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  1. We tidied the engine plumbing and it didn't start. Plugs were dry.... Turns I put the fuel lines on wrong. Fixed that and it ran again. We started to diagnose why it wouldn't turn off. In the process I swapped some plugs and we wasted two hours wondering why nothing worked. Checked the drive shaft and rear cvs 3 out of 4 bolts ain't bad. Drove it out and went to fill the gearbox and it was full I have to remember not to let off the starter too soon
    10 points
  2. I often spend time building stuff, i find it quite relaxing and gets me out side. I started building shit years ago with the odd subwoofer enclosure to full boot installs, now i own a home so its cabinets, fences and my most recent - an Activity Table for the kids. I went a bit overboard and made this waaaaay more complicated than it could have been. I started in SketchUp where i went through a few design iterations and eventually settled on this; I then tested how it would go together by printing a prototype with a 3D Printer. I was glad i did this as there were a few things that needed changing - mainly i added hidden legs to support the table more. All the sizes & angles came from the SketchUp model and turned out pretty well. I did need to use a little bog because my cutting tolerances were not that precise. you can see the hidden leg supports if you look closely. I let the kids chose the colours for the table, was pretty fun as i just sat them in front of the computer and tried different colours in SketchUp until they were happy. Then off to bunnings for a few test pots. I think it turned out really well, kids love it and use it every day - its bloody heavy though and i dont think i will build something that retarded again.
    10 points
  3. To continue with the theme of not finishing any of the utes sub- projects before moving on to another, today I decided to clean up and repair the leather Audi seats so they are ready for installation (even though the rest of the vehicle isn't, lol) Research was done and I did my best while also being extremely cheap. Firstly the seats were given an extremely through cleaning using an old toothbrush and soapy water to get human filth out of all the stitching, seams and cracks. Just this made a huge difference which is hard to show via pics. Before After Next I got a $6 bottle of liquid shoe polish. It is NOT like shoe nugget- this is a thin black liquid that dries and will not rub off- more of a dye. Multiple layers of this were applied to each cracked area- allowed to soak for a short while and then rubbed off with a rag (so it pretty much only remains in the cracks and damage) Before After So the cracks in the color layer are still there- they just don't stick out like they used to. Next up was this hole in the driver's side bolster. This side is pretty fucked and I always said I'd get it replaced properly....But reality says NO right now. Here's the hole. So I copied some instructional videos for $100 repair kits and made a backing patch out of vinyl. I trimmed the hole up a bit cleaner and stuffed the vinyl in there with the cloth surface facing out so the adhesive had a nice surface to bond. Next I grabbed a tube of trusty simpson panel/chassis adhesive and squeezed some out onto cardboard. I agree this is a strange choice of poo BUT in my defence- I know it sticks to EVERYTHING extremely well, it remains flexible when cured AND it is easily painted. I used a flat blade screwdriver to push glue between the vinyl and leather and pushed the leather down as hard as I could. Then I filled the depression with adhesive and smoothed it out as best I could using a rag soaked in thinners. I tried to stipple the surface so it wasn't glossy smooth. Once that was cured I used my finger to apply some cheap black paint. This was WAY WAY WAY WAY more effective than I expected and after a damn good rubbing have established it's pretty durable too! Not perfect but you wouldn't know it's there unless you look really closely! So after a through coating with leather conditioner cream here's the end result.. I'm EXTREMELY happy with how they came out
    9 points
  4. I did a bit of engine bay cleaning of the S5 in the downtime. But it was actually really fun getting this going. Super glad it actually ran (not that i didn't think it would) Cherry on top was getting it drivable and doing some skids. Jeah.
    7 points
  5. Almost finished! Bores have cleaned up without any defects. Ports look a fraction off on some of the bores though so hopefully I can cut some valve seats that work! Not going to lie, its quite exciting!
