Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Supergurrier

OSI wrote: »

Cheeky!! I was thinking while I was sorting the light that as it wasn't raining and was fairly sunny it'd be a good opportunity to wash it. Until I see a bucket rolling down the road followed by a cloud of suds from the guy up the road washing his car. I'll have to continue closing my eyes on the walk to the car for a while longer.

Rain does the job for free

MuppetCheck

I'm actually surprised how much the rain has actually done on the job over the last few days. My wheels are spotless from it. I don't get results like that from the karcher. Hope it keeps up tonight to soften the rest of the crap for when it's washed tomorrow.

rizzee

Finally got a brand new alternator and car is running like new (07 GP Sporting).

MuppetCheck

Washed my car for the first time in ages. Sickened to see the amount of stone chips on it. Weren't there the last time I washed it so I'm assuming the weather lately making crap of the roads has a lot to do with it:(

MetzgerMeister

This weather is dire for stone chips. I avoid certain roads around here and go to and from work on longer routes because I know they are better for the car.

MuppetCheck

They're only minor but I'll touch them up when the weathers better. Have a real crappy road on the way to work and I know the stretch they happened on. I'll be d?taking a detour in future!

GvidoR

Painted the rockah covah!

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

Painted the rockah covah!

Lookin good!

If you could change the oil cap on it now you'd be doing well

dgt

That's a roomy engine bay

GvidoR

Thanks, I was going to paint the exhaust manifold cover too, but it's very rusty so I will go down to the breakers tomorrow and get a new one and then paint it and put it on my car.

Yeah, I was looking at some oil caps on eBay but I don't know which ones fit and which ones don't. I sent a message to one seller about one that I liked and he said that it doesn't fit my car.

@dgt: Yep, one of the reasons I prefer older cars.

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

Thanks, I was going to paint the exhaust manifold cover too, but it's very rusty so I will go down to the breakers tomorrow and get a new one and then paint it and put it on my car.

Yeah, I was looking at some oil caps on eBay but I don't know which ones fit and which ones don't. I sent a message to one seller about one that I liked and he said that it doesn't fit my car.

@dgt: Yep, one of the reasons I prefer older cars.

Well keep up the good work i say! You learn more about the car the more you take it apart and stick it back together i find

YbFocus

GvidoR wrote: »

@dgt: Yep, one of the reasons I prefer older cars.

It's not really got to do with old cars, it's to do with having the smaller engine option in any particular car. Like the 18d in the 5 series.

Good paint job though, one of the best jobs I've seen. Usually they're not cleaned down and it reacts and everything

GvidoR

YbFocus wrote: »

It's not really got to do with old cars, it's to do with having the smaller engine option in any particular car. Like the 18d in the 5 series.

Good paint job though, one of the best jobs I've seen. Usually they're not cleaned down and it reacts and everything

Well if you look at older cars, especially in the 70's or 80's you'll notice that there's much more room. New cars are crammed with a bunch of electronics and plastic pieces.

...and thanks.

YbFocus

GvidoR wrote: »

Well if you look at older cars, especially in the 70's or 80's you'll notice that there's much more room. New cars are crammed with a bunch of electronics and plastic pieces.

...and thanks.

True about the older machines

If you done the inlet manifold in white or something it'd look good

GvidoR

I was thinking about doing it in a matching color.

YbFocus

Your choice of course, but I reckon a contrasting white or black would look better than more red.

GvidoR

My closest motor factors only has silver, black and red high-temperature paint. Is there anywhere else I can get it? Woody's maybe?

YbFocus

GvidoR wrote: »

My closest motor factors only has silver, black and red high-temperature paint. Is there anywhere else I can get it? Woody's maybe?

The inlet manifold won't need high temp

I've only ever seen them colours in high temp to be honest, in any m factors I've been in.

