[Peter Bremner]

The U-Pol dust is working magic on the grass. I only ever dry sand. I do get complaints from the wife about her car getting dusty!
My garage is a major trip hazard. One trick I’ve perfected is leaning over the engine, moving my foot back, standing on the air line, which acts like a skateboard, face planting me onto the rocker cover.
I have multiples of most tools. If I’m lucky I can find one of the six Stanley knives. I buy six 8mm 1/4 drive sockets at a time.

[Peter Bremner]

At least you can see your floor.

[Peter Bremner]

I’ll try not to. I did fill in the two holes left by the aftermarket bonnet handle.

Like this

[Peter Bremner]

Thanks for the offer. I’ve started so I’ll finish.
U-Pol Dolphin Glaze today as only very thin skims of filler needed. Dolphin Glaze is the bee’s knees. No pinholes and easy to sand.
A few more thin layers still to go on, then I can fit, ready to line up wings and doors etc.

[Peter Bremner]

Somewhere in the mix there are two types of 5 speed boxes.
One is close ratio, the other has a taller 5th gear as in the DSuper5.

I bought a 5 speed box from France via Leboncoin. Yes, it was the close ratio box.
I sent it Harry Maartens for a rebuild to DSuper5 spec.

[Peter Bremner]

Handy if you’re in France. I also carry ‘Je repair moi DS’, a less bulky version of the DS workshop manuals.
I didn’t need it when I had a puncture in Loire, just a new ‘chambre d’air’.

[Peter Bremner]

When I had a Marcos, the steering column went through the fan belt. The trick was to fit two. One on the pulleys, one tied up out of the way.
Maybe cable-tie a spare to the new one. Similar to a spare clutch cable in the non Pallas roof channel.

[Peter Bremner]

I have a brace. DSuper5, from Olivier. I have rebuilt the engine etc.
The other is a Safari, was an ambulance but now a Safari.
One thing to bare in mind is the space needed. A lot. A car at molecular level takes up three times the space of a complete car.
I bought mine 10 years ago. Did nothing for 18 months and then a year off when I was ill. Otherwise a few hours a day, every day.

Bodywork is the most tedious, long winded, pain in the backside.
Can you spray a car? If you can’t, sit down before you get the quote.

I would buy the best DSuper5 you can find.
Carb, manual 5 speed, left hand drive (the way God made them). Fairly easy to work on, for a DS.
Then drive it. No need to mollycoddle it.

[Peter Bremner]

I asked Jamie. No need to remove the engine. Maybe give him a call. After 11am is best.

You may need a four year old child with a vice like grip….

[Peter Bremner]

Paul will be along with the link to Tony Jackson’s works.

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Imgbb is messing around and I can’t find how to delete posts.
Last try.

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Imgbb are messing about.

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[Peter Bremner]

If you want the starter motor to be ignition switch controlled, then delete the wire from terminal 85. Instead take a wire from pin 2 of the ignition switch to 85.
That way, the starter motor can only operate if the ignition is switched on.

[Peter Bremner]

If you haven’t got a Daisy wheel on the positive battery post, this is how I would do it.

I use a 70amp relay because terminals 30 and 87 are larger and can accommodate larger wire. It is overkill.
Using a relay reduces the amount of current going through the piddly switch on the gear lever. It stops the contacts burning out.

I crimp and solder the connections using leaded solder. Never had a problem in 40 years.

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