Project: Gold Snowplough Turbo

UPDATE


I got home from work yesterday with a bit of a headache so I thought I'd do some odd bits and pieces to take my mind of it.


My eye caught the oil pressure sender looking brown and bit pooh-y (sp?). So I ran to Le Garage and got all the materials and started on it with the small amount of daylight left.
https://images2.imgbox.com/1f/29/4SbOCaNL_o.jpg


^ Looking like crap. Gave it a nice rub down with some hardcore emery cloth and some 600 wet and dry. Then gave it a wipe and it got to this state \/
https://images2.imgbox.com/5f/94/Jdfadl78_o.jpg


Then masked it up and gave it a few coats of my favourite VHT aluminium paint.
https://images2.imgbox.com/e3/04/XbbQ7GoI_o.jpg


Ahhh... feel better now, matches the rest of the engine bay.


I then moved over to a couple bits for the Cavalier as it'd be quick to sort out and it would be one more bit out the way. (I'll update the Cav thread with it soon).


This morning, I made my way down to Vauxhall to ask a few bits. First up was one of the hoses for the turbo. The rest were nice and new but this had split so it had to go of course. Luckily Vaux still do them. I also asked for the exhaust/inlet manifold studs/bolts but they were NLS.


Thought I'd get some spark plugs and HT leads as they normally work out cheaper than motorfactors. Plugs were £10 for 4 but they couldn't get hold of any HT leads were no longer available in a pack but were available individually at a price of..... no wait a bit more... bit more still... £33 each!


Did however get an oil filter for £1.73


Plan to get more work done this week as I'm off for 4 days, yay!

UPDATE

Managed to spend some time on the Nova yesterday. Made use of the good weather and fitted the rear GTE anti-roll bar and inspected the arches so I could apply some underseal. I also managed to rub down and coat the rear beam but due to a flat battery on the camera, I was unable to get some pics.

Early evening, I had some time to do some work on the loom in the engine bay. Some wires were exposed (not protected in anyway) so with the amount of self amalgamating loom tape left I went to work.

Not much describing needed so I'll let the pics do the talking (yeah I know... engine bay not looking too clean. Lots of dust, underseal overspray. Will be giving the bay a good going over with some polish when I've done all I need)

First up behind the headlamps, probably the first place at the front of the car that'll get wet so that got sorted:

Before
https://images2.imgbox.com/e0/83/Jt9YdqVY_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/f3/18/rXtYumvc_o.jpg

After
https://images2.imgbox.com/d2/9e/flOmwNI3_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/f0/51/hCoN5ROA_o.jpg

The washer bottle wires were looking sorry for themselves:

Before
https://images2.imgbox.com/07/2d/AJbWNxA2_o.jpg

After
https://images2.imgbox.com/f7/a1/cdNofHfy_o.jpg

Then the wires that connect to various bits at the back of the engine, alternator, temp guage, oil pressure sender etc

Before
https://images2.imgbox.com/a9/51/M1TUEy7H_o.jpg

After
https://images2.imgbox.com/3a/88/zhrkAC51_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/f0/51/hCoN5ROA_o.
Some of you might wonder why I didn't warp all the way to the end. Firstly I didn't know how much tape I had left to use so those little bits will be finished off as I have a bit of tape left and everything else has been wrapped. I also had enough time to spray the O/S tie bar. Underside bits have been sprayed in stone-chip black spray as normal paint would probably wear off early.

Hopefully I can arrange some time tomorrow to do some more work

Are you getting a bigger Servo, Surely she will want one being LET powered! lol

Some say a standard servo is fine with the better brakes fitted others go bigger. I'll have to see what it feels like when braking and improve it if need be.

UPDATE

Day off again today so no excuses but to keep up the hard work. The other day whilst I was cleaning up the rear beam I remembered he folded arch lips. I had to give them a good coat of underseal and fill in the slight gap left after rolling. If it's left untreated water will easily sit there and rot it again.


Gave the inside of the lip a good wipe and applied some underseal. I let that dry and filled in the gap all the way with seam sealer. Let that dry and coated that with underseal. Did that to both sides. Now I'll feel happy knowing that it's protected whatever puddle I go through. Couldn't get any snaps as there was very little space and not enough room to get a good focus


As the rear wheel was off, I saw the hideous site that was the rear drums. The had dirt, overspray and started peeling. Got to business sorting them out.


