Great progress mate, like has been said who cares about a bit of paint, at worst how much is it gonna cost to have it blatted over in miami blue lol
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Great progress mate, like has been said who cares about a bit of paint, at worst how much is it gonna cost to have it blatted over in miami blue lol
Very productive day today!
First job was to finish fitting the driveshafts. Stubby one went in like a dream. Long one was a pain in the backside. When the hub nut was tightened up, it was locking the thing up solid! Dar had exactly the same problem with his, and he used Gary the Grinder to sort it out, so i took it back out and ground the sh1t out of it. Lovely and free now!
Once that was done, I could tighten up the struts and track rods tot he hub carrier, and track it up after setting the ride height properly. I used my state of the art tracking equipment which happens to be two long bits of wood, four bricks and my good eye. Set it to about 1 to 2 degrees toe in. PMSL
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Once the car was tracked, i could fit me steering wheel properly. Dash looks much better now, and pretty much finished. The far left hand side wants neatening up, which ill do when i can get hold of some fomex from a client.
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Dar turned up in the afternoon and proceeded to fit the front windows and rubbers, and then bodged them to stay up using cable ties. If you crab hold of the glass and yank it down, it cracks open about an inch. Bloody perfect!!!!! He also had a bit of a polish here and there to see how well the paints going to come up. By all accounts, looks like its going to be nice and shiney
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Next on the agenda was to fit my camera mount. If its going to blow up / fall to bits / roll over on its maiden voyage, i want to record it lol :)
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Next up was a few grill brackets
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Lastly was the job ive been dreading most. Starting it! Spent about 6 weeks trying to remove the old oil filter which i really should have done with the engine out,a nd also should have remembered my filter wrench which was at home. Much stabbage with a screwdriver and it was off. New one on, new oil in, Coolant topped up, fan fitted to the rad, and then held my breath...
Not a single drop of a fuel leak! No coolant to be seen! Lots of smoke from WD40 on the manifold, but didnt even fluff a plug! Uber chuffed!! I think she might need a shim adjusting as theres a wee clacketty noise on come down, as you can hear, but nothing eb=ven slightly serious :)
As it seems to be the norm at the moment, i have a little video. I didnt film the first start though, as i was on my own and had to rush about checking for leakage.
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Anyhoo, all thats left to do is fit a windscreen, and fit the rear brake lines when they turn up, and rebuild the rear brakes! I also have to get one of my tyres repaired this week at some point.
2 weeks to combe!
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half dash is cool...
need some gauges in the old heater control holes now
Good stuff.
Pmsl at setting the tracking.
looks good lee, sorry about the screen mate, have you sorted one out yet?
Yeah, picking one up from Stu next week. CHeers Mike, no probs!
Nearly there now.
Spent all saturday rebuilding the rear brakes, fitting the windscreen, and making up the rear brake lines, as well as topping up the gearbox oil. Then i went over it with a rag and some polish to spruce it up a bit, and spent for fecking ever cleaning the wheels!! Its basically finished! All it needs is a small fitment to attach the rear line to the MS, and a bit of superglue to hold the rubber onto the inside of the door to cover up the sharp edges!
Again a big thanks to Dar who popped up for a while to help. Youve been invaluable on this project pal!
More pics will follow on monday, as i intend to get it out in the sunshine, and maybe give it a wee blat up the road!
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needs more stickers lol.
And if your's is a 1/2 dash. Then that must make mine a 1/4 dash..
looking good BT - now get out there and have some fun :thumb:
Lol i love the camera mount idea.. at least if you die in the car we can watch it lol ..