daveyc123

On 05/02/2024 at 23:09, yetchh said:

 

 

Yeah bro, I didn't realise you were on the forum. Last I knew you had Chris doing some repairs and he told me what had happened, Really sorry to hear  man and fingers crossed you're able to get some sort of mobility back. If I was still crimes I would defo have been there to help out.

 

 

Chris is a good man! I'm absolutely over the moon with the work he done.

I really appreciate that

On 03/02/2024 at 23:57, yetchh said:

 

Hi mate, you worked for Trevor Hone right? 

 

I sure did, and you worked for Mark?

On 01/02/2024 at 12:47, MightyJoe said:

I spose I should commit at this point lol.  I'll be there at 12(ish)

Do younwant me to bring my bbq incase? 

I'm taking the ute anyway with jacks, axle stands(1 set) drive on ramps, a few sets of spanners, socket sets and if I can lift it, my toolbox with various swap meet quality hand tools. Tbh, i reckon we'll smash it out. It doesn't need much. But would be nice to re pack bearings, check brakes, And get the engine running nice on some fresh fuel for a wof. 

That all sounds great! The barbecue would be handy but not essential.

Hi guys, really looking forward to Sunday. Can I get a rough idea on numbers? So I know how many burger patties to Make and how much beer to buy.

Everybody is welcome! If you can't spin a spanner you can just hang out and have a burger and beer!

Really looking forward to meeting everyone

Hi guys, I want to say a huge thank you to all of you and especially Joe. This means so much to me.
I will supply beer and food!

I'm really looking forward to this it will be great to see some progress on the car and form some friendships.

Thank you so much

Long time no update.

The car is currently having the rust repairs done!  This is ( or should be) the last big hurdle. 

Last year I took the car to a mechanic as it wasn't quite running as well as I thought it should be. There were a few issues which have now been sorted. Part of this process involved having the cylinder head rebuilt. Most of my issues ultimately came down to wear in the distributor shaft.  Luckily Oldschool GC Will had that rebuilt for me and the car is running incredibly well now. 

I'm hoping to pick the car up in a few weeks. Then give it a quick once over and make sure everything's working as it should, get the new window rubbers fitted, change the gear box oil then take it for a pre wof check. I can't imagine that it'll need to much doing. So I have genuine hopes of it being on the road by the end of summer...... we'll see!

Thanks for the reply, I'll contact them.

Hey guys, my car is finally going in for rust repairs. I need it trailered as it's not road legal. 

Does anyone have a trailer and want to earn a few $$$ ?

It kinda seems uneconomical to hire a trailer and find a suitable tow vehicle. So was just wondering if anyone has a set up for this?

I could tow it on a rope as it starts and stops etc. I just get paranoid about these things. 

Cheers guys

10 minutes ago, Adoom said:

Just for the on hold bit... Don't listen to that guy at work. You have to keep renewing the 'on hold'. If you don't, you will get a bill from NZTA for unpaid rego from the date the hold ended. This happened to me. 

AFAIK, to change the rego class, you just tick a different box on the rego form at your local rego form place vtnz whatever. I have not done this.

Thank you! I assumed it would be simple enough. But didn't want to get stung with unpaid fees or what not.

Hi guys,  bit of an odd one. 

So I've had my car 4.5 years and it's been an off the road project that whole time. I was told the rego was on hold when I bought it. Every year I've been reapplying to keep the rego on hold........ I was then told by someone at work that I shouldn't have to do that. Once it's on hold it's on hold. So I done some investigating. 

Turns out my viva has been registered by a previous owner as an exempt class A (EA) vehicle. That definitely isn't what it is. So I'd like to change it to what it should be. 

What's the process for doing this? I didn't want to just phone nzta and then it turn into a disaster. So any advice on what I should do?

As a bonus question the cars been resprayed (badly) in a different colour. So what's the process for changing that?

I'm not entirely sure I'm in the correct thread for these questions. But it didn't seem worthwhile creating a new topic for them.

As always any help and advice is appreciated 

Thanks for all your replys. I'm going to check everything one last time tomorrow after work and if I don't get anywhere I'll employ the help of @Carsnz123

Thanks for your quick replys

Yep swapped leads and spark plugs around. 

Caps have plug in leads.... So possibly the connection between cap and lead?

Compression is good.

Yep no spark by eye and also pulling the lead off cylinder two makes no difference to how the car runs

Swapped plugs and leads. Valve clearances have been  set, cylinder head has been fully reconditioned, no play in the shaft.

