Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

wotzgoingon

dgt wrote: »

Have to collect my winnings in Mayo tomorrow.

What did you win? I live in Mayo. Great place. As a garda once said to me in Galway(after getting into a bit of bother) go back to them hills in Mayo.

dgt

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What did you win? I live in Mayo. Great place. As a garda once said to me in Galway(after getting into a bit of bother) go back to them hills in Mayo.

I'll be in the Newport area, look out for a white 01MH Daily van and trailer

I won a key part to the 156 build

colm_mcm

dgt wrote: »

I won a key part to the 156 build

Is it another 156?

wotzgoingon

dgt wrote: »

I'll be in the Newport area, look out for a white 01MH Daily van and trailer

I won a key part to the 156 build

That's a long way from me. I'm near the Galway/Roscommon border.

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is it another 156?

Nah I still have 1 more donor to go through, I said nothing about it :pac:

3.0 engine :cool:

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That's a long way from me. I'm near the Galway/Roscommon border.

I'll prob be going that way, have to go through Roscommon anyway!

colm_mcm

Ooh. Must be a 166 or a gtv so.

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

Ooh. Must be a 166 or a gtv so.

It's a 166, hope to recoup the cost of the car by selling on the ICS., a few other bits and scrapping the car.. It was very reasonably priced!

I'm looking at shoehorning in the 166 seats into the 406, yep thats a spoiler alert

cletus

wotzgoingon wrote: »

You have me confused. How many cars/engines are you working on. When day you are stripping a alfa next your fixing another. Some days your talking about fixing your peugeot. And I do not even know what car engine you are working on in the above post.

Fair play to you anyway. Wish i could work on my car the way you do yours.

Most appropriate username/post combination?

MuppetCheck

Thanks to vectra I now have the needle sweep enabled on start up.



Also changed all headliner lights, boot, glove box, footwells go LEDs. Look much better.

toastedpickles

I got another crankcase breather kit installed in my yoke today, 150 quid, ouchies, on friday its getting a throttle body fitted and then my cruise control will work

MetzgerMeister

I finished replacing the pads on my car today. All EBC red stuff now. Lovely smell of "new pad" after a few hard-braking maneuvers to remove the glaze on them!

Also got these struts installed by SF3 engineering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=109NP_D98Xc

bmstuff

BMW E60 halogen headlights to xenon headlights...

A bit of custom wiring in order to get them fully functional and error free.






Xenon headlight on the left and halogen still on the right





All good

dgt

I have a final year project report to write up. It's due on Wednesday. I've a good bit to do still.

So f*ck that and onto my engine :cool:

Pump on, connected up and static advanced 5 degrees from standard


Which meant I had to re-time the pump when it was on. Not to worry, out with the VW driveshaft bolt and Fiat bolt locking tools :pac:


This was a right shnake to get on but eventually coaxed onto the cogs


Now loosen that tensioner and let the plunger spring do it's business. 13mm bolt + nut


Important to rotate the engine twice to check the path of the belt/is anything in the way/is it out of time. I checked the timing twice, perfect on both times


I hate tippex on the covers, so out with he thinners and off you go


Discovered I had a BE4 box too.... Hmmmmm


This is where most of my time on this engine goes: cleaning it up. Covers now on, looks well


A bit to do before it goes into the car

• Manifolds
• Turbo pipework (more turbo adjustment too)
• Wax stat
• Aux bracket
• Engine loom
• Bleed off pipes
• Swap steady mount
• Fill with oil
• Couple of jubilee clips

I'll be starting it on the ground too, be grand sure :cool:

rizzee

Forgot to upload the other day, got remote locking installed.

EDIT:

Just to add in, I got nice xenon lights today, pain in the arse to put in , can't comment on them yet as it's too bright out
Also got black door protectors, really nice touch IMO and covers up tiny tiny signs of wear anyway as a bonus.
Changed the old style wipers to brand new flat blades, much better job, no squeekiness

Got my interior bulbs sent to me too but it was the wrong size they sent!! Emailed them and they sent out another set straight away

Noccy_Mondy

I put the chrome on the mondeo today. I really like it, easy enough to put on and looks well!

