dr.wylde Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Dicsuss ----> //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44998-wylde Edited on 9/4/2021 Due to certain Image hosting sites being dicks and losing half my photos I'll be re-writing this thread and cleaning it up a bit and updating it as to where I am now with the car stay tuned! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 This has now become a rebuild thread BUGGER SHIT DAMN! I went and picked up the DeVille from the exhaust shop yesterday it sounded so good with a new pipe and muffler cruising home ( i live 10 mins out of Oamaru) 2 kms off home the faint tick that the 308 has disappeared. I was like YES SWEET no more ticking the lifter has freed itself up 10 seconds louder it came back louder with a vengeance TICK TICK TICK limped it home parked it and today i spent my time taking off all the intake hoping it had a shat a lifter nope its rounded off the intake lobe on pot 6 Bugger there goes my plans for the next week or so. time replace and maybe with something a wee bit warmer throw me some ideas guys as the stock 160hp is a bit boring anywho cos pictureless updates suck heres where i'm at with today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 hello weirdos Over the last few weeks when i have had the time I've been busy on the Stato I decided that removing the nose would be a safe option and would reduce the risk of damaging the front end should something catastrophic happen while the engine is being hoisted out. Statesman's have a buttload more wiring and gear (aircon , tranny cooler and a fuckin massive relay ) every wire and bolt has been tagged,bagged and labeled and put in a box for safe keeping but first. my lovely Ma brought my rims down from wellington for me this week . i had originally intended to fit them to my ute but i sold it also i Have a set of commodore rims 14x 6.5 would any of you early commodore owners/bogans be interested in them? they dont come with tyres make an offer anyway i started to lift the tree of hate out of the car and in typical OS tradition i thought i'd join in an give an air guitar shot for ya's I also slapped on a Hubcap on the front wheel looks good I reckon will have to give the rims a lick of paint and the hub caps a polish this is the point where i stopped taking photos but the engine is out and on the stand. The heads are off the bores still look reasonably good and its still rolling the factory slugs. actually apart from the cam this timepiece of an engine has faired really well over the decades that and its coated in oily grime. thats all for now please discuss //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44998-wyldes-84-holden-statesman-deville-series-ii/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 engine is now on the stand and dissassembled ( more or less) SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!! Fuck! cylinder #6 why must you torment me? What do I do now bloody holdens 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Been busy stripping the 308 down for the reconditioner Mrs Wylde waterblasting the Traumatic before after slapped some hubcaps all round will paint rims eventually till next time 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 I'm a leave this here still has assembly lube and has never fired a shot yeeya now tell me, whats your preferred method of oil pump priming? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 OK! We last left off with and empty engine bay! at the present moment. I dont have any bits for my shitty mig welder so there will be no extractor fitment just yet. as some of you know the blue/black 308s have a retarded flap on the drivers side exhaust manifold which when shut forces spent gases back through the head and through a passage under the intake manifold and exits through the passenger side this helps with better fuel atomization at the expense of power. So my thoughts where to remove the retard butterfly flap for my red engine. I then proceded to remove the manifold and i was greeted with this well waddaya know some GC has done it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 ^^^^ please excuse that last blurry photo didnt realise it was so blurry anyway.. moving on I then got the new engine ready to go in the sump that came with this engine had been painted on the inside. I'm not cool about that sort of thing so i removed it and fitted my one from the blue engine after giving it a quick coat of black. Those tall rocker covers were cool and all but they were bloody rusty, Thankfully I had a spare set of chrome ones left over from my scrapped 253. all the original pulleys, cruise control diaphragm, water pump ,engine mounts were fitted and the oil pump re-primed as it was full of grease ( following Neal/ 3onthetree's advice I'ma use vaseline) Then I refitted the engine and what a prick that was in full humidity an engine crane not designed to be operated on gravel and the car and engine being on an angle to each other however I got it done . Yeah its in now! I'm Fuckin' Happy with that! MAYTE! stay tuned weirdos I want this driving before Xmas! discuss--------->//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44998-wyldes-84-holden-statesman-deville-series-ii/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 IT RUNS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PICS TO COME 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Ok! I didn't get this car driving by christmas as I had to work on christmas day. (Stink) But every spare moment i had was spent on the statesman. Eventually it began to look like a car again so finally my driveway looked less like a trailer park got the nose fitted and the mrs fitted the lights while I was at work Got the manifold and carb on as well as ALL! the plumbing ( word of advice dont own luxury early pollution engined vehicles everything runs of a vacuum pipe which is a total mindfuck) oil,fuel set the timing and battery in , cranked it over, turned over four full revolutions before it fired .got running oil pressure came up to spec nicely within 10seconds lifters pumped up and yeah sounds so good. I'ma happy. on a different note here is a shot of the factory head/tape deck for you holden foamers and a shot of my rear seats every door has a ashtray and ciggie lighter I believe I had a little race on with Flyingbrick and Shaz who could get there holden going first! I think i might be winning! Hope you lot had a sweet Xmas cheers The Doc 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=961512183877989&l=5085861692179098200 short video! hear that note! