1951 Jowett Jupiter - Recommission

I continue to be delighted watching the progress. I am curious about the battery tender. Can you post some pics? Is it a permanant installation?

Heater box brackets fabricated & fitted 



Then mounted to the underside of bulkhead 



Demister ducting fitted at which point I could tidy & clip up the remaining under dashboard wiring harness 



Vents on the heater box plenum allow for directional adjustment 



The flow & return pipes to the heater were then plumbed in 



And the pipes clipped up clear of interfering with anything else in the under bonnet area



New permanent battery sourced and fastened in with a strap 



Cooling system has now been refilled & antifreeze added - overflow tube added to the radiator 



Minor task but an important one - Basic tool kit sorted for changing the spare wheel should it ever be required - I have a few more checks to undertake but should be in a position to commence road testing very shortly 

different to what I am familiar with (which looks more like this)

To clarify, is the charger permanently attached to the battery or is it a matter of connecting every time (which is what I do)

Road testing has been thwarted - I put the car outside and left it running to warm up ready for a run out after a few mins it coughed and stalled - sounded like fuel starvation and that's exactly what it was - a few quick checks proved that pump had ceased to deliver 



Pushed to the garage door then winched in and raised the car off the floor - power supply to the pump was fine but the pump just did not want to do the job - it's a brand new and hasn't done a hours work yet - indeed it hasn't moved the car any more than 50 metres 



Off it came and I checked all the obvious - refitted it - still nothing - I rang the supplier this morning with the details and in basic terms I was told to go forth - New pump £140 but purchased (Along with another £1,600 worth of items) 16 months ago when I was stockpiling all the parts for the works to the car - Our terms and conditions apply sir - 12 months warranty from the point of purchase - I politely stated the circumstances and stated that I had a fully documented photographic diary (This thread for one) which proved the up to now very limited use of the pump - surely you can look upon the circumstances in more sympathetic manner I requested - Nope go forth - Ok and quite obviously I won't be doing any further business with them - I have had the pump back off looked at again but now I'm working for nothing - I have ordered a solid state pump from a different supplier and will now fit that at my cost. 



So whilst waiting for the new pump to arrive I removed the front bumper & valance 



Did some straightening up of the valance that had suffered previous impact damage 



Reinforced a split with a spotwelded repair to the underside 





A little profiling & preparation then it was placed into primer 


  
Along with the new inspection panel that I had fabricated for the nearside A post 



A minor repair on the nearside bonnet valance 



And the nearside bulkhead flitch panel 

It's a bit of a joke, not helped by the probable manufacture of that part being overseas and them not willing to back the product any longer than is absolutely necessary.

I've a few bits like that for the Celica, will just have to keep fingers crossed when the time comes.

The very last parts arrived that I needed to complete the jigsaw 



Felts for the tappet cover chest breathers on the engine fitted 



Gearbox for the dynamator to tachograph cable 



And 2 fittings that completes the fuel system and the replacement fuel pump 



The paint on the rest of the car has been polished 





And that just leaves the fitting of the front valance & bumper this morning 

The road tests immediately threw up an issue with gear changes - whilst I can select any gear from standing or from a sub 5 MPH speed - it's very difficult above 5 MPH 



Keith offered the use of his 2 post lift and I trailered the car over to his place 



Its normally an engine out job to remove the gearbox as one of the chassis crossmembers prevents the box from coming off the back of the engine 



However there is a conversion available that allows the crossmember to be cut & converted to allow removal - this I was planning to undertake at a later date when the car returned for the bodywork 



It might has well be done now which will allow the gearbox to be removed independently of the engine 



Gearbox removed 



Some adjustment works on the gearbox were undertaken in the hope that would it improve gear selection 



The cross member conversion requires the mounting plates welding to the reduced length cross member & chassis 



Then everything can go back together 





It was drawing late so the car was reloaded to the trailer and brought back to my workshop - Keith was away the following day so I didn't want to leave the car there



Off the trailer the following morning and although slightly improved its simply not good enough - I have been faced with this problem before on a different Jowett but many years ago 



Back in the workshop and up on stands 



Box back out 



Clutch sits behind the bellhousing and has to be removed with the bellhousing in situ 



And there lays the problem 



For some odd reason the clutch plate thickness is highly critical on a few cars - the majority of them are fine - plate thickness on  the one removed is 8.2mm - Some calculations and working back on how we resolved the last one with this issue is that I need a maximum plate thickness of 7.8mm 



Thankfully the spares team were manning the fort yesterday evening so they went through the stock to source something suitable and get it in the post to me - I have also ordered a couple of oil seals for the gearbox in the hope that I can reduce the usual leaks that these boxes suffer from - More once the parts arrive 
 

I've refitted the gearbox tailshaft today with new gaskets and a new oil seal 



The new clutch plate is now fitted along with the gearbox - its a faff to get it aligned but its now in 



Everything can be reconnected in the morning and I'll undertake a running test whilst its up on the stands 

So now on trade plates and being road tested a few tweaks to make before I go back out in it but now getting there