A Little 504 Action

Time to say a fond farewell to my faithful old Monterey and get the 504 into the workshop, ready  to start prep for the season, or not, given the havoc created by Covid. What had started as a plan to do selected BTRDA rounds before a final hurrah on the Roger Albert Clark in November, has seen event after event cancelled. However there was a time when we didn't know all that and preparation got underway.

The car had come back from it's African adventures and sat around, patiently waiting for a workshop slot to open up. With the seats out, the amount of African dust imported into the country started to become apparent.

I had a number of little jobs to do, one of which was to shorten the window winder handle on the passenger side. I had modified the drivers side one in Kenya, so had an idea of what to do. Replacing the drivers handle, reminded me of a problem I had on the last event. The window would only go down about halfway and needed to be sorted.

Having removed the door trim, I took the mechanism out to find the issue.

That turned out to be a bit more difficult than I had anticipated. The unit is sealed with rivets. so the first job was to try to get it apart. Some little time later and things had sprung apart. A bit further in and the source of the problem became apparent. Having taken it all apart and cleaning the components, it required a dab of weld to rectify the ravages of 45 years of abuse to restore it to working order.

Refitted in the door, normal service was restored.