What have you done to your Nova today?

[paulyb]

A idea stolen from another forum I use, post up what you have done to your car today with pics or without:)

[Royston]

Checke the anti freeze concentration on the SR and Sport, Sport2 is drained, plus a few other toys, "winter is a coming,winter is a coming, winter is a coming, winter is a coming"

[Graeme]

Painted to front knuckles satin black ready for new bearings to be fitted and five stud hubs and 'scotched' some wheel centres up ready for paint

[Spudly]

Bugger all, whipped the cover back last night to get my satnav out, and my rac card, and have a quick spy to see if its still clean and dry under my cover = yes its perfect under there, very happy :d

[Novasport]

Dusted the back window off with my Calafornia Duster, looked at it for a bit, thought about putting the cover on it which has been off the car since Billing. Did sod all else to it and locked up the garage up again.

[turbojolt]

Bugger all, whipped the cover back last night to get my satnav out, and my rac card, and have a quick spy to see if its still clean and dry under my cover = yes its perfect under there, very happy :d

the cover is worth more then the car, thats what you should be checking :p


ive done fook all, ashamed with my self as there is so much to do aswell :tard:

[Spudly]

the cover is worth more then the car, thats what you should be checking :p


ive done fook all, ashamed with my self as there is so much to do aswell :tard:





Cheeky sod, thats a load of babba, my coolant hoses alone are worth four times more than the cover :p

[paulyb]

Checke the anti freeze concentration on the SR and Sport, Sport2 is drained, plus a few other toys, "winter is a coming,winter is a coming, winter is a coming, winter is a coming"

Winter Is defo here in Scotland! Royston I could look after your Sport2 this winter ;) LOL

[16v Nova Kev]

I opened my garage and looked at it and said Na!!!!!!

[chris gsi]

Nothing to the nova not actually looked at it for a bit its tucked up worm in the garage with its cover on .but I did buy it a engine today for it

[DAFTJOHN]

I opened my garage and looked at it and said Na!!!!!!

Haha same here

[Benn]

Started building my new chromed alt up, put the battrey on charge.. looked at fitting the cv joint.

[16v Nova Kev]

Oh and went and bought a speed boat

[paulyb]

Oh and went and bought a speed boat

Its not what have you done to your speedboat today lol

Good purchase though:thumb:

will you be bombing down the clyde?

[scott.parker]

Naff all not cleaned it in months its just sat there..

[16v Nova Kev]

Yep I really fancy doing that

[turbojolt]

I opened my garage and looked at it and said Na!!!!!!


sounds familiar, the amout of times ive just gone in there moved parts from one end of the garage, sweap the floor and then do nothing to the car is countless

[burgo]

I drove it

[chrisd1986]

So today i had my 1st frosty morning (so frosty i had to heat up my key to get in) i thought i had best change the anti freeze as i dont know how long its been in there, then i gave it a full service including dizzy, cap, and leads for peace of mind and sorted out the rocker gasket that looks like its been leaking for the last 10 years. Next week i plan on fitting my koni adjustables, refurbing my sr steels and picking up my 185/55/14's that i won for £21 bargain

[DAFTJOHN]

Yep I really fancy doing that

Like David hasselhoff in Baywatch

[Spudly]

I opened my garage and looked at it and said Na!!!!!!




LMFAO, by far the best answer lol

[16v Nova Kev]

LMFAO, by far the best answer lol

glad you liked it lol

[Martin.p]

Bought a x reg Mondeo with 70,000 mi for £450 got it home and then went to Tesco in the nova to make myself feel better. :)

[Hobbit]

Not touched it in weeks, but working hard so might buy her something nice for Christmas. lol

[novalovingned]

Nothing! Postman pat delivered some cam cover bolts for it though :)

[EwanG]

Nothing! Just back from 28 degrees in tenerife then straight to my local lol. Will look at my sr on monday if its a nice day lol!

[dean054033]

nothing to it but bought a set of gsi front seats and had 2 suffer a 8 hour round trip with my fussy toddler. good thing i love her ha

[Edd]

Sat in it, realized I had a steaming hang over, wound down the window, smoked a roll up, went indoors

[chrisd1986]

Sat in it, realized I had a steaming hang over, wound down the window, smoked a roll up, went indoors

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: apart from wrap it round a lamp post smoking is possibly the worst thing you can do in your car imo

[Hobbit]

I'm also surprised you smoke in it, considering how anal you are with it.

[Edd]

I would say taking a crap in there would be worse than smoking tbh mate

Window was down, parked in my garage, plus I felt so hungover at that point I needed a sit down

[Edd]

I'm also surprised you smoke in it, considering how anal you are with it.

I don't smoke in there all the time, driving and smoking is a no no. This is the second roll up I've had in it, first being after I started it for the very first time

[Andy]

Sat in it, realized I had a steaming hang over, wound down the window, smoked a roll up, went indoors

Thats what im talking about,if you said you had a can in it aswell i would have been proud.
Nevertheless,good effort!

