Sharpyy
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Finally got this finished and we made it to Goodwood!
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Hi mate,
This was over a year ago now lol, I'm afraid they have long since gone!
Sorry!
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I managed to pick up some 15" Estorils at the weekend with very good tyres on along with a recent refurb, only paid £120 for them too so bit of a bargain:
I deleted a silencer and replaced the downpipe on my exhaust over the weekend as the silencer had a hole in it due to rust, it was replaced with 2.5" stainless which gives it a deeper sound along with the rest of the Scorpion exhaust. Still have to do the cam belt but the water pump has now been replaced
Next months plans consist of detailing on the paint and removing the dash to fix a few rattles and a dodgy heater.
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Thanks Steve (only just seen you commented)!
Yeah, ridiculous money in my opinion but some people do pay it.
*** Another small update ***
Car is currently on axle stands whilst I look for new wheels and replace some bits on the engine. I've managed to accumulate the parts I need to do some maintenance.. I've got a new cambelt (with tensioner), water pump, auxiliary belts and a load of cleaning/painting materials. That should keep me busy for a while.
The power steering pump has now started to squeal as the bearings are bone dry, this has happened as the protective cover for the bearing has pulled out allowing the ingress of dirt, doesn't take long to destroy a bearing. My plan is to remove the pump and bridge the input/output on the rack whilst I rebuild the pump. Something like this:
I may even leave it like this depending on how heavy it makes the steering.
Stay tuned!!
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Aaaaaaand another small update; I like to keep this as up to date as I can so I don't forget all the work that I've done.
I overhauled the rear brakes as the cams on the calipers hand brake lever had gone a little rusty, changed the handbrake cables and they all work fine now. I will look into getting another set of calipers to do a complete rebuild or a service exchange as I think the originals have seen better days. I also changed the brake fluid as I have no record of when it was last changed, Brakes feel much better now!
The gearbox has a 'tick' in reverse which I presume is a missing tooth from the reverse gear. 2nd into 3rd has a crunch, as is common with and original 020 gearbox, so I am on the look out for another gearbox to fully strip and rebuild.
I have fully stripped the rear of the car and will reassemble replacing any damaged bits as well as new sound deadening, plus it's also good for weight saving.
The worst problem with having it as a daily is that I can't do big jobs that risk taking the car off the road, seriously considering a second cheap car to properly sort it out.
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A few more jobs ticked off the list:
I removed the side strips as one of the jacking covers snapped off, I was pleased to see that someone had used red sealant to stick both sides back on. This was all cured and brittle so it wasn't going to hold anyway! I'm not sure why it was used as all the clips were there to put it back on properly, another top quality bodge lol :clap:
I Lamin-X'd the fog lights with yellow tint, which looks quite cool if I'm honest.
The exhaust had a loud drone on the motorway which gave me a headache haha.. so I increased the bore size along with the removing one silencer and adding a better flowing backbox, all stainless ofcourse. No more drone and it feels a bit more responsive, I'm currently on the look out for 4-2-1 manifold to help with flow
Plans for this weekend are to overhaul the rear calipers, change the handbrake cables and overhaul the gear linkage.
Photo's to follow!
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This still for sale mate?
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Right, I better update this before I forget again..
I've been busy recently just sorting all the little bits and pieces that aren't working, trust me, there's a lot of things that aren't working as they should. The only thing that's pis**ng me off is every time I fix or repair something I find 3 more jobs that need doing, so the list is growing daily
The main thing that needs sorting, as it's my daily, is the suspension. As I previously mentioned this car came slammed with cheap eBay coilovers, which were fine for putting the car on it's sub frame but crap for handling. I later found out, after I raised them, that both the rear shocks were leaking which made for a springy ride and knocking over every bump, I found that when I took them off there was zero dampening left, they just fell down when lifted! I think that's why the car was so low when I bought it, to mask the knocking but never mind.
