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Yeah sweet I'm keen to go halfs with you........ will it hold our combined weight aye??

3 parts boiled linseed oil, 1 part mineral spirits, and you can add some WD40 to reduce the shine a bit. * I think. Seen a video referencing his recipe somewhere...

A PK belt??? On a rotor??!! No gillies??.

We got power everywhere, except the wipers now , haha. mustve upset its earth somewhere. tough shit. It’ll keep for now. got everything on/off on key. Found a few errors where I sent constant power to accessories. need to find a 6pk820 belt, might have to settle for a 5pk as no one locally has stock of the 6s that short. will attempt to do underlay and carpet tonight.

I didnt realize that was an option! Keen as

I've seen a vgg video where he describes what he uses, before he was selling it, and if you speak fluent Derek you can figure it out , ie earth ghost juice- mineral spirits I would suggest to buy it straight from him, but I don't think it can be shipped overseas? I think it was mostly mineral spirits and boiled linseed oil and a bit of wd40 or something like that

He sells his Shine Juice now. https://www.vicegripgarage.com/products/shine-juice-patina-preserver?srsltid=AfmBOorXC8uQIQn6Okl4csuD7T_UYnapVonGAo-TJMKr1tVezQIdu6Fw

Things to do before the next start: New battery New earth strap Wire the ignition back to the key (as opposed to the mystery switch hiding under the dash) - Took a few minutes to figure that one out. Also meant it didn't shut off at the "Shut-er-off mate" qeue. Fix the source of petrol leaking out of the fuel hose Re-kit the carb - the fountain of petrol coming out of the carb being the reason for the "Shut-er-off mate". Fix the lamp/wiring for the oil pressure / water temp warning lamps. It fired up pretty easy once we figured out the couple of little electrical hiccups. Luckily I pre-empted this, and have a carb rebuild kit for it amongst the stash that came over with it.

More pics plz

Come do farming if you need more space

they get pretty cagey doing that cost less income for them. weirdos LOL take some cash now and run or hold onto shit for a lifetime with less income.

got a sweet deal from burnsco with half price on sweet camp chair if anyone is interested... i normally buy $7 bunnngs folding chair which never lasts a whole wagnats. hha

I get the feeling its going to be largely the same outcome whether I use Boiled Linseed Oil, Penetrol or RIPO, they're probably all basically doing the same thing. What I don't want, is for something that starts flaking off and is hard to maintain. My gut tells me that the BLO might sort of "fade/wear/weather off" and be able to be just re-applied. Where the others sound like they dry a bit harder like clear coat and I've seen some comments about it flaking off. I imagine it might not last as long, but then you just wipe more on. I can't find any definitive answer to that on the internet yet though...

Thats a great video, thanks for that. What he's done there is exactly what I want to achieve, polishing up the good paint and protecting the patina. I like his style too "Great things happen when you cut corners".

Just a fun street car really, I built the 200sx as a semi track car so don't need another. One day I'll get to actually use it haha

Yeah, I'd use carbotech for a race pad and probably ebc for a fast Street pad, depending on what you plan on doing.Both of which will cost a few bucks but perform well. / cheaper than fixing a crash damaged car.

Yep re GTO calipers fitting, I was considering this: https://freakyparts.co.uk/products/gto-caliper-upgrade-for-fto But maybe I should keep an eye out for a Legnum VR4 at Pick a Part, there was one there a while ago but it's gone now. You Mitsi guys have all the good info

I actually assumed they were the same Sumitomo 4 pot design that Nissan and others used but after an image search, they look quite different. I have them on my 200sx and had to shave the Nissan lettering to fit those black wheels above, they fit fine with RPF1 17x9.5 +18 though. I was vaguely thinking of sharing the RPF1's but since then I've been leaning towards making this Lancer a sleeper without cutting the guards, so it's actually appealing to maybe use the 2 pot slide calipers. I assume 294mm rotors need 16's, but I could still make it look sleeper/normal. Not sure 276mm would be enough, but that might fit under 15's. The GTO sumitomo's would be coming from a work mate, rebuilt etc which is why I was considering it. He upgraded to the later GTO brakes from memory. Are there good pads available for those 2 pots?

That did cross my mind, once they give me a total cost of just the parts, I'll ask about the whole thing.

Why not get the whole parts tractor?

Keep an eye on the tard, they do pop up there semi regularly. problem only being they arent listed with model number to refine your search.. just have to browse the under 50hp sections and some of the other areas LOL. but so cool u got something to start from.

When we got it home late that night we shifted just enough stuff to fit it in the shed, but you couldn't walk in there with it... So over the weekend I've had a massive shed tidy up, which gave me floor space to unpack all the boxes out of the car. The kids have been loving the novelty of it, they head out there regularly just to hop over into the back seats and play. Its the screen time location of choice at the moment. Next I decided I needed some of that floor space back and that the easiest way to do that was to fit the physically big and easy to fit parts. So first up was on with the new wheels and tires: No complaints there, they look perfect! Then the new front seat. I have it a pretty thorough vacuum and took it outside to bang as much dust out as I could. It bolted straight in, and is easily good enough for my standards. I'll throw a blanket over it to hide the fades and stains and it will be perfect. Its not got any tears that mess with the integrity of it, the springs are a little saggy, which just makes the car feel even more comically huge when little old me is sitting at the wheel. I also hauled out the manky shitty old carpet. The floor is pretty solid, you can see a little corrosion in the photo above, but its just surface rust where the seam sealer has flaked off. I'll clean that up and re-seal it. I'm thinking that the Montana winter cold has given some of the seam sealers a pretty hard time, as in a few places it is a bit flakey. No photos, but I also changed the oil & filter, filled it up with water, pulled the drain of the fuel tank (was empty) and put 20 litres of Z's green stuff in it.

So because of my brain injuries, I talked myself into buying a tiny tractor. No shit, I've low key wanted a power pony since I was a lad, and this thing is even cooler than a power pony tbh. Its from somewhere between 1985-1991, 800cc 3 cylinder Mitsubishi diesel making a whopping 16hp. The internet says its got 6 forward and 2 reverse gears, but I think that's 3 forward, 1 reverse, but in high and low ratio. And its 4WD too. She's a bit rough around the edges, but seems to be in good nick mechanically. It was owned by a local papermill from new, and was used solely on concrete/tarmac in the paper machine basement and around site. Because of this, it has had a few modifications made to stop functions being used that were not needed, or would ruin something or someone. I knew when I purchased it that the cardan shaft had been removed so that it couldn't be put into 4WD (would not be happy on pavement) and that the 3-point linkage set up was gone (it was only used to tow a trailer) along with the lever that controls the 3-point up down. Its also had the front rims widened to take an industrial spec road tyre (the rims are only 5" wide standard) and it currently has flat, bald forklift looking industrial tyres on the rear. It was cheap enough that I took the gamble on finding the parts needed to reinstate the 4WD, and knew I'd need the correct sized tyres to keep the 4WD happy. What I only just realized is that because they wanted to fit road spec tyres, they have changed the back rims from 18" to 15" (possibly why the cardan shaft was deleted) which really screws up the plan of reinstating the 4WD. Turns out the 18" rims/tyres are not very common either. I was a bit "AWWW FUCK" about the back rim dilemma, but then found a place in Belgium that happens to stock full sets of rims tyres for this unit. But by the time I got them here, they would be the same price as what I paid for the tractor itself. drats. I emailed every tractor wrecker I could find in NZ, and they all came back with nothing. APART FROM ONE PLACE, THAT HAD A COMPLETE TRACTOR, THAT THEY WILL WRECK IF I TAKE ALL THE BITS I ENQUIRED ABOUT, THANK YOU SWEET EIGHT POUND SIX OUNCE BABY JESUS. So I have expressed interest in the following parts: Full set of rims/tyres Full set of 3-point linkage arms Lever to control up/down of 3-point linkage Cardan shaft, UJ's and cover tube thing Ignition barrel and key Front grill Gear knob RPM/hour gauge and cable that runs it If I get all these bits, I'll have a complete fully functional tractor on my hands, and still for a lot less than what they seem to sell for. Pics to come. So far tractor ownership has been an emotional rollercoaster, but things are looking up, for now. Regards, VG.

Lathe is handy, whittled up some 5mm engine mount spacers to fix the exhaust fouling problem and finished fitting the heat shields

I wouldn't mind trying that on my Landy. Is it wipe on wipe off or spray and stay?