My W.I.P

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Re: My W.I.P

by Phill » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:40 pm

John Owens wrote:Hope not mate , mines ended up like this through pure neglect


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I have done a few tempory rattle can repairs to the sills and rear arches to try and keep the rust to a minimum for now and I have 2 mint white wings, 2 mint doors and a mint bonet (at least the doors and bonet were the last time I looked at them in the hut :lol: )
I will be having a come and help fix my car party when I get my garage built and all is welcome :lol:
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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:09 pm

craigyboy wrote:That will give us something to get our teeth into mate :D

Is that an invite to bring the GSI up to yours to start working on it ? You're on ! Lol :D


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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:27 pm

Treated the old girl to an oil change tonight . Glad I did , when I went under the car to remove the sump plug I found that it was only hand tight ! Out of curiosity I tightened it back up - it took three full turns before it was reasonably tight ! Counting my blessings that it didn't vibrate loose on the motorway :-o Image


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Re: My W.I.P

by craigyboy » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:56 pm

Good job you spotted that mate.It could have been a disaster.
What oil did you use?
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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:33 pm

Semi synthetic 10w40 mate & Fram filter .


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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:37 am

Had a spare hour last night so went out & fitted the fuel magnets I purchased , I'll let you all know if there's any significant difference in mpg .Image
Id to strip off the air intake to get them onto the fuel rail , I'm glad I did tbh as I found more bodged wires ! :( I'd always though the car was running too rich so I replaced the Afm with one I had in my lock up for years & have to say it's made some difference to the way the car runs & drives . I just need to go to a scrapyard & cut the loom that has the intake temp sensor on it & splice it onto mine :) Image


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Re: My W.I.P

by bennymac » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:40 pm

solder and heatshrink John no block connectors eh lol
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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:40 pm

bennymac wrote:solder and heatshrink John no block connectors eh lol


You know me Benny -a pure cheapskate haha :D :D:D


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Re: My W.I.P

by craigyboy » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:05 pm

Let us know how you get on with they fuel magnets John.
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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:17 pm

Well further investigation at Craig's adds insult to injury ....Image

There's a couple of spade connectors crimped on both wires till I get the plug & loom then it'll be joined properly :-/


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Re: My W.I.P

by craigyboy » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:30 pm

I'll keep an eye out at the breakers for one of they plugs mate.
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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:30 pm

Thanks matey :)


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Re: My W.I.P

by gray16v » Thu Jul 17, 2014 11:28 pm

looks good John
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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:18 pm

gray16v wrote:looks good John


Thanks gray16v , getting there slowly but surely :)


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Re: My W.I.P

by John Owens » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:23 pm

A wee hour of footering sees the new irmscher number plate surrounds fitted along with new number plates & also new rear leds . Freshens the car up a good bit at both ends :) ImageImage
All the wee things add up to make the big picture better...


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