Nevermind the dirt on the car, was washed on Sunday fyi :P

Before


After (the rear quarter piece wasn't on in this pic)




Makes a big impact for 21 yoyo's!

Zcott

Lowered my Civic today, looks the business...








Shame I had to take all the rocks out when I got home though.

Stallingrad

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Makes a big impact for 21 yoyo's!

How did it cost so little?

corkgsxr

Is a be4 box good or bad

Noccy_Mondy

Stallingrad wrote: »

How did it cost so little?

Two strips 2.45m by 2.1cm for about €8 on ebay, needed two of them and postage, came to just over €21!

This was the stuff
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/2-1CM-CHROME-CAR-DETAIL-STYLING-STRIP-TRIM-ADHESIVE-FP-/120485017633?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c0d777821

Stallingrad

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Two strips 2.45m by 2.1cm for about €8 on ebay, needed two of them and postage, came to just over €21!

This was the stuff
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/2-1CM-CHROME-CAR-DETAIL-STYLING-STRIP-TRIM-ADHESIVE-FP-/120485017633?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c0d777821

Not bad, I thought I was looking at actually chrome trim replacements.

JerCotter7

Okay maybe not so much what I did today but in the last week. Decided to spray a few parts. Never done it before.




















I know it's not to everyones taste but I love the M3 GT look so I went with a replica of that. I sprayed it all myself so as you may imagine it looks fairly ****e but I plan to get the whole car resprayed at some stage anyway so I used it as a learning experience. I'll get away with it for now.

Also think I'm going to redy the interior black.

davycc

I love the M3 GT look id do the same myself if I still had my e36s:cool: love the e34 m5 rims too that car is class.. boards needs more DTM stuff like this:D:D

there is now a motors projects forum if your want to throw up a few more old pics etc feel free;)

Black_Knight

Parcel 1 of 2 arrived from China.
"Original" im sure


Chrome Pedals and a 2nd bag hook for the boot


2nd bag hook for the boot, no problem


Pedals before:


Half way:


Disaster!


And the foot rest doesn't fit either (not as bothered about that). Im guessing its because these are all LHD, and the car is RHD.

Considering the real deal accelerator pedal is about €150 (1 complete piece, including electrics), and I cant find a pedal to match my shape, im wondering is it an option to have someone fabricate the pedal for me?

MetzgerMeister

Can you not just turn the metal one around and put the rubber through from the other side?

MuppetCheck

I got caught last week with the same thing but for a footrest. Thankfully the seller was nice and told me!

dgt

Some stuff from last night

Making new bleed off pipes


For the eagle eyed, I wasn't happy wit the vacuum pump (bendix) so I swapped it for a Bosch one I had lying about. Bendix was goldy coloured, Bosh is silver

Manifold studs fitted


Fit the inlet mani and turbo :cool:


Then all that was left was to fit the aux bracket. Considering the Citroen engine was stink, I used one I found in the bamboo.... Cleaned up, bolted on and the pump/alternator fitted :cool:


I need a new aux belt tensioner, power steering pipe and it's ready to go

Black_Knight

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Can you not just turn the metal one around and put the rubber through from the other side?

No. The metal isnt chromey on the other side. And the edges are all tapered to fit around the pedal, and most crucially, the angle of the chrome pedal between the long side and the point is obtuse, but the one on my car pedal is acute.

rizzee

Door Protectors



Flat blades put on.

Shiney!!

Noccy_Mondy

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I put the chrome on the mondeo today. I really like it, easy enough to put on and looks well!

Nevermind the dirt on the car, was washed on Sunday fyi :P

Before


After (the rear quarter piece wasn't on in this pic)




Makes a big impact for 21 yoyo's!

Did you find it difficult to cut to size or such, at all? (ie; does it look 'DIYed'? Are the edges all jagged and such or does it look like an official product?)

Killinator

I started (with much sorrow) the process of removing a few extra bhp. I had installed on the gti, off come the Gulf stripes and on to bigger projects......