The 142

Garth

Sealed for life they say but I bet that near 50 years later it would still be loitering was a longer life than anticipated For less than 20 dollars 10 grease nipples and thread tap didn't appear to be any lubricant in there maybe this will help with the heavy steering

Garth

Got some jap car plugs to blank the hole afterwards

Garth

Anyone know where I,d get a vinyl proof fitted in qld would be cheaper than re roofing the car at some stage I think it was jumped on vinyl is deffo a period thing had a 67 lotus Cortna with factory vinyl back in the day

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Garth;96856 wroteAnyone know where I,d get a vinyl proof fitted in qld would be cheaper than re roofing the car at some stage I think it was jumped on vinyl is deffo a period thing had a 67 lotus Cortna with factory vinyl back in the day

The long standing opinion about vinyl rooves,is they were production faulty cars.
Don't know how true it is. But this could stand to reason with your plan

Garth

Yes very common in carsales to hide the fact the car had been rolled or similar but for my damaged roof it just might be a period correct way of solving the problem

Garth

The guy I bought the car off had 2 daughters that learned to drive and took it to school its my guess some kid decided to jump on the car repairs were done but cracked bog shows where the repairs were and car rooves are near impossible to panelbeat vinyl would hide the evidence

Garth

It had one plus great sound deadening think that's the reason many expensive cars had vinyl

Garth

Was big on Leyland products I remember our neighbours brand new marina had one was an extra that was offered in the catalogue was even common on the morris 1100

Garth

You could be right wasn't much on a morris marina that wasn't faulty only marginally better than the worlds worst ever car the hillman hunter
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Garth

Front end rebushed in urethane new steering joints possibly have a set of 15/7 jellybean alloys for it gearbox comes out tomorrow to rebuild driveshaft getting new unis brakes done so will have a sound car with tired motor soon

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Even tired, pushrod are troopers.

Garth

Wheels bought and paid for 15/7 being machined now. Not that much now before its road ready

Garth

Gearsick but proving challenging to undo at present going to drop the box as low as I can and undo top cover once box is out I hope I can remove cover and gearstick

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@Angus242164 has a drawing of the removal

Vee_Que

Yes, drop the crossmember down to undo it.

Garth

Man its tight was able to remove the 6 top cover bolts now fighting with Allen bolts that haven't been undone in many years

Garth

Hoping once the gearbox is out I'll have space to extract cover and gearstick as a unit

Garth

Alloy nut so I'm less likely to damage it if I can work on a bench

Garth

18 inch shifter wouldn't budge it