I've done very little to the car in the past month except for
removing the carb and checking all the things I've read about in various threads
on here, in an attempt to tackle the very poor cold running and a flat spot.
This is ongoing, the carb is back on the car, but haven't run it yet.
So far I'm happy with the wipers mod, but still need to address the low voltage feed.
I won't finalise the arm welding until I've restored full voltage to the circuit. Full
14.2v could well cause the blades to strike the surround.
Following on from Peters notes on tools, and specifically impact wrenches, I
thought I'd add my thinking here:
I work from a van and decided very early on that cheap battery-matching tools
was the sensible option. Screwfix/Erbauer was my choice, and after
getting several battery tools, some bare and some complete,
a 'bare' Erbauer impact wrench ,at £65 odd, was an obvious choice.
I now have good flexibility between van and
home, 2 chargers, and 4x 40amp batteries. There's always the risk that
stuff becomes discontinued or obsolete, but I should be good
until retirement!
Having said all that, my compressor is now up and running inside a sound-reducing enclosure
in the conservatory, [ conscious of neighbourly noise] and is running an old CP impact wrench,
an air drill, tyre inflator and blow gun.
I haven't used the wrench and drill in some 40 years, yes they are that old, so some new use
is appropriate even just to see if the drill is actually too loud, and if the impact gun is stronger
than the modern battery version.