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dr.wylde Posted February 24, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2015 I've been busy so here is a long overdue Update. I've set my Igniton Idle Timing set the mixture replaced the rear Unijoint (socket and bench vice method, Thanks youtube) filled up the trans with fluid gone for a drive. yep thats it guys I'm finally back to where I started with a running driving vehicle and I'm pretty happy for now there are further tuning tweaks to make but for now it will do . I also had the oppurtunity to get to the North Otago Hotel Show and Shine on Feb 22nd. got mixed results, old dudes loved it and the young'uns said it was too "old man" cruising on HWY83 at the show and shine 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Well! its been Fucking ages since I last updated this. still no WOF no Reg no nothin!... such a shame... well not quite on the 2nd of May I got married. so I trailered this up to Lake Ohau for our wedding. where both this and my Brother inlaws HZ suffered from overheating problems so they were more just there for show than anything else for the rest of May I tried to figure out why it kept overheating turns out it was a BHG more on that later cheers guys 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Well I'm pretty fuckung useless! however I have some progress. (If you'd call it that). As per my last post This thing had done a head gasket. Turns out whoever the fuckwit was who assembled the engine (not me I just bought it as a complete engine) didn't fit the head locator dowel thing on the rIght hand side rear of the block this was the cause of all the boiling and coolant dumping into the sump. so yeah. Had to replace those. Also fitted an electronic choke Now it runs like a swiss watch. Now something has been slowly fucking me off about this car have a look! Not so noticeable in this photo but shit it obvious IRL. -its the ride height. namely the rear end I always thought the front was low for a supposed "standard" car. but the rear end takes the cake so now Ive been spending some money and I bought some of this shit. 2inch lowering springs for the rear a new electric ariel (someone has removed the motor from the old one(seriously! why the fuck have people being doing half arsed shit with this car) new outer weather strips front and rear to stop my doors filling up with water and a new bailey channel to eliminate the whislting sound while driving. and... chrome door strikers will hopefully be fitting it all on the weekend. Have more plans in the pipeline for this. please discuss--//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44998-wyldes-84-holden-statesman-deville-series-ii/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Would of updated last night but Botophucket was not available. Anywho yesterdays progress on the lowering job. Take note of the Lovells springs box beside the car in relation to height/ drop before Boing Comparo not too much difference half way through the job I got worried if there would be any difference (would of felt like a right dumb cunt if i swapped in the same type of springs).Also took the gamble and Didnt buy new shocks to match good thing I didnt as the springs remain captive when car is jacked up- score i suppose Also found the rear shocks are Bilstein units. Cool! no pics of them yet as I didnt have much time and the final Result As you can see shit be lower so quite happy with that. had to take the Towbar off to shut the garage door still then only have a Bee's dick clearance front and rear of the giant sedan More yet to come Cheers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Side shot as resquested looks a little off due to driveway is on a slope nothing too crazy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Failed WOF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Ok so as my last post This failed its WOF. A few minor things it failed on and of course the big thing which was rust My neighbour down the road offered his services for rust repair so I took him up on his offer. we picked the scab on the C pillar and then found it had another rusty hole behind that one SO.. Open it right up and cut the nasty shit out and weld in some new steel Nice!!! Seal that shit up so it Dont rust Again! and repeat and the end result Neighbour charged me a Box of Beers and a Hundy for his time. next the door.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Right the Door this was just a simple Fill the hole type job Thats all I've got on that part right so I've sorted most of the other Wof issues but however due to work commitments I will have to pay the $50 again for another Warrant - Oh well also managed to get the Air con compressor working again. However wont be gassing it just yet as the Vacuum operated heater tap control isnt doing its thing properly ( I put a new tap on it but it still dont work right! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dr.wylde Posted March 2, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2017 Warrant status achieved only took over 2.5 years! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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