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  1. samdash17
    They look alot better on Maggie then sitting in my garage
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    bit of a sad update. looks like the little red austin has finally reached the end after going into it a few days ago and finding the floor soaked ive come to the decision that its just too far gone. but its not all a bad thing ill be stripping and parting the car then scrapping the body but every cent i make is going towards another old school car. does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap old school car? my dream car has always been a mk2 escort but highly doubt i can afford one of them. if anyone needs or wants any parts off this feel free to message me cheers
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    slight update , managed to get 5 stock rims for $50 and ill sell the modern rims that came on the car , all the money i get from those are gonna go towards whatever i decide to do with the engine
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    bit consued really on what to do know took my gearbox to minibits and they said it was perfectly fine , they said may be axles or the shifter so i took those up they were perfectly fine then they said bring the clutch and flywheel set up and they were perfectly fine so not really sure on what to do , best thing to do might be put it back togeather and see if it works ??? not sure what im gonna do as im not really confident to try put the engine back togeather and do all the timing and stuff by myself
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    wasnt actually sure what the problem was with the driveline , you would turn the car on then pit it into gear(not needing to use clutch) and it would just start being louder and shaking but not going anywhere and not moving
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    firstly i cant thank guywithaviators and mbtimr enough for coming round today and helping me take out the engine and pull it apart day of up and downs today really got the engine out and pulled apart , but the diff and gearbox seem to be fine so the cause of the problem still hasnt been found , im gonna take the box to minibits tomorow and get him to have a quick look but is there is a problem it seems to be showing the faite of the car. there is alot of rust and if its gonna be an expsneive repair im going to consider parting the car out and hopefully get another rego/wof car with the money i get from parting it (if my mum lets me part it out in the back yard lol)
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    i think this proves something did grenade itself in the gearbox or diff , should see tomorow when @guywithaviators comes round and we pull the engine and hopefully split the box also i managed to find the wheel key and get the wheels off !
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    i think this proves something did grenade itself in the gearbox or diff , should see tomorow when @guywithaviators comes round and we pull the engine and hopefully split the box also i managed to find the wheel key and get the wheels off !
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    another real good day today working on elmo , finished off the rust fixing on either side now shes all painted , im over the moon for how its come out for my first ever attempt working with class fibre filler and car filler , also have GuywithAviators coming around on monday so we can pull the engine ! also going to try make it to my first old school meet tonight should be fun
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    super productive day today ! got started on the rust and suprisenly did alot more than i was expecting , i used the rust converter , glass fiber filler and car filler from supercheap for all the little holes and patches but am gonna cut out and weld the side skirts on both sides. havnt got round to getting the wheels off yet but ill start cracking on that and finishing the rust tomorow
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    if i cant find a socket that welding a nut thing sounds like my next bet , the nuts and sunk into holes in the wheels so cant really grab onto it with anything
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    good progress today , got the radiator out and took me so long but finally got the carbs out with the help of a spanner cut in half as sugested in the haynes manual , not much left now until i can pull the motor ran across abit of a problem though , dont have the key socket for one of the wheel nuts so idk how im gonna get that off any suggestions? also made a start on some rust repair so ill continue tomorow trying to figure out how to take the intake manifold and exhaust on theres no space for me to get a spanner in there. plus i need a name for the beast , old owner called it elmo not sure if i was keep it or change it up
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    just got this in the mail , shouldnt be long now and the engine should hopefully be out so i can inspect what the problem is
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    i dont know what else it could be , axle are fine clutch is fine everything else is good just doesnt drive lol , i got told when the diff goes in one of these it throws shit into the gearbox iswell so yeah , wouldnt really know what it is until i get the engine out and inspect it all
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    Bad news today... with the help of mtbtimr from the forum we took the fly wheel and clutch off to see if the clutch was the issue but unfortunitly it wasnt.... this means the engine has to come out. Hopefully someone on the forum has a engine crane i could borrow and give me a hand taking the engine out. Also better start looking for a new gearbox and diff, anyone know anywhere i should go ?
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    was bidding on a hayes manual until i got outbid and it would help me out so so much if one of you guys did come round would mean the world to me! hopefully it is a clutch problem because im guessing a diff and a gearbox wouldnt be cheap to fix , can the clutch be done without removing the engine ?
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    that would be so helpful ! would mean so much haha
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    where abouts do i look for that ? sorry im a really new , it makes a complete different sound when i put it into gear if that means anything
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    from what i can see both are connected , the person i brought it off said it did it once while driving so they got it towed home then once they got home it started driving fine again and then after that did this again so they parked it up for the past year and a bit, could it be diff ??????? and quite bad on the a pillar and side sills then just little pieces here and there , quite bad in the door and bonnet but from what i heard that doesnt need to be fixed for a wof????
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    GOOD NEWS-SHE RUNS!!!! well kinda , i had to bottle feed her fuel until she was running enough to start sucking fuel from the tank so she starts and doesnt die step 1 COMPLETE, there is always a but though.... she doesnt drive , the main reason she has been parked for a year and hasn driven there is something wrong in either the diff or gearbox because she just spins and doesnt move , im not sure what the problem is and if i have to go try find a diff or a gearbox but ill need to talk to someone about that as i dont have a clue whats wrong
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    i pulled those little black caps off the other day and they deifinitly looked like they were nice and oily , im gonna try the tips to see if it has fuel when i get home from school
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    yeah i know i was pulling the choke
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    ill try do both of these tomorow if i can get a mate to help me and see how it goes
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    i put some new gas in the tank and even pulled off the on the lines going to the carb which i thought was the fuel line and it looked dry like there was no gas going to it
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    Heres a photo of the engine bay , has twin carbs and been told it had the bearings done in it , if anyone has any information or help it would be much much appreciated as im only learning as i go on this and dont really know a thing
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