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Long time between posts but now celebration time. Finally registered and on the road after 16 years.

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Hi all,
I placed a call for a lhs wiper linkage for my FC, the linkage has too much play in it and is sloppy while moving which reduces the coverage on the screen.
Has any one out there got a set of linkages or any advice on how I can repair them.

If I have it right the first digit in the FE should be a 6, 7 or 8 (1956, 1957 or 1958) and they changed to FC with the new model.

Most 1958 built FCs also have an "8" prefix on their chassis number. This was changed in about December 1958, because it was recognised that the numbers were overlapping with 48 series cars, and a decadal system was clearly insufficient. Kind of a Y2K style problem in miniature.

Because only a small number of cars were manufactured between 19 November 1948 and 31 December, there were not a lot of FC models with chassis numbers that duplicated those of 48-215 cars from a decade earlier, but from 1949 onwards, the situation was clearly going to get messy, hence the move to model code and sequence and factory code.

Factory-made FE-FC windlace is an unequal figure 8 in cross-section, as if the material was looped over a cord and then stitched together in the "waist" of the 8.  When I re-did my FC's interior, I rolled the flat section of the windlace over onto itself and hand-stitched it.

When came time to install it, I got a thin piece of hardwood of the right thickness, forced it into the slot at the top where the A-pillar meets the dash, then tapped it all the way down to expand the gap.  Then I could run the windlace in, with lots of talcum powder to help it on its way.

Not a job I'm looking forward to repeating on "Found Object", I must say.

Rob

If it is the section I am thinking about, by the dash and kick panel, I just wedged the windlace tail all in there.

Hi all,

Am I correct in understanding the the front windlace runs down the A pillar all the way to the floor?
What am I not understanding about fitment?
It seems the channel it goes into is only a few mm deep.
Am I supposed to double up the flat section of the windlace, or trim it back? or neither?
I cant imagine I am supposed to flatten this area with a mallet to pinch the windlace, it seems way to solid for that.
I've got it all susd around the roof lining, its just the A pillars that have me stumped.

Pinky.

Wow ! Just a bit of water , thats normal ..and no engine oil burning or leaking in 5,000 miles is just great ..I don't think you could ask for more than that ..

Vern,

Grease-and-oil-change in Perth.  Didn't need to add oil in between.  Put maybe 500 ml water in the radiator in Perth, and again at Wudinna on the way home.

Rob

When I took my restored FC for initial inspection for club rego , the inspector said to me you dont have to have seat belts if the car originally never had them , but now you do you know you and any passengers must always wear them ...we chatted on , and when he looked at the mounting bolt thru the B pillar , I just commented , I really dont like those bolts and drilling right thru the pillar , I was tempted to cut out the inside of the pilar and mount a blind fitting , he said , well I wouldn't pass that because I cant see it , this Rare Spare bolt kit must be sold as an approved item so i'll ok it ...

Just fuel Rob ?  oil and coolant ?