1953 Jowett Jupiter - Ho So Nearly Finished

so when are you going to adjust them then? ;-)

who says im not?.....ahaaaaa...

Had some running about over the last few days so not too much achieved on this - none the less some progress has been made but little to show for it - I've spent some more time on the door locks / catches / striker plates - these were too tight for my liking - lots of minor adjustments & fettling and I'm a lot happier with the latching of the doors 



Spent some further time cleaning other components up before refitting them - wiper motor was absolutely filthy prior to the clean up - the mounting plate is toast - fortunately these are still produced but for a different car so providing you know where to look new ones can be had within a few days 



Fusebox cleaned of paint & ready for refitting 



Separated the harness and clipped it up to the bulkhead 



Heater box is refitted 



Has is the fusebox 



Along with one of the fiddliest jobs - locating & fitting the wiring harness grommets - more tomorrow 

It might all be fiddly fitting up jobs now but at least the hard work is done which must be satisfying?

Flat & polish time for the bulkhead & A posts then + a few tips 



So clean water in a uncontaminated bucket is essential (I know it looks dirty but because I have been rinsing the wet & dry paper in it) 




I'm using a combination of P1500 & P2000 - note the soap used to lubricate the wet & dry with - flat with a block where possible - lightish strokes - take care not to over rub / or cut through the paint especially on swages / panel edges etc - work methodically & clean as you go  



I have 2 machine polishes - one 150mm corded & the small cordless 75mm - pads are hook & loop / velcro - regardless of what you have heard / seen on videos etc - only operate machine polishes at low speeds sub 900 RPM 



Medium course compound first - always apply to the pad / mop then work on to the paint by wiping across the surface - never with the machine switched on unless you want to splatter everything including yourself with compound 



Its a good idea to tape over belt buckles / zips etc that may catch on the paint 



First stage compound competed 



Second stage follows and is a lot finer 



Vent demister flutes cleaned up / retapped the threads & painted 



These are fitted in conjunction with the windscreen wiper rack 



Which is now all connected 





Accelerator pedal box refitted 



And a start made on the dash wiring - more later 

love the shade.

With my diligent labelling of the wiring harness resulting in complete failure when the adhesive on the labels failed and simply fell off of its own accord 



So I referred to a copy of the 70 year old wiring harness instead 



The car has at some stage had a new harness - the wires are PVC covered instead of the original rubberised insulation bound with a cloth sleeve - thankfully it looks like in the main that they have followed the original wire colour coding 



But there's been a host of additions / deletions & short cuts when the harness was replaced - this would have been prior to the current owner 



There's an additional under dash harness to serve the auxiliary circuits which I think Garth has put together - this is in reasonably good order but there's no diagram for it - largest challenge will be the indicators / hazard warning switch which appear to be non colour coded - just a mass of blue wires 



Getting there but still a work in progress job

 

Where possible I'm losing the multiple jointed cables & replacing them with a single length 



The insulation tape work is also high on the 'In the Bin' agenda 



Hopefully the instrument cluster will be next on the list 

As for your labels - I use a Brother P-touch label maker at work. You might have something similar. There are many different tapes available. The Brother high strength ones would probably survive pressure washing !!

Nice job, proper old english colour!