Seconded, it looks really good in the flesh:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickardo
You cant be jelous rick, you need to build one now:d
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Seconded, it looks really good in the flesh:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickardo
You cant be jelous rick, you need to build one now:d
Lovly looking motor this andy credit to you mate keep it clean.:thumb:
Cheers mate and no worries on the drive out, it was fun :cool: I always feel bad after i've kicked its head in a bit but thats what it was built for :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickardo
Cheers for the comments Matt and Damen!
Little update time:
The car literally hasnt been out of the garage for months and months so the other day as the weather is getting a lot better etc i thought i'll get it out and start getting ready for MOT and going back on the road etc! So dragged the old girl out and she was covered in dust,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0242.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0243.jpg
So the next thing to do was to get the car looking half decent again, it was so full of dust and stuff because i dont like using a car cover on it because it could damage paintwork and scratch the car and it stays in the garage nice and dry anyway so i dont see the need really. Anyhoo rinsed the car off and then set about it with these:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0248.jpg
Around 6 hours and a bit of sunburn later i was left with this:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0262-1.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0264.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0265.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0266-1.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0267-1.jpg
Looking a lot better now after a full rinse and then wash, full AG clay bar, full AG super resin polish and then 1 coat of AG HD wax, took a long time but i think the results speak for themselves and the car is restored to looking nice and shiny again :cool: Further to this i took all the wheels off and gave them the same treatment as the bodywork of the car and they have come up nicely too which is great but didnt get any pictures of these as it was going dark, i'll take some next time the cars out!
Looks lovely
Fleece lined car covers don't scratch the paintwork, just a thought and could save the elbow grease lol
this is a very nice nova you have there andy, good work:thumb:
Once i'd sorted out the car being clean it was time to have a look at a few niggling mechanical problems that i had noticed when the car was on the road last year.
One problem was when the car was warm the idle would be very erratic and would move up and down between 700 and 1500 rpm and was very annoying. I had tried everything to solve this, all the usual stuff, ICV changed, CTS, unblocked breathers, carried out the breather mod, allsorts done. One thing i did have left to try was changing the throttle body and seeing if the issue was there, Lee H donated me a throttle body (cheers mate) :thumb: so i whipped off the old throttle body, which was gunked up beyond belief, as was the new one but cleaned that up with some brake cleaner and got it fitted and the idle was still not great, it seemed improved but could just be due to the cleaned up TB and new TB position sensor being fitted. So i then moved on to checking every single breather hose for leaks etc, spent about 3 hours checking them all and eventually found the hose that goes from the ICV to the bottom of the inlet manifold had a slight split in it which was obviously expanding when warm and causing the overfueling and idle issues, changed that and now the car idles like a dream :cool: (didnt take any pics of this as it was darkish in the garage)
Next job was i've always had a slight knocking noise coming from the n/s/f of the car when going over bumps etc, the bottom ball joint and track rods and strut are all new so i've ruled all those out, wereas i have a set of used TAS eccentric topmounts fitted and i dont know how much use they have had before i got them, so did this:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0270-1.jpg
I know this is a pic of the o/s/f but i removed that strut aswell to check the topmount against the other side:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0271-1.jpg
Checked the play in the topmount bearing while it was still attatched to the strut and the bearing does feel to have a lot of play in it which i'm presuming is going to be my knocking noise, the other side did have play in it aswell but could just not have got to the point of knocking yet like the n/s/f bearing. So removed the topmount from the strut and then tapped the bearing out of the topmount to be left with this:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0269-1.jpg
and the offending bearing, which i think will have been in the mount from new and so could be quite old and could have seen some abuse over the years:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0272-1.jpg
Went to a local bearing supplier with the bearing and asked if he could get hold of some, apparently bearings have the measurements stamped on the side of them and so they are easily identifiable, anyhoo he had a nosy around and said we dont list these but let me see if i can get hold of any. I left it with him and he rang me a couple of days later and said we can get hold of SKF bearings which were in the mounts already whcih apparently are really good quality bearings but they'll be £50 for the pair :wtf: or he can get some cheaper ones for £30 for the pair, but i thought i'd better get the SKF seen as they are what came out of the mounts so a few days and £50 later i had these,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...IMG_0277-1.jpg
All i need to do now is fit them but i'm struggling for time lately, as soon as i can find some time another update of the fitting will follow!!
Andy
Cheers mate and yeah i think a fleece lined car cover will be a worthy investment in the near future :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
SKF are very high quality bearings, iirc they make some pretty fancy self lubricating rose joints etc too (about £200 each I believe lol)
Looking good Andy, haven't seen it on here for a while.