Along with the brake parts, I also received new air filters and housing seals, with those installed the car is ready for a test drive to determine if there are any other drivability issues that will need to be addressed during the drive train tear down.
Now that the engine is warmed up it idles at about 900 rpm and the oil pressure is about 30 psi.
When revved a bit oil pressure rises to about 60 psi, all good signs.
On the test drive the little British car went well, it would accelerate from any rpm without hesitation, and the brakes worked much better. There was no knocking and it pulled well to about 4500 rpm, then it got a little flat. Some more tuning may be order, but there was nothing that jumped out as an issue to deal with.
The engine, transmission and differential will be removed next in order to replace all gaskets and seals. It seems like a better way to stop all the leaks than removing all the fluids... just kidding. While everything is out of the way I will refresh the engine bay and underside of the car. There is a lot of grease and grime on everything, I want to be able to appreciate any new leaks that emerge, and then stop them; or if I am really lucky there won't be any leaks for a while. English cars, what can you do?
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