Contact and starting

Last week my neighbour Omer gave me a battery.  After recharging it seemed to work perfectly so  I put it in my Bleu Lord. To test my engine again, and to secure that it runs every now and then, I started it. At least I tried. Obviously something went wrong, because I hadn't even turned the ignition key to ignition, and it started already. Strange matter. So by turning the key to stand by, the starter engine already began its work. Turning the key to ignite, started the boxer engine, but het starter engine kept running. That was not good. My other neighbour, Mike, meant it could be the relay in the starter engine or leading to the starter engine.  I looked it up in hte manual, and yes, there is only one relay between the ignitionswitch and the starter engine. Exactly, the one in the aterter engine.
So yesterday I swapped the starter engine in the Bleu Lord by another spare one from my famous cellar. Actually this one came from my grey SW.
That didn't work out. The fault remained. So my second guess is the starter / ignition switch in the dash. I changed that a month ago by the one from again the grey SW, to make sure I needed only two keys for my Blue Lord, instead of three (left door, petroltank and the ignition/right door).
So now I have to remount the ignition lock again and remove the fault.

At least I have no whole in the engine wall. Good luck, Bert.

 Original Bosch starter engine, made in Germany.

The swap was complete, the result can't be seen on this picture.

Ignition key on the loose... damned.

Progress, another item

Well some weeks ago I kinda mounted the front bumper. The rear bumper still waits for painting and mounting on  the Blue Lord. Since I picked up my normal working scheme, time's running away.

Time for a short reconsidering. This year I made great progress in my project, due to a major leave from work. I mounted a new petrol tank (3 times), new petrol lines, renewed brake lines, I restored the rear axis, and mounted some little details in the interior. I even restored another set of wheels.

That's what I wrote this morning. But time has passed me by, and I had a little time today to fiddle about. The weather was perfect for a hike, but I was in my workshop sanding the ugliest rims I ever had. They came with my 146 and I changed them real quick for better tires and QV-rims. Just a little bit of attention and the world looks completely different. See for yourselves.

This was the state in which I bought the 146, with the Speedline alu wheels in really bad shape. Luckily only one was a little dented.

Corrosion has left ugly marks on this rim. Fake plastic bolts and a nice wheel cap in the center.

Ugliness by disconcern

A new owner and he wants to spent some time with the ugly one.

First run in restoring. Blank aluminium on the edge, silver painted center. 

Corrossion is fading slowly away.

On this particular rim I spent the most time with sanding the varnish layer off the blank aluminium. The corroded space let off the varnish real good. The other wheels are in a less corroded, in fact a better shape, so more of this naste work is to come. With some thinner I made a start in attacking the very hard varnish surface. More posts about this work are to come real soon.