GuyWithAviators Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Finished the build and install of my original engine on Sunday. Took it for a decent drive today and it was perfect, just like a new car. Few pictures of the saga: This was stuck in one of the water galleries of my og engine! Surprised it stayed as cool as it did IMG_1668 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr And this is the sump plug of the smokey engine I'd been using for the past few months. Bits of 2nd gear I think IMG_2463 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr So the whole point of this rebuild was to fix this: (Watch the whole thing)Here's a timelapse of the final stages of the rebuild and install: And to finish here's a photo of it during the drive today. Excuse the jacked up height, made it easier to work on/get jacks under Untitled_Panorama1 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyWithAviators Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Been dailying this everyday and it runs perfect. Doesn't get hot even at at 110km/h for a decent amount of time or just idling through traffic. The WOF ran out a couple of weeks ago so went to get a new one - straight through no worries. Inspector told me that I should start thinking about sorting the sill rust out sometime soon.I think Bornloser has some spares for me that K-trips sent down, must go get them at some point. Anyway yesterday as I pulled up the drive put my foot on the brake it went to the floor followed by the sound of liquid squirting out. Luckily the handbrake works well (on wet cul-de-sacs too )The Repco brake light pressure sender that I bought 6 months ago for the last WOF had burst! IMG_9152 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr Went there today and got my money back but not impressed, a warning to those buying from Repco.. If that had happened at speed it wouldn't have been good. IMG_9154 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr All fixed now though. Nice new British made one from Butler Automart. IMG_9165 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr Changed the oil and filter tonight since it was due after the engine rebuild. Old oil looked clean so that's good! Discuss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GuyWithAviators Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 If you're driving down Bealey Ave / Papanui Road in Christchurch today my apologies for the huge trail of oil... The diff decided some parts were better off outside of it's casing. Not really sure what/why happened yet. It's strange though because it made a loud clunk (I assumed it was just Chch's roads) and continued driving fine but then I noticed the oil pressure light come on so stopped. Will have to take the motor out and split the block and gearbox. Luckily I have a spare gearbox but it's a pain 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyWithAviators Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Took the engine out and split the casings to see what had happened. Familiar sight... The spider gear pin in the diff had moved sideways because a retaining pin was missing and caught on something and snapped it in half, then the piece that broke off was flying around in there looking for a way to get out. Surprised I didn't hear it. Cracked the diff casing and the edge of the gearbox casing. Fell apart in my hand when I touched it. The engine itself looks alright though, don't think any of the metal filings went further than the gearbox case. Was hoping it would be a straight forward swap of my other gearbox but the gears inside don't look the best to will use the good parts from both to make a decent gearbox. But before all this happened the car has been running great and being used for daily duties. Talk about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyWithAviators Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Decided that while it's off the road during the gearbox rebuild I'd make the inside a nicer place to be. When I first got the car I attempted to dye the original gross faded carpets blue again with some dye that you mix up in a salt water solution. Worse idea ever! It worked okay for a while then the carpet just fell apart even more and I noticed that the salt in it had made everything on the floor rust. This is the bottom of my amplifier 2014-09-13 20.52.09 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr And the seat mounts. Cleaned and painted all these up including the bottom of the seats and the seatbelt components. 2014-09-13 18.14.19 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr Because the carpet fell apart it meant that my feet were just on the metal floor which I did paint right at the start but it came off and combined with the water from the leaky door seals it started to rust the floor pan again. So I stripped that back and painted it again with several layers of decent paint this time. I bought a bunch of carpet from Bunnings ($25 per m of 2m wide) 2014-09-14 17.37.22 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr (Can just see the corner of the OG carpet there) Found all the sound deadening and then cut the carpet up to fit nicely! Was a bit difficult sorting the corners out but it looks really good for about $60 of materials compared to $280 for some precut stuff for this car. 2014-09-14 16.33.43 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr The finished result: IMG_2575 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr IMG_2577 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr Let me know what you think! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyWithAviators Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Bit behind on updates, oops. The gearbox is all fixed now thanks to these: IMG_20140927_195432 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr First test drive was to the McLeans Island swapmeet IMG_6829-Edit-35 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr Went really good. Next thing that went wrong was the exhaust came off after the headers IMG_0366 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr Drove it around like that for a bit until I had the time to take it get fixed Had a flexi joint put in yesterday 2014-11-11 11.06.10 by GuyWithAviators, on Flickr And took it for my full license test today, the instructor loved it. That's it for now, just continuing to get it ready for the long trip to Auckland in January next year Austin 1300 2 by GuyWithAviators, on FlickrAnd a nice picture to go with it all 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyWithAviators Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 A good friend of mine whipped this up. Check out more of his work here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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