1964 bonneville rebuild

[64 kiwi boni]

Looks to be a old puncher wound  that some one had put some sort of bog over ,,

so out with the old Barthall solder iron that doesn’t get to to see any work these days and I soldered it up !

[64 kiwi boni]

And then I could get on with what I wanted to achive today ... my drive shaft loop ..

 this was a $52 kit with bolts and everything needed to make a nz legal drive shaft loop , and for the money it is cheap.... i didn like all the bolts so i welded the sucker and was wayy happier with the out come 

 

Edited August 28, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

now with the rules i had to bolt this through the floor pan and achieve a 3000mm2 area plate on the top- side, bolted with 2 x 10mm bolts to  be legal,, these plates have to have a 5mm radius on the corners and the whole plate has to be arised at 1 mm... i guess so it can not cut its way clean through the floor under the stress of a drive shaft trying to shit its self !!hahaha   

sorry got my pictures around the wrongway,,, first 2 are of the plates through the floor pan, last pic is of the plate i made up, and tacked the bolts to them to drop through the floor 

 

 

Edited August 28, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

Way happy with my safety loop 

Last job of the day was to fit the freashly repaired drivers side door trim 

I painted the backing board to prevent it from rotting and I made a new door film from a roll of carpet protector 

[64 kiwi boni]

Another box ticked off 👍👍👍👍

[JUSTA6]

7 hours ago, Fitzy said:

while fitzy was thinking about the good old dayz of paying a monkey to fix his car that he knew he would much rather be doing himself cause it would get fixed right.

He was a good monkey and I breezed through life like a dream. Never mind, I now spend my free days coated in grease & cleaning chemicals and scratching my head wondering how I'm gonna fix THAT!

Re, your fuel tank. Yes, I could fit a breathing cap (or just drill a hole) but fuel vapour will then escape from the cap: same problem. I really wonder how the factory approached it. Maybe they simply advised that you parked in a well ventilated space. I don't remember any of my old cars having any sort of vapour return or capture system - they just vented to the atmosphere.

My GTO has the same thing, a vent tube to nowhere.  Never smell gas.

[JUSTA6]

Busy busy man.  My kingdom for a tire, so I can drive it.

[JUSTA6]

5 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Looks to be a old puncher wound  that some one had put some sort of bog over ,,

so out with the old Barthall solder iron that doesn’t get to to see any work these days and I soldered it up !

Gutsy man right there.  Even if you drained the gas, there is fresh gas fumes.   WOW

[Andy H]

6 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Another box ticked off 👍👍👍👍

Amazing all the rules and regulations they have in different place/ countries , I grew up with some of them but they also changed as the year's went by. How come all the factory cars that did not come with a loop was ok 🙄 Not that a loop is a bad thing.

We are truly spoiled here in CA just got back from the early morning donut shop meet and the  stuff some people drive here and it's ok is amazing.

Nice loop installation and I like your exhaust.

 

[64 kiwi boni]

3 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Gutsy man right there.  Even if you drained the gas, there is fresh gas fumes.   WOW

Yes justA. Always mindful of gas fumes 

but I didn’t have any flame near the tank at all 

justA hot solder bolt 👍

[JUSTA6]

2 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Yes justA. Always mindful of gas fumes 

but I didn’t have any flame near the tank at all 

justA hot solder bolt 👍

All good glad it worked.

[64 kiwi boni]

After having to go sort a blocked drain at the local hospital I got 4 hours on my boni.

i pulled the seat belts ... they will need to be upgraded  to be nz legal .... more on that latter 

The next job is one I really was not looking forward too .. 

the poor bugger who was behind the wheel when my boni hit something really solid must have had their hand rammed into the speedo ...

here is the picture of the damage 

[64 kiwi boni]

So I pulled the dash pad off .... 

note to fitzy and wrongway ... my dash has a after market plastic cover on it !!

and I did have to glue one part up that had not stuck properly 

[64 kiwi boni]