[raf24]

Nothing.on the way back to ayr via glasgow after having been in edinburgh all day at a whisky tasting thing with my best mate.good day but rather pissed :)

[paulyb]

I would say taking a crap in there would be worse than smoking tbh mate



Post of the day for me right there :D

[marc69]

Plumbed in the heater matrix that I put in it last night. Fitted the heater fan (hell to get in), wired it up to the switch. Fitted the dashboard, wired a stereo, fitted doorcards, rooflining.

Went for a drive to check the heater works, when I started there was ice inside the windows, 10 minutes later the window was clear but....I did not have the rubber seal for the firewall so i nearly poisened myself with engine fumes..yum yum.

[Calamity Josh]

nothing...... but i went out to drop a friend off with my brother at a local village, and came back half an hour later with a 1300l mk1 f rej red four door saloon:
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG-20121124-03407.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG-20121124-03408.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j404/CalamityJosh/IMG-20121124-03409.jpg
not sure if i'm going to break it or sell as a whole yet.

[marc69]

think you get the prize for doing most, you got a whole car!

[chrisd1986]

Ive done somthing similar to that, i went to a scrap yard i used to work in to get some bits for my mates mk2 golf gti and bought tbe whole car fokk it for an mot which it passed with 1 advisory and broke it earlyer this year myself and made alot more money than i spent on it

[Jack]

Moved it out the way to tidy the garage. Got in and out Dukes Of Hazzard style as there was too much junk round it lol Ended up painting the bonnet after I'd cleared some space though.

[Alex J]

fitted all the hoses, and fired it up, knock knock knock went the baffle plate lol

[conza123]

i looked at in the bodyshop and bugged the painter to paint it blue
http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/561600_10151160375681309_16255714_n.jpg

[AndyGTE95]

charged the battery as its been lying so long lol

[16v Nova Kev]

Hid some more Christmas presents inside it

[nova_stee]

Took it to work for mot and the oil pump gaskets pissing out which pissed me right off but driving it again for the first time in 14 months made it better

[conza123]

Hid some more Christmas presents inside it

lol

[skud52]

Painted the inside of my roof. Will be doin the rest of the interior black soon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/skud52/Snapbucket/A78C3E8D.jpg

[Andy]

Fitted a new timing belt

[boyd_1989]

Drove it to the petrol station, put some petrol in, bounced it off the limiter a few times then took it home. Lol

[BRoadGhost]

Good call; charging the battery - as did I. Cold weather & dry cell batteries go together like slugs N salt

[Bubba]

its been left out in the cold all day, and will be dumped back in the warehouse later on i expect. its currently my wheel holding device :/

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Nothing lol, bought a front panel though :)

[chrisd1986]

Ive started to pai t my sr wheels, they should be on the car by monday if it dosnt go tits up

[Spudly]

I bought the nova a sealy trickle charger from work today :d

[simonm]

Haven't done any thing to it in about a year :( but taking a day off work tomorrow to try get my brakes sorted and plumbed up

[Andy]

laughed at it and got a window net bought by a sponser

[Spudly]

laughed at it



LMFAO lol

[nova_stee]

Fitted oil pump gasket last night and new sump gasket so its now leak free which is great but it took 3 hours to do which wasnt nice in the cold

[paul james]

Pumped up the tyres some more, put the battery on a trickle charger. With the crappy weather its probably not going to be seeing the outside for a while!

[maddogdaz666]

Watched it rot........slowly

[Southie]

Wish I could join in on this thread :cry:

[conza123]

Wish I could join in on this thread :cry:

me too the only things happening to my car other people are doing:cry::cry:

[maddogdaz666]

Wish I could join in on this thread :cry:

Grow some balls n buy one then, (without consulting the wife)

[burgo]

Scrapped some ice off the screen and drove it and put some fuel in

[8valve-craig]

Used mine as a shelf whilst packaging stuff up.

Like i do most days

[Hobbit]

looked at it... Put in for 110 hours overtime this month so at the rate I'm going it won't be long till we move and I can start spending on her again.

[Dan Stanley]

i looked at in the bodyshop and buggered the painter to paint it blue
EDITED for truth!! lol

Took the nova for a 80min round trip for the first time in ages. Thought how basic and noisy it was to drive compared to my 10 plate work van. I did some stupid overtaking moves and gave the car some abuse and fell in love with it all over again!!

[Southie]

Grow some balls n buy one then, (without consulting the wife)

Nah Daz it's not worth the hassle of trying to explain why I've a car cover on the drive which resembles the shape of a Nova... I'd never get away with saying "It's a garden feature darling". lol

[sport]

Yesterday i open the garage door seen the Novas and quickly closed it again, no pics though lol

[chrisd1986]

Ive given mine a wash n polish and im trying to think of a good place to take some pics

[8valve-craig]

Cutting the cage out as we speak. Will be re-fitting, straight after, just with lots more strength.

[waggygsi]

sticking my rear gte spoiler bck on after it tryed to remove its self on the motorway heading to the RAC Rally lol

[Benn]

Tried to remove a cv joint from a F28, bent a crow bar and broke my ball joint splitter trying to get it out. Remade my engine mount.

