mrflibbles gets a bellett

[RobSA]

So close.
Will be good to see it zooming around the hills.

Cheers
Rob

[mrflibbles]

thanks rob cant wait to see bella back on the road too, be good to see them together maybe they will breed?

[RobSA]

oh thats scary


Cheers
Rob

[2ldohc]

So that's where the little GT's come from...

[mrflibbles]

we wish!
got a bit more done on her today, seatbelts back in, cleaned the fuse box terminals and put new fuses in now surprisingly everything works as it should! Put some new wipe blades on to replace the moss encrusted ones as well.
re torqued the head bolts (some were quite loose). Adjusted the latch on the bootlid so it actually latches! cleaned lots of little odds and sods, lubed all the hinges etc so the doors hopefully swing nicely now!
tommorrow i plan on washing her...

father in law is already muttering about clearing out his shed so i can paint it properly! (although i am rather fond of the rat look)

[Stickman]

WASHING IT???!!!

Are you insane?!

Rats hate water!


Stickman

[oz_toffa]

We wont recognise it when it arrives for the November Hills Rat Run is SA !.!.!.

OZ

[mrflibbles]

washed her so she is all pretty now, took her down to the local scrub em clean place and was looking at all the reddish coloured bubbles coming off looked like i had wet rubbed the car! seriously she looks the same but now its genuinely clean rust!

[mrflibbles]

well guys had a brown trouser moment in the little beast, coming home from work and went to turn left at a reasonably busy roundabout. next thing hit the brakes to slow down and.........nothing happened except my foot hitting the floor! BROWN TROUSERS! well successfully negotiated the left turn without hitting anything, very close call to a nice $$$$ 4 wheel drive though. Managed to pull up and get the car stopped (all the way i was going was a minor down hill slope). And the Lady in the 4x4 i almost hit stops to apologise for not seeing me there! Alls well that ends well and i survived and so did the Bellett.

Big thanks to Oz_toffa for helping me out with a couple of parts i needed, and after getting the wife to help bleed the brakes back up, The Bellett is ready for the road again!

[RobSA]

Scary moment

Glad it all turned out okay.

cheers
Rob

[oz_toffa]

No worries guys

Parts are there for all to use and keep the Bellett's running and on the road.


OZ

[BELLETTPR10]

Glad eveyone and the cars are ok .....

Mark

[GTtoo]

Fluid loss problem........150 breaking zones later and............AHHHHGGGGG, BROWN TROUSER MOMENT !

Ohh, main thing is you saved the ratter, no really, is great your alive and well.

B.

[mr zzz]

Ahhhh, so this is the Bellett that I wave to most mornings on my way to work.

Im in the gold TD Gem coupe, mrflibbles. Good to see another Bellett on the road in the hills!

[mrflibbles]

its a nice looking coupe you got there mate! always happy to say hi! you local up here?

[mr zzz]

Yeah, Mount Barker. I work at Woodside.

First time I saw your car I drove past and thought 'no, that can't be a bellett' but after seeing it a few more times I knew I wasnt dreaming.

I'm also a member on Gemisa.net under the same user name.

[mrflibbles]

lol, alot of people have stopped and commented on it, even the sales guys where i work say that the customers want to know what that old car is before they start looking at the new cars!
not a member on gemisa yet but have ben considering getting one as a daily once my patrol is sold...

[mrflibbles]

some random pics of the beast trying to get the clutch sorted before all jap day, going to change gearbox for a florian box. Going to free up clutch, replace welsh plugs and replace head gasket, not sure if i will make it but ill be busting my guts to get it done this weekend!

[oz_toffa]

keep at it Flibbbllleessssss

better to have 2 thumbs than 5

OZ

[yellowperil]

You've been busy mrfibbles
Good luck with it, you've got a tight schedule. While you've got the head off it's a good opportunity to give it a valve grind. It always gives a noticeable improvement for the sake of a few hours - time permitting of course!!!