Broken metal end
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Location
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A trim of the affected rubber, a new rubber hose section, in-line pipe connectors and new pipe clips has seen the leak fixed - if not the tidiest solution. I looked up the rubber pipe, Chevronics have something that looks about right but it is either £108 or £180! So I can live with the untidy £22 fix I think.
Other items that needed attention are the aux belts, both the HP belt and alternator/ac belt needed tightening up a little; squeals now solved. The distributor was leaing oil out of the bottom, dripping off of the lower retaining nut - the reason being it had no oil seal at all! I fitted a NOS distributor before the challenge as the old one was damaged but apparently didn't check to see if it came with an oil seal - I couldn't;t find one easily online so I whipped the old one off the broken dizzy and put it on the new one, hopefully that is that, if not I at least have one to measure and search for.
The GT has never been an easy starter, the autochoke consumables were replaced with a NOS autochoke kit I found on leboncoin ages ago. However, the thermoexpandable probe or 'sonde thermodilatable' was of a slightly different length than the old one hence the lack of reliable starting. The car would always start, but then stall immediately. The choke flap is closed when the engine is cold but doesn't seem to open quick enough, so the engine stalls unless you press on the accelerator to keep it going, this though puts in more fuel than the cold engine can burn properly until it warms up slightly and evens out, hence a small amount of black smoke. With the air filter hose off the carb top and being quick enough, I could manually open the choke flap with my finger a small amount from a cold start and this allowed the engine to idle without throttle application, not practical but interesting nonetheless.
Today i refitted the old probe and housing to see what difference the extra length made, it actually made it worse! The car does not now start at all without throttle, the engine was slightly warm at this point so I will let it cool down again and see what happens. I may end up putting the newer, shorter probe back in and seeing if I can adjust it.
New on the left, old on the right.
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New on the right this time.
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I'm looking into steel wheel refurbishment too, the outer rim is quite corroded, previously the TZ trims hid the lip of the steel wheel - but the GT trims do not and it is really bothering me!