    6 points
  6. There are a few things in life that are never big enough...ummm yeah, well that too... But other than wishing I was hung like Dirk Digler, a mobile workbench was pretty high up on the list. Something to store tools in, be able to roll around, and assemble stuff on top of. But at around $4000 to buy one, it only left two options for someone like me...make one, or go without. So I'm making one: Collection of 3 draw filing cabinets. I cut about 60mm off the total height of each one. It would have been way to high otherwise. Some were also 4 draws, this didn't matter as I just cut them down to match the size of the others. Next was to mig weld all 5 cabinets together. I stich welded them around the edges. Then made up an angle iron base that it will sit in. 8 caster wheels were added to support the weight. Yes this is epic over engineering...but they are cheap, so I don't see any negatives in this. And paint time... Mounted on roller chassis. It wheels beautifully! All the casters are the type with brakes, so it can also be locked if you don't want it to move. Draws painted And assembled....Boom!!!! Pretty happy with it for the money. Basic cost breakdown: Filing cabinets off Trademe total $70 Caters x8 total $106 Steel $50 Paint $77 Grand total $303 Not bad considering the cost of anything remotely similar is $3000 - $4000. My brother makes kitchens, so the top is on order from his scrap pile. So it will be a freebie for me. But it's still very usable as it for now:-) Kj
    5 points
  7. So yeah, picture less update for max who cares. I left the work shop at 8.30pm on Friday, old motor sitting back in the hole, bolted in with no manifolds. Finished up about 2 the next day after just general fluffing around. So then took it for a decent test drive. To my surprise this motor doesn't have ba blown head gasket lol. As said in my discussion thread, this motor had only been driven about 60km last time it was in. So yeah test drive good, what a surprise it also has oil pressure lol. And uses all the gas. And is actually slow up hills. But you get that with a 2litre designed in world War one. And Mourning Cupcake took it for a drive to go see steelies today so she could learn the ins and outs of driving it, as she will be driving it solo to nats as I will be taking the c20. She did good job. So yeah, just wanna swap the bench seat over. Might struggle that tomorrow after work.
    5 points
  8. Took the van for an inspection on Thursday, was told it needed front rotors and tie rod ends. So I went and got that plus a set of pads and started working on it yesterday. The previous owner/mechanic had stripped out the T55 torx bolts on the caliper slide (some of these are 18mm hex's depending on what Chevy felt that week). Broke the tip off of my T55 socket on one of them . Played with the calipers a bit and decided they weren't moving nicely, slides and pistons were sticky, and that the old pads were cracked/glazed, probably from the caliper not moving and overheating. Decided to do full calipers as well, so I had my buddy Ben who works at Napa drop by with calipers and gave me a hand bleeding them; its good to have friends. Took about 4hrs but the front is done. Put anti-seize on the lug studs and hub body to keep it from rusting together like these like to do. Hopefully the next owner appreciates that. Pad with a crack in it... Done: Decided to look at the rears. The drivers side had a stuck slide, so the rear is getting a full brake job as well. Will do that tomorrow when parts come in.
    5 points
  9. Oh we also made a clutch pin for the slave out of a Datsun clutch master rod. I made a code checker too, got a bit carried away and put it in a enclosure and made it plug in etc. The only code we got today was tps and that was because it wasn't plugged into the correct plug
    5 points
  10. I also am too cheap to spend $8 per pin for the door hinges so machined some high tensile bolts to the right length and diameter and grooved them to take a tiny c-clip. Then heated them up really hot and dipped into waste oil to blacken em. No idea how well this will last or protect from rust but YOLO it was cheap.
