another saloon added to the fleet

[burgo]

being as the estate costs so much to insure i decided a new daily driver. being as its me it had to be a saloon and being as its supposed to be cheap it had to be a 1-1.2L. i thought i had found one but that fell through and then this came up. rysee sent me through some pics so i could see what it was exactly and i decided i wanted it.

set off at 9am today and got up there at 10.30 to be greeted with this

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/28969_10150180386280483_690095482_12362163_6415104 _n.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/22082010071.jpg

and im sure you all remember this **** up

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/22082010066.jpg

anywho, fired it up, ran ok, had a quick look round and done the deed. set off for the nearest petrol station and on the way there noticed a missfire, MEH i thought. put some fuel in and tried to start it and nothing, oh well ill bump it its all good. bumped it and set off. as i drove the misfire got worse but i carried on. it was at this point i decided to explore why the clocks wernt working, simple blown fuse so swapped it and we have life, however the battery light is on, ok that explains a few things but ill carry on. misfire got so bad i could only do 60mph without it misfiring until i joined the m6 when i ended up pootling along the hard shoulder on 3 cylinders at 30mph. this was all very well i would just get to the next exit until i was suddenly greeted by a row of cones!!! feck, couldnt rejoin and it stalled. i had completed only 20 miles.

oh well ring home and get someone to set off with a battery. i was waiting for about 20 mins when suddenly a tow truck pulls up, result free recovery off the motorway :d

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they took me back to there depot where they had a pukka waiting room.

an hour later and me new battery turned up, i decided to have a poke around and found the nut for the main power lead missing :confused:, still found one that fitted and bolted it on and lobbed the new battery on and she fired up but still battery light on. screwed alternator FTL :(. **** it ill try and get home, cue very boring 60mph journey all the way home but i did make it.

so the work commences. start by bolting on a new alternator and lob another battery on and thats fixed :D. so then i changed the rocker gasket being as there was a new one in the boot, then took the points out and cleaned them up followed by cleaning up the leads aswell. then i straightened out the front end abit and changed the boot lid.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1198.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1194.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1195.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1193.jpg

imminent jobs are fix this

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1197.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1196.jpg

that was clicking all the way home lol

then need a new backbox and steering column then sort the spare coilovers ive got for it

[Sloth]

looks tidy mate. wha did yo give for her then?

[saloonwoody]

nice uneventfull trip home then lol

[burgo]

looks tidy mate. wha did yo give for her then?

i paid £300, which considering it still has a little tax and ticket aint to bad imo.


nice uneventfull trip home then lol

oh yes forgot to put i got home at 3.30pm :wtf:

[Andy]

This the same one he was offered a grand for at billing??!! lol
Im sure you will do it justice mate

[saloonwoody]

did the check interior not come with it ?

whats this one gonna be ? limo , truck , boat , cheiftan tank lol

[burgo]

This the same one he was offered a grand for at billing??!! lol
Im sure you will do it justice mate not sure. but i plan to tidy it up slowly


did the check interior not come with it ?

whats this one gonna be ? limo , truck , boat , cheiftan tank lol

no the grandad spec back in. as said, this is just a cheap daily driver

[saloonwoody]

not sure. but i plan to tidy it up slowly



no the grandad spec back in. as said, this is just a cheap daily driver


:wtf: for now lol

[bakerznova]

is this going to be turned into an estate or is it just going to be a project ?
:thumb:

[burgo]

:wtf: for now lolim gonna have 4 other projects on the go lol

[mk1nova_rich]

shame about the journey home, but looking forward to seeing what you do with it lol

[burgo]

shame about the journey home, but looking forward to seeing what you do with it lolit coulda been worse so meh lol. im hoping to get it respectable for the castle combe show

[Mark]

Nice Daily.

[AlexW]

Bargain.

Good daily.

[dj_wudgey]

i paid £300, which considering it still has a little tax and ticket aint to bad imo.



oh yes forgot to put i got home at 3.30pm :wtf:

thats not bad at all matey!!!

[burgo]

no pics but have crammed in some mincing in the little time i have these days.

it didnt seem to like revving past about 4000rpm so gave the timing abit of advance earlier and seems better but will test for sure on the way to work tomorrow lol

also adjusted one wiper and did up the other one plus changed the blades, so now park and wipe correctly.

i then gave it a quick clean as it was proper bogging.

also found more jobs to add to the list, the fan is wired so its permanently on which is making the fuse facking hot and i believe this is also making the ignition switch hot, both of which are far from ideal so that needs sorting asap.



trying to decide whether to change the front panel and front wings in time for castle combe, if i do then that means ill also have to mop the rest of the car as well which is just more work to be done in time which i dont have :wtf:

[Sloth]

gaffa tape. and abuse it as is.

[Rysee]

Sorry to hear it didn't make it home, that's the second alternator I had. I took the 6 month old one back to the motor factors, they havent got back to me yet as it was being sent off to be checked before a refund(must ring them as it was a couple of months ago)

[burgo]

new plugs, leads, cap, rotor arm, points and condenser ordered. will get rid of that bludy missfire. also got some foil tape to fix the exhaust lol and engine degreaser, carb cleaner to attack the engine bay

[burgo]

finally got round to doing abit more work on here today. got the bilstein front suspension on it and then rebuilt the brakes properly. then fitted the front strut brace and reset the front tracking with a tape measure :d. with that done i tried to bodge up the fudged back box with foil tape but this last a matter of seconds lol, so i robbed one of sams bike cans which pretty much went straight on, only thing is now it is literally silent :confused: i dont like it

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1199.jpg

sitting really nice now

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1200.jpg

bling lmfao

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1201.jpg

[bmw156]

remove the baffle.
unless its a gay welded in one.
not of a bandit is it?

[burgo]

remove the baffle.
unless its a gay welded in one.
not of a bandit is it?gay welded one and possibly, it is a suzuki one. if i had my way i would be able to turn a noisy exhaust on and off lol

[burgo]

fitted new plugs, leads, cap, arm, points and condenser and still have a misfire :(. anywho fitted a new steering column and then tracked down some electrical faults so list is getting shorter

[burgo]

had the polishing mop out today, only cut it so far so needs going over with hand glaze and a buffer yet, was pretty dark by the time i had finished as well so the pics are toss

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1203.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/red%20saloon/SAM_1202.jpg