New Car Woes - 1...Update
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:45 pm
Some of you know I bought a 1970 2.2S ‘McQueen’ tribute car 6 months ago…
The car was a bare metal ground up restoration by Canford Classics with just about every single part replaced or rebuilt like new and had almost zero use since it was finished a few years back. The bodywork was all done by GTR Motorsport (who did the bare metal resto on my 964RSR), the engine built from scratch by Bob Watson and the gearbox by Mike Bainbridge then all put back together by Alan’s team at Canford Classics. This was perfect as I wanted a car to drive and use a lot…not one to have to constantly be fixing and there are some great names involved in the work.
I’ve driven it quite a bit since getting it but now have an issue that means I can’t use it (so swap meet is out )and wondered if anyone else has had to do this fix or how to go about it….
I’ve had a few oil leaks, not a surprise it’s just seals that need redoing and just the odd drop…but then noticed a puddle of oil under the jacking point on passenger side (it’s a LHD car).
Got it up on a ramp and we could see through the sill section behind the jacking point what looked like a rubber pipe and jubilee clip?
A quick look through the invoices on file and I found one for £1600 in 2019 that showed Canford Classics had done a repair to this section by stripping and removing lower sill, repairing pipe section with rubber/fabric hose, repairing section, welding back in place and repaint side sill. Having spoken to Alan he confirms this is what was done.
It looks like it’s not worked and as the car is now being driven more it’s leaking and filling the sill up to the point it’s dripping out the jacking point….
So has anyone had to fix these pipes leaking before? I’m guessing this is going to turn into a bloody expensive nightmare as they are not easy to get to being inside the sill on a 2.2S?? I’d appreciate any responses on people who have done this and what they did or recommendations on who can do the work as it obviously needs doing properly and I would have thought a rubber sleeve fix is only ever going to be temporary if you are actually going to use the car (which I’d still like to do!!)
Has anyone any experience of bypassing these pipes completely in the engine bay at all as a short term solution while looking into future long term options?
J
The car was a bare metal ground up restoration by Canford Classics with just about every single part replaced or rebuilt like new and had almost zero use since it was finished a few years back. The bodywork was all done by GTR Motorsport (who did the bare metal resto on my 964RSR), the engine built from scratch by Bob Watson and the gearbox by Mike Bainbridge then all put back together by Alan’s team at Canford Classics. This was perfect as I wanted a car to drive and use a lot…not one to have to constantly be fixing and there are some great names involved in the work.
I’ve driven it quite a bit since getting it but now have an issue that means I can’t use it (so swap meet is out )and wondered if anyone else has had to do this fix or how to go about it….
I’ve had a few oil leaks, not a surprise it’s just seals that need redoing and just the odd drop…but then noticed a puddle of oil under the jacking point on passenger side (it’s a LHD car).
Got it up on a ramp and we could see through the sill section behind the jacking point what looked like a rubber pipe and jubilee clip?
A quick look through the invoices on file and I found one for £1600 in 2019 that showed Canford Classics had done a repair to this section by stripping and removing lower sill, repairing pipe section with rubber/fabric hose, repairing section, welding back in place and repaint side sill. Having spoken to Alan he confirms this is what was done.
It looks like it’s not worked and as the car is now being driven more it’s leaking and filling the sill up to the point it’s dripping out the jacking point….
So has anyone had to fix these pipes leaking before? I’m guessing this is going to turn into a bloody expensive nightmare as they are not easy to get to being inside the sill on a 2.2S?? I’d appreciate any responses on people who have done this and what they did or recommendations on who can do the work as it obviously needs doing properly and I would have thought a rubber sleeve fix is only ever going to be temporary if you are actually going to use the car (which I’d still like to do!!)
Has anyone any experience of bypassing these pipes completely in the engine bay at all as a short term solution while looking into future long term options?
J