Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes

[Vinay-RS]

That seems to be the standard these days... no thermostat. Very frustrating.

Glad to see you're one step closer to RACECAR!

Yeah, that's true. Fortunately I was able to pick up a thermostat, the correct temperature sender and wiper blades (because the ones on the car are worn and don't work well anymore).



I was also able to finally source one of these washer bottles, but I was an idiot and didn't realise it had a separate pump... which I forgot to ask for :\ So now I need to find that too.



We got the thermostat and temperature switch fitted today made some adjustments to the carb and the timing. The plugs were a nice brown colour and so at least the car isn't running lean anymore. The car currently has an issue with running-on (which was why we adjusted the timing) that is a bit worrying, since it wasn't there before the cylinder head transplant. We think it might be the compression, so we will check that next.

We took the carbs apart and found that I had used two extra washers in the assembly, which was why they weren't operating smoothly. Then when we were going to fit them we noticed that I am missing a throttle bracket for the carbs (another thing wrong with them that I didn't get :\), so I need to source that. Hopefully I can find one and also find a manifold to replace the one Abri gave to me.

In some good news, I decided to fit the clubman steering wheel that I got from Dennis a while back. I still need to find a clubman wheel badge, but it looks and feels really good. It was a bit dark so I couldn't take a picture. I shall take one tomorrow