    4 points
  11. Nothing too exciting going on with this. just working my way through all the stuff in the way, to get the extra up travel. Driver side engine mount got chopped off and new one made higher up to clear the top link. Alternator had to go as well. will use a fwd bracket to move it up. a new inlet on the water pump should make it work with the rwd pump. Last thing giving me drama is one of the steering links and the the sump. if can get another 30mm clearance between the 2, this will be max up travel on bumpstops. kinda lost count but got around 3 inch more up travel than the leaves other than that just been welding... bottom chassis link mounts are on for good. i forgot to drill the lightweight hole in this one. Crossmember was way too much to weld with tig, and was to lazy to drive an hour to my old boys to use mig. Arc it was. still got a little work to go on it
    4 points
  12. Lol I too had this problem when I got my 2j running in crown. Wasn't sure if it was my wiring or something back charging, but a relay wired into the injector power feed fixed it. Good job. Bet goat got nothing done on his cars lol
    3 points
  13. Awesome!!!! I love this sort of money saving. I always look at tool chests that cost anything over several hundred to thousands and wonder who would spend that sort of money on a bloody tool box on wheels. Rich folk I guess. Good job man. Looks so tidy! You blatantly need a bright red F40 to park in there for sweet photos.
    3 points
  14. Yeah keen for a non long weekend mission, long weekends also mean loads of garbage traffic to deal with
    3 points
  15. Link to Discussion Thread Hello team, Thought I would start up a project thread for my old Range Rover project. It all started with my parents vehicle choices. They had a bunch of rad old cars (most all sold now unfortunately) from Triumph TR2's & 6's, split window Kombi's, old Mercedes and Jags and a bunch of old english motorbikes. The ones that really got me were the Land Rovers. It must have been the family holidays bouncing around the back in the SIIa Dormobile camper or their old Range Rover. Anyhow, long story short, I have a couple now that I am working on that you will see in the following posts but this will mostly be for the 1971 Rover. This truck is Masai Red and was brought over from the UK in 1973 and then sold to the chap I got it off in the same year. They used it regularly to pull their jet boat and horse floats up until around 2000 when they purchased a diesel vehicle and parked the rover in a shed. During their ownership around the mid 80's they added the stripe down the side, re trimmed the interior and wrapped the C pillar in vinyl to make it look like a later model one ( it should be painted to match the body colour like in the first photo). As it sat in the shed, untouched for around 18 years! I purchased it of them around November last year and have been slowly chipping a way at it ever since. Great thing as it was shed stored it is pretty rust free but I will need to do the sills for a WOF. Another bonus is that the registration is still on hold! Bunch of small jobs done (coolant and radiator flush with all new hoses, new distributor, coil and condenser and a few other bits needed to crank an engine that hasn't moved in so long.) Good progress this weekend, Leak in the coolant system sorted and clutch bleed and we now have it moving under its own steam! Still a long way too go... Next weekends job is replacing the old discs and pads and some of the brake lines and look at giving it a bit of a tune.
    2 points
  16. After a bit of a yarn at the Oldschool Monthly Meet last night, it seems like a great idea to run another one of these. To give those of you who didn't attend the last one an idea of what is involved, here is the previous thread: We travel from Auckland down to Hamilton on the 30th of April, attend Midnight Upholstery's Open Day, visit the Hamilton classic car 'Classics Museum' and the associated swap meet that will be occuring on its grounds. The classics Museum Swap Meet is a $5 entry per person but children under 15 or those who look younger than 15 like chees- are free. There is a wide range of food available including the Diner themed restaurant at the Classics Museum itself, a BBQ at Midnight upholstery which is less than five minutes away or a wide range of Waikato culinary delights including Waikato Draught, pies and McDonalds. And some decent food too puhuhu. Since the drive from Auckland to Hamilton is probably the shittiest drive in the country IMO, we could always meet at the Drury BP and take one of several alternative routes to Hamilton including: - Turning off SH1 at Pukekohe, cutting across through Tuakau and heading south through Pukekawa on SH22. Then heading East back to SH1 through Glen Murray along Glen Murray road. This road and the area south of Tuakau are good driving roads with a lovely bush scenery and plenty of hills, corners and straights. This route would see us rejoin SH1 at Rangiriri. - Turning off SH1 at Pokeno, heading South through Pukekawa on SH22 but continuing even further South through Naike, crossing the border into the Waikato shortly after and then turning East onto Hetherington road and joining SH1 back at Huntly - Turn off SH1 at Rangiriri, Head South through Rotongaro, Glen Afton and Glen Massey, thenheading into Hgaruawahia and on to Hamilton. Or feel free to suggest another route. There are roads to the East of SH1 but they aren't as entertaining or enjoyable to drive through as the ones on the West as suggested above. But I am open to feedback as it's all about what you guys and girls want. Link to the Hamilton Swap Meet: http://classicsmuseum.co.nz/events A bit about Midnight Upholstery (64Vauxhall's business): https://www.facebook.com/midnightupholsteryltd/?fref=ts
    2 points
  17. I have a nice one I got from a glass place, its filled with normal cooking oil but a bit of kerosene works well to, it will cut curves, I saw someone cut an laminated Isuzu windscreen with a router on youtube.
