[Lippyp]

Managed to do some more today, got the distributor back in, the coil relocated to the original stock location on the inlet manifold so once the carb is back on it'll be out of sight, connected it up to the dizzy too. I then spent ages trying to get the damn plug for the engine wring loom undone from the bulkead, its held on by one 1/2" bolt but it seems to just be spinning. I took the fusebox out from the back of it so I could see what was going on, gave it a whack to try and seat the bolt into the thread but it still won't undo, it just spins. I think I need to get the wife on the socket whilst I put some pressure on the end of the bolt from inside. Fuse box is absolutely filthy, forty three years of accumulated crud so I'll give it a good clean with some elecrical contact spray before it goes back in. That was as far as I got apart from finishing off removing the tint from the rear window and cleaning the glue off and removing a bit more glue from the side window. Oh and I fitted the new stat and new chrome water neck I need to regap the plugs before I refit the wires and then I can fit some little chrome wire tidies to neaten it up.



One filthy fuse box and rats nest of wiring



The back of the offending plug