1955 Traction 11B "Barn Find" Project

@OSL282 wrote:

Haven’t seen a heat shield for the fuel pump before, was that on the car when you got it?

Standard fitting, I believe, Dave, as with the heatshield for the Dynamo and for the Carburettor.

They are the sort of thing that gets taken off and forgotten about when re-assembling (like the heater tube).

In places like the UK the difference is probably negligible, however if you encounter fuel vaporisation it something to try to eliminate the problem.

No worries Dave – glad I am introducing something new. I just bought what I took off and the heat guards were the most tattiest part so needed to be replaced.

Not a huge amount of work done this weekend as I needed to get my little AZU van ready for its MOT tomorrow morning. Had to jump the car to start it as the battery was a little low. Fixed the intermittent headlights (not screwed in correctly) and the rear brake light (bulb had wiggled loose) and checked the tires – all is well and this time the MOT will last for 5 years 😀

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I did manage to put the lights back on for test. Took a while as I had one blown bulb (brand new) which stumped me for a while and then a dodgy (dirty) connector on the back of the headlight. As all my wiring is brand new I always think the worse and go off fault finding the circuit when it was just a simple bulb and connector. All good now and surprisingly bright.

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I have started on the bumpers – the previous owner bumped them a lot so the brakes are bent totally out of shape so trying to find the correct angles and arcs to get them back. But that metal is pretty thick gauge so bending is proving difficult. I will give it another go tomorrow and try and find another 11B to see if I can get a template from it to make sure the radius is correct (as at the moment I can not see anyway this will go back together 😯 )

Lastly, quick quiz – these 3 parts are from somewhere on the engine but I have no clue from where – I have a feeling the two screws go on the rocker cover… is that correct. But the spacer, not sure where that goes ❓ ❓

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They are threaded internally, yes. So they are for the rocker cover….good. I hate having left over parts. I have near enough been exact to the bolt so far (a few originals were too far gone)

I have the standard Perfo air intake – only thing 11D is the crankshaft and associated parts.

Now for that spacer – I could do with a close up photo of Distributor mechanism as I think it may be something from there, not sure.

“Save the cents and the Euro’s will look after themselves” 😀

“Weather is atrocious?” “Rain?” It hasn’t been above freezing here all month! Snow! Slush! Ice! Engine block heaters that don’t heat! Frozen solid windscreen washers! Frozen door locks! Angst! Despair! Is spring ever going to arrive? 🙄

It’s supposed to warm up to zero next week. Yeah right! 😥 But, at least my cars are in heated storage.

I don’t and that was half the problem trying to figure out the bends – I had one photo to work from for the front but the rear was more difficult as the bumper is so close to the rear valence.

I am going to a bourse tomorrow and there is bound to be a couple of Tractions there, if not on Sunday we have the Traction Universelle Midi Pyrenees outing very close to my house. I am going in my little AZU van but the other have some nice Tractions so out with the camera again. I was going to trace the angles and put it on a scale diagram.

I cannot believe the cost of the metal brackets – it is about €10 of metal and a local smithy could bend this lost in 30 mins. That was my next port of call after putting the diagram together 😀