azzurro
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love the Mantry!
Great stuff as always, so jelly.
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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:
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Nope, I need it to drill holes in it and screw to a roof rack please.
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I did, and no spares left on the beach, sorry.
BTW you are now down a single fin yourself.
I ahh, lost it. Yes, lost it. IOU $30.
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Nah, I got my best wave in the heat before mine started, oopsies (disqualified).
$30 dump shop board went well tho, was in the pool of 'good' boards to choose from for the finals.
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Hey, Im pretty tall for a girl!
Its on the drivway now and I used 1/2 can of gloss black spray to reduce the contrast a bit yesterday when it was sunny.
I miss the stinking hot sun already
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Dragged it home from Chris' place and on the way home got a 3 year WoF on this because its 'brand new'.
Even the tow vehicle managed to get one
(just 6 months, obv)Just realised looking at this shot that the roof tray is missing a clamp. Godammit.
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I have a NC50 that this may one day happen too as well, so this thread is relevant to my interests
Just needs a battery and some 6v bulbs TBH - any leads on good/cheap parts sources?
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Happy 2015 all.
Took the 125 to Waiheke Island for the recent long weekend (Auckland Anniversary). First time its been out for a while.
At the rental house looking back to Auckland:
Man 'o War Bay
Ferry Home
Gravel roads (to Man O war Bay) were in terrible nick corrugations like ive only seen in Outback movies and highlighted some issues.
The exhaust that i had 'improved' buy replacing the pre diff muffler (not straight through) with a resonator from the Croma. Sounds way better but the witness marks on the diff are pretty bad.
The top locking bolt on rear shocks (koni reds) also came loose and the main nut loosened off are now jammed not quite done up on the worn thread and so thump a bit too and i cant undo them. will need to sort that out before they saw the mounting hole oval. 124 rear shocks are much easier to find and will fit and are quite a bit shorter if i cant rethread the tired old Koni Reds.
Checking it all out once home also highlighted
- rear brake soft lines are cracked (what the hell? they are only 4 years old! Will check fronts too.)
- and what i thought was a rear caliper leak (noooo!) actually is a leaky axle seal (also fairly new).
- Diff is also getting a bit noisy
(though side leak may be somewhat related? blown bearing??) may be a good excuse to look into them danish LSDs - radiator has a slight weep from a crackes solder joint. 2L Engine runs hotter than the 1608 too - may swap in a later model front valance which also has vent holes .
- theres a weird rattle in the front somewhere - hopefully radiator shroud just needs some split hose cable ties to it it and a crappy metal dust shield i made by the steering box will get replace with an eqully crappy but not rattly rubber one.
Plenty to do before OS Nats in March!
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Centreline Suspension Gt Nth Rd. GCs and often have plenty of old, weird and/or expensive shit on their hoists
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This has been slowly progressing as we spend a couple more hours here and there over the last few weeks in between actual summery stuff.
Its been literally too hot to work on while the sun is out.
- everthing now has at least 2 coats of rustkill
- lights & plugs all wired up, except for one tail light that didnt illuminate and side markers pending side ply to screw them to. Replacement tail light unit arrived today (A+ will trade again) .
- ply purchased (largest cost so far) and fitted to tray and tail gates. Just sides to fit now. Cheap shitty screws are cheap and shitty.
- will fit new* tyres to the original steel rims as the Primera ones from James are just too FWD offset depite being about 10% of the weight and having the right centre bore.
Looks short and wide in this, but its 3.6m loooong and 2.2m wide. With the tarp on the box feels really big.
Miss-ON8 testing out the trailers suitability for a one-handed-reach-around parlour and mobile Crocs showroom.
Not far off its maiden voyage now. Will attach the Sign of the Year sign to it somewhere.
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prep work is 80-90% of the job
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Get used to sanding. The painting only takes a couple of hours, the sanding takes weeks
this. putting colour on is like the very last step in a 10000 step process of which about 9995 steps are the same ones over and over again.
Like others have said i was happy with the result having done it myself and have a bunch of tools and experience for the next one (but i dont really want to do the next one)
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Good Jerb. (ps you missed a bit)
Photos dont really show how yellow the old paint is compared to the new one.
Urg. Our yard/deck/driveway is so west auckland.
LOL, but maybe ever so slightly less so after tomorrow
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Unsure if ill pootle into 'town', as it is also Mrs Azzurros last day of holidays, and surf is looking OK, traffic will be shit, and it will be hot as feck, but but all welcome* for a cold beersie on the deck if the convoy does end up in Muriwai.
Maori Bay is also a good spot for parking up/photos unless surf is good (no parks) and there is a couple of picnic tables on the grass at the south end for picinics and whatnot. The beach is ok, but cant see cars from it. Under the trees by old surf club could be an option, but is often pretty busy.
could be quiet on sunday with a lot of people back to work?
*pending approval from said Mrs A
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After drag day where i felt i was running out of gas, ive put a small Facet pump ive had for a while in the boot to push fuel up to the mechanical one which is still on the block
Seems to work fine and the bowl on the regulator is always full now. Unsure if the mechanical one is still required, but doesnt seem to be doing any harm. Just need to fit a inertia swith to the pump relay wiring - ill do that when i finally scrap the Croma.
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Some months a go i bought these off trade me, and they have finally made their way to me. Big thanks to all the Boes on the OS Pony Express for getting them up.
They are 13"x6" American Racing Vectors with the worlds oldest slicks.
I polished and repainted them and finally test fitted one today.
Unfortunately they are 4x95.25mm not 4x98 so back into the universe they go
This stud pattern will fit MGF Spitfire/Heralds/GT6 hubs Metro/Rover 100, Maestro/Montego, Dolomites, Toledos and Marinas
So if you are sick BL fan and want some sweet rims let me know
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I also picked up this fine tome yesterday:
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OS Drags Post:
Great weekend and had a very enjoyable time.
Dropped my times from 18.6s @xx mph to 17.34 @ 78.1mph (best time) and all my runs were within 0.5 seconds, so pretty happy with that,
even tho i was secrety hoping for more (16s), with a good 2l engine, side drafts and lighter wheels, over last time, where i had a 1608cc engine with a troublesome single downdraft and 14" 132 iron cross steelies.
Maybe those 1608s arnt so bad
Anyway pics courtesy of others:
Mr Potatohead has his angry eyes on
holey shit im winning! (TBF that Stephens Mazda 808 is still 1300cc piston powered
)Some of mine:
Many many more & better pics here:
//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44969-oldschool-drag-day-discussion-thread/page-20
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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.