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Did this in the daily the other day 

Good.one.dick.

Had to go back to pickapart and grab the oil cap i saw, considered and did not grab when there the day before 

Later that day however, this showed up from Summit Racing

A new guage set (old ones dont match interior or each other), a new fuel pressure guage (old one dont go) various hoses and fittings, and a new door mirror. Oh and Summit stickers, and this weeks promo catalogue featuring Mustangs  - you can literally build one from bits you can order online - eg new body tubs - $11k US!

New fuel pressure guage

New dash guages have a chrome bezel and black faces with white lettering like the rest of the 125 factory ones, and kinda look like the 124 Sport ones (but upside down). The all bolted/wired up to the old fittings/holder too making it an easy swap.

i either need to dim the new bulbs or brighten the rest of the dash!

Also plumbed in a loop at the rear of the head/heater hoses, and changed the brake reserviour lines.

Vacuum guage (lower right) plumed in too, but running off only one runner it was waving around a bit too much to last long or be much use so i pulled the fitting out again.

Tried the mirror, but it doesnt really fit as the base is a bit too long and would need to be fitted over the door/fender gap to allow the 1/4 window to open, so if anyone needs a 66-69 RH Camaro Door Mirror let me know 

Next major job, RX radiator conversion.

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Picked up a factory Rx2/Rx3 engine workshop manual in aussie from the salvoes for $6.

Pining for a tang to use it on now.

drum not quite seated property, so wheel that goes over it is wonky too?

a second pair of eyes to gork over it on the weekend if you want?

ea falcon ~100+A

bf mazda ~60A

both close but pully and spacing faff and probably gen light rewiring if your niva is externally regulated?

samara ?A but should bolt on?

all would be better than the old 45A Marelli

All ready for Burger Fuel now.

NOW!

aaaaaand

Just noticed the rego has run out.

ZebraDuuuuude, i have your rimz.

Fitted new wheel bearings. Needed them.

I heated up the second retainer quite a bit more than the first one went on easy but melted the inner bearing seal a bit
Also nicked the axle with the grinder  

New dif oil seals and O-rings.

Also swapped in the new HEL brake lines while i was there, nice product.

They were also needed.

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Then fitted up the new rims, these were not needed.

They are Cheviot mesh  13x7 +20 and they came with 175/50 tyres and are 4x100. haha.

Rear looks pretty cool,

BUT inside of rear rim rubs on new brake line 

OTOH the front dosnt rub on anything,

BUT my eyes! oh god my eyes.

looks like a low rider up on dros

They can go in 'the worry about them later' pile.

awesome, new wheel bearings (and seals...) are  on my list for this weekend.

when it stops raining directly into the garage

have had a buddy move back from the big West Island staying in the garage since I got back from Coromandel, but hes got a place now so took the cover off and put the car into the shed.

Obviously after every small drive there is a big list of stuff to fix  , even if there was a big fix beforehand.

This drive was no exception. There are a few thing that ive been putting off for a while too.

super leaky (almost new) diff seal (yay tho, becasue its not the caliper, again )

The axle on other side has a stripped wheel bolt thread, and a noisy bearing. I have the wheel bearings ready to go on and spare axles, so ill need to pay some dude to do that. I want to get them checked for balance first tho - any suggestions?

New fancy brake lines to replace the not that old rubber ones that are split and cracked:

These two jobs have also made me think of fitting the Croma brakes too, as ill need to design and fit a new caliper carrier, which needs the wheel bearings off to fit anyway, plus all the bleeding etc. OTOH ill need new pads, discs and a refurb, as well as cable mucking about, so maybe not just yet, and the 125 brakes are excellent as they are.

Idiot light for the Croma internally regulated alternator, currently located in an idiot proof location, needs to be moved so the idiot can see it:

This means taking the dash out, which is no easy task.

Im also pretty sure im going to fit a RX2/3/4 radiator as they are cheap and only some 10-50mm wider than the stock one, and should offer plenty of cooling. Making the extra width room means moving the drivers side upright a bit, which ill also fit the later model front cooling holes that my early model doesnt have to get air over the lower 1/3rd of the radiator which should help some too :0. I will also mount so the top tucks under the slam panel instead of the factory 'leaning back' to make a bit more room between the engine and fan. will also add a T into the heater loop to save that end of the head from hot spots.

There is also a long list of annoying little things too:
- cheap side mirror is flaking crome off and now collapses at speed (new mirror)
- a couple of windows wind themselves down, and one wont quite wind all the way up (door cards off)
- exterior passenger door handle feels like its going to brake (broken tab? - new handle - if i have one 'in stock' else i dont know what to do if it does break)
- i dropped the scooter on it the other night, so got some paint chips to fix, plus a few rust bubbles coming though in the bottom of the doors etc.

However in making myself feel better news Ive also just won an auction for some new rims  :porc:
Will need to have a rims clearout from the bottom of the list i think!

jumping late on this bandwagon, need a new radiator for my 125, and RX2/3/4 ally ones are cheap and plentiful, but ~10 to 50mm to wide + a couple of other small changes needed (fan switch bung etc)

how hard/easy it it to get them shortened/changed? (do radiator shops hate the cheapies?) or would it be the around same to get a custom one?

bleugh.

stupid crappy PO repairs.

i think the worst part of them is all the old bog dust that gets everywhere and through everything and makes lying down in it again the next day depressing.

new bog dust from block sanding & prep that you do, while a totally sucky job, is somehow uplifting and fragrant in comparison.

may you soon be hacking up new bog dust

lol

3 corners with play and the other with a leak.

keep it up bud, these crappy mass produced shitboxes are worth it for some wierd reason

all the ones i had were super reliable apart from running out of gas all the time, pretty surprising in retrospect!

only two.

