluster off that has 'shed' both of the bolts to keep it attached. That took almost half an hour to get it off - of course everything kept spinning. Eventually I did it though. Then I glued the bolts back on - twice in fact - but they stuck eventually. 

I tested everything before putting it together and then put it all back in to test it again in situ. WHAT ? The indicator on that side just lit the red light at the bottom ? It took me another hour to work out what was wrong. The indicator needed an earth whereas the tail lights did not. Glue does not conduct electricity I suspect - so I had to rig up a separate earth wire.

It will be a temporary fix (probably for years if I am honest) but works fine now. I then started my second job - putting the front bumper back on. That was less complex and looks good. I also fitted the front number plate carrier that folds down to let you use the starting handle. That took longer but looks fine too.

I also completed the refit of the boot inners and put the odd bit of chrome back on. Finally I took the plugs out and put some oil in the rocker box - it span over really well - so a bit more oil next time and new fuel and we might even give it a go. Mind you the tyres look a bit flat.

However, that was it then so after more than five and a half hours of work I packed up and came home.

Once back I started work on sanding down the grill I had dismantled before. That was fine so while I waited for the paint to come I tried to dry fit it back ... Er not sure how that all fits together !

Anyway the paint turned up a bit later and I gave it a couple of coats - it looks OK already but will do more coats tomorrow. So that's another hour.

Meanwhile in Brixton ...

Yep - James rang - the SAAB had a flat [nail in tyre] and he was supposed to be off at midnight. Luckily London has 24h tyre fitters [for a price] so we ended up with two new tyres - which to be honest were needed - but at what cost ?