I've had a mechanic look at it and he's said all lobes are fine. I can check that the points are opening at each position. Burn the mechanic has said they are. 

I'm very much at the limit of my knowledge which is why I passed it over to a mechanic.... But still no luck. 

I will recheck all these things tomorrow evening after work. Thanks for the input!

Hi guys, so I have an issue with my 1256 hc viva in that I'm getting no spark to cylinder two.  I've swapped ht leads, distributor cap  and rotor arm. 

The distributor doesn't appear to have any signs of wear that they are commonly associated with. I have replaced the earth wire inside and also replaced the wire that goes from the coil to the distributor.  I can get a brand new distributor from the UK but it's kinda costly and I don't think its the distributor that's the issue.... But perhaps it is?  I've replaced every other component in the system: coil, points, condenser etc

Is there anything I've missed? Or does anyone have any thoughts on what would cause this? The car has been a project and hasn't seen the road for a while.

Cheers. 

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This places might sell a more suitable vinyl for recovering your dash.  I lined the back of my van with a flexible carpet from them.

Very cool car! 

Hi guys, there are some parts I'm after from a vehicle at pick a part Wellington. 

The main part is some vehicle specific roof bars. But depending on the condition of some other smaller items I could be interested in them too.

I'm in Christchurch which is a Bit of a pain. Obviously I'd pay for the parts and cost of a courier. Also beer money for helping me out. 

I know it's a pain but these roof bars would really help me out

Thanks

39 minutes ago, CUL8R said:

Canterbury Auto Fabrications

https://www.facebook.com/Canterbury-Auto-Fabrication-109161577328722/

- Ask for Wal/Warwick

 

Somebody messaged me and recommended them, so that's where it will go!  Thank You!

It wasn't your white chevette parked up in sumner on Saturday was it?

Oh wow almost a year without an update!  Things have been happening with the viva but it's still been slow progress. So the car now runs and has had a very brief road test. I genuinely don't think it's to far away from the road!

The bigger magnum brakes have been fitted. fully reconditioned calipers and master cylinder were what was needed with New shoes and cylinders in the drums. 

All electrics work apart from the interior light. This shouldn't be to much drama to sort. Bad earths  and poor connections were causing issues with the headlights and indicators. All added electrics run through a separate fuseboard which makes things easier.

Top and bottom ball joints replaced 

Tie rod ends replaced

A variety of bushes replaced

The engine is running really nicely, no oil or coolant leaks.  Most of the ignition system has been changed as i was having various running issues. Ultimately these were caused by the wrong coil being fitted and the ballest resistor wire not being disconnected. The  carb will need some fine tuning I'm sure. But I'll get someone who knows what they are doing to look at this. I don't even know if the jets are the correct size. The carb is a bit big for the little 1256cc engine but hopefully it can be down tuned if need be. I'd like to keep the 32/36 but if I need something smaller then so be it.

Lots of learning has happened during this project, which is exactly what I wanted. There was an intermittent hot starting problem which turned out to be the inlet manifold had no metal gasket. Something so simple which has caused me years of head scratching and Google searches! The oldschool forum and various viva Facebook groups have been an infinite source of knowledge and wisdom! A huge thank you to all those that have helped and inspired!

So i don't have to much left on the 'to do' list. But here it is:

The wipers are really slow, so I'm going to give the motor and connections a good clean and hopefully get it working a little better.

Tidy up some electrics and get the interior light working. It's mainly just checking everything over and making sure things are sheathed and tight. I'd also like to relocate the rev counter and oil pressure gauges. Which won't be to much drama 

Fit a few interior bits and pieces like the step trims are to be fitted. And then give the car a good clean.

Then the car can go for it's rust repairs and have the new window rubbers that I very prematurely bought fitted. Then off to a classic car friendly garage for a tune up and wof. I'm sure there will be things to sort out for the wof but hopefully nothing major!

It still bugs me that the paint and wheel arches are so crap. I aspire to have it shiny with standard arches one day but for now I have a bit of a plan regarding the look, which will be a kinda patina racing look. It just needs a few aged decals and aged door numbers. It'll definitely make it stand out and will be a bit of fun.  

The app I was using to resize photos isn't working and my phone won't let me download another app so I'll resize them online and post them below. Any thoughts or questions please express them in the discussion thread. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Cheers for the replys guys. I hadn't thought about a 2zz. I'll do some googling!

I was thinking of using an engine that's been fitted to a viva before. Just for ease of conversion, knowing which additional parts are needed etc.