RP4937 2.1SED Manual, now in my clutches
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:03 am
Hi all
I bought James Carruthers' Delage red SED a few weeks ago, and I'm very pleased with it too. I started a To Do list almost straight away though, to try and keep up the momentum that James had for sorting the car out. For the moment, this has been limited to:
Learning how the headlights work while returning them to white bulbs and sorting the adjusters (I liked the idea of the yellow lamp French look, but my night vision is rubbish so I'm trying to get them as bright and well-aligned as I can - I've been reading the various threads and posts on lamp upgrades with interest)
New brake pads and fitting kits for the front. I suspect I will be throwing new calipers in before too long though, there seems to be a bit of slop in the sliders and the old pads that came out were very unevenly worn... I've also been looking very sternly at the gap where an ABS sensor should be, willing one to appear. It hasn't happened yet, but I'm going to keep trying!
Finding out why the driver's seat height adjust didn't - this was mostly due to a crack in a part of the seat subframe, which I've welded up today. Whether my welding is strong enough to stop it failing again remains to be seen
Sorting the screen wash which wasn't doing anything. It turns out the pump was healthy - so healthy in fact that the union in the tubing (that I suspect used to hold a non-return valve) was blowing apart at first use after I reconnected it, shooting the fluid straight into the gutter. I've pushed the connector back together and I think it's now properly engaged, but I've bought a generic non-return valve anyway to see if that will fit.
New wiper blades - though these are not wiping much faster than the old ones. Is the motor a bit tired? I've tried to get some lube on to the linkages without much improvement. However, the battery seems a bit tired - only 12.8v when I tested it and after the extensive seat adjusting/courtesy lights and puddle lights on/headlight alignment work, I've knocked it down to 11.8v, so I've taken it out and put it on charge.
Attending to a leak in the turbo intake pipe - where the rubber pipe from the airbox meets the plastic pipe, the jubilee clip was overtight and had crushed the plastic pipe, putting a fold into it. I'm experimenting with a large inverted jubilee clip INSIDE the plastic pipe, expanded to help the pipe hold it's circular bore against the outer jubilee clip. Please join me in praying that my bodge never advances down the pipe to the turbo...
And most recently was one of the rear doors that doesn't lock and unlock properly. The door card came off ok, but I was somewhat thwarted by the moisture guard - it's a foam sheet rather than DPM and it really doesn't want to give up its grip on the door - previous visitors to this area have just cut flaps in this sheet to gain access to the inners, so I followed suit and liberally dosed everything I could identify inside as a linkage with spray grease.
Work in progress is the nosecone - I want to know if a bit of T-cut and then lots of wax will restore it again to shininess as James previously achieved with other panels. So it's off the car and tucked in beside the fridge in the kitchen, waiting for the wife to leave for a winter spa break, when I can turn the kitchen again into a warm workshop... images/icons/smile/mrgreen.gif" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Updates as and when I can...
I bought James Carruthers' Delage red SED a few weeks ago, and I'm very pleased with it too. I started a To Do list almost straight away though, to try and keep up the momentum that James had for sorting the car out. For the moment, this has been limited to:
Learning how the headlights work while returning them to white bulbs and sorting the adjusters (I liked the idea of the yellow lamp French look, but my night vision is rubbish so I'm trying to get them as bright and well-aligned as I can - I've been reading the various threads and posts on lamp upgrades with interest)
New brake pads and fitting kits for the front. I suspect I will be throwing new calipers in before too long though, there seems to be a bit of slop in the sliders and the old pads that came out were very unevenly worn... I've also been looking very sternly at the gap where an ABS sensor should be, willing one to appear. It hasn't happened yet, but I'm going to keep trying!
Finding out why the driver's seat height adjust didn't - this was mostly due to a crack in a part of the seat subframe, which I've welded up today. Whether my welding is strong enough to stop it failing again remains to be seen
Sorting the screen wash which wasn't doing anything. It turns out the pump was healthy - so healthy in fact that the union in the tubing (that I suspect used to hold a non-return valve) was blowing apart at first use after I reconnected it, shooting the fluid straight into the gutter. I've pushed the connector back together and I think it's now properly engaged, but I've bought a generic non-return valve anyway to see if that will fit.
New wiper blades - though these are not wiping much faster than the old ones. Is the motor a bit tired? I've tried to get some lube on to the linkages without much improvement. However, the battery seems a bit tired - only 12.8v when I tested it and after the extensive seat adjusting/courtesy lights and puddle lights on/headlight alignment work, I've knocked it down to 11.8v, so I've taken it out and put it on charge.
Attending to a leak in the turbo intake pipe - where the rubber pipe from the airbox meets the plastic pipe, the jubilee clip was overtight and had crushed the plastic pipe, putting a fold into it. I'm experimenting with a large inverted jubilee clip INSIDE the plastic pipe, expanded to help the pipe hold it's circular bore against the outer jubilee clip. Please join me in praying that my bodge never advances down the pipe to the turbo...
And most recently was one of the rear doors that doesn't lock and unlock properly. The door card came off ok, but I was somewhat thwarted by the moisture guard - it's a foam sheet rather than DPM and it really doesn't want to give up its grip on the door - previous visitors to this area have just cut flaps in this sheet to gain access to the inners, so I followed suit and liberally dosed everything I could identify inside as a linkage with spray grease.
Work in progress is the nosecone - I want to know if a bit of T-cut and then lots of wax will restore it again to shininess as James previously achieved with other panels. So it's off the car and tucked in beside the fridge in the kitchen, waiting for the wife to leave for a winter spa break, when I can turn the kitchen again into a warm workshop... images/icons/smile/mrgreen.gif" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Updates as and when I can...