[conza123]

Put my wings on at body shop

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248297_10151174312266309_1954898598_n.jpg

And borought some more waxoyl for it

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/23964_10151174579866309_45326198_n.jpg

And under sealed my wings before fitting

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/73062_10151174317041309_1735238439_n.jpg

[16v Nova Kev]

Good move. I treated my sr to a set of carbs today

[turbojolt]

trial fitted all my suspension then got the hump thinking my bearings were shot due to play, throwed all my tools in the corner and went off with the hump



only to come on here moaning about it for edd to make me remember the cvs not being attached can cause play :roll:

[monks69]

Took the inlet manifold off, removerd all the yellow hoses an got them cleaned up ready to put back on, waiting on a manifold for some bike boddies :)

[conza123]

trial fitted all my suspension then got the hump thinking my bearings were shot due to play, throwed all my tools in the corner and went off with the hump



only to come on here moaning about it for edd to make me remember the cvs not being attached can cause play :roll:

:cuckoo: ha ha

[Novasport]

Started it for the first time since Billing and ran it upto temperature, I now smell of exhaust fumes!
Dusted it off and fitted its car cover to keep it warm over winter. Put the battery charger on as I just about flattened the battery dragging the fuel back through and starting it.

[EwanG]

Started it for the first time since Billing and ran it upto temperature, I now smell of exhaust fumes!
Dusted it off and fitted its car cover to keep it warm over winter. Put the battery charger on as I just about flattened the battery dragging the fuel back through and starting it.
When I dont start my nova for a week or more its like I have to "drag" the fuel back through? Can this be a problem with the starting on my car? Could this be a problem with the fuel pump?

[Mieran]

raised the front 10mm

[paulyb]

Wish I could join in on this thread :cry:

Me too and I started this bloody thread too :D

I'm shocked at how few there are for sale:(

[mk1nova_rich]

Put the rear beam and wheels back on and sold it lol

Now Novaless for the first time since I bought my first one

[Spudly]

Put the rear beam and wheels back on and sold it lol

Now Novaless for the first time since I bought my first one




WTF, why?

[GRUNT 16V]

i farted !!!!!!!lol

[Hobbit]

i farted !!!!!!!lol

On your nova?

[GRUNT 16V]

On !! O dear i thought it said in your nova !!! Lmfao

[pie]

nothing f lol lol

aint found a "tidy" one yet lol

[GRUNT 16V]

lolololololololololol

[chrisd1986]

Drove it 110 miles home at 3am

[Paul]

Havent seen it for months, who wants to buy it?

[steg1970]

Stripped it, cut its roof off and scrapped what was left.

[novadave24]

put my vecy headlights on the roof of the nova lol

[turbojolt]

put my vecy headlights on the roof of the nova lol

hi beam rally style lights, fail

[novadave24]

hi beam rally style lights, fail

i was thinking it be a good look for the nova to have lights on the roof lol

[cossienova]

Today I finished fitting a front mount on my nova and found a few more holes behind the front passenger wheel! So cut them out ready to weld up!

[phunkynova]

Took the car cover off the Corsa A, Looked at the damage to the front of the car :( and then put the cover back on it. :d

[monks69]

Noticed it had a burst valve guide while i had the inlet manifold off, so i had to strip it down! :mad:

[raf24]

Went in the garage,started it up then started drinking.... lol

[phunkynova]

Today I did do some work on it. I stripped the sump guard down of it's fixings ready for straightening. Straightened the bumper iron and sorted the bumper plastic out with a heat gun. :thumb:

[Spudly]

Went in the garage,started it up then started drinking.... lol





I like your thinking, i charged my battery today, fired it up only to find its got a stutter now, and broke my front plate pulling the cover off :cry:

[raf24]

I like your thinking, i charged my battery today, fired it up only to find its got a stutter now, and broke my front plate pulling the cover off :cry:

I do find that nova ownership is quite conducive to alcohol (i actually had to google spellcheck both alcohol & conducive) lol

....and i've only around 8 hours drinking time left lollol

I shall report later....:d

[maddogdaz666]

Started it for the first time in months and let it run a while, and drove it round the block, still drives bob on even after not using it for months. :)
Gonna book it in for it's mot after Xmas to keep the history upto date

[Benn]

Disappointed at the lack of pics.

[chrisd1986]

Put the boot mat againt the radiator to dry our and stuffed carrier bags in the hole were the water is comi g in lollollollol

[blue_peg_16v]

Pulled mine out the back yard

Just for benn
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/885BEB7D-94AE-477F-9D1E-044EE4CCB864-472-0000005C5B0B728B.jpg

[Benn]

Good lad.

[Dan Stanley]

Washed it and took it out to the regional meet. Then did the rather childish thin of racing away from the Dartford crossing as the barriers go up!! lol

[Mieran]

Random question but paulyb (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/member.php?71863-paulyb) are you the person who had wide arch red nova with throttle bodied xe?

[paulyb]

Random question but paulyb (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/member.php?71863-paulyb) are you the person who had wide arch red nova with throttle bodied xe?

