"Shake Down" Repairs for BING

Hi all,

Well, BING is starting to clock up a few K's (sorry mile's) and as l said she's in 'Shake Down' mode, all those little things that come up after you build a car.

After the Kustom Nationals last week at Phillip Island a few things have come up that required attention.

Firstly, l finally got around to filling the tank to the brim - MISTAKE, the seal at the top of the filler neck had perished so l lost a good portion and then more when l went through a roundabout.
Condition of failed seal.

Boot trim had to be removed.

Location of the seal.

Close-up of filler neck where it has been leaking.


Next was the 'Rear Axle Seal', the RHR seal failed leaving oil all over the backing plate & tyre. Once removed it was obvious why when it was replaced back in the States they damaged the seal putting it in & they didn't fit gaskets

An easy repair until l got to the LHR, the wheel bearing seal had failed due to poor fitment (Surprise !, l swear they don't know how to repair cars) and in turn the bearing is failing - so l just put it back together until l get new bearing.

Finally, the front suspension has started to 'Squeak', l mean really squeak. gets me - all the bushes are NEW, so a bit of 'spray lube' and hopefully it finds it's was to the right places.

So that's Saturday, BING got a bit of a interior clean ready for tomorrow's breakfast gathering and now I'm inside sore like l was a few months back, typing on the Forum.

Catch you all

Wow Gio that's ubelievable all that in just a few runs. I thought you done a full resto on Bing???
Anyway hope to see you there in the morning, that is all going good and the bad petrol problem doesn't show its ugly head again.

65bird wrote:Wow Gio that's ubelievable all that in just a few runs. I thought you done a full resto on Bing???
Anyway hope to see you there in the morning, that is all going good and the bad petrol problem doesn't show its ugly head again.

Hey Nick,

NO, it wasn't a "TOTAL NUT & BOLT" restro, Bing is nearly 50 years old and these mechanical and hidden bits DO fail.