Over the w/e I fitted re-bushed wishbones, new droplinks and anti-roll bar bushes then stripped and re-built the front brakes.
At the rear, the handbrake operating arms were past the 90 deg position and a quick check underneath showed a lazy mechanic had used the trick of tightening the cable adjuster, rather than adjusting the shoes.
Rear disk/drum still had the splodge of white paint over the fixing screw from when it left the factory so I wasnt too hopeful on what was waiting inside.......which was lots of dust and rust but some usable shoes.
Having fettled the rear brakes it was time to change the very murky-looking brake fluid and now its ready for the MoT.
As it has had wishbones removed it will need tracking but looking at the old tyres I will take it for a full geometry check, I managed to free off both front track rods and one rear one but the other rear one wont budge so it will have to come off and go in the vice for some heat therapy and persusion.
With a bit of luck it should be on the road on Saturday, only 8 months after I got it
, but another Omega escapes the scrappers.
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Topic: Matchless Project 2 - almost there (Read 792 times)