    2 points
  18. Just dumping a few of my projects from the last year on here. Most come under the category "pointless yet fun"... A mate I work with (civil engineer, genius who designs bridges) showed me this YouTube clip: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0 I couldn't help myself, so with a little bit of tinkering in the shed...3hrs later I whipped this bad boy up. I left it wrapped in gift wrap with a giant bow on his desk...he was blown away, which made me very happy. Yes, it is impossible to ride. Yes, guaranteed to make a total cock out of yourself, and yes pointless yet fun It got noticed and found its way onto TV3, which was cool. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2016/03/riding-a-backwards-bike-should-be-easy-right.html Our next mission is to leave it in public places in the hope some shit bag tries to steel it...we'll be over the road in a pub watching the big fail - should be priceless! Kj
    2 points
  19. Shithole eh. Embarrassed to show this, sort of a legacy of working on umpteen projects when time poor, and... just not putting shit away... (not proud) Spent most of Fri evening and all Sat tidying up, took a load of junk to the tip, a fish bin of extra tools to charity shop, made drill holders, bought an extra 3 drawer chest, stored stuff logically - and actually have a bench again... and used said bench to have a go at setting up the upper control arms. It was a bitch, had to try to screw pivot caps in without binding up the coarse threaded bush, while keeping it centred. Eventually managed it by screwing each side in a third of a turn at a time, and levering the bush through its range of movement to make sure it was moving ok. Got there in the end though, had to press these splined bolts in once happy with it, so no going back... Also got to use my new (to me) vintage vice, an old Record 75 engineers model I'm very pleased with, I'll restore it when I get a chance...
    2 points
  20. All the under the bonnet stuff is tidied up. Haven't taken many pics, just this one mid job. It's not perfect, but it's cleaner, and that's all i'm aiming for until I have the urge/time/tools to pull the engine out and do it all properly. The wiper motor is off getting rebuilt at the moment with mr Ron Wood
    2 points
  21. He moved the other tang and put oil in the van. I found the remnants of a bag of weed in the glove box too, I found a farm rego label in the glovebox from 2010
    2 points
  22. Has anyone on OS ever had this issue (a car that won't turn off) before? Usually it's the other way round, hahs
    2 points
  23. Hold the phone in landscape for fucks sake. That better not have been Joe filming that. Other than that though, fuck yeah, good work, congrats, yay, etc!
    2 points
  24. Get the one with the diamond or carbide bits, ie not the cheap stuff. Use a bit of wood or similar as a straight edge. Lay glass on flat surface with the bit you want to remove overhanging from the surface. Hit the bit you want to remove with the handle end of the glass cutter and it should break free (make sure to hold it while doing this or you might lose your feet)
    2 points
  25. It'll more than likely be the diaphragm in the mechanical fuel pump that has gone bad and is letting the fuel into the oil
    2 points
  26. Easy way to check without searching would be to turn it off and wait 1, 3 or 5 minutes.
    2 points
  27. Made some changes to the annealer over the last few months, started with a solid state relay so I could run a 48V powersupply with the added benefit of not needing the FETs for switching, improved the cooling system and made minor tweaks to the coding. Running off a sheet of ply wasn't too nice so I planned to make a timber box to tidy the whole lot up, while looking for supplies, a red toolbox caught my eye for a much fairer price, after drilling a few holes and some offcuts of acrylic, there we go, almost pro looking! There are a few wires missing from this shot, and I still need to organise the dropout chute in the front for finished cases, oh and add speed holes so the cooling fan can actually draw air!
