This weeks work was mostly cleaning. With my box of magic sponges to hand, I have tidied up the interior aluminium and also the leather of the seats. The seats had 15 years of grime on them and the magic sponges did a good job of cleaning them up. I then gave them a generous coat of leather cream to protect and nourish them. I wouldn't like to use the sponges on the leather very often. Once in 15 years should be enough.
I lubricated the gear lever to help make the shift smoother.
Another job that has been waiting for some time was replacing the speedo glass. On most of these the paint on the inside starts to peel and look ugly. As a short term measure I cut out a sticker and put that on the glass. I bought a new glass a while ago and removed the old one, which is held in with a silicone sealant, and simply glued the new one in with some silicone. A lot simpler than I expected.
Still waiting for the cam lock tool.
above: the (not particularly good) sticker covering the peeling paint.
above: old glass carefully removed. Some of the silicone adhesive needs to be cleaned up.
above: old peeling paint on the right side of the top glass. New glass fitted below. Unfortunately a grey version wasn't available. Black will be fine.
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