Popular Post Raizer Posted November 2, 2013 Popular Post Posted November 2, 2013 So I've mentioned in spam a few times over the years that my great uncle owns an immaculate Nissan Gloria wagon that I've wanted to own for years. Well sadly he passed away last weekend, but it turns out the wagon was left to me! Went down to a small town past Wairoa today to pick it up, and well I found that its kind of gone down hill a bit in the last couple of years since I saw it last and can no longer be classed as immaculate This is how we found her, parked up since last October besides the odd little run to keep everything working: Hard to make out in the pic but there is a massive layer of dust coating the car here! Also found when we went to start it there was a lot of fuel pissing out of various places on the diesel pump and it had a near dead battery. So after pinching the 3 week old HD battery out of the Toyota dog kennel and getting the diesel leaks down to one drip every 5 seconds it fired up and promptly enveloped most of the district in thick blue smoke! -guessing oil had seeped past the valve stem seals while it sat, it cleared up pretty quickly. With that it was time to hitch up the trailer that came with it, drive the Toyota Kennel to it's final resting spot, thank my auntie and head off to Wairoa for some diesel and a $7 "Ultra Deluxe Supreme" car wash Looking a bit sharper for sure! Really need to get it up onto some 15's I think, once those 82 series tires are swapped out for something a bit more respectable I think the 14's are going to be tiny on it haha. Once on the road back to Gizzy my misses took over camera dutys, so here's some cows Here is about the point near the top of the Wharerata's that I realized turning the heater on full and thinking happy thoughts was NOT going to get the temp needle out of the H zone or the speedo over 40 lol So while we stood around the rest area at the top of the "Forys" waiting for the car to cool down with its coolant system full of rust with a touch of water and a shiny chrome radiator cap that doesnt fit or seal I took these Gisborne is the dots on the coast in the distance 20min later we were good to go So yeah the rest of the trip was pretty much uneventful really. Plans now include sticker bombing the roof and doors, sanding both front guards, probably mirror tint it out.... ...yeah fucking right! Nardi wheel + 15" wheels, some low and fix up the few dings and it should be a decent/slow cheap to run cruiser RDWaaaaT And thats my story Raizer aged 28. Discussion 20 Quote
Raizer Posted November 3, 2013 Author Posted November 3, 2013 Today's progress has consisted of 2 steps forward, 1 step back. Cleaned out 20+ years of crap from out of it = step forward x1. Getting the roof lights working = step forward x2. Breaking the window winder handle while resetting its position = step back. (it dug into my knee when the window was right down or up) Getting the tailgate to close against the seal = step forward/step back if the car was intended to be a covert gas chamber? Found the motor for the for the "loading window" while not dead, isn't far from it. Apply power and it makes a sick humming noise but nothing else notable happens. It looks like a pretty standard window motor, but its tucked in a pretty crap spot to get at with big hands!! -just realized I've got a 9 year old with little hands and a taste for pocket money... Nothing else of excitement to report as of yet, but stay tuned... Ooh yeah figured I might as well show you guys the insidey bits too! The vacuum in our workshop = less suck than a $2 whore, will give it a proper clean out soon. First time the seats have been uncovered since 1992! I'm sure that's still a relevant map! Brand new/2 year old fender mirror Sounds like an RB gargling a bucket of ball bearings ie: Awesome! A krafty piece of Kiwi ingenuity It's only about 1/2 a meter longer than the Altezza, it feels about 5 meters longer to drive though haha The eagle eyed among you will have noticed the factory AM only radio and possibly the 1" speaker siting in the ash tray thats connected to my ipod. Plan there is to install a period correct tape deck in place of the AM set up, some modern speakers in the doors covered with old grills that are yet to be acquired from a local wreckers yard. If it's a working tape player a Theodore Huang style line in will be the go, otherwise I'm thinking of stashing one of those mechless headunits in the glove box. 5 Quote
Raizer Posted November 11, 2013 Author Posted November 11, 2013 Photoless update, but the wagoon is fully road legal. I've also started scrubbing the interior clean, have added an alarm and central locking + wired it up for speakers. The coolant system was a mess! Chick full of rusty poos, so ran it with 3 cups of soda crystals for a few days, flushed it out and fitted a new cap (old one didn't fit/seal), now running it for a few more days with more crystals, new hoses and thermostat to follow! Going to start polishing up the wheels in the next few days, so pics to come when I make some progress there! Reckon paint stripper would hurt the window monsoon trim things? Mine have been introduced to Mathew Black at some point. /kinda pointless update! so inspiration: 4 Quote