    2 points
  28. Picture time. I forgot to take pictures but got some. First thing was to sort out the lack of battery clamps. Easily fixed Joe convinced me to use gasket paper instead of the ht lead box or rtv. Turned out ok We popped out to supercheap and I splashed out on some caps for the unused vacuum ports instead of using bolts and hoses. The lower rad cap was leaking and it turned out to be a split of ring, I'm too tight to pay $8 for a new one so on fitting with the theme of the motor rebuild I made this We have reinstated the idle? Motor or air bypass valve and swapped the rangi fuel setup with factory stuff. It was great having the adjustme reg so we could see the pump wasn't working properly and then the fact that the pump had 5v to it. I've written up a quick list for tomorrow, everything is easy enough except figure out why the ignition stays on even after we unplug the ignition switch. I'm genuinely surprised at how easy and nice to work on this is. Plugs have been pulled many times and we have had the manifold off heaps of times. Same with the fuel rail and injectors.
    2 points
  29. Drove 5min to the second hand shop, bought a bloodhound gang cd. Then proceeded to drive 80km round trip through whitemans valley. Went well besides the fact the jets are a tad big given this motor is 2l verse the 2.8 So it will fucking do. Just need to swap over bench seat and should be gravey
    2 points
  30. with the right amount of booze and narcotics, Oldschool member Shavenyak can ride one of these, as I have seen him do it on a Raleigh 20 version. so much lol.
    2 points
  31. I will probably attend the tour de oil leaks
    2 points
  32. It takes a couple of seconds. But you will get the idea. Anyway jeeze guys stop spamming
    2 points
  33. Mate, wagon time is no crime.
    2 points
  34. Like last time club welcome to stop at mine for refreshments
    2 points
  35. makes the same sense as 2 grinders, one for cutting, t'other for grinding. 'cos i get really fucked off swapping discs all day.............. when i play in my toybox !!
    2 points
  36. I could be wrong but I seem to recall a aussie injecting BBQ gas in his +t td42 patrol with good results
    2 points
  37. I don't think you're ready for wagon ownership with that type of attitude mayte.
    2 points
  38. Had some nice weather here, so got some of the panels painted. Iv decided to go gloss white. It will suit the more original look im after. Everything car related iv done is all just self taught over the years. Always trying to improve and get better. Restoring cars is just a hobby of mine.
    2 points
  39. As promised... look at that paint dry.... Battery box is all done. Forgot to take photo of wooden lid and a strap to hold it down, made from the nylon belt from some old endura bike shorts. I knew it would come in handy one day.. I couldn't resist..I had to cut open the filter for a look. Wow.. Ok.. so yeah.. that'll be a bit blocked then... I refitted the tank, added a new line so now the fuel rail return runs straight to the main tank and the overflow from the surge tank runs into the other new tank fitting. I ran the system through to clean it before connecting to main rail feed. Started car.. ooohhh. Much quieter and seems a bit smoother. Popped the car outside and plugged the laptop in. Watched it warm up and waited till it was off the warm up enrichment. Idle was tad out so a tweek here and there. Its better but more importantly it should remain consistant. I still have the lean out idle surge in the first half minute after starting the hot engine when its been sat a while. I have suspected for a while that this might be due to heatsoak from the hot bay/radiator area into the inlet pipe where the inlet temp sensor sits. Maybe it sees a much higher temp and alters the mixture? I dont know? The temp sensor is plastic bodied and insulated from the alloy by some foam. Hmmm. I need to work this out as its annoying. Some one suggested ages ago to turn off the 'use inlet temp at startup' feature.. but that would only affect the fist startup and few seconds after? Its starts fine as is, hot or cold, but just starts to stumble up and down for a half minute. Any ideas? You can tell me here... Anyway.. I decided that the car was a bit dirty and was due a wash. The evening was warm so Kevin the cat and I gave it a clean. Kevin actually only played in his bowl of water, chasing sticks. I cleaned the car. I might even apply some wax on it in the morning since its so clean...
