Top project mate, Keep it up.
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Top project mate, Keep it up.
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get the snowplow off whilst doing filler work as filler dust and water equals screwed bumpers, trust me i know
They will be coming off and will have the paint stripped off them before they get repainted.
UPDATE
So the wiper plate and motor dried which meant they could be reassembled. I took off the black tape that was partially wrapped around the motor housing and wrapped with some new stuff. I then took it in and put them back together. (I will paint the electrical contact area eventually)
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I then grabbed the wiper linkages as they also dried and took apart the plastic covers around the splines. I cleaned up the splines and oil/greases them up including the ball joint. Now they are very smooth :)
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I had a box of miscellaneous stuff removed from the engine bay. Decided to give them a clean.
First lot, batt cables and horns
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And the final bits n bobs. Grommets, engine bay clips, nuts and bolts, washer pumps etc all cleaned up.
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PLEASE clean up the bit on the wiper motor, looks silly having it all clean/painted and then leaving that bit because its hard to do
That was a similar colour to mine before the previous owner gave it a crap Laser blue respray.
Strangely its a snowplough turbo.
The colour code is E421. You got any pics mate. Would really like to see it if it's he same colour.
good progress......:thumb:
Fank yoo :thumb:
nice mate!! i like this motor you dont see many gold nova's you need to hurry though as i want to see it finished nice progress again though!!
Thanks DJ.
lol I'm going as fast as I can. The car should be out of shop this week (HOPEFULLY)
Can't post pictures yet as I'm a newbie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nova_Tek
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Or any URL.
That's my car, although it is now polar white.
Good work.
As said previously, you can't leave the wiper motor like that, will stick out like a sore thumb in the bay. Get a motor off a corsa B or C. Its a straight replacement. Just cut off the plug with the motor as they are slightly different (more modern). Its a colour matching exercise with the wires tho iirc.
Cheers Simps, gonna go buy a cheapo toothbrush to clean that part of the motor up.
UPDATE... Only a small one.
I decided to refinish the calipers I painted a while back. This time I painted them in Hammerite silver just to give them the 'new' feel.
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I left those to dry. Once dried off, I'll be fitting the caliper refurb kit.
Visited the bodyshop and as I arrived they were working on it. No huge difference, but one of the guys was going over the body very carefully checking for any unseen dents/uneven areas. He actually found a couple more spots, which even I only just about noticed. So there is a lot of thorough work going into making sure the body will be as straight and smooth as possible.
Didn't take any pics as the chap was hard at work, but tomorrow I will.
UPDATE
Another lovely, sunny day, so I put it to good use.
I took out the refurb kit to start working on the caliper. All the bits in the caliper kit (Note: the piston, bleed nipple, guide bolts and fluid line bolts are the original bits).
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Cleaned the inside of the caliper, it was proper full of crud. Refitted the new o-ring seal just visible. (spent some more time getting rid of those blemishes you can see)
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Then came the ball ache to end all ball aches. Fitting the rubber dust boot, over the piston for it to sit in the ring inside of the caliper, and for it to fit around the end of the piston. I tired so many methods and it didn't work. I then took a break and came up with a method which finally did it. In the process I damaged the paint ARGH! I ended up repainting the caliper after it was fitted, no biggie.
The second caliper, now that I figured out how to fit it, was so much easier and no damage was done, pheww!
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Because the caliper was slightly sticky from the paint I didn't fit the remaining rubber bits. I'll be finishing off tomorrow.
Made my way to the bodyshop again, as you'll have noticed I go there everyday now as things have started picking up. They had applied stopper to the fillered areas
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Then they rolled it in the shop and continued to machine it down.
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Left the chaps to it. All the glass will be coming out for the body to be properly machined down smooth. The current paint has aged quite badly so will need a good rub down to prepare it for primer.
when you hoping to have this in paint?
TBH mate I'm gonna stop saying when I think it's gonna get painted cos when I do it doesn't lol Stopper has been put on and tomorrow should see the car with some more stoper and a good machining. So not long till it's primered.
Looks so much fun, can't wait to see my Mk1 Nova going into paint :)
nice matey!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nova_Tek
its coming along nicely but was there a reason why you never stripped all the glass, interior and exterior parts prior to dropping it off.
You could say fun but it's painful waiting for the car to go into paint. I think if I were doing the bodywork it'd be fun working on it etc coz I'll know when it's ready for paint but being a customer and trying to anticipate when it's going into the booth is a different story. Still it's nice seeing the Novas body get less and less rust and looking smoother by the day.
