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General Car Chat / Re: Never had that before at a dealers
« on: 03 November 2016, 22:42:28 »
We have been doing his for a couple of years now
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General Car Chat / Re: Is it not possible....
« on: 02 November 2016, 22:29:57 »
Take the motor out and mount it on an engine dyno 
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General Car Chat / V8 Super Cars
« on: 16 October 2016, 10:00:46 »
If anyone is interested high lights of Bathurst 1000 on Motors TV @ 8:30 tonights
Andy
Andy
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General Car Chat / Re: V8 Conversion
« on: 10 October 2016, 20:50:24 »
Was thinking the same thing yesterday as i stood there looking at my old Omega sitting in the corner of the workshop.
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Omega General Help / Re: Prefacelift rear bumper
« on: 20 September 2016, 21:58:17 »
Think you need 250 post counts to be able to buy/sell
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Omega General Help / Re: Quick question about TC oil
« on: 20 September 2016, 21:55:52 »
Just read small print on the service club as it wasn't for parts only, discount was only available when the work was done on the car in the dealers workshop, but as i've been out of the game for three months that may have changed
Andy
Andy
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General Car Chat / V8 Super Cars
« on: 18 September 2016, 11:44:30 »
HRT Win the first endurance race of the year. Next race Bathurst
http://www.supercars.com/videos/wilson-security-sandown-500-videos/sunday-reaction-sandown/?cat=default
http://www.supercars.com/videos/wilson-security-sandown-500-videos/sunday-reaction-sandown/?cat=default
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Genuine V6 Head Gasket Sets
« on: 17 September 2016, 22:17:02 »
I have a pair of genuine head sets available Not sure which engine they are for but can check on Monday. Part number pictured
£70.00 for the pair including UK Postage
Blue top ECU Temp Sensor. 10 available
£8.00 each inc UK Postage
Cheers
Andy
£70.00 for the pair including UK Postage
Blue top ECU Temp Sensor. 10 available
£8.00 each inc UK Postage
Cheers
Andy
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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia MK2
« on: 15 September 2016, 23:56:34 »
GM Europe could bring this over.
http://www.hsv.com.au/GEN-F2/see/Grange/
Just a shame about the name.
http://www.hsv.com.au/GEN-F2/see/Grange/
Just a shame about the name.
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A Build
« on: 13 September 2016, 22:51:10 »
So how did i end up buying another car. It started off as one of those throw away comments and snowballed from there. The guy who owns this Senator is also the un-offical parts supplier for Bitter http://www.bittercars.com/ in the US.
He'd been up to New York and collected a white rag top and sent some pics over.
I just happened to mention to him that i'd always liked the two door SC but as only 450 were ever built the chances of owning one were slim.
I then got an email back saying he had one for sale, in fact it's number 8 and is the oldest SC known.It was also the US launch car that would go round a promote the new dealerships as they opened. After a few more emails and pictures we done a deal and now its mine, only slight problem is its in NC so i've got to get it shipped over either in a container or RoRo but before that can happen we need to know if the car was registered new in Germany or the US as this will impact on import duty & VAT.
Anyway, a couple of pics
Andy
He'd been up to New York and collected a white rag top and sent some pics over.
I just happened to mention to him that i'd always liked the two door SC but as only 450 were ever built the chances of owning one were slim.
I then got an email back saying he had one for sale, in fact it's number 8 and is the oldest SC known.It was also the US launch car that would go round a promote the new dealerships as they opened. After a few more emails and pictures we done a deal and now its mine, only slight problem is its in NC so i've got to get it shipped over either in a container or RoRo but before that can happen we need to know if the car was registered new in Germany or the US as this will impact on import duty & VAT.
Anyway, a couple of pics
Andy
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A Build
« on: 13 September 2016, 22:32:33 »
Fuel tank all cleaned and repainted with five coats of stone chip and its also had a coat of epoxy primer just to make sure. Tank sender was taken out and tested ok and all the rubber pipes and clips have been replaced
Now the rear lower arms had been repaired the rest of the suspension needed sorting so i could get the car back on the ground and off to paint.
Now the only way i was going to get all the parts cleaned was to media blast them. I'd been looking for a cabinet for a while at the right price but nothing was coming up for sale so, i built my own.
I'd built a cabinet years ago that used to house my wash tank made from a 205 ltr drum but as i now had a proper wash tank i converted this to a blast cabinet. The gun, glass & gloves came from Sealey as you can buy spares for there cabinets and i've used Garnet as the media. This will do the job for now but once i've re arranged the workshop i'll get a proper one.
Some items cleaned
Brakes painted
The Calipers were all stripped, cleaned & painted. The rear pistons and boots were all good so they have gone back but the front piston seals & boots all need to be replaced, Master Cylinder as also good.
Some other finished items
Now it was about this time i got coerced into buying another car.......................well it didn't take much for me to say yes
Now the rear lower arms had been repaired the rest of the suspension needed sorting so i could get the car back on the ground and off to paint.
Now the only way i was going to get all the parts cleaned was to media blast them. I'd been looking for a cabinet for a while at the right price but nothing was coming up for sale so, i built my own.
I'd built a cabinet years ago that used to house my wash tank made from a 205 ltr drum but as i now had a proper wash tank i converted this to a blast cabinet. The gun, glass & gloves came from Sealey as you can buy spares for there cabinets and i've used Garnet as the media. This will do the job for now but once i've re arranged the workshop i'll get a proper one.
