Popular Post Nominal Posted January 23 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 23 Hanging around in the paint shop, waiting for materials, should be underway soon. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted February 13 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13 Progressing, should be painted next week. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted February 21 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 21 Body painted, trunk and hood should have been done today. Popped up the road and collected the rear bumper and other parts from the panel shop. Plan is to be all back together for the Beach Hop. 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted March 9 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 9 Collected from the paint shop on Tuesday basically a closed door repaint in the stock colour, nothing fancy Had a bit of reassembly to do, the bellflower pipes and the back seat and associated trim. Also had to find a bolt to fit one that went missing from the convertible top linkage (you can see the disconnected link in the photo above) Might have to hit up @ajg193 to make me a proper one as it is a special shouldered design. Looking it over the rear tyres looked a bit sad, so I pulled the wheels (which needs the tyres deflated) and got that sorted. WOF acquired today so have paid rego too. Just needs a bit of a clean up for the Beach Hop. 41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted March 26 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 26 Made it up to Waihi Beach the Whangamata OK. Parked near the beach, and then in the slamfest on Saturday (bit damp that day). New paint is a big improvement. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted March 26 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 26 On the way back the LF tyre was going flat fairly quickly, and needed some air every couple of hours. All good until Levin when the core of the valve blew out while I was putting the valve cap back on. Spare is an original 14" and doesn't fix over the discs. I think my plan for this situation was to put the spare on the back, and swap a back wheel to the front, but that would be a faff as the rear tyre needs to be deflated to get the Radir wheel off, then pumped up again from the air bag system. There happened to be a tyre shop nearby so I humped the wheel over there and got the valve replace (for free - thanks Advantage Tures Levin) Even thoug I just got a fresh WOF one of the mufflers gave up the ghost on our travels. It might have involved a bit of road contact but I'm not sure, these have been on the car since we got it in the USA in 2003, so notbad.jpg Got it off without too much effort, will replace both sides. After driving it a lot over 10 days I realised I have been ignoring a lot of small and not so small issues so I made a list.... have already ordered some bits off rockauto, so will pick away at this while we wait for a house sale. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted April 10 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 10 Lets see Muffler replaced, I left the other side there as it didn't look too bad Pulled the door trim off to put a speed nut on the self tapper holding the wing mirror Got some Rock Auto Looked at a grotty engine 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted April 17 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17 Pulled the leaking valve cover, misplaced gasket would be why it was so bad Nothing to see here. Ever get the feeling that your new parts (on the left) aren't as good as the old parts? I think I'll hang on to the old cap, even though it's a bit damaged. Might see if there is a more $$$ option on Rockauto next time I order. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted April 21 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 21 One outer headlight (dip/high beam) gave up the ghost during Beach Hop. I installed these when the car came to NZ in 2003, so last 21 years, fair I suppose. The working one looked a bit sad too so I though I'd replace both. The centre high beam set are the ones it had in Indiana and seem fine. Took them out and cleaned up the buckets (I ended up doing all 4) followed by a squirt of Black Zinc. I did the same for the small aluminium trim pieces that go in where the masking tape is, and the blacked-out areas behind the grille that were a bit scruffy. It turns out that modern Hella lights (stocked at BNT) are all semi-sealed and don't have the nice domed shape so I got a couple of 5 3/4 sealed peams from PartsSelect on TM Let there be light! Also picked up some used PP from Trademe. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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