Spent quiet a while going through all the bulbs and making sure they are all working while I had the dash pad off 

wayyy easier than trying to bend my old body under the dash ... but still had to do that too !! I know I will pay for that tomorrow !!! 😡 

For anyone doing a swap of a lenses on a 64 speedo ... once the unit is out it’s super simple 

a light metal frame holds the lense in and 4 bent / crimps hold it together 

I pulled the lense and removed years of dirt 

and reassembled 👍😀👍

[64 kiwi boni]

And refreshed speedo went back in 🍻🍻🍻

[64 kiwi boni]

Does anyone know what switches the removable dome light in the trunk ?

 

[Fitzy]

I believe I read that it's a gravity switch. I have the same light but have never found any switch to activate it. I laughed when I learnt how to unclip it and unspooled the wire right around to the engine bay. How old fashioned and quaint. No LED pen lights back then, or mobile phones with a torch and no need now to peer under the hood to see why the car stopped, because modern cars don't break down like they used to.

How did you fix your speedo lens - just grab a piece of perspex and cut to suit? My speedo face was grubby from sitting in a moist enclosed atmosphere for so long, so I GENTLY started to clean the numerals but the paint started to come away. I read online that a paste of Cream Of Tartar & water VERY GENTLY applied will clean it without damage, but mine was too far gone so I cleaned it as best I could and chucked it back in. Speedos are overrated anyway - when you're cruisin' for chicks in the big Poncho, the last thing you'll be looking at is the speedo.

Edited August 29, 2021 by Fitzy

[64 kiwi boni]

I swapped the lenses off of the chassis donor car mate 👍👍👍

and yeah speedo’ are over rated 

but I need one to get me through vinning process 😀😀

my trunk light works great ... to great ! It doesn’t turn off !! Haha 

Edited August 29, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[JUSTA6]

7 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Does anyone know what switches the removable dome light in the trunk ?

 

Dang was gonna have fun with this one.  Fitzy is right.  Question really is does it shut off when ya close the trunk.

[64 kiwi boni]

11 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Dang was gonna have fun with this one.  Fitzy is right.  Question really is does it shut off when ya close the trunk.

no it doesnt mate... i am going to pull it apart and see how it works !!

[64 kiwi boni]

No real clue as to what switches it justA this small cylindrical thing that used to have wires going in to it at some stage of its life 

so for now it’s getting a switch  

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[Fitzy]

That's a great idea - well done. You don't suppose that little cylinder was the switch? If not, I wonder what it's purpose is?

[64 kiwi boni]

Not sure at all ... maybe Del reads this and can enlighten us 

as I am sure his rag top would have one 

30 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

That's a great idea - well done. You don't suppose that little cylinder was the switch? If not, I wonder what it's purpose is?

Don’t look too close mate 

I had to use a bit of hose as a nut to hold the second hand switch in place !!!

i am still in lock down till Wednesday ... so I am using anything I have around .... 

and making a list of all these little things I need to buy 😀

[64 kiwi boni]

today was all about getting the head light/ tail light circuits sorted 

which after finding the faults in the wires from the switch, finding the tail light plugs that had been replaced and wired wrong... 2 of the 6 had the wires crossed and tail lights with 21watts beaming away ! instead of the 5 watt they should have.

at the end of the day i had correctly working tail lights and number plate light!!!

Any keen eyed 64 owners out there would spot the 2 middle tail lights not working!! i justA ran out of bulbs !!! and they are on my list of parts to get once i am allowed to go to the parts shop !!! ... 

at this point i am running out of justA about everything... bloody covid

Edited August 30, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

All the way through the electrical system I am finding poor contacts , loose wires dodgee earths 

all silly little things that stop circuits from working 

to finish the day I made a start on the indicators 

3 are working and I pulled the switch off the steering and pulled it apart , cleaned the contacts with a tooth brush and some carb cleaner and back together !!!

gotta love 1960’s cars with parts you CAN  fix 

Edited August 30, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni