JasonK Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 So Bought this about a month ago, the guy selling it said it was running but had no drive. So got it home chucked a new filter in the gear box and filled it with oil and now it drives. Rego's on hold, have just gotta do a little bit of rust work and get an idler arm for it and then will go for a wof, then of course slam. hopefully all in time for nats. It's reasonably tidy and the only thing i've noticed that's missing is the bottom part of the dicky seat. might respray it at some stage but for now just keen to roll it as is Discuss: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/36715-jasonks-dead-sled/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JasonK Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Have fixed most of the rust now and 2k primed it and just chucked a quick coat of spray can flat black on it for now as I'm pretty keen to paint the whole car some stage soon. Took it for a wof the other day only failed on a couple of tyres, a bulb and adlust the rear brakes which i've done now and kitted both cylinders. also pulled out most of the air con stuff today to make some room in the engine bay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JasonK Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 another pictureless update. Have got a wof and rego now! also thanks to Simon I have a functioning heater fan. so just got to get the brackets on the back seat sorted and she'll be ready for nats. unfortunately still going to be 4x4 spec though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JasonK Posted December 5, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2013 so after spending way too long trying to find drop spindles for this I decided to bag it, so right after hawkes boes I put it in the shed and pulled the springs out then made up all the brackets to bolt the bags in with. Front: and rear: So now they're all in and plumbed up, pretty much just got to finish wiring the valves up, mount the compressor (a york air con pump), mount the gauges and some tidying up and it'll be time to think about getting a cert. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonK Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Finished off the bags a few weeks ago, was a bit slack taking pictures but heres what I did take Front shocks relocated: Tank and compressor mounted: [/url the bag side of things seems to be going all good, have driven it a few times and rides nice with about 100psi front and 40 rear. But took it to the local burger fuel hot rod night on tuesday and cruised around a bit and all was going well untill time to go home when we got on the open road it didnt wanna go faster than about 80 so stopped in at Lee's and checked the basic stuff and carried on, but once we got to the hills it just had no pull at all so ended up walking to get signal and got Lee to give us a lift home. Had a bit more of a look yesterday and have given the carb a good clean out, I think the metering rods may have been stuck down but I'm not sure. it seems to be running a bit better but hard to say until I drive it tommorow as even when it wasn't going well if you gave it a rev up it didnt sound too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonK Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Got it all driving again last weekend and cruised around a bit, was definitely the metering rods stuck down in the carb, also chucked a new set of leads on and seemed to be running real well. finally remembered to take some pics of the whole car: However I noticed a bit of an intermittent noise kinda like a bolt rattling in a tin can, so checked everything was tight etc but it sounded like it was coming from the gear box so I was thinking cracked flex plate, so pulled the gearbox out tonight and found this: pro parts have one listed on trade me so I'll go in and get it tomorrow, Hopefully that"ll be the last of the issues before wagnats! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonK Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Have changed the flex plate for a brand new one, everythings bolted up tight but still makes the same noise! anyone got any idea's? must be time for a beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonK Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 A few weeks back I took the caprice down to levin to get it certed for the bags, only failed on a couple of little things: the nylocs on the shock mounts only had about one thread sticking out and needed to have at least 2. on the top of the shocks I'd used 2 nuts (as it was from factory) but needed to use nylocs instead I needed my air lines clamped every 300mm and they were only clamped where I thought it needed to be to keep it tidy etc So nothing major so was pretty stoked about that and it worked out really well as the cert guy was coming up to the swapmeet this weekend so he did the recheck on friday afternoon, so now I've just gotta wait for the cert plate and will be legal again 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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