Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

JohnBoy26

Hal1 wrote: »

Axel stands man please.

Nothing wrong with blocks, although I wouldn't use a wheel for a base

JohnBoy26

joujoujou wrote: »

Yup. Mine was exactly the same. 100% Paddy spec Terra. Just bought a set of new alloys from the web and kept them steelies for winter tyres. Now I have two terras actually - one I'm driving and another one as a donor car - currently almost totally disassembled.

I never realized you had a set of alloys on it

The terras were the base spec but they weren't terribly under specced imo. They came with most of the things you need really and they had abs too from 99 on which was a big plus.

joujoujou wrote: »

And that's old photo TBH. Now it has no suspension at all (actually nothing left under a car).

That car doesn't look like it was in bad condition

toastedpickles

Today I helped change a head gasket on a 01 punto I only went to collect my engine :pac:

This is the only picture i got



So what was done (what I can remember)

Cleaned the intake and exhaust valves
Cleaned the block
Put the valves in the block, put a coarse paste on then and ground it in
Clean off the paste
Put in the stem seals, old ones were rock hard
then the springs
Compressed them
and put on the collets (think that's how they're spelled)
There was more things out in at this stage, never got the name of them though, but they compressed the springs,
Then we done the gasket with shellac sealer on both sided of it, then stuck on the valve block, more shellack on the gasket on that
Torqued down the head bolts to 20Nm then 30 Nm then turned 90 degrees, let that settle for a bit and turn them another 90

Had to leave after this but there you go!

Hal1

Polish and port the head. Get a few more ponies out of her.

toastedpickles

Hal1 wrote: »

Polish and port the head. Get a few more ponies out of her.

It was done all today, while thing is back to normal now, i was only helping so I'd no idea really, just going by what i was told/shown how to do it

Noccy_Mondy

Nothing major here, but got an adjustable intermittent wiper stalk for the focus, very easy to install, took about 2 mins. Should be a big help. Got an mp3 tape thing as well, very surprised with the quality! It's the small things sometimes. Sorry can't embed pics, on the phone.

joujoujou

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

[...] I wouldn't use a wheel for a base

Why? Steel rim is stable and strong enough to be temporarily used for a base. And even more rims were involved.

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

I never realized you had a set of alloys on it

And I still have a set. Lost loads of photos recently and I'm too lazy to go out and shoot another one.

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The terras were the base spec but they weren't terribly under specced imo. They came with most of the things you need really and they had abs too from 99 on which was a big plus.

No air condition, no alloys, few other ugly bits and pieces inside.

Apart from that - well built cars.

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

That car doesn't look like it was in bad condition

...from a distance. :P

Severely worn interior, rear underbody rusted, paintwork in horrible condition (loads of dents, scratches and handprints). But it was cheap (I'd definately pay more just for parts I needed from breakers) and I bought it deliberately as a source for spare parts.

rizzee

Hmm my rear passenger side running light/daytime light and my front passenger parking bulb/sidelight went before I went on holidays, car has been parked up just over a week now and eventually got time to go down to the auto factors and get a set.

Changed the bulbs and the new ones arent working at all, however I tried them on the opposite side and they are working fine, so the bulbs are working it must be a connection. Any idea how this could happen or what it is? 01 Golf Mk4... Thanks.

Dartz

I learned that I should probably leave things to a trained mechanic. But I did it. I managed to replace my old and dying ignition coils with new D585 upgrades - for immediate benefit.

Also, testing the duff coils - three showed abut 580 ohms between two terminals - while one just went open circuit. I guess, it's prop\per ****ed.



You can see where the spark's been jumping through the insulation at the base of the coil. It's not the worst looking one.... there're hideous white stains left behind on the original mounting bracket - but it's the one that's dead. The others have some pitmarks in them on the base, aswell as the staining where it's been arcing to ground.

Upshot is, the car didn't detonate itself apart when I started it, which is my biggest fear. Downside is, it's still running rich - but with a dead coil it might just need to relearn it's fuel trims for the new canned-Zeus fitted. They're much bigger than the stock coils, for a start....

Either way, I did something to my car and didn't **** it up.

(And yes, I did post it to the wrong forum)

MetzgerMeister

The original thinking was that those chalky stains on the bottom of the coils meant that they were FUBAR'd but after a few years, it was shown to be untrue. No harm in changing them though especially if they had been there since day 1. When I changed mine, the most unnerving part was those tiny buts and bolts. Some pain if one of them fell into the engine bay!!

Interslice

Tried to get my foglights going. I was only getting 0.12V at the connector so I gave up. Was hoping for a handy fix. Might be a relay or the switch .

Was arsed doing electrical stuff so instead I fixed up the leaking cam cover gasket in a dirko sandwich and cleaned up the centre caps a bit.



Before


During... I sanded them back with 80grit and sprayed them with wheel silver. Should have went up through the grades of sand paper as you can still see the scratches a bit.


