Bob Evans's Journal

Now it's Winter and the car is once again partially disassembled. I lost the Summer, such as it was (crappy weather til September) but I did get the diff and trailing arms out, replacing bearings and seals in the diff and installing a drain plug. Got the TA's rebushed and added Goodparts adjustable brackets. Along with new wheel cylinders and mounting kit, installed Goodrich braided brake lines, rebuilt brake adjusters and painted everything, replacing old nuts and bolts with shiny, new Grade 8 stuff where needed. Also did a refurbish and cleanup/paint of the spare TR4 gearbox, adding a new cross-drilled clutch shaft arm, new dowel pins, shaft bushes, throwout bearing and sleeve and all gaskets. I got the car on the road for the first drive Aug. 31st and put it away again in October. I've now removed the bonnet, the interior and most of the bits keeping the engine and gearbox in the car and will pull them after Christmas. After detailing the engine bay and the remainder of the underneath I will reinstall the rebuilt engine with that TR4 box, new clutch and pressure plate and new steering rack. Not much left to do!