One of the jobs of the responsible classic car owner is to ensure that their pride and joy is roadworthy. “Newer” (and I use the term loosely) cars have their annual MOT but classic cars are exempt from this. Woe betides the not so responsible car owner who fails to keep their vehicle in a good condition.
So, throughout March we will be undertaking a comprehensive inspection and service of Lizzie to ensure she is fit for the road. The first thing we have had to do is put her up in the air. Short of raising the garage roof and installing a car lift, we are resorting to the age-old method of jack and pack, the pack in our case being axle stands.
A good look at the underneath of the back end has seen that some areas of underseal is flaking away so this will be looked at as part of the inspection work. The underseal for this is on the shelf ready.
The differential has been drained and refilled using an EP80w90 grade lubricant although this was not without it challenge as the drain plug had been rounded off in the past so it was unwilling to come out with the square-ended tool so a bit of brute force with and with the aid of some mole grips was required. This had the unfortunate side effect of wrecking a few of the threads but it had to come out. The spare axle thankfully had a decent plug as a swap.
So what’s the next job? The current thinking is to get all the grease nipples pumped with grease. We will then move on to looking at each wheel in turn and performing the necessary checks and greasing up of the bearings as dictated by the service schedule.
Watch this space for updates.
