Time for another update.
Big thanks to John H for trying to solve my charge light / alternator woes when he was down in Adelaide recently. It appeared at the time that my ignition connections were dodgy as fiddling around with them made the light go off and allowed alternator to provide a 14v charge. After properly cleaning all the contacts though the problem was back and made me think that perhaps the unit itself was faulty.
Since then I have replaced the ignition with a new keyed unit, which I planned to do anyway. I replaced the indicator/headlight stalk at the same time as mine was faulty.
I also bought a soft top off John and despite the top section having shrunk, I have managed to mostly stretch this back over the rear hoop. It has been a tricky balance as the sides are older canvas which is quite thin in some areas. There was probably at least 5 inches that needed to be stretched out of the top piece as even the rear straps were not long enough to close. I achieved this by using ratchet straps connected to the reinforced straps and wetting the canvas down. The top needed to be retensioned every couple of days although quite a bit of stretch was achieved early on.
Before
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After - I still have a little bit to go
Have also had good results with contact adhesive to apply canvas patches to small holes before they get worse. Time will tell if it holds.
And finally a new steering damper - Britpart unit
Have I done this correctly with the washers? Also how tight does it need to be? Am afraid of splitting the rubber bushes if I go all the way.
