That's a job I've got to do, ie put a fuel pump relay in. Good news that your almost at the point of driving the old girl.
That's a job I've got to do, ie put a fuel pump relay in. Good news that your almost at the point of driving the old girl.
So windscreen got fitted on Friday and a few other little jobs finished and I managed to take it round the block a couple of times. Felt great to drive it once more after 2 years off the road. Engine felt very responsive with the various upgrades but I think I need to bleed the brakes again as they were not great
Well its been a while since I updated, main thing holding me back from getting the car back on the road is bleeding the brakes again and I've not had a helper available when the weather is good to get the car out and do it.
I have got some number plates now, so put them on. My F Weg Tungy has its name back on....
I did manage a couple of spins around the block on the weekend and left it idling for a while and the engine seems to tick over ok and changes into all gears. Also pulls well
Few pics:
awesome jeff, cant wait to see this at a surrey meet, theres not been a meet for last 2 months so hopefully in jan we may have 1 if ya free, hows the steering feel??
I recon if I get my act together it should be able to make a Jan meet, if its not raining
Steering feels great, don't even notice that it has power steering, just feels like a normal modern car, I suppose its more a case of now I don't notice it doesn't have power steering.
Spent a bit of time on the car today, things done:
1. Front bumper strips stuck on
2. Rear door cards cut to fit around roll cage and installed.
3. Front trim installed
4. Roll cage bolted in place
5. Grab handles put in
6. Rear seat belts put in
I've carpet covered the trim to make it look a bit nicer than the standard old grey plastic, just need to do the rear quarter upper panels to finish the interior off.
I had to re-weld the brackets on my power steering column as the wheel wasn't sitting straight, done this last week and re-fitted it today, feels spot on now.
Also went for a good blast up the road and round the local indistrial estate a couple of times to check the brakes, they seem to work well but the peddle does seem a bit longer than it should, i haven't re-bled them yet but will do when i have the time and a helper, should be ok for an mot though. Engine pulls like a train, the turbo rebuild, cam, nodiz etc all seem to have done the job nicely.
Going to try an get an mot this week, tyres might just scrape through so will see.
To do list:
1. Fit and seal exhaust properly (for mot)
2. Refurb wheels or new alloys
3. New Tyres
4. Set up suspension and ride height
5. Tracking
6. Side decals
7. Spray rear bumperstrip black
Some pics:
Jeff that's looking really nice, can't tell from the pic but is the rear bump strip tungy??
Originally Posted by Jeff Ninebar
yep, the body shop sprayed over the black bumper strip even though i told them not too.
Still looks greatyep, the body shop sprayed over the black bumper strip even though i told them not too.
Going to spray the rear bumper strip with black plastidip, I've use this on the roof gulley strips and the door mirror plastics and it gives a nice matt rubber finish which i like. if the rear bumper strip looks good i'll do the fronts to match. good thing is it can be peeled off if it looks bad.
Got my exhaust sealed and the clamps mounted up out the way.
Loving your work Jeff, getting really close now.
Spray plastic upper seatbelt fixings?
yeah they do look shite! better put them on the listSpray plastic upper seatbelt fixings?
Eat your dinner off that underside!
I await picsyeah they do look shite! better put them on the list
No painted seat belts yet
Bit of threaded rod and some angle brackets did the trick. Of course the Cat is helping out again as well.
Last edited by Jeff Ninebar; 15-01-2015 at 17:49.
Jeff looking great, looking forward to seeing this at next surrey meet
Lifted the back up, although even with the brackets holding it in place its a bit lower on the passenger side so will have to do it again. Dropped the front down to match, looks better.
Masked off the rear bumper strip and sprayed it with black plastidip. Came out a treat
Jeff thats looking great the plastidip has really made it look much better
yeah came out great really happy with it. finishes off the back end properly now
Looks great!!! Back to oe.
My bumper strips are painted tungy and need doing. What prep did you do before you put on the plasti dip?
Car was clean so I just wiped over with a bit of surface cleaner on a paper towel. Sprayed directly on to the strip no primer required. Once it's dry you can peel it off if you want as it sets like rubber.
It's the little touches that make the big statements when it comes to finishing cars
I shall be borrowing this technique from you! Sorry for the blatant copying!
Cheers for the continual hints and tips
And your car looks cracking btw.
Please do use anything I've done if it helps you, share the knowledge around the club I say. My top tip for the plastidip is build it up it light coats as it runs very easily on a vertical surface like a bumper.
Brilliant jeff. Just read through again. Awesome project!
cheers Matt, btw your engine is looking rather tasty
I managed to get the passenger side torsion bar to line up both ends with the trailing arm pushed down another 20mm or so, which is more than it is on the drivers side but it still seems to be sitting about 10mm lower on the ride height on the passenger side than the drivers side. The car overall is sitting higher at the back and looks about where I want it so I'm just going to stick with, it will probably even out once I sit in the car
No pics of the car so here's one of my garage roof that I have spent the last few weekends relaying the felt on. Water was starting to leak in and was getting my car wet so I took a crash course in torch on felt laying on youtube and became an overnight amature roofer, seems to be holing up so far
Dropping my wheels off at the local powder coaters to be shot blasted and powder coated tomorrow. So here is the before picture, hopefully they'll look a lot better when they come back.
What colour/design are you going for?
What's the cost for having your wheels done? I'd love to get mine done to get them in tip top condition.
Just want them one colour all over, think RAL 9007 at the moment
they said about £50 a wheel + vat iirc. blast and coated.
That's not too bad a price
Gray aluminium
pictures will be provided
Went to the powder coaters this morning, they have so far had the wheels in the parts wash to get all the old surface finish off, next is a bead blast then powder. Getting them done in Sovereign Silver should get them back finished next week. couple of pics:
Cool!
Got my wheels back today, came out nice
They look superb. Lovely colour
That's a sweet car mate like the centre consol were the window switches are..has it been flocked? Love those wheels!! Top job !!
Maybe it's a wheel whore thing, but I do love a good set of wheels after a good refurb!!!
They look great! Cracking refurb job. Look forward to seeing these fitted
Console is covered with a cloth trim, tricky to do because of all the angles but looks great, cheers for noticing!
Can't wait to get some rubber on the rims and see them on the car, then get the side decals on, should look sweet
couple more wheel pics as I like them so much
New tyres fitted today, Yokohama S Drive 195 45 R15, had these on before and they were great so went for them again. Then put the wheels on, to say I'm happy is an understatement, car looks fantastic, it my birthday today and this was a cracking present!
Awesome mate and a great birthday present - proud as punch I bet?
Stunning Tungy mate, Happy B'day! run S-Drives before and gove excellent grip whilst lasting reasonably too
Wow, your 5 come a long way since my membership run out.Just missing the side decals.
looking awesome jeff matey, any chance of seeing this at a surrey meet soon???
just need decals to finish it off now, great work boss
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