Set about getting this fired up this evening.

Had a bit more work to do than I realised, biggest headache out of this whole thing was fitting the return properly. Mounted it to the turbo at first but found out it needs to be fitted to the block first, THEN you need to somehow slip a gasket onto the piece connected to the turbo and tighten all up.

Must have took 40 minutes to just sort that out. Nearly gave up there it was that bad.

Pushed through, changed the oil, got the downpipe on and gave it a few cranks to build oil pressure.

I pulled the fuse for the "diesel computer", fuse 14 on this, so it would crank but not fire.

 

Seriously good battery on this, same battery that came with it all I did was charge it.

Made sure to record the first start up

Died after a few seconds seemingly run out of fuel.

After cranking it a bit more it fired again and stayed on this time. Changing the fuel filter must have got air in somewhere.

 

Gave it a few revs even, found where the popcorn limiter is on it

 

Not brave enough to let it pop and bang away just yet.

Didn't even move it under its own power but I was happy to leave it there for tonight.

Extremely impressed at how healthy that engine sounds, given the miles and having bought It with a grenaded turbo.

I'll take it for a few laps next day. 

 

Had it out for a bit, its running fantastic

Boosting well, gear changes are superb.

Still open downpipe, had a look under it and I wasn't bothered trying to get the exhaust back together this evening.

If anyone knows what backbox this is, or what company this sticker belongs to, I'd love to know

That looks like a long life exhaust... 

https://www.longlife.co.uk/

 

Or one from exhaustsuk

 

http://exhaustsuk.com/index.php

Edited 29 September, 20223 yr by skomaz

I'd say you're right on the money actually. Seems to be decent reviews for longline exhausts, so must be a decent enough company.

Got the exhaust sort of back together.

Was a pig, and the absolute hack job of a backbox mount failed so had to hang it with zip ties after this video was taken.

It's remarkably quiet to be honest, not complaining. Doesn't look pretty here but it's not dragging the ground so It'll do.

Also started painting the wing.

More work on the vrs 

Very quickly slapped paint on the rear brakes.

More work filling in a few dents on that quarter panel

Doing a lot of wire wheeling and kurusting on it and poked through just a little bit of the sill

No holes on these little bits luckily.

2 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

 

T'is but a scratch... just a mere flesh wound...

More painting and sanding and priming and filling.

Half ass spray can job. 

I think this needs a new project thread!😂

5 hours ago, HeavyMetalRich said:

I think this needs a new project thread!😂

Not sure if I should or not.

I think I'll throw MOT on it and run it as a beater through the winter, but the shell on this is rough enough that I don't want to keep it long term. Once the shell goes I still want to reshell it into my mk1.

Bit more on the vrs.

Noticed its got solid cupra bushes in

Filled over the rust hole on the sill

Primed both sills

And hit them with bedliner 

Quarter panel is done

Bits of rot on the rear quarters are painted in

See a few spots on the bedliner where it's not perfectly straight. Will do it again.

Whole car will need a heavy cut and buff, and wetsand in and around where its been painted.

 

The outside of this is more or less back together now.

Fogs aren't plugged in but they're bust anyway. Few other odds and ends need sorting, big one being an interior.

Engine runs very well, very smoky on pulls, whether that'll clear out or not I'm not entirely sure.

I think I may try for mot on this, beat on it through the winter. Would be nice to have a spare car for a while.

Also, I might have another car coming my way, a non-skoda project. Not a big project by any stretch but I wanted to see the vrs "done" before I get this new car.

1 minute ago, DieselMonte said:

Also, I might have another car coming my way, a non-skoda project. Not a big project by any stretch but I wanted to see the vrs "done" before I get this new car.

 

Oh yeah... the "thing" you told me about?

9 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

Oh yeah... the "thing" you told me about?

Perhaps....

Just now, DieselMonte said:

Perhaps....

 

Oh come on...   Spill the beans and don't keep us in suspense

1 minute ago, skomaz said:

Oh come on...   Spill the beans and don't keep us in suspense

 

I like this knowing, but being sworn to secrecy... makes me all giggly.

7 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

I like this knowing, but being sworn to secrecy... makes me all giggly.

 

Boo hiss...   Come on be a grass and tell us

I have it got but I don't want to spill until I get it home.

What I will say is, it's a barn find, is very rare as most of them have rotten away and it's a prime candidate to take to FOTU next year.

New car is home

 

Justy!!!

 

The subaru one before they borrowed the old swift body?? What state is it in

5 hours ago, skomaz said:

Justy!!!

 

The subaru one before they borrowed the old swift body?? What state is it in

37000 miles, one owner, like new inside and out.

Been in a garage since 2010

Drove home.

Needs very little, tyres and a full service.

Gonna start a thread for it in the non-skoda section methinks

Wow that's an amazing find!

 

Takes me back to the early 90s when my mate had an impreza (non turbo sport but still a cracking car at the time) 

 

Presumably 1.2 fwd given no button on the gearstick? 

 

3 minutes ago, skomaz said:

Wow that's an amazing find!

 

Takes me back to the early 90s when my mate had an impreza (non turbo sport but still a cracking car at the time) 

 

Presumably 1.2 fwd given no button on the gearstick? 

 

Worse!

It's a 1l Carbureted FWD SL model.

It is an absolute basic basic model, was bought new from my work in 1992.

It's not one of the cool 4wd ones but I don't really care either. 

The first owner passed away and it sat in the garage until recently. Was going to be scrapped but I thought that would be an absolute shame, so I bought it.

7 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

Worse!

It's a 1l Carbureted FWD SL model.

It is an absolute basic basic model, was bought new from my work in 1992.

It's not one of the cool 4wd ones but I don't really care either. 

The first owner passed away and it sat in the garage until recently. Was going to be scrapped but I thought that would be an absolute shame, so I bought it.

 

Ouch...  A our 50bhp then...   Still a cracking find though, pretty robust and at 37k only just run in

25 minutes ago, skomaz said:

 

Ouch...  A our 50bhp then...   Still a cracking find though, pretty robust and at 37k only just run in

You laugh but there was a record setting justy that was 1l and fwd, albeit pretty highly modified from that.

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2107096/1988-1989-subaru-justy-lsr-salted-scooby/

I bought this car to enjoy, not abuse like my fabias.

But, If nothing else this car is the lightest version of a justy by far. If I wanted to I think I could coax a few more ponies out of this fairly easily.

Edited 15 October, 20223 yr by DieselMonte