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  1. azzurro
    oh you, so silly. Im going for a tidy engine bay and running gear, and functional & complete everywhere else, to keep some of the patina I also just dont have the patience for doing a Snoozin level of superclean/going full retard.
  2. azzurro
    Installed the first thing from the parts car - the coolant reservour bottle strap still had the original italian transfer on it i put some clear coat over it to make it last a bit longer Then finished putting the engine bay back together (actually just scratching and fingermarking my new paint) most of the engine bay things were very oily and dusty but they came up a treat after a soak in the mystery solvent from the rusty can, some paint and an oil/grease up as required. rewrapped the loom with self amalgamating tape cleaned and greased the gear linkages painted brake booster and brakets, new brake master cylinder, cleaned reservours (will probably swap them to 124/125 style as the lids on these ones have a grotty rubber seal that will leak) Put in the giant MM coil from my 125 (snapped a terminal off the original one removing it) l still need to patch the loom to it; missing the factory air horns but this one came with instead and it works fine - they have a switch under the dash to swap between 'country' (the air horns) and 'town' horns (a standard piezo type in the wheel arch). pretty much ready to have the engine and box dropped back in but I have since taken off the brakes (look ok), and 60% unbolted the front suspension to pull it all out for a go over and refresh, and sort out a blind notch in the torsion bars
  3. azzurro
    mean, i see you said the mattress would be split so it could fold up but still attached - gooood, i hate waking up on the cracks when the various bits of mattress/squab bits walk away during the night - make it so the fold seam is on the top.
  4. azzurro
    how closely related are these to the Fiat 1500-2300 family? I know Simca and Fiat had commercial relations at various times and there are several details that look very similar to my wagon, and many that are quite different. Same era of design i guess? Great modelling too! Im also stealing the boot floor to table idea!
  5. azzurro
    "So excited, i get to buy a new partscar today." pretty stoked as that covers everything i need to complete mine. The tail gate(s!) are a real score and i was quite worried i would never find one now ive got 3!. I will still possibly get the sedan from wellington if only because it has widened steelies, good windscreen and a diff.
  6. azzurro
    may also be keen - any westies are interested i will peel off on the return run from Kaukapakapa though to Waimauku via Peak Road is also a good drive.
  7. azzurro
    Went and picked up this today Big thanks to Chris for ditching work to collect rusty cars using his own trailer and tow vehicle (also thanks Tara for takinmg the Grande Latte Barina to work today) It looks alright from afar but is far from good. Its missing quite a lot of the more valuable bits like: - engine - gearbox - brakes - steering box - diff head (and i need to return the axles) but it also contains many parts of value to me - i also have to take the axles back and pick up more stuff in a month or so to the PO who owns a 2300S Coupe that this was a parts car for - a set of good bumpers + not so good ones on the car - red interior in good condition + a extra set of carpets in red - spare wheel well cover in good condition + 2 in not so good condition - seat belts - a clutch adjusting nut - spare rear springs (for adjustment purposes) - good windscreen - ok doors - brake booster - spare lower tail gate + rusty one on the car - spare rear side windows - some useful rust cuts for the drivers side including (most) of the drivers floor - various other bits and bobs Including, and best of all - spare good upper tail gate + good one on car + a spare tail gate glass (!) - i pretty much bought this for the tail gate alone and to find it has spare glass (which i could have happily used) and an extra one as well is just crazy. Thats a veritable embarresment of riches! Based on the number of tail gates or parts thereof i now have, that suggests i possess the mortal remains of 4 of the 9 or 10 2300 Wagons imported into NZ. How did that escalate so quickly?
  8. azzurro
    thats a lot of parts, so many they CBF even pulling them out to list them up - sheds included or nah? OTH how many members here would have a collection of this sort if they were allowed?
  9. azzurro
    another clever fiat design - managing to get normal sized car amounts of (fiat) rust into such a micro package pretty jelly of the panel availability for these, but looks like they are all needed!
  10. azzurro
    How about the footy aye, Few more coats of primer on things in between coats I tidied up the gearbox on the outside, New guibo, and new gaskets. looked ok to me on the inside. but Im unsure if the speedo drive works, 124/125 type wont work the drive gear is reversed and a wee bit larger on the 2300. X1/9/lada clutch slave needed some modification to fit but it does, + new clutch line. I had to cut off the clutch return spring tab as well so gonna need to make a bracket or something for that on the outside Also spacers - i think it must mount on the opposite side of the engine on the cars lits listed for. I also seem to have mislaid the clutch ajdustment nut And finish up with the first coat of proper paint - its a very light cream/grey that matches the original engine bay/interior sheetmetal colour. TBH looks a bit crap and glossy over my poor prep (urhg i hate sanding, especially around all the fiddly tabs and bolts in an engine bay) but the ugliest lupiest runnyest bits will be hidden by stuff still to go back in to those same bolts and tabs, and it wont be bright, clean and shiney in there for very long!
