General Fiat 500F rejuvenation

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General Fiat 500F rejuvenation



Love your rear seatbelts - did you get them installed professionally or drill and using mounting brackets of sorts?


I've heard there can be issues with registration without an engineers certificate?


Having said that my 500 when it came to me, and when I put it through historic rego, had a bolt through the floor without even a reinforcement plate!
 
Love your rear seatbelts - did you get them installed professionally or drill and using mounting brackets of sorts?


I've heard there can be issues with registration without an engineers certificate?


Having said that my 500 when it came to me, and when I put it through historic rego, had a bolt through the floor without even a reinforcement plate!

Hi

My car is already registered

I followed rules and installed using the required specification backing plates. It was a few years ago now. Search ADR seatbelts and you should find the specifications

Cheers

Geoff
 
I have been slowly working on replacing the axles.

Slowly because I decided you don’t do this job every day and I once saw a stop motion of an engine rebuild and liked it

Anyway I’m half way through....but saying “GoPro take photo” each time I move a part does take a while...

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I hope my diff goes together so easily. ;) Did you have to set it up first?

As you can see I just stood back and let the magic happen....

I didn’t change the bearings so followed the principle of marking all of the parts and putting them back where they came from.

I was reassured by a local Mechanic that it is what he usually does when just replacing axles and also comments on this forum.
 
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How to slow down work on a Fiat 500...
Find a new house.... then start getting the old one ready for sale...
I rendered and painted the front half of our house about 8 years ago. Finally did the back half. A job I had been putting off while I had Fiats and Austin 7 to work on... transformation over the last three weekends...
 

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Not a very exciting update but just before bed last night I popped out and installed the heater tube. One small step closer to installing the engine and gearbox.
 

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Hi Geoff,

Have you seen the Fiat Special Tool for loosening/tightening the above hose clamps - it's like a short and a long section of tube welded together into a T shape, the tube ends being flattened to fit the part of the hose clamp that is turned. The short side has a bend, this allows the tool to be used in different positions/locations.
Many people resort to pliers/small screwdrivers/90 degree picks etc, but the correct tool makes it easier.

I trust you'll be doing something about the ends of the steel bands that are protuding - these can inflict a nasty cut. You'll probably have your own ideas but I used to slip a pin or small screwdriver under the steel band next to the adjuster, press down on the free end and pull out the pin/screwdriver, leaving the band following the curve of the hose clamp with none of it sticking out.

Just a thought :)

AL.
 
Hi Geoff,

Have you seen the Fiat Special Tool for loosening/tightening the above hose clamps - it's like a short and a long section of tube welded together into a T shape, the tube ends being flattened to fit the part of the hose clamp that is turned. The short side has a bend, this allows the tool to be used in different positions/locations.
Many people resort to pliers/small screwdrivers/90 degree picks etc, but the correct tool makes it easier.

I trust you'll be doing something about the ends of the steel bands that are protuding - these can inflict a nasty cut. You'll probably have your own ideas but I used to slip a pin or small screwdriver under the steel band next to the adjuster, press down on the free end and pull out the pin/screwdriver, leaving the band following the curve of the hose clamp with none of it sticking out.

Just a thought :)

AL.


Thanks Al. I must admit I just used pointy nosed pliers. It had not occurred to me the possibility of injury so I will follow your tip and make it a bit safer.

Cheers
Geoff
 
My youngest daughter (10yo) cooked our dinner tonight leaving me with enough time to polish the doors. I am tempted to bring them inside and start the long awaited reassembly.

I will follow Damien’s (Paolo66) instructions and see how I go.
 

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My youngest daughter (10yo) cooked our dinner tonight leaving me with enough time to polish the doors. .

The obstacles to your rebuild seem to mimic my own, as it's things like actually having too do the rendering on a whole house and being the default cook for the premises that slowed me down most. :bang:

How long have you been without use of the car now? Will it be going again this (your) summer? :)
 
Whilst it will probably have the "it must be as it came out of the factory" purists holding their hands up in horror, I have tended to use large 'stainless' jubilee clamps or, for the large air-inlet tube, long, heavy gauge 'cable-ties' to hold them in place---quick, simple and easily put on/cut off.
 
The obstacles to your rebuild seem to mimic my own, as it's things like actually having too do the rendering on a whole house and being the default cook for the premises that slowed me down most. :bang:

How long have you been without use of the car now? Will it be going again this (your) summer? :)

Coming up to 3 years in March. With moving house I’m not sure if I’ll drive it but I do want to get most parts bolted on before we move. Less parts in boxes that way.
 
Whilst it will probably have the "it must be as it came out of the factory" purists holding their hands up in horror, I have tended to use large 'stainless' jubilee clamps or, for the large air-inlet tube, long, heavy gauge 'cable-ties' to hold them in place---quick, simple and easily put on/cut off.


Tom...I agree with you!!!!!!
For the air intake tube (in the UK) try Screwfix.....big, stainless-steel hose-clips. The original clips are not much better than pipe-cleaners ( if anyone remembers what they are). Ten in a pack... enough to last a lifetime. :)

https://www.screwfix.com/p/t-mex-stainless-steel-worm-drive-hose-clips-110-170mm-10-pack/90351
 
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