Not much news of late. With a baby coming any day I haven't gotten much time in the garage. I have been on a few drives and everything is running strong.

I have been buying up odds and ends for the car. In addition to the Motolita steering wheel I now have a soft top boot cover, a center console that is in great shape, a front spoiler, and most everything I need to strip and paint the car. All I need now is time.

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Dunlop 72 Spoke Wire Wheels

These just arrived. I got them from Tom for a great price as part of a trade with my Dad for my steel wheels. I need to learn a little more about wire wheels and take them to be balanced before I put them on the car. I'm not sure if they require innertubes. I plan to have them sand/media blasted and painted or powder coated before they go on the car.

Had a good drive today. Went to brunch with Tom, Patty and Rick from the NBCC. Always fun to park three or four TR-6s together and see the reactions. Plus, my car really runs great in the cool dry weather.

The gas leak from the rear carb is not bad today. I think it must be some type of seal that dried up when I didn't start the car for a couple of weeks while I did the brakes. I'll look for replacement seals tonight.

My next small project is reconnecting the driving lights, this time with an in-line fuse. Next I'll install the British Leyland AM/FM radio, again with a fuse, and install the new "kidney pads" that hold the front speakers.

When the weather really stays cold I will start prepping to paint.

Brake rebuild update

I have installed new caliper pistons (stainless steel from The Roadster Factory) on the front brakes and replaced the flexible brake lines front and rear. I also replaced the two short metal lines on the front from the caliper to the flexible line. One appears to have a very small crimp in it. Not enough to close it off but that wheel/brake is not releasing as far as the other. So I'll get back out there tomorrow and go thru it again. I may try the old line just to see if the crimp is the culprit.

In the meantime, I started the car with the intention of test driving tonight. When I did, I found gas leaking out of the rear carburator. Could be that a gasket or seal dried out since I haven't run it in 3+ weeks. I'll look a little deeper tomorrow. Thanks again to Tom T. who came thru when it was time to bleed the system.

I still have the new (old) British Leyland radio to install and the new kidney pads.

I'm back...

I haven't posted much in the past few months. Things got busy in the rest of my life so I have just tried to drive when I can and repair with what little time is leftover.

Recenly I have undertaken rebuilding the front brake calipers with a kit from The Roadster Factory including new stainless steel pistons. Getting the old pistons out took some help from my Dad and the local Midas shop. As I was taking things apart I discovered that one of the front brake lines was 90+% clogged. Basically, no brakes on that wheel. I decided to go ahead and replace all of the flexible brake lines front and rear for safety sake. Tonight I am reassembling and hoping to get things back together in time for a drive tomorrow. The weather is suppose to be great!