1955 Traction 11B "Barn Find" Project

Engine is ready to go back into the car. I have done all the jobs that I needed to do.

The gearbox slotted back on nice with a tight fit onto the clutch plate, so hoping all my worrying on the thrust bearing will be for nothing…. 😕

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Lovely new water pump…. not my green but it will be OK black 😮

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And the last big piece was the oil pump – I am hoping this will raise the pressure from the original 2.5 bar I got when I first rebuilt the engine.

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So tomorrow morning, I will back the car out so I can get the engine hoist round and put it back in. I have already signed up for a 2 days Rally Touristique with the Citroen Universelle club which is going up to the racing circuit of Nogaro, so it better all work 😀

@tripyrenees wrote:

Same with the water pump, I had changed bearing, bushes, even the spindle and the brass prop. In the end it would have been cheaper to spend the €156 on the new pump.

Sorry Ian, was that from CTA?
Good luck tomorrow!

Thanks Ian, another great site for Traction bits. They even have the bonnet motif that I was after.
Presume you used CAS for the service exchange silentblock?
Just need to find a way round the VAT….

It is back in – took most of the day taking it slowly.

Just need some oil and coolant and I will be ready to start him up. Tried the gears and all seem to change OK with very little effort. Fingers crossed it will be fine on the road. 😕

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wooohoo – it is my 500th post…. do I get a prize or something 😆 😆 😆

He starts perfectly. Slight adjustment of the distributor and he is purring like the proverbial 😀

Oil pressure up to 4 straight away at very low idle and increases when a few revs put on – so pleased to see the change.

No water leak from the water pump – first time since I have had the car 😀

Just need to jack him up and check underneath as I had to take off the sump and didn’t replace the nearly new gaskets (I know I know, but these are nicely bedded in now).

But – QUESTION OF THE DAY

❓ ❓ ❓ My clutch pedal is sticking quite far up now. What is the procedure to lower the pedal to a reasonable height, i.e in line with the other pedals. ❓ ❓ ❓

Back on the road again 😀

Clutch feels fantastic, no juddering, smooth changes (ish, still need to adjust foot pedal and also changing rod on 1st & Rev as I had messed with this pre clutch change thinking that may have been the issue for bad changing).

No drips either, and oil pressure stays at 4 when driving, drops to just over 1 at idle. Temp not rising above 60 so far.

All in all, not a bad few days work – just need to tidy him up a little and fix a few rattles – old “Vinny” always looks the scruffiest at these meets but I am hoping he is one of the few that does not break down 😆 😆

Been out and about in “Vinny” today. All if feeling good other than booming noise at around 100kph. I can’t remember it being this load before. So I will check into this, thinking it might be the new engine mount block I put on pressing to tight against the bulkhead.

And if anyone has a “procedure” or a “how to” on the clutch adjustment I would really appreciate it. I am nearly there but a step by step would be fantastic. 😉