A long day today but made some progress. The trouble with a car that has sat for so long is that everything need s fixing before it will work.
Started with the fuel pump. As said, I had to remove the AC pump and bracket to get to it and what a poxy job that was. Finally swapped the fuel pump far a spare and it started sucking from the tank. Engine started on a few cylinders then I notice a load of fuel coming from the rear float chamber. Suspecting float stuck I took the lid off and found no float in there. Swapped out the whole chamber for a spare I had and fired it up again. Ticked over now but still run **** so started fixing air leaks in the balance pipe. I had to use the US one to get the linkage to work so there were several holes to block up. This improved the running but still not good. Played around with the carbs a an hour or so with no real improvement so moved on to other things. with it now running I thought I'd try and drive it out the workshop. Clutch pedal went straight to the floor with no resistance. Checked the master cylinder and no fluid. Topped it up and released the slave bleed nipple. Connected my pressure bleeder and put 15psi on the master cylinder and nothing out the bleed nipple. Disconnected the pipe out the master cylinder and still nothing. Oh ****!, time to disconnect the pedal and remove the cylinder. I hate this job. The piston in the cylinder was stuck solid. Filled the end with WD40 and went next door for a cup of tea. Came back and hit the piston with a big hammer which got it moving. Held my finger over the outlet and it seamed to produce good pressure so back on the car it went. Clutch now worked so moved the car out and back in the garage. Getting there. No I'd better get it to stop. Master cylinder empty, toped up and still not pumping so off with it. Again, stuck solid so bit of release fluid, short break, then hit with the hammer again. First piston came out after a big whack but the second took a few hit and lots of fluid but eventually both out. Bores looked good so cleaned it all up and back it went. Fronts bleed fine but the backs seem to just be drinking fluid. I'll look at those another day. Dark now so moved the car outside to go through the electrics. Lights started working after a fare bit of playing with the switch and all appear OK apart from high beam not switching over. Indicator and hazards worked fine. Wiper's good. Choke light OK along with the annoying seat belt buzzer. Cant be far from MOT time.
. I'd sooner use petrol and get the engine running properly.
