- i5oogt - Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 This car was never supposed to be mine (I have plenty of projects already). It was one of the cars down at the infamous christchurch car graveyard. It was originally purchased by another forum member after the 2017 Hanmer Meet. It still had live plates (just) it hadn't turned a wheel in quite some time as you can see by the pictures from when we first saw it 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 One problem with this car was the plastic sliders on the driver's window regulator we're broken. Karl had got the regulator out of a wagon eb civic that was out at the graveyard but the regulator was different . Still had the plastic sliders though. The only way to get them off is to cut the rivet off. With out having any new rivets I had to chisle the rivet out in a way I could re-rivet it to work again. Carefully it was done I also end up welding nuts to the back of where it bolts into the door frame as they had been stripped. Rivet ready for re-use one down One rivet re done Ready to go back in the door teeth are a little worn 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- i5oogt - Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Here are a few pics of the US Spec Eb wagon that donated a couple of parts including the lush 3 spoke steering wheel @JustHarry being the total GC that he is will be doing a bit of work on this due to me having hardly any time (plus I think he likes it more than his crown wagon) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 In last couple days I've dissasembled both front calipers only to find pistions like new and good seals. Quick clean and back together they went This arvo with @- i5oogt - bleed the brakes in the hope they would sort them selves out. Only to find one rear drum dragging real bad. Took apart to find the slave cylinder was siezed on one side. The wall of the cylinder is in pretty good condition being aluminium. May get new ones if available. Also went digging into the back right corner to see how far the rust went........ Wheel arch has had a prang and been filled up. Will pull this mess out Couple little bits of rust to fix 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted June 26, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2018 One of the other problems with the car was the sump bung. It was stuck, it rounded off pretty early on. Cutting a slot in it didn’t help as the whole motor would flex on the mounts when you tried to undo it. The only way it was gonna come out was heat. We removed the sump. Heated the bolt up to remove it, then replaced it with a new one and a new crush washer, then put the sump back on with a new gasket 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Went to safe r brakes to get seals for wheel cylinders. Figured I'd ask about complete cylinder. As it luck would have it 2 new cylinders on the shelf for s measly sum of $20 each (trade account) Probably should've gotten new shoes, but meh only one photo just need to bleed the air back out if the fronts again. Stupid single circuit brakes  Next step: tackle the rust 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 Productivity has been high on this due to deadline for hanmer..... So tonight I dug into the rust. Was worse than initially thought. No problem though. Was a bit tricky not having a guillotine/folder/nibble/compressor that keeps up with air tools/gasplant for welding the panel repair. But despite all this it got don no photos of during process due to such high productivity. But before and after. Will prob just rattle some green on for the mean time and epoxy, fill, and paint properly later on down the track / never 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted July 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2018 Have been dreading going the rust in the roof. I knew it was gonna be a masstive pest to do because of the channel for the rubber being to small for the might torch. The back side of the weld Being inside the car (fire hazard and can't linish welds back because huge mess). And mig welding on a roof which is most of flat so will move around really quick with heat....... Started by cutting Came up with this as a result .cant see the big wave in the photo. Will need to take to work and dress the area of repair properly. Blugh. now to get into this mess 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted July 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2018 Did another couple hrs on this today. Got the back corner all wrapped up. Couldve been better with a few more tools. But hey it's fine for the mean time 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post - i5oogt - Posted July 12, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2018 Boom. 17 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustHarry Posted July 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2018 Took half a sick day today. Felt like taking the Honda for a wee Hoon round lyttleton. Went up dyres pass all in star. Brakes were a bit average on the way down though Looking lush at Cass bay Sign of the kiwi 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hmmm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 5speed Manual conversion time 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Dissasembled, cleaned, inspected, and reassembled the CV's this evening. Bit of wear. But will do for the mean time. New boots to make them look fresh af. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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