Some items cleaned
Brakes painted
The Calipers were all stripped, cleaned & painted. The rear pistons and boots were all good so they have gone back but the front piston seals & boots all need to be replaced, Master Cylinder as also good.
Some other finished items
Now it was about this time i got coerced into buying another car.......................well it didn't take much for me to say yes
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A Build
« on: 13 September 2016, 22:04:21 »
Well your not far from me, if you want me to take a look at it let me know
Andy
Andy
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A Build
« on: 07 September 2016, 21:53:55 »
Time to start pulling the rear suspension apart
One of the trailing arm spring seats, massive MOT fail. The guy who owns the car told me that the TUV tester in Germany wasn't impressed either the last time it was tested
Before starting the repairs on the rear arms they had the stripped. Home made puller to remover the inner drive flange
You can see that the rotten spring seat has been removed and the hole its left behind. Also you may notice that there is no bearing housing, with the Senator arms the bearing housing is bolted so once the inner flange is removed you can just un-bolt the housing which makes a bearing change so easy. Why did GM change this i don't know
Ah, bearing being pressed out of the housing
The hatching is everything that needs removing
Template made up
Rotten section cut out
The blackened part in the fore ground was the next piece to come out
And welded in
Ground back and painted with weld through primer
New top plated fitted
Cleaned up
New spring seat fitted
To compare. New arm on the left and repaired on the right
Fuel Tank Next
One of the trailing arm spring seats, massive MOT fail. The guy who owns the car told me that the TUV tester in Germany wasn't impressed either the last time it was tested
Before starting the repairs on the rear arms they had the stripped. Home made puller to remover the inner drive flange
You can see that the rotten spring seat has been removed and the hole its left behind. Also you may notice that there is no bearing housing, with the Senator arms the bearing housing is bolted so once the inner flange is removed you can just un-bolt the housing which makes a bearing change so easy. Why did GM change this i don't know
Ah, bearing being pressed out of the housing
The hatching is everything that needs removing
Template made up
Rotten section cut out
The blackened part in the fore ground was the next piece to come out
And welded in
Ground back and painted with weld through primer
New top plated fitted
Cleaned up
New spring seat fitted
To compare. New arm on the left and repaired on the right
Fuel Tank Next
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A Build
« on: 07 September 2016, 18:06:51 »
Oil Cooler Time
So we managed to salvage a cooler setup from a Monza GSE apart from the front rubber ducting which isn't available anywhere so the only way was to make one. We did look a using an aftermarket set up but there is no room at the front due to the conderser and twin electric fans, the Monza cooler is set to one side and lives in the front of the right hand wheel well
Mocking up the housing wing brackets
The front ducting was a bit of a 3D puzzle and the only picture i had was a sketch from an old parts Mirco Fiche. I did look at using sheet steel for the duct but settled on using plastic as it would be much easier to use.
First job was to build up the main body which was easy then work started on the trunk. This had to come out of the body at a slightly inwards then taper down to a square, each time a section was glued in place the whole unit was offered back up in postion and checked.
You can see from this pic how its steps down
And this one shows how it also has to go around the cooler pipes
This is looking down on the final mock up
And a front view. The leaf grill is made from the bottom of a scrapped ironing board
Once i was happy that it all fitted the plastic has reinforced will some fiber glass matting and a skim of filler both inside and out and then treated so a few coats of stone chip
Next up is getting all the suspension parts stripped, cleaned and painted
Andy
So we managed to salvage a cooler setup from a Monza GSE apart from the front rubber ducting which isn't available anywhere so the only way was to make one. We did look a using an aftermarket set up but there is no room at the front due to the conderser and twin electric fans, the Monza cooler is set to one side and lives in the front of the right hand wheel well
Mocking up the housing wing brackets
The front ducting was a bit of a 3D puzzle and the only picture i had was a sketch from an old parts Mirco Fiche. I did look at using sheet steel for the duct but settled on using plastic as it would be much easier to use.
First job was to build up the main body which was easy then work started on the trunk. This had to come out of the body at a slightly inwards then taper down to a square, each time a section was glued in place the whole unit was offered back up in postion and checked.
You can see from this pic how its steps down
And this one shows how it also has to go around the cooler pipes
This is looking down on the final mock up
And a front view. The leaf grill is made from the bottom of a scrapped ironing board
Once i was happy that it all fitted the plastic has reinforced will some fiber glass matting and a skim of filler both inside and out and then treated so a few coats of stone chip
Next up is getting all the suspension parts stripped, cleaned and painted
Andy
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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Esprit
« on: 06 September 2016, 23:24:53 »
I'd avoid anything built around the mid eighties as i may well have built the engine . The rule of thumb on the Esprit is if you have to do more than one job on the engine your best off dropping the engine and trans, a job i did a few times when a batch of water pumps decided to in final test.
Always had a thing for the Excel SE over the Esprit, maybe one day, it sounds like you are thinking of buying one?
Andy
. The rule of thumb on the Esprit is if you have to do more than one job on the engine your best off dropping the engine and trans, a job i did a few times when a batch of water pumps decided to in final test.Always had a thing for the Excel SE over the Esprit, maybe one day, it sounds like you are thinking of buying one?
Andy