Project Winter Freshen Up

[hybridturbo]

Nice i would crackle black the cage,rear brace and any other shiny stuff to match now

[MattBrown]

Its a lot easier than you think! Ive used paint stripper on a few powdercoated fearless braces now and re polished them. I quite like it Martin as it tones the bay down and looks more simplistic which is a look many are going for these days. Id say the gearbox casing in the same finish would look great but I doubt you'd want to go that far!

Nick.

One of them "little" jobs hey nick

But just to copy what everyone else has said, its one of the all time greatest novas

[MARTIN KELSON]

10.00am this morning the old girl was booken in for its MOT.

I absolutely hate MOTing the Nova. There is probably so much they could be picky about if they wanted, emmisions being the main one.

Anyway we managed to get the ticket then i dropped Nova of & went to get this.


It is now back on the road!

Cant believe after weeks of beutiful sunshine, today it totally p1ssed it down so its back in the garage looking sorry for itself.
Was looking forward to going for a blast, not in this weather though. It will wait for another day!!

[Mazz]

Called 'sods law' I believe!

Stopped raining here now though, so might pop down t'garage and tinker

[MARTIN KELSON]

Afternoon,

Not really an update but i have been p1ssed of with when the engine went back in last year the oil pressure sensor on Stack decided it wasnt going to work.
Could only be a sensor failure i thought as worked fine before engine came out so eventually i bit the bullet & parted with nearly £120 for a new sensor from Demon Theaves.

Plugged it & still nowt

Couple of weeks ago decided to pull Stack loom out. Didnt realise that when my mate rewired the car he taped all the Stack loom into the car loom so had to undo loads of his nice work to get it out.

Spoke to Stack about sending it back, they want £40 to just look at it, then whatever it costs to repair & unless you want to pay extra they quote 20 working days (1 month!) to even come back to you with a quote!
Bit of searching on web & spoke to 'Field Motorsport', really nice & helpful so off the loom went. Found few issues with it, so thought great when it comes back at least it will work & finally put back together & dash back in.

Nothing ever that easy! Connected live & earth to the dash & plugged in oil sensor, still dead!
Thought maybe as there was an issue with loom i had damaged the new sensor. Saw a new still in sealed packet one on the bay so bought that. Yesterday thought, right this will be it finally.............................Nope still dont work!

Think i'am going have to bite the bullet & send it to Stack & wave goodbye to the dash for over a month & wait for them to empty by bank balance!

Also speaking to Stack, my dash had the option of an air sensor, found out now Stack cant get that sensor so tough sh1t, asked about reconfiguring it so it can read Fuel Pressure (i seem to be now breeding sensors), no problem.......................£200 please!! Not my fault Stack cant get the air sensor & not willing to help in the slightest regarding the cost.

Wish at the moment i had never bought a damn Stack dash

[craig green]

STACK sound like a nightmare.

Chin-up! The car looked ace at Billing.

[Edd]

I was considering a STACK dash, don't think I'll bother after reading about your problems

I wouldn't be too worried you have one of the best nova's around

[Nick J]

The car looked ace at Billing.

Indeed it did! Big fan of what you've done to change it with the engine bay/wheels Martin....

[Benn]

Cant believe all the grief with the dash, that's crazy.

[MARTIN KELSON]

Thought it would be a quick fix hence why i did it now.
Now i have car in garage all taxed & ready to use with no dash!

Should of really left it till it came off road over the winter. Never mind too late now.

Thanks for nice comments anyhow from Billing