chris r

Someone once accused me of being a bush mechanic... I wonder why I went full barry today and made up a vent for the tank. I was trying to work out a way of suspending a hose at the highest point of the tank that was actually going to be achievable. I then realized the tank is not usable as it sits so its as good as fucked so I cant fuck it more right? I drilled a bolt and soldered a piece of brake line in the head, ground and filed down the end so the vent hose would fit and bolted/epoxied it in. Soldered it up, I did it three times in the end, this is the first or second attempt. I didnt have flux so just heaps of thick electronic solder. seemed to hold ok when I dropped it and pried off it I then epoxied a washer onto the bolt and tied a handy bin string to it to pull it through. I did put some expoxy on the washer facing the tank in a attempt to seal it if it isnt perfectly flat. I eyeballed the length of the hard line and it turned out pretty good. There is the ugliness from the outside, it should clear the floor (hopefully) Yes it is rough and a bit shit but you can see at the top of the tank where the sealant didn't quite stick/I didnt get all the rust out, so I am sort of expecting it to fail again at a inconvenient moment but I'll take a gamble after all that work and don't want to spend more money Hindsight says I should of found a s/h tankor gone for a new rock auto one and put it in the van (I found one for cheaper than the por15 kit AFTER I purchased the kit) and not bothered with all this mucking around for a potentially still crappy fuel tank. There is a reason I was given a estimate of 300-400 to clean and seal the tank. Its quite a lot of effort! I think the por15 kit is more intended for the older less baffled carby tanks

Waste of timber doing that. It wooden go very fast

I started sorting/tidying the bolts I had today and found the front engine mount,. That's fitted along with shifter and both driveshafts. Still have to figure out what to do with the fuel tank vent... I am thinking drill a hole in the fuel pump bracket and put some hard line through, yes its not the highest point in the tank but its pretty close. I sorted the brake line mounting today for the front shocks, they are fatter diameter than the old ones so the old brackets wont work. Looks mostly factory from a distance

I started off fitting the power steer cooler lines. I'll probably regret putting the motor in without getting the high pressure line in but that's future chris problem. I got the motor and box in today. That was the easy part. https://flic.kr/p/Tx1iiE Because the gearbox is bigger the rear mount was a fuck around. It took longer to file the Mount to fit than to get the motor in. I ended up chopping it and filing it lots. One of the previous owner stripped one of the front mount bolts and replaced it with what I suspect is a imperial bolt. Guess what I've lost. No idea where I put all the bolts when everything came out. I'll have a tidy tomorrow and see what I can find.

Fuck yeah I got clutch centered on the first attempt and the gearbox went on without a fight for the first time ever. I chucked the starter and loom on as its way easier out of the car. I got the power steer hoses out and the integra b series hose hard line is quite different, I tried to bend the hard line but it was starting to kink. Decided to stop being a jew and get it done nicely. I've dropped both hoses off and hopefully will get a new piece of hose with the integra pump end attached to the shuttle/civic hard line bit spendy but its the best option I can think of. The integra hard line is on top, thats after some bending The pump ends are different too, top Is d series (sohc) and bottom is what I need for my pump

Clutch plate arrived and I installed it today. I've found some koni shocks cheap and they arrived last week. I took them into stocks and got them checked, turns out they have been revalved so score on that. I'll need to get new forks and top hats to fit the larger diameter shock bodies.

It was good to have a ride in this at nats. Bloody good in person

When I did air con we did De gassing for free. Just give aircon places a bell and they should be able to sort you out

Ness is excited to go through the tunnel on the train so well let her do that

Just means that you need a bigger wagon Fair enough, it does fill up fast

Is there room for another +1? Ness should be arriving at the airport at 4.15 ish. Plan is to bus & train from there so no dramas if there isn't space

Makita the front and leave something in the boot

Haha this popped up non my YouTube recommend videos According to that this one is a minter. Here missed a vital test though. Will it do a skid

You spelt drill port wrong man. We got it starting nicely Saturday and on Sunday we had to kill the fuel pump to get it to start. As per the video

Suck through styz? Gotta be a 4 barrel mate

So is the one I pulled out haha. My plans are to get it to a semi road legal state then megasquirt it. It's cool that it's factory but in reality it's a pretty primitive ecu and they are notorious for flooding in stock form. And I want to play with a megasquirt

Oh awesome thanks heaps! Pm incoming. I can't really afford it but it when else will I get a chance to own a rotary. It's pretty cool working on it, everything mechanical is pretty easy to get to, wiring is typical 80s/early 90s hard to reach but it's not horrible. The alloy control arms are lush too. I think it's all a novelty a because rotary and b because I'm used to playing with 'lower' end of the market vehicles or commercial spec

We found a box with some home made circuit board in it and wondered wtf it was. No idea how I found it but turns out it's a fuel cut defender. I don't quite understand the reasoning of them. They say fuel cut can make you go lean which detonates & damages apex seals etc. So you make a device that tells the ecu it has less boost and it then will be running lean causing the same problem... Can anyone elaborate on that? Here is a link for the write up on making your own for series 4 rx http://web.archive.org/web/20050205221712/http://www.fc3s.org/how_tos/electrical/fcd.html

That'd be great but I'll wait until the car is up in Auckland

Don't tempt me. I'd like to but realistically it needs a birthday and lots of stuff double checked and/or replaced. No point in breaking stuff imo

Well said. I want to thank you again for helping & a bed to borrow & sharns etc. So good

Bring a diff mount, bolts and nuts for drive shaft and rear cvs and ill think about it

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

I can't be in two places at once haha All video related complaints can be directed to joe

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