Not me I'm afraid, I used to own Royston's nova sport C464 HKX, currently novaless :D

[8valve-craig]

Made a new dash.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af79/smith9051/Nova%20on%20bike%20carbs/IMG_0204.jpg

[16v Nova Kev]

Prepped my new gm 2 front wings on the underside and sprayed on some stone chip

[NOV4_SPORT]

Pulled the cover back on the nova and started it brought it up to temp sadly didn't drive it cause of the bad weather and no tax, and have hooked up my new battery optimiser to keep the battery in good condition over the winter.

Gave the car a coat of wax and covered it back over lol

Iain

[mowgli]

i looked at it again..... god i need to sort out my garage!!!

[Nobby]

Changed CV boot and welded up my nsr window seal hole

[Spudly]

Looked out of the window, its still there, then grabbed a couple of cans out of the freezer, now sat in front of the tv lol

[_Jake]

got rid of it!

[Novasport]

After dragging my ass out of bed at 14:00 due to a major hangover(Free bar at the Xmas do last night) I have put the battery on charge and thats it.

[Royston]

Nothing

[Novasport]

Nothing

And the rest of the fleet?

[Royston]

And the rest of the fleet?

I fixed the resistor pack in the Rover 45, so I have a 4 speed fan

Just bought a a pair black leather seats with matching arm rest for the MGF, full carpet, glass wind break with rear speaker pod, TF alloy gear knob, and matching heater controls(although these wont fit), set of wheel nuts (ones on were trashed) plus a few other bits and bobs for a bargain price, may go back for the hood


Range Rover blew a petrol hose off yesterday:eek: fixed now;)

[16v Nova Kev]

I had a tidy up in my garage. And fitted 4 kitchen units to the wall

[marc69]

I put filler on the bashes on the driver's door, decided it looked like krap so started pulling it all off with a screwdriver, anyone know a better idea to get it all off?

I think I'll have to try painting another door and fit it instead.

[16v Nova Kev]

Wire wheel on a grinder or drill

[marc69]

wire wheel on a grinder or drill

fun!!!!

[Royston]

I have looked at the sport today.........literally, as I walked passed it in the shedlol

[turbojolt]

accepted delivery of some new wheels for it, so the proxes can be put on them and the other ones powder coated yellow and wrapped in some semi-slicks :d

[Edd]

I fell asleep in the Sport earlier lol

got wasted last night and thought a sit in it for quiet few minutes, mrs woke me up hour later lol

i might actually do some work on it over next few weeeks

[richz_nova]

dropped the engine out of the nova today, gonna be sad to see it go

[MK999]

I saw it, briefly.

[Andy]

I fell asleep in the Sport earlier lol

got wasted last night and thought a sit in it for quiet few minutes, mrs woke me up hour later lol

i might actually do some work on it over next few weeeks
LOL lol lol

[chrisd1986]

^^^ lol, i put fuel in and checked all the levels for the 2 hour drive tomorrow

[Lewis.]

Mine has been watching Balley put an XE in his loon, But I have been neglectful and haven't even looked at it for ages lol

[EwanG]

I fell asleep in the Sport earlier lol

got wasted last night and thought a sit in it for quiet few minutes, mrs woke me up hour later lol

i might actually do some work on it over next few weeeks
I hope you didnt slaver on the seat lol

[TeddyThom]

Not quite today, seeing as its now Christmas Day and all lol

But did this on my birthday:
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/83071051-69A2-44DC-95B0-648E246FF878-2102-000002686BAB7E69.jpg
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/44434679-C9DD-4C75-86BB-52151C272876-2102-00000268723483CA.jpg
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/69144D87-0EFD-4F5A-8878-A7A468B02A15-2102-0000026877AA83E1.jpg
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/64320B99-8CF7-4E16-8E71-17AC94A98728-2102-000002687D4D2E78.jpg

Just on the lookout at some point for an xe. Should be good for a giggle.

Was also rewarded for my hard work with this:
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/B988E02A-5807-4CEB-A7A8-72773A716384-2102-0000026886C32BC2.jpg
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/CAA46563-8A51-4ADC-9768-1E1E07610C03-2102-0000026882A0F181.jpg

And lots of these in my favourite shot glass:
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/teddythom/DA670BC0-A5AE-4EDA-8E61-BC70C3673FBA-2102-000002688BA36589.jpg

Home brewed toffee vodka. Fecking stuff is lethal! Add to that some normal vodka and coke in a pint glass or three and several shots of green absynthe. Plus some Tia Maria iirc. Unsure on that. Don't remember a lot tbh!! lollollol

[BRoadGhost]

Sour mash JD... Does it not taste sweet then? You gotta be insane working outside touching cold steel in the middle of the night.

[novadave24]

how comes you took the engine out allready mate if you ant bought one ? good work mate :)

[TeddyThom]

Sour mash JD... Does it not taste sweet then? You gotta be insane working outside touching cold steel in the middle of the night.

