at least it looks complete from the rear:whistling
slowly getting there
plan is to have my last panels edged up on saturday, then fit them all back on for blocking
just have to finish my last guard in the week, aiming for tommorow.
also want to during the week i want to get the brakes filled up blead then
get a disc rear hand brake cable and fit that, brakes will be finished then
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
bought some things on ebay today
new genuine bonnet rubbers, the adjusters and the guard stoppers
new genuine holden wastegate actuator in the orignal box for $71
primed the guard and nose cone just before, so there ready for rubbing
primer, wet still
saturday the last of the panels will be edged up
inside bonnet, guards and nose cone
so tommorow night and friday ill rub them back for the morning
guide coat
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
ha cheers for that mate, she aint much just a practice car for later
then the big plans will pop out and ill take it further
turns out tommorow the last of the panel wont be painted,
mate whos painting my car had a blow out with the other painter whoms ment to open the shop up, so its been pushed back a week
my new genuine wastegate actuator arrived today, in the orignal box aswel
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
thanks CTs2 sabo, nah i wont it will be finished
currently im trying to get hold of a power steering reservoir but so far no luck
not one holden dealer in australia has one listed layed around
motor traders aint no luck
tryed a few car places but they havnt got anything, so ill just have to keep looking
last panels will be edged up one night next week
ive got to see with my boss if i can work something out about getting my car painted on the last day of work this year.
so i can start putting it together over my holidays
so possibly paint on the out side in 2 weeks, but thats if everything is fine, all are work is finished in time and he is ok with it
few little pics
new banjo bolts for water feed and oil feed
brand new genuine holden wastegate actuator in orignal box
cabling for battery to motor
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
some more parts
2x inline W/ANL fuse holders
2x 250Amp ANL fuses
battery isolation switch
10mtrs of flexable condue piping
started the inside of the boot today aswel,
masked for texture coat
crappy stuff wasnt chunky enough, so you can see where i welded in the new bottom part
ill run some sound deadening mat along the base to make it nicer, then just a light coat over the top to make it look as if it wasnt a last minute dodgy job
unmasked, ill have to wait for it to completly dry before i paint the whole inside black
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
getting a box of sound deading mat friday
also booked captain thread to come down tuesday morning next week to drill out my oil feed, oil drain and a snapped bolt for the nose cone
so that will be $130 then no more spending till after the new year:whistling
well ill try not too
painting panels tommorow, fit guards over the weekend and make sure all my door gaps are good
fit my nose cone once the bolt is drilled out on tuesday then the bonnet
ill order my gas struts soon i suppose, cant really fit the bonnet seeing as i welded up all my bonnet rod recessing and the hole it mounts in
should be picking up a handbrake cable for disk rear on saturday
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
half bolted guards on, still need to do the headlight, horn and Afm wiring before i can bolt them on for good
so they will come back off later
started neating up the main engine loom, need to get a new plug as one is snapped in half and proberly some others will need changing
almost half way through it
tommorow night ill be bring home the bonnet and nose cone
guards bolted on with the stainless steel allen key button screws
engine loom before
engine loom almost half done,
done CAS end to the first injector
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
brought my last panels home,
fitted up my bonnet with my new genuine parts
this morning the last turbo line holes get drilled
pictures.......
nose cone
guards/nose cone sat on the car
bonnet painted inside
now who cant say that aint a flat finish:thumbsup:
my new genuine bonnet parts
bonnet parts fitted
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
ha nah no cashies for me yet,
ive got to much on my own plate to finish first,
my car, rust in my vs's rear pillar, little rust patch on my utes guard
never ends lol
cheers Sean. slowly getting there, not long now
update
turns out my turbo is not of a vl
its actually off a FJ20, it is still a t3 only diff is the front housing is a little smaller and the 02 sensor is higher up the dump pipe
so today i made a bracket for mounting the wastegate actuator,
still just got to make a few little edges to clean up on it at work tommorow but besides that everything lines up and is sitting how i want it
got the bolt on the nose cone drilled out today and the water feed drilled into the block and tapped,
oil feed, he cleaned the thread and drilled it further but stopped as he was too comfy drilling more, so ill ran some air into it and see if he made it into the galleries if not he said he will come back and drill it more if i wanted for free
pics ill try getting up later if i dont get home too late from my mates
had a little probs finding a oil feed banjo bolt in the right thread for a while but i eventually managed to get one though a nissan dealer
ordered it yesterday and it came in this morning
so now all i need is the last water lines and check the oil feed is drilled enough
then just bolt it all up together...
got two plugs of a vl engine loom from a wreakers as two of mine were broken,
so just have to get them on my loom tape a little more, tidy up the AFM cable and the engine loom is set
also picked up 4 check straps for my doors, i miss placed mine plus i think they were all stuffed
got a box of sound deadner,
wiring is planed for just after the new year, my mates going to do the horn, LH head light and RH headlight so i can bolt the last panels on for good,
then he will do the last bit a little later on
only real pics i have,
engine loom
tommorow i might have some better update pictures
did a little bit today
fitted the 4 check straps and did some extra stuff
carpet out of the dark storage with some under felt which i thought was for the floor
floor all cleaned up for the carpet and what not
fitted the headline only to figger out the flet which is on the carpet was ment to be glued to the roof:bang:
off came the roof liner and glued the roof felt up
altering of glovebox to allow for fuse box cables to get through
glove box closed
glove box open, ill mount them properly to a fixed panel later and more then likly get a new rail off the member on where who make the melt proof ones
rear seat and parcel shelf in
dash, top isnt screw on at all as it needs to come off to make wiring easyer
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
little bit done today
fitted handbrake cable, i think its a little too tight as the car is stiffer to roll back and forth so just a slight adjustment needed
front seats in, need a better clean though.
painted in boot gmh black
tommorow ill play with the power steer system, vacum lines and decide how ill run my power cables, mount the fuses and kill switch
pictures
front seats in, there not perfect but this interior will stay till i get my new full custom one
got a new power steer resiour,
got this off my old vl, the gramps i had. found it in a wreckers stripped:cry:
got a rubber for top of the firewall
sprayed inside my my boot today with gmh matt black, came up factory looking now will have carpet over it anyway
masked up
done
where battery box is being mounted
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
bought some new piping in a few sizes and clamps so i could finish the power steer system today, still need to figger the last connection out on the front end
besides that im happy with how the mounting bracket fitted and how the bottle sits, perfetly perpendicular
diffrent to the usal spot of mounting people choose when they remove the battery tray
i reckon it makes that corner less bare and evens out the washer bottle on the other side
where its mounted
plumbing
still need to figger out this connection, they used diff size pipe on the black pipe too the resiour:bang:
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.