Benn... I mean Iain, the polished top mounts are a bit Blingy!!! :cool:
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Benn... I mean Iain, the polished top mounts are a bit Blingy!!! :cool:
Nice work :)
Thanks all.
More painting and getting parts ready the last few nights. Front coilovers came out very well:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/651.JPG
Rear coilover is having the same Hammerite smooth black treatment:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/652.JPG
Ran out of space so made a DIY vice with some molegrips lol Rear strut body needed etch primer for the Hammerite to bond:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/653.JPG
Also figured the backing plates to my drums should get the powdercoat treatment. So a quick guide to stripping down a drum!
Start with drum, pop off centre cap and undo bearing nut in the middle:
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Prise off drum to leave this (minus stub axle that simply comes out once the 4 bolts are undone):
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Two of these to twist free to remove the shoes. On:
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Twisted off:
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Prise this spring from under the retaining bit:
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And off comes the rear shoes complete with sawn off handbrake cable:
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10mm bolt on the rear to remove the brake cylinder:
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Remains of 2 drums:
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The backing plate on it's own ready for cleaning and painting/powdercoating:
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Hope you'll remember how they go back together...lol
knew Etch primer would help.
Hahaha he asked me how to do i tho...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Adam
Yeah etch sticks on nice so hopefully the Hammerite won't flake! Pics are mainly for my reference for rebuilding them tbh! They're not too complicated though.
It's true I asked for polishing tips, Benn is the bling guru lol
*Does a lil wave*
Will the paint on the body/threads of the coilovers not hinder the adjustment and be scraped off as you assemble them?
1. yesQuote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
2. That'd fix the first problem lol
Depends how tight the threads are.
Looking good as per usual iain.
can anybody tell me if the dash out of this car would fit in a sr? cheers
Yep. Any Nova dash will fit any Nova.
It's just a mk2 dash, so would be a straight swap for a mk2 or a small conversion for a mk1.
Yeah the paint may come off when adjusting the height, I plan to set the correct height and give them a blow over with some more paint to stop them rusting. Many other coilovers (Spax RSX?) come painted down the threads anyway as far as I know.
That is indeed true iain, my RSX's are painted on the threads, id suggest putting copper grease roughly where you want the ride height, might stop it from seizing.
Well the coilovers are finished, just need to remember to copper grease the adjusters before refitting.
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Back to the engine for now while I find some grease for the steering rack. Cleaning up the block with engine degreaser and wire wheel on a drill:
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And clean!
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Engine is an early 20XE which should hopefully make it easier to MOT without a cat:
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Cleaned behind the belt cover and inside the waterpump hole:
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Damage from my heavy handed approach at removing the waterpump :( Shouldn't affect the seal of the pump though:
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Also dropped off my internals off at Autosprint. Having the flywheel lightened, bottom end balanced and the rod caps modified for ARP bolts:
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oi come say hi, when you pick them up seeing as you have to drive past you hobo lol
I'd just run some copper slip over them to stop the rust.
Ok Mr Baxter I'll shout when I'm picking them up, you'd better be no more than a 0.5 mile detour though!
I'll copper slip the final resting place of the mounts when I know the ride height, I applied it to the whole shock last time and if anything it helped them gather dirt and go horrible quicker!
So how early dose the engine have to be to have no number part to the code? as mines from an 89 mk2 Astra 16v and has full code?
Progress looks good, and good choice on using auto sprint.
Scott
Was told mine is out of an '89 mk2 Astra GTE too.
Odd... as i know mine came from the car..
When i acquired the car..
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4 years later! lol (was last year?)
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Blocks cleaned up well.
Should still have a engine number tho...
Anless its a replacement engine...
It has got a engine number, pretty sure i can see the start of it in the corner of the pic. A '1' or 'I'
Ah i see more of the code in this pic, though mines laid out different to it, mine is all close together etc.
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Sorry thought you were referring to the C in front of 20XE Scott! Yeah there's an engine number after the 20XE stamps, didn't really fancy putting the numbers up though!
There's also something stamped where you'd find the code/number on a smallblock, not sure what that is!
Why? no one can steal your numberz..lol
Good to see its all moving along at a good pace.
Finished installing my Quickrack internals today (started on the rack in posts here and here, pretty easy when following Haynes.
Rack casing all clean inside from the old grease:
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Rang Quaife and they recommended lithium based grease like you'd use for CV joints etc, so armed with this:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/674.JPG
I greased the inside of the casing and the rack teeth and slotted it in:
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Then tapped in the (new) bearing with the pinion in place (note, as per Haynes, the slotted side needs to face this way):
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Seal back in place:
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Two new tie rods to go on:
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All getting the Hammerite black treatment:
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Also got a tin of Smooth Red!
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Which I'll be applying to the block as follows. Just half of the back done for now to make sure it goes on ok and that it's clean enough:
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its all a bit 'pretty'
all that weight saving your doing, then you go and paint the block lol
Yeah cos a 20XE block is gonna be a featherweight without paint isn't it lol
Makes up for the driver :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Paul
Good as always iain, I presume the hammerite will take the heat?
Everywhere I've read says Hammerite is fine to paint the block, yep.
Cool, Il be doing mine in white.
good work iain, will be a top car when done.
and yeah AW06 it will take the heat, think white will get a bit grubby if you dont clean it daily!!
Nice update mate.
wow all going well so far.. on a roll.
Rod ends fitted to my quickrack using the world's biggest 32mm spanner:
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And tapped down over the flat part to stop them unscrewing (also used some threadlock as I'm paranoid). The eagle eyed among you will notice I forgot the plastic piece that fits before this, so I had to take both off and redo them :cry:
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Next issue, my new gators are utter crap. They screw up when the rod is fully 'in':
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And crease inwards when they're fully 'out'.
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So they must be the wrong size or something?! Blah.
nice work there mate.
i cheated on my quick rack and bought one already done lol
Rack gators arnt GM? Common problem.