It wasn't middle of the night. That was at 8 o clock that evening lol

And you mention JD as if it comes in other varieties as opposed to sour mash? lol.


how comes you took the engine out allready mate if you ant bought one ? good work mate :)

Because a friend wants to rebuild it into something exceptionally cheap to build and run in his daily. Doesn't matter to me what he does, he's paying me for it lol.

Besides this means when I eventually get my xe I don't have to remove this one as I've already done it lol.

[phunkynova]

Started to fix the front end damage on the car today


http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/phunkferret/Front%20end%20Yellow/Xmaspluscar014.jpg

[Royston]

Looking better already already Graham!! Be good to see her back in one piece!!

[phunkynova]

Thank's Royston :thumb: I've put some photos up on my build thread today.:)

[Spudly]

Yeyyy, good to see repair work has started already, i think you need to add a wedge under the throttle pedal so it will only go down a third of the way, and block the linkage so it wont get any gears higher than second lol




Ive done nothing to mine as yet, drove it on boxing day which was good fun, out down my fave local route (which is also my summer bike ride loop of about 18 miles) got a load of bits to do on it over the next week as im off, just rain is stopping play for now, oh well there is always drink (two bottles of honey jack should keep me occupied) :d

[phunkynova]

Yeyyy, good to see repair work has started already, i think you need to add a wedge under the throttle pedal so it will only go down a third of the way, and block the linkage so it wont get any gears higher than second lol


:d:thumb:

[Andy]

today i cleaned out the crankcase breather as it ridiculously full of gunge and muck.
Also welded in my harness eyes and did some panel beating lol

[conza123]

i put a new master cylinder on mine so now i actually have brakes.

it must of been fcucked since i got the car as the brakes have always been terible but now stops instanly

[Markd89]

Welding !

[davidfox280585]

i dont have a nova but been alloy welding my iscv plate on my manifold for my zetec turbo and adding vacuum take offs

[mowgli]

shag all on nova, but got a rollocking for putting ally swarf all over the kitchen table when playing with my new inlet manifold & my dremel

[corsapowerr]

Welding !


Sorting out the massacre left in my engine bay from the previous owner!

This is what I had to sort!


http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/E62DE333-0481-4FD3-86CF-4DB9BA2E74E5-348-000000ED266BE8A2.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/1134FD42-3AF0-4154-A86B-EAB766AF332C-348-000000EE08985CEC.jpg


How it is at the moment

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/509C5485-1C93-45F2-9CB2-4C61C71A42B7-3689-00000675EB8C89B2.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/26836B0A-4980-47FB-B1E9-10742F08980C-3689-00000675F02E4CE4.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/932E4A52-80A4-41A3-99A2-2E3F8F692A14-3689-00000675F4CAA354.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/9130E190-F9F7-4278-B7F3-12A63EED7DF6-3689-00000675FA3837AB.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/C1839869-8C66-4EA5-B7B2-AE30B030755D-3689-00000675FED2DBCB.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/4EFE2FDA-FE30-4C00-95E0-C4D35B5D35D8-3689-0000067603A0FB76.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/4AA2E6A2-66A0-46CF-8139-275F38A45CE2-560-00000104B5CEC852.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/4FD877A4-5202-42D9-9E5F-F87A98FCA313-560-0000010CCBC7CC1C.jpg

http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc520/sean_16v/159D09F3-853D-464C-8AF5-190AE0C454E8-560-00000104DB149B0F.jpg

Started smoothing a few bits off too.

^^that bit of weld fell off when I went to grind it that is how bad his welding was lol

[sport]

Nothing much production wise but ive been collecting parts and now have ATE front brake set up for the Sprint. Cheers Iain.

[Benn]

Havent touched mine in two weeks.

[Pete]

Havent touched mine in two weeks.


Try almost 3 months. completely lost motivation on mine.
Every time i think right ill do this do that etc i look at it, smoke a cigarette and walk back inside lol

[Spudly]

Been out to mine, ripped the dash out, pulled all of the old wiring loom out as it was joined in here there and everywhere and i wasnt happy with it, found out the radio loom ive got from porter was actually a mk2 one and as such wouldnt really fit, so i lopped the mk2 plugs off, extended it and ran it from the cl/ew feeds in the fusebox, run it all back through and fitted the mk1 speaker plugs, trial fitted my sony that i got from bazil, all works perfectly, just got the dash carcass back in and it started to rain/get dark, nova doesnt do rain so the cover went back on sharpish and ill finish it tomorrow sometime lol

[turbojolt]

runined my bonnet lol

[Adam]

Not done much on mine today TBH.

[BRoadGhost]

I looked at mine out of the window today just to see if the other wing mirrors been kicked off.

[Sola]

I was very pleased to see the sunshine yesterday. I wasn't so pleased when I found the battery to be flat when I turned the key being as I have not driven it since the NEC in November. So after plugging it in for a while I managed to get her out into the sun and stretch her legs. I did quietly curse the huge puddles that covered a lot of the back roads we went along, but being as my little lad loved watching the waves we made as we blasted through them I couldn't get too uptight. Just means that I shall have to clean it again very soon.

1 1/2 hours later we got back home and I put it back into the garage, this time remembering to plug the trickle charger in for next time I want to go and play.