Popular Post Raizer Posted December 10, 2013 Author Popular Post Posted December 10, 2013 One more picless update, I promise next time will be better! So I was starting to get more than a little disheartened with the wagon and its lack of propulsional motorvation. In other words it was slow as fuck! A point hammered home on Saturday while chugging up a hill in 1st gear doing 20k max! I knew nonturbo diesel were slow, but come on!! So having had more than enough of that malarkey I decided to try and do something about it without fitting a Jpipe and turbo (yet!!) First thing to do was a "benchmark" test so I could gauge any improvements, I did this by going over the Makorori beach hill with the hammer down -more on this soon. I figured if winding more fuel into a turbo diesel gives more power then it should at least do something to a non turbo too right? So I started turning the fuel screw up 1/4 turn at a time and watching for smoke. 3 complete turns later I had a cloud of black smoke in the mirror and a smile on my face as the "spider coated" R32 behind me vanished into the smoke Wound it back out 1/8th turn and there was no more smoke so back to that benchmarking hill climb: Before: 2nd gear, 35k max speed After: 5th gear, 100k and pulling!! + it wanted to spin the wheels coming out of the beach car park, something I believe to be completely foreign to this car haha After driving this goon for over a month and getting used to it, its now... dare I say it? Fast! /tl;dr? Summery, was slow now fast in comparison. 11 Quote
Raizer Posted February 15, 2016 Author Posted February 15, 2016 Bittersweet moment Enjoy it Beaver! 1 Quote
Popular Post Beaver Posted February 15, 2016 Popular Post Posted February 15, 2016 Get out of my thread fool Edit: its official, I now own this. Its currently on the back of a big ass truck. Hopefully get delivered sometime this week. 15 Quote
Beaver Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Lame no pic update sorry. Have a very small list for wof, one item left to sort. Oil change and coolant flush done, drives like a champ. Fingers crossed i can locate idler arm this week (last item for wof) and have it ready for nats! Im away all this week which makes life a bit more hectic. will get some pics next weekend, needs a good clean. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41006-beavers-87-gloria-wagon/page-3 3 Quote
Popular Post Beaver Posted February 28, 2016 Popular Post Posted February 28, 2016 Now featuring wof and reg! Bring on nats I say. Also threw a new water pump, hoses and thermostat at it today as well as removing a metric tonne of crap from the radiator. Have run out of time to sort radiator properly before nats but this haven given in the best chance of getting there and back. Also, wag lyfe. Fuck yeh. Discussion //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41006-beavers-87-gloria-wagon/page-4 17 Quote
Beaver Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 Man, I really need to do something more exciting for these updates. Took to Nats, ran too hot for my liking but made the trip none the less. Whipped the radiator out and handed it to the seediest of Al's. Came back rodded and painted (as that makes all the difference). Dropped back in and seems to have done the trick. Heading up to National Park for easter so that will be the real test. In slightly more interesting news, I have some woodgrain vinyl/sticky film on the way to wrap the panel on the boot (to match the fake woodgrain dash), and a wood steering wheel as well. I love me some wood. Next on the list is to measure up the u-bolts and get some to suit blocks I have in stock, and then install some makita one ways in the front. Then find some more exciting wheels, so if anyone has some lush 14s or 15s in 5x114, let me know. 5 Quote
Popular Post Beaver Posted March 23, 2016 Popular Post Posted March 23, 2016 An actual update! Surprised how easy this was, not perfect ( a few small bubbles) but only took an hour from woah to go (pulled the panel off the car to make life easier) and looks a million times better. cheap too! Its just cheap stuff ($8/m for a 40cm strip) but at that price I dont care if it fades overtime or whatever Excuse the potato photos Discussion //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41006-beavers-87-gloria-wagon/page-4 13 Quote
