Driving it! Lots. A family occasion in Devon to take a nephew too. The wind has not been kind but other than that the car has been fun. Barely 50mph on the flat, less sometimes. Then the headwind changes and off we zoom!

Many little things. Found a spark plug wasn't very tight! Cleaned them and replaced but they looked OK anyway. Tightened up the HT leads. Cleaned up after a brief oil cap off incident! Removed and cleaned every earth I could find, and refitted. Removed, cleaned and replugged every lead I could find under the bonnet, with contact cleaner. Retensioned the alternator belt. Threaded through a new speedo cable. Didn't work, I bet the jumping cable broke the speedo with all the bouncing. I have another speedo to try on another day. Various cleanings and sortings. Floor mats out and cleaned the floor pans. Sorted the stuff in the boot. We know how that accumulates.

Drove home and the lights were a bit more flickering then before! Oh well, for another time. Running lovely otherwise.

Some little tinkering, with some cars...

One friend asked to do some preparations for winter, for just recently bought D*lly what hasn't driven much. No more than 83000 km on clock, and no doubt there isn't a digit more. Everything seems to be very low usage at all...

-engine oil and filter
-spark plugs
-plug wires
-123-Ignition
-electronic voltage regulator
-fiddling with an issue with wipers, at some times blows fuse. That was the only place with major wearing, the wiper motor and it's "parking contacts", the output axle is worn so that contacts made short circuits when the windshield was dry
-alternator belt
-carburettor tuning, to get the little hesitation out
-some cleaning under bonnet

And the result, owner was more than happy. Very nice 2CV to drive, no serious rust issues for many years...

Also some repairing to pass the MOT for 110 Defender of one other friend. Just making some kind of contract, I will be servicing for some years and after he doesn't really need that car anymore, will give it to me. Now I can have it if I need to drive, and when the ownership is given to me, he can have it also when he needs that. He knows the value of those, and knows how frustrating is to sell something that have owned from new, this solution looks best for both of us...

That defender didn't have any major issues, but many smaller. Front brakes were stuck, replaced all pistons and baskets (15$ set for one caliber), and brake pads, read brakes were in good condition. All oils and filters, repaired wipers and washer, replaced windshield, tried to seal engine to keep oil inside and washed the engine bay. Nothing to complain at MOT, pleased to drive on the road, and off. Surprising, it wasn't so noisy as expected, noise inside was about same level than 2CV...

Still need to weld some metal sheet to my 4x4 Dyane, and have MOT'd. Little bit tired to wrenching now, after june, have done nothing else than wrenching, when I bought a low mileage C8 V6 with snapped timing belt, and replaced the engine. Too much for me for one summer, but hope to not have big need for repairing for winter...

Took the wings off for access to the exhaust clamp and whilst I was there I planned to grease the usual suspects. (Driveshafts and kingpins.)

I had a new exhaust section fitted. It started leaking at the join to the crossbox. Took it back, seems they squidged in some putty without really doing anything. Quite loud now!

Took the clamp off and mated the sections up nicely, putty all round under the clamp. No need to drive for a while so it can just sit there setting. I use the Burton clamps and grease on the upper joins. Wish I'd had one on hand for this because they work really well and no putty needed

Also had a very satisfying general fiddle with things. A chittering noise was one of the heater flap sections rattling. Sorted that out. Took off my nice stainless over riders on the bumpers since they need welding and one fell off anyway! Also a source of chittering.

General cleaning under the bonnet and spraying with WD40. Oiled the locks.

Had a look at the speedo cable, I had it fitted while it was having the exhaust done and it doesn't turn when the car is in motion. So still no speedo. I took a couple of bolts out but lost patience as the cable didn't come out and I couldn't be bothered for now so I'll do that another time. So still no speedo. I am using Google maps as my guide. Just a shame I have no mileage reading though.

I'm thankful the 2CV only has 8 greasing points, including the knife-edges. My 1932 Morris Minor has over 30!! It takes the best part of an hour to do them all.

Wow that's a lot. I have a fascination with older Rolls Royce cars and a while ago I read about the greasing schedule on a Silver Ghost. It was like every 100 miles or something I think. Worth it I imagine, what a machine. But so much work.

Some old cars had an inbuild grease pump you just have to push a pedal every now and then...thin copper pipes to all the parts that need greasing.

I want one!

There are some beautiful old Bentleys with the pedal lubrication system. Amazing idea.

Some citroen trucks had it too.