Who's on the road (or could be), who is Not?

Vanny · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject:

This was 10 days ago;

Changed a bit since then mind, now has an array of AC pipes and wiring slowly going back in. I have a whole rack of rusty things in primer that need painting then putting back on the car and who knows i might start her up before christmas!

Timmo · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject:

coming on good Vanny,
dont envy you wiring and piping in the ac though!! is it as complex as it sounds??
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Dave · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:56 am Post subject:

Looks like many hours in the garage Vanny, Christmas is not that far away Shocked

. Be a rewarding present if you get it completeted by then.

How is yours Timmo? (Been doing a bit of buffing recently by the way Very Happy

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Adrian E · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:33 am Post subject:

Our phase 1 was finally taxed at the beginning of July and went for its MOT last week, having done about 1,300 miles since the last one!

It had a top end rebuild last summer after the head gasket/head casting parted company due to corrosion of the alloy Confused

Had to have a replacement head, so bought one re-conditioned all the key bits sorted. Has never gone better!! Absolutely flies now Very Happy

Ideally it still needs a below glass line respray to sort all the minor dinks and scratches after 22 years, but cost is an issue now my dad's retired. I'd still like to stick a stainless exhaust on it - unfortunately it needed a new mid box which ended up having a mild steel replacement rather than being the justification for investing £299 in stainless Crying or Very sad

All in all it's getting preserved fairly well at the moment - the garage is bone dry and heated, so it shouldn't deteriorate. The MOT was clean of any advisories!

It helps that when we bought the car back in 2004/5 we spent over £1500 getting long overdue stuff sorted (discs/pads, heater box, cambelt and pump, tyres etc etc) so given the tiny annual mileage it's done since none of that is anywhere near worn out!

Adrian

Timmo · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:40 am Post subject:

mine a mess dave lol! although half a day, lots of coffee would see it back to Uber shiny! Cool

needs the stem seals doing desperately though, have a spare head but has bent valves from when the cambelt went back along! Crying or Very sad

so just a heavy paperweight really lol!

on that note, anyone got any spare valves they no longer need/ want to sell on?? Wink

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Adrian E · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject:

Timmo

Might be able to get the valve stem seals done without lifting the head? Sure there's a method that involves pushing compressed air into the combustion chamber via the plug well that holds the valves shut.

Mind you, with it being laid up so long you may want to pull the head off to check for corrosion of the waterways if the coolant is quite old. If it's all good then get the seals done on your existing head - not a big job once you've got to that point and really the belt should be done in any case.

Simran · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:59 pm Post subject:

Timmo, i may be able to help you out with the valves, I have a full set of good uns that i took out of my dads spare engine. I've cleaned them so they're all shiny and decoked.

Leave it with me and i'll get back to you with a price off my dad.

Timmo · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject:

adrian, coolant etc wa all new recently, but will be doing the belt etc before it see's any use! need to do the octopus which should be easier with the head off, and as there is No rush to do it and it'll be ofroad unlike when the belt went i will make sure i'm all ready to do the lot over a week say, give it a full on check over, sort out and service clean up etc!
my mech i used to use when the car qa]was on the road said there was a way to do it via the plug holes, worked on the 8v but he'd not tried it on a 16v so would be hit and miss if it worked, - planned to have the cash ready for the full job and then get him to do them which ever way but decided to take it of the road instead so was no rush!

sim, let me know matey, no major rush!
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Vanny · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject:

AC fitment is actually very easy, and seems to be getting easier at every step predominantly because the system is VERY simple. Even the wiring is straight forward if you have the harness, and there is only one wire between cabin and engine bay making installation pretty simple.

Kitch · 5000 rpm Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 529 Location: Fareham

I'm parked up in the garage with a layer of dust covering the pink paintwork, with a lazy doseur, lazy pump and some rust starting to appear. TLC is needed soon! Runs sweet as a nut though!
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