rb drifter

So I snuck this home from work on Wednesday night after work, ran the risk as i needed something to keep me occupied during lockdown. 

It was running like a bag of shit, felt like two cylinders but persuaded on my 10min drive home

Cleaned the distributor cap points and removed spark plugs to discover they were fouled up bad. 

had a spare set of near new plugs so threw them in. Ran good for a while then started to foul them up again. My thoughts are over fueling? The fuel pump is rated as 6psi with no regulator so I'm guessing maybe it's too much for the carb to handle. 

3 hours ago, CUL8R said:

You might run into problems with the pump mounted that high. (unless you already have another low by the tank - which would then seem pointless)

Looks like a Carter pump, they're a push type pump, not a suck. You'd really want it much lower and closer to the tank outlet for it to be effective.

Yeah it is a Carter pump. Okay never knew that cheers!  I acquired this pump years ago so it's no biggie if it doesn't do the job.

Originally these just had a mechanical pump on the motor so I'll see how it goes but if it does create issues I'll know where to start looking. Do you have any idea what psi rating these pumps have?

20 hours ago, tortron said:

Put this all back together and drove it outside

 

then turned it around and put it back in the shed and cut the other side apart

 

Owning a mitsubishi is so good. recommend it to everyone

Them feels

2 hours ago, tortron said:

Quite liking the missmatched panel paintjob

Cheers, yeah I'm in two minds about it. I dont want a mint looking ute as I will scratch the shit out of it. The evidence is in my mazda bt50 that had two scratches a broken tail light and broken  fog light before it had 500kms on the clock.....

So the cunning plan me and a mate have been discussing is a paint job but making it look patina I guess call it a "fake patina" ?  He has experience in doing it. Tempted to change to a different style of wheels too but the diff will definitely need shortening for what I'm wanting to do  

2 hours ago, ProZac said:

The one I pulled them off is also an 82, and a todd motors vehicle. It was a 1.6 with a column change 4 speed, so pretty base spec.

This was originally 1.6 and column change so yeah same thing. Not sure if it was a Todd motors vehicle I've never actually checked

With the postponement of beach hop I've decided to go back to taking my time with this build, I just simply wasn't getting enough sleep trying to push for a target that was hard to achieve with doing long hours at work aswell. Hopefully I dont get any ridiculous ideas in the meantime but I've found a gsr 1800 dohc turbo motor but I think the wise decision is to leave this ute how it is and the gsr motor will be better suited for my ex lancer but time will tell... 

At first start up it was leaking oil and I started wondering what I'd messed up, turns out I had forgotten to tighten up the rocker cover bolts so easy fix!

Took it for a quick drive down the end of road and back, felt damn good to have the first drive in a ute I've put soo many hours work into  

Bit of wet weather today meant a day off the big machines and some time to rip into some work on the ute

Put the new hanger bearing on the driveshaft and decided to replace all three universal joints while I was there.

Finished off the rest of the exhaust, its 2.25" right through, one hotdog muffler and one big boy keep this thing quiet muffler at the back because I'm too old for noisy shit... 

Has a nice tone to it 

Glad to see that sedan went to good use, I know of the guy that had it. He had it a fair few years I was quite surprised to see it for sale. Loving the wagon though mate shes looks a beauty

In relation to your sway bar mounting, i take it that's a Mitsubishi one your using? Mitsubishi has a wide variety of sway bars that could be interchangeable for what your trying to achieve. Some mount further forwards on the body than others and some give more wheel clearance but in general the mounting points to the sway bar link are fairly similar in width. I've always used starion/sigma swaybars in Lancers and direct swap in 

Had my mate josh helping me today, absolute GC! 

He made up a bracket for mounting the fuel pump, wired it up with a relay and fuse. Swapped plugs over for the window wiper motor as it had been torn off.  

Sooo blessed having a hand as I suck at wiring and I've been struggling to find the time to do it.

Had ordered plenty of bends as I'll use any leftovers on my lancer. Would order more 45s next time though they seem to be what I used most of

Spent most of today making the exhaust, not the prettiest welds but they work. 2.25" is what I went for, took abit of effort to keep it tucked up high. Got as far as going over the diff with a hot dog muffler just before the diff. Is still rather loud but I'm putting a decent muffler on up the back to shut it up.

Turns out I ordered the wrong gearbox mount. No worries itll fit my lancer. Fitted new front shocks tonight. 

tried testing the lights and it's clear there is some gremlins to sort out. Wiring is definitely my weak point but lucky my mate is a genius with automotive electronics so he will be on the job

Yeah very true, somehow my ute, lancer and mirage are all 1982 models and that was never intentional. Did have a 76 lancer but sold it to bigfoot to fund house Reno's, glad it went to good home though

Cheers mate. I have spare twin round headlights and grill. Not mint but useable 

I have a feeling this has been changed as it's a 1982 which from what I understand should be twin squares 

Quite impressed with these number plate lights, would fully recommend 10/10.

parts arrived yesterday, front shocks, gearbox mount, waterpump and the rest of the exhaust bends. It was like Christmas but better! 

Also taken Saturday off work and requested assistance from a mate to help get things done. Here's hoping she will be going on a maiden voyage this weekend 

Bought some pipe for the fuel filler as this ute was originally flat deck and the pipe was too short for welside.

also bought these number plate lights off trademe that are ultra sleek and unnoticeable. Definitely like them as I hate big bulky number plate lights.

Fitted the front bumper with new bumper bolts. 

also bleed and adjusted the brakes and handbrake. All small steps closer to a wof 

A mate bought a gsr rolling body as he needed a couple of parts so I swept in and got these recaro seats. They're like most recaro seats that have the classic rips on bolsters, faded and covered in dog hair. But they're perfect for this ute as it's only intended as a work hack/ motorbike hauler

Man that's a sweet car! Got a real soft spot for galaxies 

Will be attending in the L200 if I get it legal in time otherwise I'll still attend but in my daily.

It may not be the early 2000s anymore but I still like the classic momo touch, at least until I repair my wood wheel.

Managed to tick up a couple things off the big list...

Replaced the leaking window washer bottle, new pipes for window squirters, got a rubber brake hose to go between diff and chassis (hilux hose to match L300 diff to L200 chassis), replaced one of my wheel cylinders as I ordered two lefts and didn't have a bleed screw,  fitted two new fuel filters, mounted fuel filler neck on tray, mounted a momo steering wheel and new bosskit with horn, and lastly put a whole new set of wheel nuts on 

Nothing too exciting just alot of small jobs out of the way