Sorry, im being dumb. Thought the shocks and springs were a kit !
Sorry, im being dumb. Thought the shocks and springs were a kit !
Right, I have neglected this thread and my car over the last 6 months, I have been continuing with is but at a very slow pace.
Decided to get my finger out and crack on to stand any sort of chance of getting it done for this show season.
So, here is a little update of what I have been upto over the last 6 months...
First of all I rustproofed it with 6 litres of Dinitrol which is a very expensive and better quality version of Waxoyl...
Love this pic, shows Ade's fantastic paintwork
Both rear arches very full....
Tailgage filled top to bottom!!!
Both doors filled top to bottom. Cross member, bulkhead, sills, kick panel cavities & tunnel cover all filled aswell...
Chassis legs VERY full...
Hopefully won't rot in a hurry!
Then I made a start on the wiring loom...
I dug out my electrical first aid kit
Although it was in good condition I stripped the engine bay section, cleaned it up & carried out a couple of minor repairs. I fitted some new convolute tubing & got it ready to retape,
Retaped the loom for the idle control unit...
Then I had a little wiring loom issue!
It appears Vauxhall changed the sized of the hole in the bulkhead for the wiring loom at some point in the Mk1's life so when the loom was pulled through the grommet fell through with it
A bit gutting after spending a week cleaning & re-wrapping the loom!
The one on the left is the original and is 10mm smaller!!
I managed to butcher a couple of looms at the local scrappie and got 2 in the correct size but then I had the problem of getting all of the engine section of the loom through the tiny hole
After a bit of head scratching I came up with a bright idea. I used a hoover extension tube and pushed it into the centre of the grommet to stretch it out to allow the loom to go through them pulled it out & cut it off when I had done. Worked really well!
Anyway, finally got the loom into the engine bay & grommet fits fine, thank f@@k!!
Started fitting some bits, a nice clean heater motor....
Fitted my quick rack, waxed the rack casing & new clamps before fitting it with stainless steel lock nuts & washers...
yum yum yum yum yum..........
looks outstanding mate
what a job
looking good rich, does the dinitrol wipe off easily if you get it where it's not supposed to go?!
What's the taped up piece of loom in the last pic?
looks to good to drive.
priceless
After a few attempts I have finally managed to form a decent LH front brake pipe(Ignore the dirty servo, this is being replaced). Decided to use Copper Nickel to get a better more factory finish as copper looks sh!te...
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