    2 points
  40. The big rush was to get the new engine up and running as I'll be competing at the Leadfoot Festival this weekend 2 more days to go Come and say Hi if you're down at Hahei this weekend
    2 points
  41. Late last year I saw a certain rx7 advertised, wanted it, talked to friends and they said get it. I made a decision, slept on it, slept on it again. Had a week away to see reason and paid for it. It is joe/goats fc3s rx7. Here is his excellently written ad & some pictures I think I'm a sucker for punishment and I'm blaming the brain injury for making another project when everything else I own needs something doing on it a good idea. And I think I like cars that people hate? No space, no money (now) a trademe rtv rebuild rotary that hasn't run properly in years. What could possibly go wrong? After a few delays I made it down to Wellington, because brain injury I can't organise a piss up on a brewery. I arrived at Wellington airport and forgot my aunty & uncles address and while working out where to go and how to get there almost forgot about my bags. Caught a train and I'll be meeting Joe soon and we'll get some more parts and see what we can do. I have ordered new plugs and leads, made a diagnostic connector and got a new coolant temp sensor in the (misguided overly optimistic) hope it may help the flooding issues. No new pictures yet but I'll try remember to take some.
    1 point
  42. Not really, cos i spent the whole weekend working on this!
    1 point
  43. Yeah they ideally need a proper clean & test. When I get it to Auckland I'll pull then out again Of scans of wiring diagrams would be great please and thank you I got a picture of the radio for you too
    1 point
  44. https://www.motormag.com.au/features/1503/mid-engine-holden-rodeo-track-monster Stumbled across this. Didn't know where to post it.
    1 point
  45. So a few hours in we have found * plugs were worn - replaced then and the leads. * fuel pressure was low. Pump has 5volts to it. Smashed a battery in the back which sorted that. * it's now only flooding on the front rotor. Double checked injector wiring and it's ok. We will pull out and test the injectors. Update. Pulled the primary injectors out and one was wet. Tested them by blowing in and tapping them across the battery. Some were completely blocked and some had old fuel shit in them. Slammed two good ones in, cranked it and it tried to start killed power to the fuel pump and it started!
    1 point
  46. yea the pommy guy was next to me at the stop sign and asked if i was going to a show or a club meet in my car. i say yea and he asked me if there were going to be any Escorts to look at and i told him more than likely so they followed me up. nice enough fullahs.
    1 point
  47. Multi pass? Edit yay a new page So work was quite today, and had arranged to have this car at work for the weekend so i could do oil pump swap and try figure out what the fuck was going on. Anyway as said, work was quite, so got it on the hoist, dropped steering bits and got the sump off and oil pump out. After alot of diagnosing between us, we compared the old pressure relief valve spring to the new one. new one was deff longer and had more tension. Concluded that this was most likely the issue and that the relief spring had lost tension over time. Magic So the sump is back on now with a new gasket, just letting that seal up over the evening and will be back here tomorrow morning with new oil and see what the deal is. tho, was thinking while its on the hoist, it might be a bit rude NOT to remove a quarter of a coil off the front springs. So that might happen haha. I'm a little bit gutted my sedan isn't ready to drive yet, as Tomorrow would have been the perfect day for building the exhaust. oh Well
    1 point
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