Bearded Baldy

Drivers A pillar is no good.  Fixable though.

Found a hole under the wiper panel too, will see how bad that really is when i pull the dash out. Not looking forward to it tbh.

One of the multitude of reasons this car never gets any closer to be finished is my never ending flow of side projects and half arsed ideas filling up the carshed and not leaving enough room for the car!

Rainy boring day so perfect for a shed tidying session. Got sidetracked making one of my kids a wand first up (see never ending projects comment above), but got a solid effort in this afternoon so far.

Have been putting up with this behemoth being in the way everwhere for years now, never wanted the box anyway so today it got cut up for the burn pile. So much more space efficient now.

Lots of things along those lines and now i can see a car sized open floored area again!

Will cut open another burning drum tomorrow and get rid of all the scrap timber that has accumulated in the back shed. Then continue the relocation from hoardingsshed 1 to hoardings shed 2..... of 4.

Then to tow/push/shunt the car out of its lawn divots!

Damn good deals those, just shits me as i was about to list my little arc welder with tig kit for $550. Might just hoard it in back shed instead, out of sight out of mind etc etc.

Tldr. They are arse covering and i assume vtnz so won't look any further if you had asked them too.

Not a fan of testing stations....

Sometimes it can also be they are not sure if the play is minor in the rack bush (less dangerhazard) or in the rack end/inner tie rod end (more likely to fail sooner.

I have come across a few xtrails where this is the case. Easiest way solo to check is to slip the rack boot along the tie rod and off the rack, then have a look at the joint. Slide boot back over with a new tie and job done.

Easiest way with help is to turn the wheels to extend the side of the rack with play, and pull down on the rack inside the boot while someone else checks to see if the play is still there. If it is, inner rack end. If play is gone, rack inner bush.

9 hours ago, dmulally said:

@Bearded Baldy which is the one we have? A wide block?

Narrowblock mate. Vr4 up to evo3 pattern bellhousing bolt pattern.

Took bike for a shakedown run up the road, surged and popped a bit.

Shone a light inside the tank.... well that is coming off again. Removed and drained  tank and carby.

I really really really need to build a shelter for the bikes. Under the trees isn't waterproof enough apparently.

Just a bit of wear lol.

Tracked down a second hand hub/knuckle and i hope it turns up early in the week. Will put new bearings in it and throw it all back together for the trip. Everything else is in good shape. 

Haven't taken the quad out for a for long long time and have pretty much just used it to move the trailer around.

Decided i am going to take it away for my upcoming bday so gave it a once over. Lh front wheel has been on the piss for ages, i assumed wonky balljoint and put it on the oneday list.....

Balljoint was fine, a combination of flogged out lower hub and a driveflage/wheel bearing combo that don't actually contact each other was the real problem.

Unintentional semi threadjack.

My goal is to reach 400cfm at 28 inch test. Most of what i plan on using it for will be under 250cfm so it should would out ok. I have a couple of alloy heads for my falcon of different styles i want to play with, and i have access to a few ca18 and mx5 heads.

Once it is up and running i want to write a logbook of stock head flow levels of pretty much any head i can get my hands on. 

I will also send a calibration plate to various places to get their readings with. Without knowing if there are discrepancies (there always are, like dynos), it is impossible to know how any headwork would compare to someone elses.

The speed i progress a project it is about time to procrastinate for a few years. I prefer working with steel opposed to timber so might take a prolonged breather before i build the box haha.

@Roman i bought the plans for the PTS bench. Then looked up the price of importing all the gear, exchange rate is murder. 

Current stockpile list is

3x ali ex motor controllers

6x vac motors

2 access ports

Few little bits and pieces.

And today finally got around to finishing the pressure/vacuum pickups.

Prototype on left to see if i could do it. Thread too shallow and i snapped a drill bit in the end....amateur

Any progress? Making a steady collection of parts here for my project bench.

Shit yeah thats not too bad at all.

Before you buy a new rarespares bonnet, have a gander at alfa motorsport in oz.

https://www.motorsportfibreglass.com.au/products/c45/Ford-Falcon-XY-XW

Stupid question. If it works on the bench but not the car, have you tried testing it with the revs up at  2.5k ish. 

Could be something stupid like the pulley size is too big, so at idle speeds it spins too slow.

2 minutes ago, ajg193 said:

Wasn't known loose but we hadn't been near that bolt so was therefore loose for a while.

I wouldn't ever drive with loose or knocking suspension.

Anyway, here is what it looks like after Andrew cleaned the area that is worse than the Titanic

Missed a spot.

4 hours ago, fletch said:

Sounds like that's always been there from factory.

Especially since it's the same colour and covered in road grime and what not from many years of driving etc

I was thinking of using rule of 'eye appeal is half the battle'.

Unfortunately since i plan on stripping and repainting the underside i can't hide it with shit.

Report him anyway. Being burned is no excuse to be over zealous.

How many other cars has he condemned that are more than likely ok?

Report with pics to nzta. Don't need people like that doing shit like that.