18-06-2019, 08:01 PM
Glad you are enjoying your new acquisition!
Re the fan pulley, you might find the bushes are worn but these are mercifully easy to sort out. If you are going to do a lot of mountain driving you might consider adopting a four blade fan anyway, which should help a little with the cooling. It would certainly be worth flushing the cooling system through as years of accumulated crud really doesn't help. And possibly a 'water wetter' type coolant.
You are doing very well on the grades if you can get from 3rd to top!! Is it a synchro or crash box? The crash type though generally tougher has a lower 3rd gear. You can get close ratio conversions but if I were you I'd give it a while and decide about that when you have assessed the car under all conditions. Another option to consider may be a lower rear axle ratio, but that's a bigger and more costly job.
Rubbing noise on turns - is the tyre rubbing the inside of the wheel arch perhaps? You should see a witness mark if it is.
Be glad you have a summer to be in time for!
Re the fan pulley, you might find the bushes are worn but these are mercifully easy to sort out. If you are going to do a lot of mountain driving you might consider adopting a four blade fan anyway, which should help a little with the cooling. It would certainly be worth flushing the cooling system through as years of accumulated crud really doesn't help. And possibly a 'water wetter' type coolant.
You are doing very well on the grades if you can get from 3rd to top!! Is it a synchro or crash box? The crash type though generally tougher has a lower 3rd gear. You can get close ratio conversions but if I were you I'd give it a while and decide about that when you have assessed the car under all conditions. Another option to consider may be a lower rear axle ratio, but that's a bigger and more costly job.
Rubbing noise on turns - is the tyre rubbing the inside of the wheel arch perhaps? You should see a witness mark if it is.
Be glad you have a summer to be in time for!