GvidoR

That's too bad. I want yellow or blue calipers & drums

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

That's too bad. I want yellow or blue calipers & drums

If i were you, which im not, but if i was, I'd go with the same blue that's on the car, my saab has the same color calipers as the body color and i think it's pretty cool, it's not a massive stand out thing but it's a subtle thing y'know? Make it look factory or something

corkgsxr

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Washed my car for the first time in ages. Sickened to see the amount of stone chips on it. Weren't there the last time I washed it so I'm assuming the weather lately making crap of the roads has a lot to do with it:(

Stones and gravel get washed onto roads in very heavy rain. Just stay abit further back

dgt wrote: »

That's a roomy engine bay

Try the trafic checking the oil is nearly a engine out job. Iv given up on so many things id like to do over space in the bay

GvidoR wrote: »

Thanks, I was going to paint the exhaust manifold cover too, but it's very rusty so I will go down to the breakers tomorrow and get a new one and then paint it and put it on my car.

Yeah, I was looking at some oil caps on eBay but I don't know which ones fit and which ones don't. I sent a message to one seller about one that I liked and he said that it doesn't fit my car.

@dgt: Yep, one of the reasons I prefer older cars.

Take it off and wire brush it. Ten mins brushing and paint away

YbFocus

GvidoR wrote: »

That's too bad. I want yellow or blue calipers & drums

Calipers and drums won't get hot enough to necessitate high temp. They are constantly air cooled!

GvidoR

toastedpickles wrote: »

If i were you, which im not, but if i was, I'd go with the same blue that's on the car, my saab has the same color calipers as the body color and i think it's pretty cool, it's not a massive stand out thing but it's a subtle thing y'know? Make it look factory or something

I saw a blue colt with yellow calipers... looked pretty cool. :P

But then again I had a red Citroen Xsara and I painted the calipers red on it and they looked good too.

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

I saw a blue colt with yellow calipers... looked pretty cool. :P

Well whatever you think yourself boss looking forward to seeing it though

toastedpickles

Soooo, can ya guess what i started doing today?



It's the infamous sump drop!, So lets start by making sure that the car is more stable than most buildings, because the last thing you want is a few tonne of saab coming down on you, the parents would have an awful time cleaning the driveway :pac:

So I used, 2 axle stands, my own jack, 3 tyres, and a concrete block

These two little fellas were my best friends today

An 8 mil socket



and a 13 mil ratchet spanner



So to bidness! disconnect the negative terminal on the battery



And then drain the oil, to do this you need to remove an undertray which protects a few pipes and the like, so with your 8mm socket start taking it off, but saab were sneaky in that they put two of the fcukers in, so I've kindly pointed out which one it is



I should probably mention now, to absolutely drown the nuts and so on in plusgas or wd40, whichevers on hand, because some of them were pigs to get off even with it on them

So now you have all the nuts off, it should come off now right? wrong! theres one more nut in the wheel arch, again pointed out, get this out and then it comes off



And you have this left



While your at it take off the heat shield, undo a nut and gently pull it out

And heres what you have!



Now disconnect the o2 sensors, these are located at the back of the engine on a little bracket, there was three of them so disconnect what's there some models have two others one,



I made sure to number them as i disconnected them, so i'd remember which went into which



And yes i drew my 1 backwards

Post two coming up

dgt

corkgsxr wrote: »

Try the trafic checking the oil is nearly a engine out job. Iv given up on so many things id like to do over space in the bay

Seicento bay (belt change is fun)

535 bay

500 bay

The sofim Ducatos were another pig, alternator at the back was an arse to change in situ.... :pac:

toastedpickles

Anyways, next the front part of the exhaust needed to be removed and repositioned so I can actually get at the sump, again, utter pig of a job but we got there, again drown these nuts in wd40 or whatever you have, it may look like theres two at the manifold but one is hidden away under it so have a feel around first to locate them all

Start underneath the car and disconnect the mounts beside the sump



Then disconnect it at the manifold



And we're off!



Also loosened what bolts i could on the sump and the transmission cover, can't do much more till i get a spanner off mr dgt to take off the o2 sensors, then it's full shteam ahead!

GvidoR

YbFocus wrote: »

Calipers and drums won't get hot enough to necessitate high temp. They are constantly air cooled!

Really? I've been told that they do need high temp paint.

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

Really? I've been told that they do need high temp paint.

Not unless your flying along or generating immense heat, which very few of us do

colm_mcm

dgt wrote: »

Seicento bay (belt change is fun)

535 bay

500 bay

The sofim Ducatos were another pig, alternator at the back was an arse to change in situ.... :pac:

I meant to ask back when you originally posted the pic of the sei, what's written in tippex?