Greeting to all,
Recently join the club with a 69 500f, very happy but I do have a few questions. While replacing the carpet I found out the accelerator paddle and brake paddle joint have some kind of brown rusty looking fluid leak. Is that normal? may be WD40 residue from PO? or rather a mechanical fault?
While driving, there's outside wind blowing through the steering column. Is that a normal feature of the car or is there some plastic cover that's missing that was supposed to block the wind? It's winter time and frozen legs are doing me any good.
Also, the little fiat had a 650cc engine with synchro box transplant. My question is, can a non-sychro gear box mate with this bigger engine? coz my gear box is rather crunchy and feels nothing like a synchro gear box should be. Curious to know if the PO lied or if I'm expecting too much from a 40 years old design.
Thank you in advance.
Recently join the club with a 69 500f, very happy but I do have a few questions. While replacing the carpet I found out the accelerator paddle and brake paddle joint have some kind of brown rusty looking fluid leak. Is that normal? may be WD40 residue from PO? or rather a mechanical fault?
While driving, there's outside wind blowing through the steering column. Is that a normal feature of the car or is there some plastic cover that's missing that was supposed to block the wind? It's winter time and frozen legs are doing me any good.
Also, the little fiat had a 650cc engine with synchro box transplant. My question is, can a non-sychro gear box mate with this bigger engine? coz my gear box is rather crunchy and feels nothing like a synchro gear box should be. Curious to know if the PO lied or if I'm expecting too much from a 40 years old design.
Thank you in advance.