Greenie

Wish my bike was legal :'( 

Right so literally nothing has happened in terms of working on this and it still doesnt have a wof or reg,  but seeing as my daily's wof and reg both ran out the other day I thought I my as well start riding the bike coz if it's the same fine I may as well be having fun on the bike if (when) I get caught... so for now I'm gonna risk it. 

And seeing as I can see my house from work I'm not hella concerned about getting caught so will enjoy it while it lasts 

Being trying to make a dent in this before our baby arrives, pretty much finished stripping the car and have started sanding and cutting out the rust. Doesnt look too bad at this point. Have only found a couple larger areas of rust that I've since cut out, but some spots seem to just be surface rust and a small hole or two so should just be able to clean and weld those ones up. Need to pick up some sheet metal to patch the larger holes. 

Also dug through the box of parts I still had at my parents and found the tin of paint that came with car so stoked on that, I'm hoping its enough once mixed with thinners that I dont have to buy any more colour and only have to get primer and clear. 

Been too lazy to take many photos photos but heres one some rust in the right rear wheel arch, good times

  cheers 

So I've decided to go full send.. as the car isnt running I have a had good look aroundand the orange peal and bubbles of rust are more annoying and more present than first thought. 

Since having it back in the garage I changed the drive shaft yoke over that was kindly gifted (months ago) by @MaxPower(GC) . Was harder to do than first thought but with a little brute force and ignorance I got it done. This was the major thing holding me back after first swapping the engine and now thats done technically it should drive.. BUT not going to bother until later (as bad as that sounds). I want to sort paint and rust out before I do as I'm toying with the idea of rebuilding the OG 2L engine anyway.. was going to price up some one to do it for me but dad thinks between him and me we would be about to do it ourselves cheaper than getting a shop to do it. 

In any case I'm confident I can fix about 98% of the rust myself so I stole a welder and grinder off my old man today and made a start on the tedious process of sanding the car back. I'm hoping it's better than it looks but not holding my breath. Not going to got full bare metal but from what I have done so far it's gonna be a lot of shading to get to the bottom of the orange peal. Also I'm planning on painting it myself, I've been told prep is key and was already in no rush to get this done so I think I should be alright. 

Anyway will update with progress when more is made. Cheers

Today was massive, after a over a yr (just..) and finally having moved into a place with my own garage. I roped in a mate and his car trailer to move my galant from its sorry state (as pictured above) to its new resting place. 

Gave the girl a good bath and put the interior back together before pushing it inside for the day. 

The motivation is strong. So will hopefully get my ass into gear and put some work into her. Keen af to see it back on the road. 

License arrived in the mail today, so that's sorted, holding off on wof until I can afford rego. Found out back in the day I didnt put reg on hold until it was almost a yr out of date so have to back pay a yrs worth as well as put some on when I get around to do it. So I'm trying to resist getting a wof until funds allow me to pay for reg. 

In any case yesterday I did as was suggested aaages ago and painted the tank mount and seat mount the same colour in order to "blend it in"... looks decent.  Now we wait... (might go for some sneaky rides just to calm my itch for it) 

Dont know if this it technically a kei car but this is my grandad's daily. It's a Toyota sera (dont know what yr) picked it up for $500 and restored it a couple yrs back. 

Called dibs if he ever gets to old to get in and out of it . 

Indicators finally arrived last week so fucked around with the mess under the seat and got them all working. Also brought some lame ass reflectors so as far as I'm aware I should be ready for a wof! 

Also went through my old phone and found a photo of the bike when I first go it, and am pretty happy with what I've done

Hopefully sort warrant and license by next weekend and I'll be hitting the road. 

Before 

After

Madden voyage went well, sorted out the ideal and now revs out in all gears  wish I could take it for a longer ride than just around the block but with no reg, no wof, no indicators and no motorbike license I'm not keen on taking it on main roads just yet.. will sort the above as soon as possible so I can take it for a real ride! Sounds beautiful too! 

Repainted the other side cover today ( no orange peel this time "woo" )

Muffler turned up this week so rewrapped the exhaust and fitted it,  had to shoot out to repco and buy and overpriced exhaust clamp to get it done. Finished it and i am stoked, going to fire it up tomorrow and see how it sounds, amped! 

Will hopefully do some "fine tuning" and take it for a blat aswell. 