  11. azzurro
    this turned up today, its pretty cool, has opening boot and bonnet (with a release!) and the back seat folds down. same 1:43 scale as the 125 model except i dont need to paint it except maybe sign writing on the side the parts wagon (which I should hoefully sort out to arrive next week) has a red interior so it does (or will) match the 1:1 version
  12. azzurro
    or next time, splash out a few bucks extra for the ?viton? tipped ones? (i proably have a few spare old needle valves in my takle box of dellorto carb bits if that is the issue) agree that selection of parts for odd/old carbs is pretty limited and you have to take whatever you can get, but dellorto and weber sideys are pretty well covered for bits and they are 'high performance parts'. (pretty sure ive got brass ones in mine)
  13. azzurro
    oh that reminds me, gotta send you that carb! glad your still mobile
  14. azzurro
    the fuel coming out of that point is because the bowl is overflowing so could also be the needle valve not closing/sealing for some other reason if the float height is good. (fuel pressure not too high?) i thought you were from the hood (hes your pusher) moved out of the hood for good, you blame me? I could take the long way scenic route home one evening (takapuna to muriwai) and have a tutu?
  15. azzurro
    ^concur - that hole is for air in only. use a 7mm drill bit and set it so the float just touches the needle valve without pushing the spring/ball thing in Ive got a manometer for balancing these too. I need a favour from Chris - you are just round the corner right?
  16. azzurro
    And in between coats and stuff i was also doing this: pulled the oil pan off, 'baffle' destructivelly removed, the gas torch thing to soften it up and plenty of bashing, tap the baffle back into shape, tack the baffle back in, fill the holes and here is the end product - one not quite so dented (and painted) oil pan) ready to go back on The pink bits under the pan have also been investigated: FIAT 2300, ORLY? It has HUGE counterweight lumps and surprisingly clean inside, oil pump screen was nice and clear. Cam looks ok, piston skirts also look good - they have machined 'ribs' on them that are not worn at all and the bore itself feels good - i coundnt feel any difference with a finger nail between where the skirt and 'high' side (which does not travel to the base of the bore) travels thrust bearings aew good, and took a random bearing cap off to have a gork, big end bearing looks brand new! main bearing not so much, but still pretty good all in all, pretty happy with that - much better that i could have hoped - i have not got a gasket set, nor do i have 180Euro for one, so i dont think ill be pulling the head. Think i will leave it at that for know, other than the externals and adjustments and stuff and worry about freshening up the engine once its on the road (if required!)
  17. azzurro
    extra day off for Labour Day today, put to good use busting my ass in the shed for way less than minimum wage phosphoric acid rust eater has done its thing its magical stuff, rinse/wipe, then a coat of rust converter to stop it coming back, and then ready for primer set up the paint gun on the underside of the bonnet - its been a while! i had to put a patch in the battery tray (you might be able to spot it as its smooth) and the rear of the RH headlight bucket, fix up all the masking i missed/had come loose and then: first coat of primer! yay - looks way better already
  18. azzurro
    I dug the engine and box out of the hole today. Manual says box out first, so thats what i did 50 years of leaky gearbox sorted with 20 minutes of waterblaster engine bay ready for stripping looks quite bad but its not really, the RH side paint has been affected by leaky batteries, + brake and clutch fluid which has lifted the paint but not rusted very much at all. In contrast the LH side is very good. I thought the gearbox might have been stuffed, as I had not been able to get the box into gear since ive had the car, but once the box was removed it went into gear fine - ive traced the issue to one of the linkages being seized on its shaft, so thats easily sorted and i will be able to keep the column change. I had been investigating, and i think a Lada 5 speed box could work, but thats one less faff around i dont need to do. In other news i have managed to not only find but purchase a parts 2300 wagon and I will collect it some time in the next couple of weeks That means i will have in my possession 20% of all the 2300 wagons that ever existed in new zealand.
