I hadn't attempted to oil the trunnions since I'd had the car, so thought I'd better give it a go to be safe. After removing the grease nipples I found clean coloured oil around the nipple thread so at least it looks like something has been done in recent memory. Although I've got a grease gun, it's full of grease from doing the handbrake cable and the thought of cleaning it all out to use on the trunnions didn't sound like fun so I used a pump action oil gun with flexible hose. I pushed the hose connection in as good as I could and the seal wasn't the best but I gave it several pumps of the handle and the oil was pushed out the rubber seal. Now the question is how much of the thread will see any oil?
While driving recently I have started to hear a whistling sound. I've traced the noise by ear to the front of the engine and so I'm thinking maybe fan belt or bearing from alternator or water pump or an air leak somewhere. I've got myself a mechanics stethoscope on order which I am hoping will narrow down my search for the offending item. It is intermittent at the moment and not too loud but I guess it will only get worse so needs sorting. It has therefore jumped to the top of my to do list and depending on what is wrong and the cost of fixing it will delay getting on to the bezels and seats that I really want to replace.
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