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I had the same problem with a GT6 distributor 25 years ago, the shaft to drive was bent only slightlly but enough go cause the pfoblem you encountered

Looking really good Elin,John is lucky to have you working on his car.

Those after market angle drives are pure crap. I've had to installed two on my MGB and the last one only worked for about 5 seconds after I put the car in gear to go for a test drive. I'm thinking of using the longer Overdrive cable and eliminating the angle drive altgether.

I am happy to see John's car coming together so nicely. I am NOT looking forward to the day when I have to assemble my TR6 under dash parts.

Hi Elin, I can't find the pdf file with the modifications so as not to make a mistake 🙏

Thankyou.

Elin watching you install that interior brought back memories of me doing the same on my 76 TR6 a few years back. I have my own upholstery sewing machine so I made my own door panels and carpet. When I bought the car it had been sitting out in the open in California for 20 years. Seats and floors were rotted out. Found some 1969 seats and restored them and welded in new floors. It's a beautiful red overdrive car now and runs like a top. I did a diy electronic ignition triggered by the original points type distributor. Thanks for doing these great videos! By the way, when I installed the windshield with new rubber I got to the point of pushing that stupid chrome looking plastic piece into the windshield rubber. Finally cussed it out thoroughly and omitted it. That's the only thing in the whole project that got under my skin.

The Miata /MX5 is in the workshop out of the rain !

Elin please invite Dave round to do one of his famous broth soups live while you are working on the cars. ( That was a great episode about three years ago now but I could almost taste and smell the delicious aroma through my I-pad screen ha ha!) Keep well buddy and best wishes also to Nic.

Not a can of Stella in sight, I'm concerned Elin?

Elin has always been the goat when it comes to upholstering. I bet his old Limo Company boss really misses him!

Those rubber transmission seals are a perfect example of the time-consuming over complicated jobs on these cars that could be so much more straightforward.

Elin, that sure must have been 'fun' laying on your back under the dash, poking around blindly with that screwdriver trying to trigger the hood release. That kind of thing is why God invented BEER! lol

26:28 At 6'3" and now in my seventies, I sure could've used the Jeepers Creepers under dash "ironing board" to lie on back when I could still contort my large frame enough to do such work, which was always torture for me. Only thing I would add would be some padding. I wouldn't be surprised if it was someone staring up under the dash, pain emanating from several parts of his body that dreamed up the automotive rotisserie mechanism. Side Note: Elin, is that you playing the piano?

That even stressed me out as I watched while sitting on a comfortable settee with a can of Stella. Let me know if you run out of 'expletives' as I have a rare copy of the "1,000 Blasphemies Motor Engineers Reference Manual" which has some bonus words written on the inside cover as well. 😅...

Does this car have the funky vacuum retard system? If so so you set the timing with it connected or not? I aways used to set carbed cars by adjusting the distributor to the highest RPM then back it off a little.

Hello Elin, did you verify that bellow an center glove box used center bar to hold this.

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Just a thought... It would be pretty easy to install a couple small switches near the top of the kick panels, one on either side, to be able to turn the interior light, door activation on and off, whenever it's wanted. That way there would be two switches in each circuit... the plunger type on the door that makes ground whenever the door is open, plus a 2nd, manually operated switch to break the circuit when it isn't needed or if the door is being left standing open. I have one of those plastic gearbox covers for my TR4, ready to install... thanks for the fitment tips! When I bought the car (in the late 1970s), it still had the cardboard cover. I fiberglassed that and made it work for many years... but it is starting to crumble. The plastic cover I got is the one-piece type. I was considering modifying it to a two-piece, for easier access to the overdrive for maintenance and adjustments.

Great job! I think I could live with that bonnet lartch problem. Thanks for the video, Elin.😊

Same crap weather here in West Yorkshire up to a couple of days ago, hard to believe it was July. Car is looking great now Elin, and swearing is pretty much mandatory for under dash work.

....swear words are apart of growing up and dealing with stuff that doesn't care about you even if you are the pope....back in the seventies lot of us brothers owned British Leyan stuff..... twelve volt negative.... I owned a tr4a, we had bugeyed sprites, mgs, tr6s, sunbeams, we were just kids, our fathers thought we were nuts, we had all the girls....the hotrod dudes were mad....most of our cars were faster and more responsive than the america stuff....fun times....

