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  1. 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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    Love the super clean parts and layouts. How do you clean em up so good (other than lots of elbow grease)?
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    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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    yay. for some reason these are the car i remember most from my childhood - we never had one, but there must have been a garage nearby (Blockhouse Bay) that serviced them or something, but i remember them because they were so different from everything else. Then they just disappeared probably around when Japanese imports became a thing. me and my sisters called them pushmepullyou cars and would push each other whenever we saw one driving around (we did that most of the time, but it was a good excuse!) I think these were in NZ for much the same reason as Lada's - some sort of barter deal with the Czech government - butter or whatever for cars? I think they are mean. More pics please.
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    kwality work sir, especially for first time (i call BS!) apparently these and the other various BMC variants, the Fiat 2100/2300 and Peugeot 404 were all penned by Pininfarina around the same time. The wagons especially are very similar from the rear. Seems that BMC had more concern about how to assemble them in order to minimise rust traps than FIAT did! Carry on my good man.
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    wooot 80 SKID time
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    And my axe
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    120 slammed wagons!
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    me too, may have found a parts wagon a bit closer (and better) to cut up in the comfort of my own lawn - just need to make an offer on it - will do that now.
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    Ragtop, yes, the people ive talked to who have them are amazed at how they have almost been specifically designed to catch and hold moisture and muck in the most silly spots, usually in direct line of fire of the wheels. As far as possible im attempting to rectify the design when i cut stuff out, or at least apply some paint! Eduardo, yeah, check out that sucker Tom, bet ol' Misa is kicking himself he didnt pick this bad boy up now aye! just needs, um EVERYTHING
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    what an awesome coinkydink also, rusty old shit boxes have the same "oh shucks ill love you and take you home" effect on you as kittens do on girls you
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    in this update, more rust... Got sick of sanding bog on the fender and sill, so put the front/side down rolled her forwards a bit and jacked up the back. RH side rear wheel has a pool of diff oil on it, so i guess the axle seals are pooped. Oh well more parts for the list. anyway, onto the oxide. I fixed one tiny wee hole behind the gravel plate at the rear of the sill/front of the rear arch, but the rest of the sill was really good. So onto the Left boot well. a BIG cut to start with i cut the lot off as the inner skin is pooped as well, but mainly so i could also access the 'roof' of the inner skin. before i cut any more out i remade the outer skin while i had prlenty of datums this is why it rusts: damp and crud in the boot get trapped between the skins - this side also has three openings all behind the wheel so of course it was full up to the top with 50 years worth of road gunk. - one for the bumper mount (the skins were not spotted together here - helpful as i ca reuse the indent) - one for the petrol flap drain pipe and - one moreanother for the rear lights loom keep on digging corner of the rear bumper/valance was a bit frilly too and start putting bits back in, pretty happy how that square bump lined up, shame about the welds I have also now removed the remains of the old well floor/roof of the inner skin and remade it so the outer iwill have a single skin by extending the floor straight accross to the inside of the outer skin (instead of leaving a small gap to collect shite) so there is one less rust trap. Will also save quite a bit of material and save me from remaking such a complex piece that cant be seen but it needs some grindering first so will fit that up later in the week. hard part will be tacking the skin on without it warping to heck. lucky the bumper will cover most of it Ive saved all the CAD templates for when i get to the other side - its not as bad but may as well get the same treatement when i make it around there.
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    bit more rust, working my may way around the car, front left sill and fender. yum! take that! No wonder it rusted, there are at least 5 or 6 overlapping seams all facing the back of the wheel! I will slop some seam sealer on and plenty of underseal and is should be good for another 50 years. --- pretty happy with how this sill cover turned out i reused the door seam part, just replaced the bit below the door, the jacking point helped to keep stuff lined up on and off to check fitment and tweak at least once... ready to weld on noice and the aim of the game, more rusty bits for the scrap pile have another small section aft of this to whip off ( ayou can see my markings in the last image in the gif (and ill be onto the boot area, the rest of the sill and rear wheel arch is fine.
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    Fanx Chaps, it is a good looking thing I reckon. Good job too because I think its going to be quite a bit more of a mission than I had initially expected, so looking not-bad even when in bits is a pre-rec to spending a fuck ton of time digging rust out of its ugly bits. Speaking of which, I had a day off yesterday and made quite a bit of progress on the next section, so updates later.
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    and also sorted out the bonnet.
  21. azzurro
    I got the Cromodora CD9's cleaned up - i only had black etch primer, and i liked the look so i went with a matty b top coat as well. wound the torsion bars down as far as the adjusters would allow, need a 44mm socket to get the retainer nut off the front of them to take them out and rotate them a spline - surprsing amount of adjustment with just the nut tho. right rear caught on the handbrake thingee, enven tho the left has about 5mm clearance, so unsure what to do about that, will worry about it later as its on the 'against the wall side' for now. pretty happy with how it panned out:
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    Spotted! @ Tyretech Glenfield. Post inspection wheel alignment maybe?
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    ^ that doesnt look rainy at all! after that the filming thing in Kumeu was pretty funny, Mr 'John' Kiwi808 has a special cameo, supoposedly will be the September 17th episode Sky channel 83, Face TV, every Thursday at 9:00PM and every Saturday at 9:30AM, or http://www.thehotrodshow.com/
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    Ill be there dont you know baby yeah-eah
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    Will be there a bit later. Going out for breakfast now
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