First up I had a quick look at the leaky t-bar.
Doesn't look too bad. Metal guide screws not rusty but some water getting in via the bar of the t-bar. Visiting Chris tomorrow for some experienced opinion on my seals...I tried to get the old white silicon off them using silicon remover but really they are a mess still.
They are also pretty perished in a few places. Think along with the t-bar overhaul I'm going to need replacement seals.Anyway I got all the rubber/black trim sprayed and rubbed down with silicon spray.
The whole car instantly looks much tidier.The big win was that the horrible aftermarket aerial above the windscreen was really easy to remove.
Here it is, going, going, gone!
Turns out it wasn't screwed on
- just stuck wiith sticky pad stuff. Also no wires, so must have just been cosmetic! Fair enough if the original aerial was wrecked but to put that nasty little thing on when it doesn't even do anything... weird.After that I finished off drilling out the final nearside mirror screw, got the mirror off and replaced with the placeholder one while I respray both mirrors.
Finally drilled out one of the screws in the nearside headlight casing which was causing the wonky headlight cover.
All nice and solid there now which is great. The whole headlight assembly is looking pretty rusty so will be keeping an eye out for some good condition replacements soon.Also had a look at the HKS power flow air filter as overlooked this during the service last month.
Looks pretty dirty so have ordered a refill filter. No idea if these are good items or not but like the look of the mushroom so its staying for the moment!Quite a productive morning!
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