Coming along really well...cussing and swearing is always required under the dash for almost any job.

Zoom zoom 😅

Yeah, we set a record ( blew the previous one out of the water ) for rainfall in July…car is looking great!

I think I’m the 1st to comment! She’s looking real Elin. I can’t wait to drive her home.

I always thought black smoke was a rich condition, but when you guys said oil, I was confused! 😉

Good job guys!

"Sound deadening is clay too!" Love it 😂

Nice detailed and correct explanations along the way. Esp the Stromberg CD's and their foibles. (I had a Hillman Hunter with a pair of these carbies, and they never did run properly. I eventually replaced them with SU's.) To your issue, I suppose the solution is mentioned way below somewhere, but I wonder if the distributer cam plate is anchored to the housing correctly. It is supposed to be held in place by the vacuum advance link, but because the vacuum advance is disconnected, maybe there's a problem with the diaphragm, so the cam plate is wandering around inside the distributer. This would also explain why the static timing was set to 2 degrees. Then you set it to 6 and the engine woudn't even run. Then you set it back - it started ok, but revved UP when you advanced the ignition by rotating the distributer essentially advancing the static timing back to the position where it wouldn't start. And when you road tested it, it ran ok at high RPM, maybe because the cam plate had reached the limit of its travel, making the timing at maximum advance, which was perfect for high RPM running.

The car looks fantastic, Elin! John will be very pleased with how it turns out, I'm sure! I absolutely admire your set of skills in any area related with car restoration - but may I enter a very small word of rebuke: using your callipers as a prying tool... 😉

Elin, Excellent job as always! What about the Hood Frame through bolts?

Someone once said to me : "when carpets are the next to last job after a restoration, it's easy street" .. I never thought that, and after watching you do John's car, I still think easy street lies in checking the tyre pressures before the final test drive. 😅

I bought this same system but it came with all the wires, I didn’t have to set them up myself, I plugged everything in and nothing works. Would you be able to help me?🙏

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The interior light should be farther back, almost to the rear shelf. It might be a good place for a LED bulb.

Hi Elin from Oz. I've asked this before and still don't know, but is the boot (trunk ) lid damaged?

Nice job! I am always on the hunt for new cleaning products, can someone please tell me the brand name of the industry cleaner it looks to be a good on the adhesive.

Nice job on the handbrake. I used the cardboard for the driveshaft tunnel over the brake cables as a template and the bent a piece of aluminum sheet to replace it. It turned out quite well and is much more solid than the old cardboard so it won’t collapse in time. Edge trim around the edges smoothed out sharp edges.

Those shears and watching you work with textiles shows that you are truly in your home park for this one! Clever hand brake repair, too! Thanks, Elin!

I´m waiting of the next episode of the Miata with your son. I think it is not a good idea to put carpet on carpet, it shall be slide and its to high for the foot throttle. Better is to use dirt mats.

great job on the handbrake fix! I always learn something in your videos and I almost never disagree with your approach to things. However, in the case of glueing down carpet I must disagree. I prefer to be able to remove carpet. They are a bit of a pain to install, but I like to use carpet snaps screwed to /through the floor. John is a lucky man to have you finishing his car!

Yes Elin, it’s almost 8 years! Lookin good 👍

Nice job on the handbrake assembly ! Car looking great now…..

Cool Zoom zoom 😅

Looking great!

I’m doing this right now! Yesterday glued all the jute to the bottom of the carpet. Waiting on screws myself😂! Thanks for showing the transmission light. Agreed, not hooking up the door switch wire. I’m having some issues with the center carpet piece in middle of parcel shelf. Well done!!!!

Question, does the roll bar appreciably stiffen the body/chassis?

Looking tremendous now Elin. In the old days I used to love working on interiors, but now it is too scary. Every vinyl or leather part is so expensive or NLA, it is hard to feel the love.

Sir you made me laugh because your approach and reactions are exactly how I would think-and speak when I’m attempting a repair. Good job and thank you for the tutorial.