Get Your Grille On..

I finally found a Series 2A maltese grille on eBay that was battered enough to put a few other bidders off while still being good enough for me - anything in much better condition would stand out! : )

I'm missing some fixings as there was a Series 3 plastic grille fitted when I bought her, so I'll need to find those.. I do appear to have the mount points in the right place, at least..

Master Cylinders and Clutch Slave

As I was fitting new master brake and clutch cylinders I also took the time to clean up the pedal boxes and oil the pedal trunnions. The clutch pedal was so stiff the spring couldn't lift it again so they were overdue some attention.

Before..

With the old cylinders removed I got the pedals swinging freely again, painted the boxes, fit some new pedal rubbers, and made up some new gaskets. The driver's footwell will need replacing at some point but as I was there I cleaned that up and gave it a coat of primer and BS 224 (Deep Bronze Green).

The clutch pedal was hard to move even by hand..

Make your own..

New pedal rubbers.. Spoiling her!

I also fit the new clutch slave cylinder and steel braided clutch hose. I gave all the new cylinders some red rubber grease under their boots, which is compatible with brake fluid. I hope it will help keep moisture out and keep the piston operating smoothly.

With the new inlet pipes and brake lines re-connected everything is now ready for new fluid so the next job will be bleeding the clutch and brakes.

Waiting for new fluid..