65 Herald 1200 fuel lines and more….

[Colin Lindsay]

36 minutes ago, Jon J 1250 said:

A not very clear picture of mine if it helps. Can do a better one at weekend if needed.

One I found on the Net:

That's two identical brackets, one for each belt, sitting one on top of the other with common screws through and into the bodytub reinforcing plate.

 

[Jon J 1250]

I note the brackets in the mk1 car above and mine are body colour, were the brackets factory fitted items, even when seatbelts were not required?

[Colin Lindsay]

Those are just mild steel plated versions. That would have been the original option / fitment on cars when new, not the chromed bling or stainless available these days.

I think QuickfitSBS have that as an option?

(Yep, just checked, they supply zinc plated, chromed or stainless components)

 

 

[Tom]

Well chaps I got my daughter and two of her mates to the prom!!!! The old girl ran great even crawling through a bit of Derby rush hr traffic, no sign of over heating! There is a drip of coolant though from the heater so I think the matrix might be duff, I’ll investigate that today.
I got the seat belts fitted in the end, it all made sense eventually so thanks. 
 

feels so good to have it in one piece and usable again, I still have a big list of jobs but I can tackle one by one now.

 

[Tom]

Well it was a bit of a struggle but the the heater matrix is out. It’s difficult to see any obvious leak areas as it was so grubby. I’ll rig it up to a pressure gauge and pump it up a bit to see if it holds pressure? 
if it leaks I suppose the options are replace or repair.

[Paul H]

If you need a new Matrix try

http://www.demisterman.co.uk
price about £85 

Paul 

[Tom]

It was a bit Heath Robinson but it appears to have worked! I've found a leak and it’s on one of the copper end plates so I think I’ll be able to solder it with a bit of care.

I cut an old inner tube schrader valve off but left two flaps that I stretched tight over the inlet tube and clamped it with a hose clip, the other end I did the same with just a piece of inner tube. Pull the flaps really tight and I got about 20 psi, I filled the matrix with water pumped it up with a foot pump and there it was bubbling out. 

[Tom]

My excitement was a little premature , I soldered the leak , it was a tiny crack and thought it wise to dunk the whole thing in a bucket of water and pump up to pressure. Glad I did as it revealed a tiny stream of bubble coming from somewhere within the core itself, not possible for me to repair as it not accessible! I’ll have to send it to a specialist