These were replaced with new OEM gas shocks and 35mm lowering springs as they look like 4x4's at standard ride height. Safe to say it handles and drives a lot better! Next for the rear is some new axle bushes as the current ones have around an inch of play side to side
A few jobs ticked off the list last week:
- Headlight alignment
- Timing and CO setup
- Alternator rebuilt
- Various engine parts sandblasted and repainted
I also had a perished rear bush on the front passenger wishbone so I bought a complete set of bushes for both sides under the impression it would take about an hour to do both sides if all goes well.. How wrong was I?! ..everything was going well, all bolts undone except the two subframe bolts, went to zip them off with the air gun and they just kept spinning. These captive nuts are within the chassis so I thought there may be access holes in the cabin to get to the top in these such instances, this is what I found:
Fantastic bodge job by some clown who only needed an 18mm socket on a long extension to undo the nut. So that's another job on the list
On the plus side, it looks good in a photo lol:
I'll be back soon with more updates
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What he said ^^^
Can I have in on this please?
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Soft-99 Fusso seems very water repellent to me. My car is dry by time I get round the corner. Still gets dusty and dirty which slows this process but cleaning is a lot easier. I've only had it on a few weeks but it says it could last 12 months. It's good but I doubt it is that good.
I've had a look into the Soft99 Fusso Light and it looks exactly what I need. I'll give it a try and keep an eye on Sparkleys GB too.
Cheers guys.
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Hi guys,
I'm a bit new to this section so bear with me..
I'm at both ends of the spectrum when it comes to detailing as I personally have a 23 year old Golf that's paint is showing it's age and a '14 plate Seat Ibiza. I am looking to restore the Golf's paint to it's former glory without a respray, which may prove a challenge but that's for another subject.
The Ibiza is white so loves to get dirty very quickly. I cleaned it the other day using the two bucket method and polished/waxed it with Autobrite Cherry Glaze (Wax Appeal group buy):
As you can see the results are pretty good to be fair but I want to protect them for longer.
I've seen lots of hype about the hydrophobic (water repellent) sealants available but it seems to be early days for the market.
Has anyone got any recommendations?? CarPro Reload is a product I keep seeing about, anyone used it?
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Thanks Gordo, I hate it at times but it's so good to work on and has so much character.
The list is slowly being ticked off, 'way too low' was no exaggeration lol, as you can see from the first pics!
Exhaust is held up with a coat hanger, whoever owned this was just dangerous! Changing the suspension to standard this weekend hopefully so more updates to come.
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I have a friend that wants to come too, a riced up Civic if there's anymore room please? Bigger the better right!?
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I can't see anything in this colour without thinking about this thread..
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Put me down for it.
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This stuff looks amazing.
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Small update:
Had a quick butchers at why my passenger side electric window wasn't working tonight, stripped the mechanism and the motor to find the motor had seized. The windings had got wet and rusted in place so I free'd the motor off and tried to clean them up but I think it may be easier to get a new motor.
Also managed to swap the old wheels for some freshly refurbished BBS RA's, I think they look way better than the Calibres and would look even better in silver.
Suspension is still buggered so that's next.
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Well, that was disappointing.. Only a week to wait for the good football to start again.
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LOL Scrat as he's running round the corner got me, laughed out loud in the office and caused a scene
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Can this be Briskoda plus a mk2 Golf?
I'm up for this if so!
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Hi Guys,
I've been lucky enough to help a good friend strip and rebuild his Lotus 20, it's not often you get to see these cars up close let alone rebuild one so I thought I'd share a few pictures:
They're not in great detail but I'm not there to take pictures
Still a fair way to go yet as you can see but a rather cool project.
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Why not just go all out and do your washing via Wifi..
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I'll pop by and say hello
Sharpyy's Oak Green MK2 Gti
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Hi WAUOla,
I know the feeling, sorting the rust is going to make or break this car. I did think of stripping it to bare basics but it's not in bad shape over all and I like the OEM+ look!
The previous owner didn't use it much so it was just a 'show car', so ridiculous lows didn't really matter but it was very dangerous to drive, it would bounce around the corners even when raised..
I've had H&R coilovers before, they're very good. My intention is to get back to an OEM look and still make it handle well, I'll have a look at the H&R twin-tubes though
Yours looks very good!
The engine is currently in bits as I'm changing a few leaking gaskets and I have a friend that can get the head flowing a bit better so it should go well when that's done as it's no slouch at the moment!