  19. azzurro
    yeah man. might need to steal back one of them lada boxes too (not this weekend tho!) the bell housing might just fit the engine (starter on drivers side) work and then i will know that i could use a later model 4/5 speed, at the loss of the column change i havnt been able to get it into gear yet moves between gates but wont go into gear - feels like the forks might be worn and i noticed some bodgery on the linkages for more leverage, so yeah. - dented sump - oil leaks everywhere - gearbox not going into gear - no clutch - leaking axles - no brakes - heaps of slop in the suspension bushings but first things first - LOWS
  20. azzurro
    i might need a hand to pull the engine & box. (also, got a 44mm socket? need one for the torsion bars) having it out will make it easy to fix all the broken stuff, check the state of the engine, fit all the new bits and pieces and clean up/paint the engine bay etc. then i can DRIVE out and straight back in again because driving is way better than both pushing AND cutting out rust.
  21. azzurro
    also been working on the rear end, Got the rear quarter fillered up - the paint is a great match for Heritage Blue in a can from bunnings, ha In between bog/sand/bog/sand/bog/sand repeat i dug some holes the boot seal area was quite pooped too, but is mostly sorted apart from the RH corners - im leaving that till i turn the car around to do the other side. I had a sheet metal place fold up the tight '[' profile shape that i needed for the boot seal carrier part - i asked for a 1200 length, but they folded it up at 2600 - Im not even mad, the nicely bended leftovers has already come in handy, for the roof gutter which i replaced on the edge of the roof and there is still quite a lot left pretty happy with how the coumpond roof curve sections can out too. run out of welding gas at this point, but ive pretty much finished this whole side, as well as 3/4 of front and rear sections and the bonnet and boot. Have filled a few holes in the roof too, but reaaly should pull the headlining to do it properly/no fires/no holes, but EVERYTHING needs to come out to do that and its in really good nick and im sure ill wreck it either getting it out or tying to put it back in. Next job is same again but on the other side, but Im going to take a bit of a break from the bodywork and pull the engine and box to tidy up next. I need to turn the car around (nose in) to finish welding the other side and pushing it up and down my steep drive will be a real ball ache, so i think driving it will be way more satisfying.
  22. azzurro
    adding some more bits to the new parts stash - diff axle seals - cheap looking dizzy rotor and NOS MM points (caps seem to go for around $100!) - random gaskets & seals - rocker shaft things (were really cheap so bunged them in an order from an ebay seller) - driveshaft guibo (love that word) - 125P/FSO water pump (they run a 124/125 style pulley boss instead of the giant and heavy electro magnetic - will run the same set up as my 125 with the old sensors running an electric fan relay) - was also only 20 quid + free shipping to youshop - cortina/escort thermostat from repco thats not really the end of it tho - I grabbed a clutch master from EURON8 to try out as apparrently they work fine on the 'lesser' models in this family but on this car it needs to be short and stubby to fit in behind the brake booster. this is as compared to the lada one so will have to keep looking. Having the mounting holes in the wrong place will also put the fluid inlet hard against the booster mount too, and on these they are 'handed' and RHD ones are NLA They do have the same 19.05mm bore as many other things inlcuding the lada, so rebuild kits or a rebore shouldnt be that hard to do.
  23. azzurro
    Woops missed this post from September 22 *** new parts oooohh 124/125 brake master - is 3/4" not 2300 7/8" but good enough to get rolling (probably never change it but happy to deal with slightly more pedal travel than spend $400 + shipping more). 2 out of 3 brake hoses - 2nd of the front hoses is on back order - car has only 3 - two at the front and a flexi from the body to diff clutch slave (will use a lada master - the 2300 cylinders are 'handed' and the RHD ones are NLA, lada ones are the same as the LHD ones and will just mount on an angle) Fuel pump (already fitted) engine mounts (125 style) timing chain kit I also have an order for a few bis from an overseas vendor, but its still 'processing', and also trying to order a cheap ($30 euro) 125p/1500 waterpump off ebay (intead of paying 300 euro for the exact same thing listed as a 2300 one) seems to be a massive problem for the 'global shipping programme'. anyway thats a wee bit closer to being able to move under its own power. assuming the cluch itselt isnt busted, the gearbox works and the brake pistons are not seized
  24. azzurro
    Love the super clean parts and layouts. How do you clean em up so good (other than lots of elbow grease)?
  25. azzurro
    haha, that's perfect as is. only the most hateful capitalist would steal the air from the glorious workers atmosphere to inflate their tyres.
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