This is how they began
https://images2.imgbox.com/b6/a0/kQkBT8Qb_o.jpg


After a rub down and masked up
https://images2.imgbox.com/de/c0/1QZaQPUf_o.jpg


and after a couple coats of satin black and laquer
https://images2.imgbox.com/04/e5/fvC6OgPJ_o.jpg


I need to fit my calipers, discs and pads on the front. I tried getting the original calipers off but ended up bending the wrench. They're fused on Gonna try attack them again.

UPDATE


Got a few things today.


The turbo hose I ordered last week from Vaux actually arrived at my door today. A lady from the dealer turned up with the parts, what service!


Here's the hose:
https://images2.imgbox.com/38/68/w9NN7g1T_o.jpg


Then the postman left this, got it off Nick J from here (cheers pal) Sump pan oil level blanking plate:
https://images2.imgbox.com/09/5c/xF2QjUtm_o.jpg

I then went and picked this up from the Royal Mail local sorting office as they tried delivering it the other day when no one was at home.
https://images2.imgbox.com/60/f8/Bvh8eykj_o.jpg


8v sump baffle, got it off eBay for a good price. Have a few things to sort out, hoping to get some more stuff done later on.

UPDATE


For some reason I started tiding up the garage and came across a box of miscellaneous bits for the Nova. Went through a few things to see what was usable and what needed chucking.


Found a few coolant hoses together with fuel hoses and a whole load of nuts and bolts. So guess what... yeah I cleaned them!


These were the coolant hoses
https://images2.imgbox.com/6c/e3/pyAeXrPK_o.jpg


On the face of it they look like they need chucking but only one of them did and that's the rad to thermostat hose due to this
https://images2.imgbox.com/56/af/sNixMgBw_o.jpg


^that one is actually made by Pirelli!


The other's were fine and it was time to wash it... wash it with Fabreeze... only kidding! Here they are after a good scrub and rinse
https://images2.imgbox.com/a4/1a/Fvax4xKk_o.jpg


Cleaned up all the jubilee clips too so everything now is lovely and new looking.


The box of nuts and bolts were in a right state, literally looked like someone took a dump on them. Left them to soak in detergent and then scrubbed them up. They look much better but I'm wondering what to do with them.


Here's how they stand
https://images2.imgbox.com/86/2b/14PgCmRj_o.jpg


Doesn't look super but trust me they're so much better than before.


I kinda got carried away tiding up so didn't spend much time on the Nova but I'm glad I got all the sh*tty looking stuff cleaned.

Pure OCD!

UPDATE


Made another trek to Vauxhall in the morning as I forgot a bit I needed. I was quoted £20 for a rubber hose from the crankcase breather to the Cam cover :eek: Asked about a crank sensor and that came up £93. Asked about the cam sensor and it wasn't listed.


Anywho, come home with the weather being crap and thought I'd work on something that was doable inside. Whipped off the rocker cover to
1) strip the paint and 2) to check see what the cams were like. Didn't know what to expect really, was kinda expecting a bit of surface rust on the cams as the engine wasn't used for a while by the last owner, and some old worn cams a, let's face it it's a 15 year old engine, but I was pleasantly surprised at the sight:
https://images2.imgbox.com/9a/7a/HFJoXX7g_o.jpg




Cams clean and smooth, no sign of any corrosion at all not even surface, everything looked fine. Compared to what I've seen with some engine before, I was quite pleased.


The cam cover is in ok condition with some peeling of paint where the rocker breather pipe is.
https://images2.imgbox.com/68/49/KD4E3npB_o.jpg


Firstly I gave it a scrub with detergent
https://images2.imgbox.com/c0/30/LLINowHO_o.jpg


I then thought about how I was gonna do it, lots of tight areas on the rocker which would be a royal pain to strip paint from. The area under the spark cover is clean and good so I decided that only the top part would need stripping. So I masked off the areas I wanted to strip
https://images2.imgbox.com/83/ad/bDwVEoR3_o.jpg


I applied some nitromoors and as I was using the wire brush attachment, I thought 'I've been here before'... trying to strip paint off the fanblades. It was so time consuming to get off that I stopped half way and thought 'f*ck it, I'm getting this sandblasted'


Gonna go drop off some bits tomorrow to a small place that does blasting, will gather a few other small bits together and get them done too. Just wondering if ABS plastic can be done too.

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Originally Posted by Nova_Tek

UPDATE
Just wondering if ABS plastic can be done too.

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im pretty sure no plastics can be blasted

keep up the good work tho! :)

£93 for a crank sensor?! lol

Why arent you shopping at Autovaux?? Its all genuine stuff at trade prices - and they regularly import from Germany....