DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

23e Heure wrote: Real or rep? Any more shots of that?

It's a replica and I'm sorry to say I don't have any more shots

Put fuel in the tank and turned on the ignition to see if there are any fuel leaks. One small one at a union on the left fuel rail, BUT a big one from the fuel pump. Yes, the fuel pump – not the unions, but the body of the pump itself. Great.

'Real or replica'

James - it looks like a Beck - if it's in the Netherlands it's probably Arjen Bosman's old car (formerly owned by DDKer 'Rico' - Steve Boza)

KS wrote:Put fuel in the tank and turned on the ignition to see if there are any fuel leaks. One small one at a union on the left fuel rail, BUT a big one from the fuel pump. Yes, the fuel pump – not the unions, but the body of the pump itself. Great.

Keith - I seem to remember JohnM had a similar issue in his rebuild - turned out it was a dodgy o-ring in the pump - did the same thing happen to you?

R

Don't know yet - have to get car up on lift to access the pump and take it off. It's a pretty bad leak - and a brand new pump!

KS wrote:Don't know yet - have to get car up on lift to access the pump and take it off. It's a pretty bad leak - and a brand new pump!

take off and return to seller?

Drove my car over to the NEC at lunchtime in readiness for the auction on Saturday (apologies for the cr*p phone picture):

Last drive then Andy? Sad day!


So... What's the next project?

Gary71 wrote:Last drive then Andy?

Who knows Gary - it has to sell first before I'll know that !

There seems to have been a lot of interest (including a fair amount from Europe) but none of that means anything unless people bid on the day ...

Well Andy, last weekend I did have an earnest discussion with my wife about re-mortgaging the house to raise funds in order to be a serious bidder.
Let's just say the conversation did not end the way I had hoped.

Such a fab car. My one regret is after all our chats about the project, I did not (yet) see it in the flesh.

Best of luck with the sale

Looking forward to Saturday. Good luck with the car Andy.

It must be hard parting with it after all the time and and work that went into the build and what a fantastic result.

Spent all day in the garage today! Rebuilding the driveshafts (again ) after two of the boots came off. I hate driveshafts!

Also changed the brake fluid, topped up the gearbox oil, and found my repaired wheel has cracked again:(

Ordered a bown/beige/orange balsa gear knob from Manuel Campuzno im Mexico [thanks Darren 65!]
Found he can also do an alloy hub fora Moomow heel with an orange leather horn button- what a cool guy...............
Tracked the container with car in , somewhere in mid atlantic, arrives Southampton Nov 23rd.
Changed parts list from pelican again.

Replaced the Gearbox selector shaft seal with the Gearbox box still in the car...

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticle ... d_seal.htm

Made a hook tool which I could wrap middle finger around to pull...Eventually the seal popped out, but finger is knackered as I now have no feeling from knuckle to tip !! ...Something about stopping blood flow for too long I think

On a positive note, the leak has stopped.