(Still waiting for indicators, funny how exhaust turned up first even tho it was ordered more than a week after) 

I couldn't help myself.. 

One of the side covers ended up with some shity orange peel finish so will have to buy more paint and repaint it,  but fuck am I happy with the tank!

Managed to get some colour down this weekend, pretty stoked with it. it's pretty much the  exact colour I had in mind but the photos dont really do it justice. Had just enough paint to do the side covers too so should look mint once its dry and back on the bike

Edit:   also ordered an exhaust so hopefully that will be here during the week so I can mock that up. 

I agree I never wanted a black tank and the side covers I'm going to decide on once I've painted the tank and either do the same colour or in gloss black instead of flat.  

Tank progress for today, will choose a colour and hopefully finish prep and paint by end of the week. 

Been trying to chip away at things while waiting for my indicators, have two but still need two more then I'll get into that.  

Fucked around and painted my sidecovers black, looks alright but cant decide if I like it yet. Also started hunting for dents in my gas tank so I can move onto painting it. 

Also my new gas cap turned up this week, not too exciting but I lost the key to my old one after years of not needing it and when it came time to put fresh gas in the ignition key didnt fit and so I resorted to jamming a screwdriver in the lock and breaking it open. So yeah a new one was in order. 

1 hour ago, Pee Dubs said:

Sweet GN, certainly a big improvement on stock.

Big improvement in the garage department too!

Haha cheers,  living with the inlaws now who are big into motorbikes and were nice enough to  let me bring mine along and store it in their garage

Shiiiiit it's been too long since I've posted anything but with out going into reasons as to why the most important thing to know is its 98% ready to go for a wof,  not finished but ready for wof.. 

It runs and rides! Breaks bleed, oil changed and everything now works except the indicators, the old plastic ones had perished so while I wait for the new ones to turn up I've only got little tidy up shit to do.  Then its go time!

Would go into what was done since I last posted but all I have to say is letting things sit for long periods of time is never good for it... 

Cheers fellas 

Thanks for that, its much appreciated ill have to post ask on there later.  Would i just ask for a gearbox yoke off a L300 with the smaller drivesharft connection? (Just so i know im asking for the right thing) thanks again

8 hours ago, MaxPower said:

think the easiest to find gearbox yoke for you to find would be to go to pick a part and find a yoke off a L300 van , some of them ran the yoke you need. you need the larger shaft with the smaller driveshaft end bit. they are out there.

any plans on garage storing her?

Thanks, ill have to have a hunt around because there is no pick a park in hastings/napier so ill have to find a local wreckers.  Ha and yeah as soon as we get into a house of our own itll be in the garage, my dad just doesnt think its "worthy" of a space in his sheds as it would mean sacrificing one of his cars

I was lucky enough to see my old girl while i was up at my parents for Christmas. She is looking very neglected and i think my dad has become as keen as i am for me to take possession of it again... Bring on 2018! 

I had thought of doing the big bore kit on my 88 gn250 but found most of them specify that they're for 90's and up models so decided not to. And had the same though as Chris R, just make it how you want it and upgrade to a more powerfull bike later. 

Cheers fellas, i think option 2 will be the go as im sure itll be easier to find the L200 driveshart at a wreckers or something? Do you know if its an easy job to change the gbox end of the driveshafts over?? Or would i need someone to cut and weld it? 

Yeah i was to its out of an L200, it was already out of the car when i brought it so not 100%

And found that out thenhard was so no its at a stand still  

Rightio well since my last post on this thing alot has changed for me so progress on all my builds has been at a stand still. Have moved to a different town and in my new living situation it hasnt been possible to bring it with me in its current state along with not having somewhere practical to store or work it..  But ive been trying to do my research on what i need to do in order finish it off once i finally able to bring it down to where i am. 

Everything in regards to the engine is ready to go, the only thing thats holding me back is the drive sharft.. the one off the sigma doesnt fit the back of the 4g54's gbox so i need to figure out what the next step is and im at a loss.. from what i can guess i need to find a drivesharft that will fit the box and get the yoke swapped onto my old drivesharft so that its the right length and fits onto the diff.  but as to what donor cars will have the right sized yoke im not sure.. so if any of you car gods out there have ideas on what i can do to remedy my problem i would deeply appreciate youre advice and help!  

Thank you in advance!