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You'll end up with a boot full of water, looked at the weather forcast lately? 

I'm mostly set. Nabed my dads MS112 as it should be more comfortable and reliable than my golf all be it more thirsty. Jonny what's the go with BBQ at yours? Want me to grab anything on my way into town? 

If anyone desperately want info/pic of the cars there I don't mind diverting there on my way to Cromwell on the 20th.

The more cruzin the merrier. My round trip is creeping up towards 1500km and the Crown coupe only gets 20 mpg.  

For me it was a quick fix that has become semi permanent. the hardest part of changing the thermo switch aside from getting your hands on the right one is not cracking the tank. 30 year old plastic that had gone hot/cold is very brittle.

17 minutes ago, h4nd said:

Any clues on how to shiny up an aluminium cherry pitter / garlic press that I accidently on purpose put through the dishwasher?

Acid / nickel salts bath / DC?

Many hours with wet/dry and a buffer 

For not touching the metal surface I've had good results with paint stripper. You want to hang the frame up and shower it in really nasty, and I mean knock out an elephant with a wiff nasty, paint stripper. Coopers works well. Then water blast off after leaving it to sit for a bit. Scotch bright can be used to polish up the metal surface a bit 

It doesn't surprise me your fan is on a manual switch as the thermo switches on those pack up quite often. Both mine and my brothers ones are on manual dash switch. the water pumps on the 058 block are also known to die and produce crap water flow. chances are you're radiator is half blocked also. My crown wagon randomly tried Chernobyling itself on one day, took the radiator to get flushed and they said it was very blocked and they were surprised it was cooling up until then. I can do the same trick I did to my brothers one and rewire it to run a stand alone circuit with a 2 stage switch on the dash if you want. You'll have hi and lo speed but you'll have to remember to keep an eye on the temp gauge and turn it off when you shut the car off.   

As far your oil burning goes put a liter of Morey's heavy duty oil stabilizer in it with the next oil change. I used this in a 40% mix for a Camry which burnt enough oil to be considered 2 stroke. bit of Morey's reduced the consumption by 2/3. 

     http://www.moreyoil.co.nz/moreys-heavy-duty-oil-stabilizer/

Here sir. 

If mr 808 is happy with us cluttering up his yard for a couple nights then I'm down for a Sunday cruise. 

I can pick up a steady surplus of beverages on my way down. 

Thought I'd do the same Jonny. It was good to meet you at Karl's. Whats the deal with the show? I'm about to enter my car. should we all roll up together to be next to each other? I'm probably going to rolling in my golf as the crowns engine went poof. I could try and nab the keys to dad's crown coupe from my brother. 

Can someone's get Ritchie to drop me a PM. I might have a couple tyres that need to go to Blenheim if they have room. 

What is the name of the guy in Auckland? 

23 minutes ago, Alfashark said:

Are you trying to start it without the ignition barrel/switch and the instrument cluster?

If so, that won't work as the immobiliser is part of that and will stop it firing/running.

ah, i thought seeing as it had an aftermarket one in it that wouldn't be a problem. i'm not using the guage cluster/ key just putting power directly to the respective circuits.   

Help! I need somebody,
Help! Not just anybody,
Help! You know I need someone, help.

I'm banging my head against a wall at the moment. I'm trying to get my 1.8t engine started out of the car for testing and the bastard wont start. No spark, No fuel out the injectors, Nothing.  

This is my wiring diagram

http://vwts.ru/electro/wd_p_98.pdf

the engine stuff is page 18 and 19.  I've powered up all the wires shown to come from the relay panel and am kicking the starter over by putting 12v on the solenoid. I have power at the coils and injectors and I've tested the injectors for operation.  

the engine is an 1.8 Turbo AEB out of a Passat. Any help is appreciated and if someone could come round and point out the mistake I have made that would be awesome.    

2 minutes ago, kiwi808 said:

ive just booked to stay at that top 10 place.

 

so where are we meeting? What's the address that kind of lark.

hahaha

I just messaged Karl about that. I might be able to run off with a tractor for heavy lift purposes if he is not too far from me. 

1 month in of driving. The gearbox is making bad noises, the carb is not working properly but running in a reasonable AFR range so its ok, all the door and heater vent seals leak and it fills up water, IT IS SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW. 45kw makes it no rocket ship. Time to change that.

  Watch This Space...

Count me in Karl, I can bring some of snap-on's finest leaver bars to brake stubborn fixings. 

This weekend is getting better and better.

I think BBQ/camping at Mr808's and rolling into Cromwell a bit hung over the next morning sounds like a plan. I can sleep in the crown but I think ill throw a tent in with the golf. I could attempt to steal a cow from the farm across the road and burn that if needed. 

Do we have any fixed plans for Saturday or is it make it up as we go? 

Well munch golf gearbox started making bad noises on the way to 4z and rotors. I'll try shut it up over Christmas. Lots of MBL8. Anyway I'll need to take up someone's offer of accommodation. I'll have tools in the car so I can help fix your car while I'm there.

More legit way would be to get grape wash (was told its left over from making wine?), old work made a washer that sprayed that on as a pre wash then some sort of neutralising wash after, if you've seen the apl direct grey trucks that's what keeps them shiney

http://www.pacer.co.nz/product-group/4/category/15

I like the sound of this stuff and less than $20 sounds good

Man and I thought my floor cleaner trick was laziness.

Alright then. Sit down, buckle up, and put a cork in it 'cause this is gonna be one hell of a ride to a clean car.

Step 1: Your going need a dirty car.

9/10 times its going to be yours but you might be feeling generous or evil (take your pick) use your mates car for this exercise.  I'm driving my mk2 golf to 4z tomorrow so it's the lab rat. Its best to do this in the shade but I did it in the sun because that's where the tap and power point was 

Step 2: Assemble some items.

You'll need to find a water blaster with a detergent pickup, heavy duty industrial citrus cleaner, wash n wax, and a bucket/ large jug. optional items include a sponge, chamois cloth, and tire shine.

NB. Photo not of actual items.

Step 3: Hook up the water blaster and start blasting!

 Blast all the dirt and road nastyness off. Now is also a good time to blow all the moss growing on the rubbers away with high pressure water (yes I had to do that). Don't forget the wheel wells. If you're game you can include the engine bay in this too. 

Step 4: Shower the car in citrus cleaner

Use the detergent pickup on the water blaster, crank the ratio up to full (In my case it was 5%) and spry the entire car several times and leave to soak for a couple minutes. We use this stuff at about 10% to clean the workshop floor and if you're not careful it can take paint off so don't leave it on too long. The cirrus should remove any tar, bugs, brake dust, stubborn dirt, grease, oxidized paint and loose clear coat. At this stage you can wipe the car with a sponge to really get a good clean but that takes time and removes the touch free element. I'd probably keep this away from your alternator or any electrics if your car is EFI. 

 

Yay one of my car.

 

Step 5?: Rinse the car.

Flick the water blaster back to high pressure and have at it. Those with common sense will focus on the dirty bits like bugs on the front and dirt on the sides. Those without common sense do whatever and let me know how you get on.  

 

Step 6: Wash n wax time 

Mix up a solution of wash n wax. I put a glug in a large jug and added a liter and a bit of water. Then repeat step 4 but switch out the citrus of wash n wax solution and keep going until the container runs dry. This mainly gets rid of any citrus residue and adds a bit of shine. Nothing like a bit of shine on your engine. Once again you can wipe the car bla bla bla. 

 

 

No its not the same photo

 

 

This Better?

    

Weeeeak???

I'll put mine in too. Either golf or crown depending on what's going.