Beaver Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 slow progress is slow. new wheel installed, more wood. i love wood. Turns out the new bosskit didnt have the doohickys for cancelling the indicators, so grabbed the back plastics from a nissan wheel at pickapart and cut out the doohicky and glued/epoxied to the bosskit. Should do the trick. also had a nosey at the rear end (gigidy gigidy) for ordering lowering blocks. Have some u bolts left over from something that will work a treat, perfect size. Starting to look for wheels as well, looking at 15x7 or 7.5 with around zero offset. Will fit nicely without having to fuck with guards. will run something like a 195/50 tyre. discussion //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41006-beavers-87-gloria-wagon/page-4 8 Quote
Beaver Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 Holy pictureless update batman. 50mm lowering blocks aquired, fettled and fitted (thanks Al). looks bazillion times better. Pair of lowering springs for the front have been located and permission to purchase given to some internet man from yahoo japan. Will trim to suit. Thats all folks. 5 Quote
Popular Post Beaver Posted May 1, 2016 Popular Post Posted May 1, 2016 Here is a photo of a not so jacked gloria wagon. 50mm blocks in the back and kawasaki special springs up front. sills are pretty much spot on level but looks whack as front guard opening is so big. would like the front a touch lower at some point but this will do for now. Next is wheels, either 15s or 16s to help fill the guards. not much room in the back so wont be anything cray cray //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41006-beavers-87-gloria-wagon/page-6 23 Quote
Beaver Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Overnight parts from japan (well not really), 20/30 mm lowering springs Chucked them in tonight, looks to sits about the same as before but should settle a bit so will recheck in a few weeks and trim to suit. they have an extra flat wind/are somewhat progressive so will be a much nicer fit even when trimmed. 4 Quote
Popular Post Beaver Posted May 31, 2016 Popular Post Posted May 31, 2016 Useless update. As above, chucked springs in, have settled a bit bit still need a tweak, perhaps a job for the long weekend. Had also become difficult to start in the last month or so, to the point of draining the battery every other time. Is still somewhat difficult to start when jumped so I started with the glow plugs. New battery will follow. Oddly, but correct according to the internet, the front 3 cylinders use one type of plug, the back 3 use a different type. New plugs were all 6.5v, two different types. Made sense. Pulled old plugs, three were the same as the new ones, 3 were 11v plugs. Aha! I thought I had found the issue. Chucked full set of new plugs in. Wouldn't start. Hooked up to another batter, still no go. Hmmmmm. So, I did what I should have done first and look a closer look at the glow circuit. Back 3 plugs have a second power feed which I assume is an after glow circuit, and would make sense as to why the plugs are different. However, in a previous life someone had bypassed the factory glow system and wired up a push button manual glow. Warning bell No.1. This meant after glow circuit was useless so removed it from the plugs. Checked voltage at the plugs, 12v/battery voltage when pressing the glow button. Warning bell number 2. Did the math in my head, 12v into 6.5v does not go. Warning bell number 3. Chucked the 3 11v plugs back in the the car started. So it turns out that most likely only 3 of the plugs were actually working (the 11v ones), and other 3 (6v) were probably fried a long time ago. This makes sense as each time it starts it sounds like its running on a couple of cylinders and takes 5 secs or so for the others to catch on. So to fix I have ordered a full set of 12v plugs from a later model rd28. Fingers crossed this will do the trick, Then I should probably get a new battery, Should have stuck to just cutting the springs really. I am Andrew, aged 27, and that is my story. 10 Quote
Beaver Posted June 28, 2016 Posted June 28, 2016 Went to BIke Summit. Loaded bikes and people in, on and around the car. Such a packhorse. 5 bikes, 3 sexy men and a sexy lady. 8 Quote
Beaver Posted August 4, 2016 Posted August 4, 2016 Nearly Hanmer time which means another sick roady brah/wag lyfe. Needs a wof but should be sweet (Aye Rog....) In the meantime, I bought a turbo. Actually four of them. Steve will be proud. Need a good clean up/scotchpad polish and repaint but they were dirt cheap. Wonder if they will fit.... Abuse //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41006-beavers-87-gloria-wagon/page-7 8 Quote
Beaver Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 Oh yeh, Hanmer was rad. (PS Ive figured out how to make it not do this anymore) Much like Al's mum, this thing loves the abuse and keeps on trucking. Was meant to bid on a low km RD28 on tradme the otherday but forgot and it sold for $200 which pissed me off. Woudl be nice to not smoke so much (blue smoke, yum). Test fitted turbos, look like it will be mint, just need some tyres. 9 Quote
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