Noticed taking of the wheel that the universal CV boot has started to split and leak. It got me through the NCT but only lasted 1000 miles or so. I'll be doing it with a proper boot in a few weeks.

Dartz

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The original thinking was that those chalky stains on the bottom of the coils meant that they were FUBAR'd but after a few years, it was shown to be untrue. No harm in changing them though especially if they had been there since day 1. When I changed mine, the most unnerving part was those tiny buts and bolts. Some pain if one of them fell into the engine bay!!

Yeah. Kit I had, I...em... was only able to get two bolts into place. Big fat fingers are fun. The others were under the physical coils and I have no tool whatsoever that'll fit. It's holding well enough anyway.

One of them i'm certain is ****ed anyway. Would be interesting to cut one open and see what it's like on the inside.

punisher5112

rizzee wrote: »

Hmm my rear passenger side running light/daytime light and my front passenger parking bulb/sidelight went before I went on holidays, car has been parked up just over a week now and eventually got time to go down to the auto factors and get a set.

Changed the bulbs and the new ones arent working at all, however I tried them on the opposite side and they are working fine, so the bulbs are working it must be a connection. Any idea how this could happen or what it is? 01 Golf Mk4... Thanks.

Your car doesn't have DRL's unless fitted by you or someone else?

Do you mean front 5w wedge type side light and rear red light when lights are switched on?

Quite possible if 1 side front and rear not working would be a fuse or a loose connection.

Sometimes the holders can get water damaged or just worn and the lamp connections won't make great contact.

weekaizer

I fitted a set of Eibach Pro-Kit springs to my 04 is200 sport.
Handling and ride much improved, and hoping it will be even better when I get the 4 wheel alignment...
It hasn't lowered the car majorly but very suttle drop is just what I wanted, don't like the slammed look!

punisher5112

weekaizer wrote: »

I fitted a set of Eibach Pro-Kit springs to my 04 is200 sport.
Handling and ride much improved, and hoping it will be even better when I get the 4 wheel alignment...
It hasn't lowered the car majorly but very suttle drop is just what I wanted, don't like the slammed look!

Nice motor.

joujoujou

I shot a few photos.

And I really (REALLY) have to look after it tomorrow.

Doesn't look good.

bmstuff

2001 Saab 93 double radio installation.
Challenging enough as the radio would not fit, but after some adjustments made, it turned out good.

toastedpickles

Did you have to marry the radio to the car? Mine has to have that done it seems

bmstuff

toastedpickles wrote: »

Did you have to marry the radio to the car? Mine has to have that done it seems

Hello, what do you mean?
Radio works fine, even the retractable antenna works fine when the radio goes on and off.

toastedpickles

bmstuff wrote: »

Hello, what do you mean?
Radio works fine, even the retractable antenna works fine when the radio goes on and off.

Like with mine if you change the radio, even with another saab radio it won't accept it or work unless it's programmed in with a diagnostic kit, just wondering did you have to do the same on that, but it seems not!

bmstuff

toastedpickles wrote: »

Like with mine if you change the radio, even with another saab radio it won't accept it or work unless it's programmed in with a diagnostic kit, just wondering did you have to do the same on that, but it seems not!

Ok I see
Not at all indeed, it worked straight.

toastedpickles

bmstuff wrote: »

Ok I see
Not at all indeed, it worked straight.

Well that's me informed!

wotzgoingon

toastedpickles wrote: »

Like with mine if you change the radio, even with another saab radio it won't accept it or work unless it's programmed in with a diagnostic kit, just wondering did you have to do the same on that, but it seems not!

Your car is a better spec one anyway. More high tech stuff going on.

joujoujou

Fuel tank replaced.

Old one:



New (well, not so new alright):



Plastic tanks were in corollas made in UK, steel ones in Japanese corollas.

Fuel pumps are different, IMO it's safer and easier just to modify Japanese pump to put it on UK tank.

Japs pump on Japs tank:



Japs pump on UK tank:



Long story short - diameter changed from 139 to 136 mm (angle grinder), seals cut (two rings from clear PVC) and glued (windscreen adhesive) to block unwanted holes.

GvidoR

GvidoR

GvidoR wrote: »

I cringed until the very end because I thought you had no Axel stand underneath. Phew!

YbFocus

We all know which is your wa☆king arm now

GvidoR

Ah, should've used the hydraulic jack. :P

L-M

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

I cringed until the very end because I thought you had no Axel stand underneath. Phew!

I was the very same myself, jesus I wouldn't trust those jacks at all at all. They're absolutely brutal.

Took me 9 hours to service a Bora once, you were lucky with 2 mins

GvidoR

Limerick man wrote: »

Took me 9 hours to service a Bora once, you were lucky with 2 mins

The magic of video editing made it seem like it was 2 minutes, it was about 20 in real life. :P

Here's how my interior has changed.

The day I bought it:



Now:



(still not finished btw)