UPDATE
A tiny one for now. Weather is, for want of a better word, sh*t! So I grabbed the calipers from the garage as they are now dry, again, and brought them indoors.
I started fitting final bits of the refurb kit. TBH this was a piece of pish, just a load of rubber bits. Inserted the rubber guide bush, greased up the guide bolts and slid it into place and fitted the guide bush dust caps. I then fitted the rubber bleed nipple cap (very important bit as the bleed nipples were full of crap when I got the calipers).
Done the other one and hey presto.
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As I was finishing that off the postman arrived and I got my fuel filter and 4m of 8mm copper pipe for a bargain price off eBay, all for £15.
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Will be going down to the shop a bit later...
There was no real reason why I didn't take out the glass but it's a good thing I didn't, as whilst the shop was full of other cars being worked on, the cars not worked on wait outside. With the lovely weather we'd been having the interior would have got wet on occasions.Quote:
Originally Posted by brainsnova
Before it goes for a primer it'll get removed, which will be a excellent time to swap the rubber to the heated front screen and maybe attempt fitting the light smoke tint ;)
For the exterior bits, it was a case of get the car to them asap whilst they were quiet. I knew the guys were gonna sort out all the rust panels first so I knew I could pop down and remove the rest after. Just a case of getting it to them quickly. As for the interior, the front could stay as the door and arches would be welded plus I don't thing the full front interior would fit in my house it's packed full of Nova bits.
looks good! loving the retro colour.
why did you remove all locks, but kept the rear wiper and jet? early mk1 boot with all the loose stuff removed looks great.
Thanks Mayhem, I was waiting for someone to ask that . Dunno what it is but I like to use the rear wiper in the rain, kinda annoys me with a blurry rear screen. Plus it helps keep most of the exterior more original. Some may think it's a bit pointless when wheels and lots of other bits won't be but I like certain details.
So I kept it.
UPDATE
Went down to the shop and one of the guys was removing the side windows. He then moved on to the rear and front screen. I was able to give him a hand with him in the car and me outside. Got all the glass back into my bros car to take home.
Here's some pics of the windows removed.
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^ Only a tiny weenie bit of surface corrosion at the bottom of the boot under the windscreen rubber.
Thought I'd take a pic of the front screen sealant, It was some major sticky stuff and was still soft. I assume it's the same stuff as what Ricky recommended, non curing.
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Here's some quick pics of the stopper smoothed over from yesterday
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As the windows have been removed the car will be thoroughly DA'd smooth. The snowplough will be removed too, ready for some primer.
Jumped back in the Cav with my bro and come home. Unloaded the glass into the kitchen, really don't have much room in the house now.
Started to clean them up.
Rear side glass as they came out
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After a bloomin' good clean with hot soapy water and then glass cleaner using microfibre cloth
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Problem I had was tryna remove all the roughness from the exterior part of the glass. Seems to be a lot of grime/dirt fused to the glass. Need to try get all that off. I have some pvc/glass polish (ultra fine abrasive) from Halfords or Autoglym Glass polish. Wondering what one to use.
I took the rubber and gave that a good clean using hot soapy water. They came out a right treat, look almost new. All the rubbers look very good and strong. May go invest in some rubber spray to help nourish and soften them a bit.
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I started cleaning the rear heated screen but my arms were totally aching. Left that for a bit and will resume a bit later. Will also be cleaning the front screen rubber to fit around my heated front screen.
As the glass is out I'm really thinking about fitting the tints I got a while back. It's super light smoked and all my glass is totally untinted clear too, so it won't look silly at all imo.
t-cut should take the dirt of the glass. if it still wont budge you can use a brand new stanley blade sideways as a scraper.
Cheers Brains, will give that a go. Some seriously tough stuff on the glass.
lol at the shadow puppet!
i thought he was pointing to another dent lol (joke)Quote:
Originally Posted by maddogdaz666
lol was waiting for someone to spot that
looking good mate cant wait to see it all done bet your same lol
Same mate, really can't wait.
im goin to get my pics on in a min lol
nice one.
done:thumb:
wouldn't you like to know ;)
lol;)
post fail, was meant to stick that on your thread :tard:
Progress is good Tek! Looks like its guna be spotless when done, cant wait to see it finished:) have you been given a date for when the paints going on?