I'm just starting to do a few jobs on Gaston, my very rusty 1982 2CV6 over here in Godzone. (The Antipodes to you blokes). For those who haven't caught up, and I've been a bit sparse with my posting of late, this car was privately imported by an expatriate Pom who used it as a billboard for his Patisserie then sold it on to a bloke who parked it under a tarp in the Sydney rain for 5 or more years before giving it to me for the sum total of $0 Aus. Mind you, I also had to tow a trailer empty to Sydney and bring it back with Gaston aboard to Melbourne. A costly exercise when you consider the tow car was a V8 Disco 3. Great road trip for self and a couple of mates though.
Anyway. I'm investigating putting a reversing light switch onto the gearbox since the whole assembly is sitting on a stand and staring at me, somewhat reproachfully I might add.
Thought I'd first of all drain the gearbox oil before removing the end plate. The problem with magnetic drain plugs is that sometimes they hold a nasty surprise.
This one was holding a small (about 6mm) washer of the springy semi-domed variety.
Anyone care to surmise where from? Are there washers this small inside the gearbox or is it possibly a stray cover plate washer that's fallen in and been missed, sought, assumed to have fallen under the bench and ignored?
And as the post said, should I be worried?
The other question without notice concerns the fitting of the reversing light switch. The ECAS website advertise a suitable switch and a photograph of a (presumably) later end plate with a cast boss in it just crying out for a switch to be threaded and inserted.
Gaston's endplate isn't quite like that, but is not too dissimilar for mine. It certainly seems to have about 5mm of alloy thickness and a spot that would line up with the selctor shaft in the reverse position.
Can anyone suggest why I shouldn't continue on this path, probably with a locally sourced switch (I've got a couple of Mini ones somewhere)?
The Good Word from the Gurus of 2CVs would be wonderful, and I wait in anticipation.
Is that enough grovelling yet?
Cheers for now, Pottsy
Oh, and Gaston will live again. I'm still in the data gathering phase making lists of all the repair panels I'm going to need, cleaning up a replacement chassis that I've bought (not new, but not rusty either, unlike the one currently under the car) and practicing my mig welding whenever possible.
More news as it comes to hand.
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