68 Wolseley 1000

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Another update.

Since the car has been at home I have driven it very little as I wanted to get it ready for road worthy but every time I drove the car  I have found that the was a bit of a knock every time I pull away.
So it was time to open up the bonnet to investigate what was the cause. Well let me say something....if guys thought working under a Mini's bonnet was hard try a Wolseley....the grill is all was in the way. Like Sean said it is a suicide bonnet and I have to agree with him.

Getting back to what was causing the knock i found that the top steady was the problem. The Rubbers no longer were doing the job so I got that replaced. I also decided to do a service to the car and get the engine washed as I would need to do it before I took it for Road worthy. 

Well this is how the top steady looked like:





As can be seen lots of oil all over the place:




As I mentioned above I then did a service well and then decided to wash the engine and I was hoping to get a better result but landed with almost the same.

This is what it looked like before the engine wash:








And this is afterwards:







During the service I found that the oil and air filter where the incorrect items for the car so I sourced the correct parts and nice fresh oil.

Took it for a good run to Cars and Coffee for the first time and during the ride I found that the electric petrol pump started to give me so issues and at the end of the day I landed with Tim towing me with his mini. I should have taken a pictures of that. Since then the petrol pump has been replaced as well.

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I was still not happy how the car was riding so I decided to ket a Kit from Sean and replace all the rubbers on the lower control arms as they need replacing and I knew the car would not go through the road worthy if I had left it.

So the next step took place. Jacked the car up, removed the wheels and replaced the rubbers. what i did find out was that the hydrolastic suspension is not the same as the dry one. I almost thought I would not get the car jacked up. It was very interesting but I got the wheels off.
I also didnt has the stands that high so that also contributed to it.









So got down to business and removed all the rubbers but before I did so here are the pictures how the rubbers looked like.





Totally shot:

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After all that work done a test drive and what a difference did all that make to the car. I am so happy with the results.

Then is was a trip to the car wash to get the bottom of the engine and the under carriage washed so that i could take the car to the tests:



After the wash I got myself under the car to see the results and I found the battery cable was damage and it was arcing against the body of the car. So I got that replaced and took the car to the test.....to my amazement the car passed first time with one recommendation that I should look at and that was the battery box as it has two small rust hole......for a car from 1968 I am happy with that.
The guy that did the test to the car said i should fiber glass it....he is mad I will get it fixed soon by replacing the battery box. Thats something for the near future to do list.

Now I can officially say that the car is mine and on my name.