[leggattr]

http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s411/leggattr/Snapbucket/7D0867B7.jpg

Got board so fitted my ashley backbox. Only went out to free up the rusty joints in prep for fitting this and a new middle section I ordered yesterday but when I got the original rear box off I couldn't get it back on right so trial fitted the red one and it has stayed on for now.

[Novasport]

Looks like my mates old snowplough SR. His was a black one and had the same Ashley red rear silencer. Sounded great on that.

[bazil]

I thought about buying some more parts, but bought beer instead. I might look at one of the novas tomorrow. Thinking about putting 3 spokes on the black one but means taking off the 288 discs

[turbojolt]

****ed the thread on the steering knuckle, were the caliper bolts to it.


:mad: should have ****ed the car off when i had the chance

[bazil]

Drill out, rethread and use a hellicoil rather than change hubs ?

[SimonTW]

Can you not just pick up another one?

[MK999]

Drill out, rethread and use a hellicoil rather than change hubs ?

Timeserts! Assuming it's deep enough. Helicoils are a temp fix imo, and I wouldn't use a temp fix on brakes... at least not as a permanant solution lol

Or just get another hub as said. I keep a collection just because I went through 4 bearings in 2 weeks (**** quality parts) and it's way easier to change a full hub after getting the bearing sorted, than try and get it all done in a day because you need the car. Will probably build the lot up and keep as spares when I build the track car, just in case bearings cause problems. Might need some driveshafts with CV's on too thinking about it lol

[bazil]

I had a spark plug thread coiled on my old E16, worked fine lol

I get what yous are saying though, it's not hard to get another hub I suppose

[MK999]

I've seen a gnarled up hole where a spark plug helicoil used to be... never seen one where a timesert used to be! Also seen a bike cylinder head I think it was, with 5 helicoiled holes and 1 timeserted, and 5 dead threads and one alive :p

Of course I never used to see the helicoils that did work because they didn't need fixing, but the fact I never saw a timesert fail as long as it had a deep enough hole, says a lot!

The kit also costs 10x what a Nova Hub would, so I'd get another one myself.

[Edd]

I opened the garage today with the intention of doing some work on the Sport...

...finished my roll up, shut the garage door, went inside, cracked the bicardi out, should be blasted again in a hour lol much more productive lol

[Spudly]

I opened the garage today with the intention of doing some work on the Sport...

...finished my roll up, shut the garage door, went inside, cracked the bicardi out, should be blasted again in a hour lol much more productive lol





Lmfao, i like this new Edd, every post is epic :thumb:

[Edd]

This year I've decided to drink more, not bother to even try giving up smoking and put some serious miles on the Sport, it's meant to be driven not in the garage all the time under a sheet, still won't take it out in the wet tho lol

[phunkynova]

Worked on straightening the front bumper and repairing the damage to the fiberglass bonnet.

[Benn]

This year I've decided to drink more, not bother to even try giving up smoking and put some serious miles on the Sport, it's meant to be driven not in the garage all the time under a sheet, still won't take it out in the wet tho lol

Cut the drinking out and you'll be able too....


TJ. Bin the hub and get another, a Nova hub is worth bugger all so cheap to get.

[BRoadGhost]

It's about time someone did an A symmetric nova knuckle in billet.

[bazil]

Group buy?
I had my eye on some nice magnesium alloys but they are a touch pointless when the hub and carrier weighs a ton

[BRoadGhost]

If someone had the autoCAD skills to recreate an uprated design, I'm sure the material cost wouldn't be more than £300.

[findog]

Just thought about scrapping my corsa vxr and putting the engine in my nov but then my wife reminded me to take my tablets!

[bazil]

lol ignore the wife and do it !!

[turbojolt]

i hate just replacing stuff its so wasteful, would them helicoils not be good enough the car will properly spend more time apart being rebuilt/alerted so they wouldn't go unchecked, could also make it part of my regular servicing checking the bolts condition etc?

[Benn]

If someone had the autoCAD skills to recreate an uprated design, I'm sure the material cost wouldn't be more than £300.

Could make them bloody good spec.


i hate just replacing stuff its so wasteful, would them helicoils not be good enough the car will properly spend more time apart being rebuilt/alerted so they wouldn't go unchecked, could also make it part of my regular servicing checking the bolts condition etc?

Wasteful? Are you joking? Your talking about a bolt that holds a caliper on.. You know the thing that stops the car.. Or if the bolt comes out will stop the car when you don't want it too.
When it comes to brakes.. DON'T MESS ABOUT.

[Hobbit]

Booked mine into Brands end of the month so better give it a service and fit my new brakes.

[turbojolt]

i wasn't joking i would rather save a part then just straight replace it, like a proper mechanic would and not a parts fitter in quick fit, i understand what your saying 'brakes are important', but what to say i couldn't fix rather then replace and it be as safe?


i dont want to do something thats going to get me killed obversely thats why i asked the question, the 2nd thing i dont want to do if buy a new replacement knuckle and **** that up aswell lol, so are the threads holding the caliper to the knuckle strange or different or was it just its time to let go?

