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Post by miketippett on Feb 4, 2019 4:16:10 GMT
New rubber parts for the wiper motor:  Instrument panel connected - the wiring as built in my car is very different than the wiring diagram:  The instrument panel installed. Ventilator switch is now mounted on the dashboard rather than the SOFICA heater box:  |
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Post by miketippett on Feb 18, 2019 2:50:01 GMT
The Dynamat installation is done. Onto the electric washer pump (mounted under the dashboard) next and then the steering column + pedal box will be installed in a week or so.   |
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Post by miketippett on Feb 28, 2019 5:32:38 GMT
Last bit of work done at Victoria Plating Ltd: The 4 holes that a previous owner had punched into the sill/rocker panel embellishment strips when the captive bolts rusted off decades ago were welded shut and the outside was polished so this patching work became invisible; the two upper rear fender trims were de-dented and then polished; cadmium plating on the headliner trim panels which are covered with soft headliner material. This was done because they could rust as the originals did and that distorts the fabric as the iron oxide builds up; and finally the hardware for the handbrake components under the car were replated in yellow cadmium.    |
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Post by miketippett on Mar 14, 2019 4:26:34 GMT
The seats went to the upholsterer 11 days ago, to be redone in dyed-through light grey leather with natural grain (not embossed) and they will be fitted with heating elements.....which will necessitate a better alternator than the standard 400W SEV-Motorola unit the car came with. And....  I bought a different set of rubber isolators for the wiper motor and drive, because it's in a colour that more closely matches the latex rubber original. The pale red ones in the photo will be used in the 404C and the others will be spare parts. All the red ones are in what seems to be silicone rubber so should handily outlive the originals. |
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Post by miketippett on Mar 16, 2019 1:39:33 GMT
  A spare new old stock window winder for the 404C. There are two good (I think they are!) used ones in the car, so this is my reserve. |
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Post by miketippett on Mar 17, 2019 1:28:49 GMT
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Post by miketippett on Apr 1, 2019 1:58:43 GMT
The handbrake cable and control were assembled and mounted today, along with the pedal box. The worst part of the whole operation was discovering that the buttress under the driver's side, which is a Peugeot original, has a captive stud that is about 6 mm too short to hold the metal handbrake sheath under the driver's floor. So I had to remove the brass clamp and reduce its thickness by about 3 mm on both sides using a Dremel and files (good old engineering on this part, with massive redundancy) in order to get it on. The pedal box was dead easy of course and the stuff under the car was as well.    |
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Post by miketippett on Apr 6, 2019 1:45:57 GMT
The front seats have been reupholstered by Geoff Chrysler. Very nice: natural grain dyed through light grey "Hyde" brand leather, with heating elements (I'll need a better alternator than it came with to power that!). Parts of the headliner (also redone by Geoff) are visible in the foreground. His next task is redoing the rear bench, which has a fold-down armrest. I may get the parts in the photo this coming Monday.  |
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Post by miketippett on Apr 23, 2019 2:25:14 GMT
I whipped the Kugelfischer injection pump and head off today. I'll bring the pump with me to Britain next week for calibration and new seals at Nottingham Diesel Services, and the head seems good with no fine cracks between valve seats, although I have a new one to use. The liners have a nearly undetectable lip at the top so could be reused, but won't be, because I have new ones.   |
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Post by miketippett on Apr 28, 2019 5:44:05 GMT
My Kugelfischer KF2 injection pumps - the one from the car is second from left.  The stainless steel trims from front and rear windscreens as well as the back of the roof buttresses.  Rear bench seat in light grey leather.  |
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Post by miketippett on Jul 28, 2019 1:46:12 GMT
The stainless steel trims are now mounted on the replica inner door and rear seat area upper side panels...  right quarter window installed:  and the left one :  |
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Post by miketippett on Jul 29, 2019 1:21:57 GMT
 I had to drill two new holes in my brand new rear fender to mount the stainless steel trim at the peak of the rear fender. Stressful! I broke a small drill bit but didn't damage any visible part of the fender. So it worked well and now only the left side remains to be done. |
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Post by miketippett on Aug 19, 2019 4:24:08 GMT
The left fender peak trim is also on and now the rear roof trim as well. The clips that hold the trim on have teeth that bite into the body seam so all were treated with a thick goop of Waxoyl before installing, to protect the metal.  |
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Post by miketippett on Sept 2, 2019 0:49:26 GMT
 I mounted the sill trims (stainless steel) yesterday.  And today I retrimmed the driver's door panel in vinyl to match the seats. It turned out well, despite me being an amateur. Next: passenger side.... |
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Post by miketippett on Sept 15, 2019 4:13:22 GMT
Original Italian rubber mats glued in on the passenger side. 53 years old and still in good shape.  |
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