KY - cheers man, and mean, stoked it run good, just bad timing i think.

Neal - yeah man, had a few nibbles, no bites, i got em for a hundy, giz your best low ball.

After my last post the next day after getting gaskets and seals from Euro-Italian in Albany (reccomended!) got it all back together, making it only it to the supermarket for snacks and supplies, to turn back home around 10pm with a red hot manifold,  and resolved to spend the next morning fixing it good and proper after some sleep.

This done (retarded timing (i think i timed it off #3, not #4), found my lost 19mm socket in the fan shroud! and fix oil leak (crank seal spring had come out)) i eventually left at around 1pm to catch up with the group around 6pm at the Coroglen Tavern for dinner.

Did around 800km on the new gasket and all seems well (no oil leaks too!), greybeard customer at Euro-Italian while i was collecting bits had a geeze at the old gasket and reckoned it was just one of those things. I have used a newer style gasket (>$) with the reinforced interbore rings and a heat set polymer, so hopefully that is that.

May put a 'T' into the heater/rear head so the coolant is always looping through the rear of the head (suggestions on this welcomed!) and a new radiator is also on the parts want list - probably modify a RX2/3/4 job as they are cheap and plentiful, depending on the price of a custom job.

Anyway, i only took a few pics, hopefully some of the 125 on the dirt track will appear soon, which was very enjoyable but made the temp guage go a bit higher than my paranoia liked, so i only had a few rounds.

Holy fuck NATS was awesome. Im still a lttle overhung.

Next Stop : STRAYA CAAAAAAAAARNTS!

Head off, nothing too obvious given the amount of cylinder pressure in the cooling system, maybe a water jacket breached somewhere??

but will have a closer look tomorrow - need a 2L head gasket ASAP, im 'out of stock'.

bed time, im pooped afer WestFest yesterday, big day tomorrow..

pre-nats prep has been going well.

Fixed up a few little things, swapped in the Croma alternator, and and changed the oil yesterday.

Got a WoF today. Dude mentions oil leak that i saw when I was changing the oil and thought i sorted by tightning a few sump bolts and wiping it up.

On the way home from the WoF, started runing a bit rough, but only at low revs (in my mind i thought blocked idle jet, or maybe a bit of oil on some electrics)??.

Once home and on the drive way, i pop the bonnet to see this:

FUCK_FUCKITY_FUCKFUCK.

Even if i fix the head gasket its still got that massive leak (note the milky oil puddle). GODDAMMIT!!

I think i may have done it by not having the alternator belt tight enough (which runs the water pump too) 

May be coming to nats in the Van. Sigh.

love the Mantry!

Great stuff as always, so jelly.

NO, disappoint not a 125.

these were sold new as factory RHD i believe, but IDK, yowsers probably looked at way more than me.

Main thing is rust rust rust, esp the front windscreen (give it a wobble), and everywhere else of course (rust freeeeee lol) but W/S/a-pillar rust is terminal in these IIRC.

there are a few x19 freaks on turbo124.com would be worth doing a search over there for the model specific responses to much the same questions.

I think Ladaspeed (on here) had one?

Well you mentioned five at Burgerfuel Henderson, so I automagically counted Chris as number five, assuming Kyle brought along his fambily of three.

 

Unless the fifth entity was an animal of some sort.

4 including fur baby, 5 if you include the metallic mistress.

Jason/Lowtina tagged along too, and was hoping to show off new <17" rimzzz

I also ate too much frozen confection.

A+ for Stinkin Rd, Horrenderson

Managed to drop the engine out of the Croma with Chris yesterday and jam it in the trailer.

Happy to be fially getting it off the lawn, sure the neighbours are too

Thats what im after

tight fit

See how this thing tows with a load later this week some time.

Couple jobs off the post-waiheke pre-Nats list:

- Fixed the radiator leak with Cold Weld while i was there pulles the fan out and put some foam tape on the fan shroud to stop some rattles (maybe)

- pulled the rear shocks and added some large washers which i suspect should have been fitted in the first place - nice and tight now.

One was a bit worse for wear   

lucky i had a random spare Koni, so i cut the pins off in the middle of the unthreaded part -  used the crush tube to hold the two pin parts straight and enlarged the slot in the tube and welded them together.

- cleaned and reoiled the filter socks and chucked them back on with !!REUSABLE!! cable ties.

dooloorrtooos ready for dooorting

you cant remove the rubber donut? (its called a 'guibo', lol)

you need to clamp it as it expands a bit and locks the bolts so they wont come out - dont forget to lift the vehicle in such a way so the driven wheels are off the ground so you can rotate the drive shaft and remove the bolts

I have a chain clamp for oil filters thats also great for that job, ahh thusly:

http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online-store/products/Plier-Locking-Chain.aspx?pid=168027#Recommendations