[Benn]

Being that the thread is a coarse one, i'm impressed you cross threaded it (guessing that's how you damaged it) I understand you wanna fix things rather than replace them. But safety first.. Then will be alot of force on a brake bolt... I couldn't trust a helicoil.

[turbojolt]

fair enough i will have a look about for another one when payday comes more expense lol

[mowgli]

can you get a bolt in from the other side?? if so, you could try oiling the threads & winding it in to clean up the rest of the threads.

[turbojolt]

can you get a bolt in from the other side?? if so, you could try oiling the threads & winding it in to clean up the rest of the threads.

when i removed the bolt the thread was attached to it, so im guessing not lol

[turbojolt]

p.s i blame you Mowgli, if you hadn't told me to stop tarting around i would have realised something was wrong and stopped lol

[mowgli]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/editorial_images/non_imported/vauxhallzafira_newneighbour.jpg

overtightened.....

[Benn]

Did you wind it in by hand?

[turbojolt]

Did you wind it in by hand?

yes

[Benn]

Ah just seen Mo's reply, overtighten it... Still impressive, i lean on a breaker bar to do mine up..lol

[turbojolt]

i dont know if when i payed a mechanic to change my brakes, from std to the 256mm ones, he could have fooked something up but seems as that was 3 years ago i wouldn't have much come back now lol



never mind this nova is a steep learning curve

[Benn]

Sadly an easy way to lean is when things break.

[NitrousVaux]

To be honest I have not done anything to the Nova. Been sat in my garage now for two years!

Got to get the dosh to get things sorted and it back on the road.

[Calamity Josh]

taken my 1300 exhaust system, shotblasted it, painted it with heat proof paint, and fitted it to the hatch with my sport backbox, made such a difference in comparison to the 1200 system

[BENDOGGER]

Stripped all the dash out ready for a bit of bling, also removed the PAS as hated it. Now got try and remove the wiring for it

[Royston]

I have actually started the SR today and run the engine for @ ten minutes and turned it around in its parking place.

[Spudly]

Finished fitting me head unit in the nova, got all the wiring tucked into the smallest of spaces (theres bugger all room on a mk1 :cry:) got the cage in, squeezed it home and rebuilt the dash :d


Also took it our for a drive for an hour or so as its still missing for a bit, i think something must be damp/not liking lack of use, as its fine after about half an hour of driving :thumb:




http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/56954C5B-BA59-4485-9EA9-428D08FEF5D6-353-0000001EA8C16969.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/03E4F8A1-03E9-4F6D-ABF5-419E7687C336-353-0000001EAFD9ABA1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/th_271D3ABF-FEA0-4B12-A57E-846C5DE2DF05-353-0000001EB6877A3C.jpg (http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/?action=view&current=271D3ABF-FEA0-4B12-A57E-846C5DE2DF05-353-0000001EB6877A3C.mp4)

[Andy]

I did see the vid mate i just had no time to text as i was flat out grafting today seen as how im back to being on my own again.:roll::mad:

[bazil]

Today I actully did something nova related !

Put a quarter panel up my loft lol

It was getting damp in my garage, fcuking thing will have rusted before I get to fit it :(

[Spudly]

I did see the vid mate i just had no time to text as i was flat out grafting today seen as how im back to being on my own again.:roll::mad:




No worries mate, went for jolly round to see Rich too, didnt know he was coming with at weekend, should be a good one, looking forward to it :d

[Benn]

That's alot of battery volts isnt it?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/56954C5B-BA59-4485-9EA9-428D08FEF5D6-353-0000001EA8C16969.jpg

[raf24]

Started it up for the first time in a while,smoke started coming out of the distributor.i am getting seriously fcuked off with it :mad:

[16v]

Walked past it then decided to take a look below the bonnet! That is all lol

[Alex J]

Walked past it then decided to take a look below the bonnet! That is all lol+rep

[Royston]

Might move the SR again today, wow that's twice in one weeklol

Should I fire the Sport and the Vitesse up too?...................must be catching this playing with toys:d

[Andy]

Hit it with a hammer
Then chucked some tabs in it.

[Alex J]

Hit it with a hammer
Then chucked some tabs in it.You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy again.

[Andy]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy again.
lol i will piss in it before the years out too,guaranteed,im not walking to the bog lol lol lol

[bazzap8389]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy again.

I'll give the rep instead lol

[tony k]

Haven't done any work on mine in a while now,do pop in there and spin the engine over,that's about it really

Just really wanna go in there a set the whole lot on fire

[Hobbit]

Pulled it out the garage, thought about fitting new discs and pads, decided against it, fitted a new battery, reved it up till the neighbours got pissed off and went out, put it back in the garage.

[Alex J]

took the sump of the gearbox to find only a spoon full of oil in it lol, reminds me of when i got a certain red nova, and we all know what happend to that lol

[jonn]

have the nova prepped and ready for primer tomorrow.

[Liam]

I decided to give the Nova a wash as it was starting to look a little neglected and was covered in loads of mud and grit. Oh, and I also fixed my drivers seat so that it doesn't move right back every time I pull away! lol

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/400071_10151203699526451_158509573_n.jpg

[Royston]

Might move the SR again today, wow that's twice in one weeklol

Should I fire the Sport and the Vitesse up too?...................must be catching this playing with toys:d

True to my wordlol

Moves the SR outside, washed the lower sections as they were covered in dried on mud:(

Started the Sport, took her outside and let her run up to temperature;)

Fired up The MGF and took her outside and attempted to clean the brake dust off the alloy wheels:roll:

Fired up the Vitesse, Oh that V8 sound:d

[pikey1986]

ive made an half arsed attempt to sell my shell and other associated nova crap before i offer it the gyppo's lol

[mowgli]

/\ fleabay?

can't you drag it up to the scrapyard in the middle of swad & sell it to them???

[Andy]

ive made an half arsed attempt to sell my shell and other associated nova crap before i offer it the gyppo's lol
Dont,if i can shift my gti in the next month i'll have it.
Its going up for sale next weekend.

[pikey1986]

mike, the gyppos have offered me 70quid for it and the scrap ive got, im not literally giving it to them lol and andy, im still in no rush to get shot :thumb:

[turbojolt]

cant beleive no one has taken you up on it, i would be tempted if i didnt already have a half broken nova sat in the garage lol

[pikey1986]

same here, the gyppos are and will only ever be used as a last resort lol

[black death]

hi sorry to bother you im new to all this and cant seem to get my pic on the sight.any help would be good thanks.

[turbojolt]

hi sorry to bother you im new to all this and cant seem to get my pic on the sight.any help would be good thanks.

upload them on photobucket and then copy and paste the 'IMG' on here, or if you have it, upload them on facebook and copy and paste the image from there onto here

[SimonTW]

Today I finally got round to fitting my Spax front coilover and tried these on the Nova

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8349192659_eb459d37e2_z.jpg

[BENDOGGER]

Today I finally got round to fitting my Spax front coilover and tried these on the Nova

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8349192659_eb459d37e2_z.jpg


Like like mate

[Cossvaux van]

Fitted a 13 mocal oil cooler to let lump then went out n drove it like its ment to be driven

[mk3 vinny]

I wired up a radio to a non radio shell then sorted all the fuses out and removed the horrid lockwood white dile kit off the clocks. then put all the dash back together.

Next fix the other clocks i have then fit them as the previous owner bodged these together.

[phunkynova]

Done some spray painting on the car today


http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/phunkferret/Front%20end%20Yellow/Xmaspluscar038.jpg

[blue_peg_16v]

Looked at it took some tools out the boot then put them back lol

[Benn]

Today I finally got round to fitting my Spax front coilover and tried these on the Nova

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8349192659_eb459d37e2_z.jpg

Yes, yes yes yes yes YES! YES

[bazzap8389]

The wheels look awesome simon. Have some rep :thumb:

[tony k]

I actually done something to it for once,drilled a few holes in it the fooked off lol

[turbojolt]

went to the tip and binned the old seats, door cards and carpets

[letvalva]

my nova progress this weekend .......... bought one

[turbojolt]

my nova progress this weekend .......... bought one


pictures?

[8valve-craig]

Fitted my modified dash, and lowered it by 30mm.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af79/smith9051/Nova%20on%20bike%20carbs/IMG_0853.jpg

[turbojolt]

what did you use to get rid of the sounddeading on the floor

[8valve-craig]

Heat gun / Nail bar

[Novasport]

Nail bar? Was that to have yor nails repainted after removing the sound deadening? lol

[8valve-craig]

lol

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af79/smith9051/21024956.jpg

[letvalva]

pictures?

non yet aint got it home yet, bought it local lad is member on here sonny jim, so should be pics on here already itsa mk1 1.3 sr

[Martin.p]

Today I started stripping car. Engine is now out! Anyone want a 1.4 NV :)

[Lee H]

Checked it was still in the garage where I left it. Was going to clean it but MR2 was filthy so did that instead.

[16v Nova Kev]

Cleaned up the slam panel that I cut off another shell.
And I might weld it on later

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/E0D9A3E6-C1D4-4846-8BEB-4BCCF2BC58A8-193-00000010D86C6AFF.jpg

[phunkynova]

Put the Rad back in,wings on and front bumper which was a bitch dew to the brackets being bent from the crash

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/phunkferret/Front%20end%20Yellow/Xmaspluscar049_zps278db6b6.jpg

[Jamie.bowen]

Took engine out... AGAIN... For the 3rd time in 7 weeks!!!

[phunkynova]

front grill / fixed door / door mirror.

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/phunkferret/Front%20end%20Yellow/Xmaspluscar057.jpg

[16v Nova Kev]

Some guy!!!! Are you growing hash in the background lol

[phunkynova]

lol No Kev they are just the window plants from around the club house in for winter :thumb:

[maddogdaz666]

Put it in its home yesterday

http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/maddogdaz666/033038D4-337C-46F0-92E1-1C80F7BF7498-516-0000004316B8191D.jpg

[Martin.p]

Nice! Plenty of room around it to move