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-replaced, alternator belt, after f@$king around and being sold the wrong size belt, ke20 belts are listed with the wrong size - took off inner guards and cleaned out the mud causing the rust, will get out there in half hour and fish oil and put inner guards back on (hopefully for only a week or 2) - replaced dead antenna will post pics of guards and rust if i can be f@$ked

recent work done -inner tire rod and idler arm replaced, seems to have finally fixed the dead spot -front brake lines replaced -quick fix for left back shock, will need some welding work done to the shock tower as the shock ripped the bolt off then, shot another hole through the tower -slowly figuring out the timing, need to advance it a smidgen more -will be getting around to the rust in the front quarter panels in the next month. all clean and polished chrome ready for the birthday cruise tomorrow

so mt lofty at 12. are we meeting in the summit car park? if so remember its pay parking.

also i dunno about others but i run a pretty stock 3k atm, so would like some cruisie bits as opposed to pedal to the floor the whole way, and diff whine driving me insane. lol just a thought :)

I'm up for this and I'm sure Eli will be if his rolla is rego'd. have we decided on a exact date? I'm not to fussed about nortj or south but should try avoid as many traffic lights as possible, so we stay sort of together.

i just got 2 of those Dersterman emails saying he sent me a message.

i ment thanks guys :D

thats guys, it shouldn't be much longer although we moved her behind the gates yesterday which was a bit depressing, but will have to make sure her stay there isnt long. eli got the gem going first because it didnt cost much to do and we were desperate for 2 cars, so now thats done i have bambie (your old one queen20v) and the fixing begins this afternoon :D

thanks to scott i have a new full set of flower hub caps (cheers mate)(still waiting to be polished and put on the car) but the latest development isnt so great, she started running funny/rough in the last week, i just thought it was a petrol additive i was currently running but then she started overheating once every few days (not on) got bf to listen to her run and he reckoned i was a cylinder down and decided to compression test number 2 combustion chamber. we found the car hard to start and when it did the compression went sky high, (i don't know if that was normal or not) then when we released the gauge all this liquid spurted out of it. so turns out number 2 compression chamber is filling with water/coolant because ive blown a head gasket, great timing when I'm in the middle of moving house. should be fixed in a few days :P

well if you happen to come across any decent flower hub caps let me know :jamie:

ok latest on Rolla business, my BF bought a 20 the other day and its quite awesome as 20's are. but I'm going to have a little rant here for a moment. i went to work today down in unley and when i came out of work and drve off a noticed a wheel surround come off my car i pulled over went and got it then realised both the passenger side wheels were missing hub caps and surrounds. WHAT KIND OF MORON GETS A KICK OUT OF NICKING HUB CAPS? you would think in unley the car would be safe? i drive to my boyfriends house and leave the car parked on the road in windsor gardens and NOTHING has ever happened to it there. FOR f@$kSAKE. i wish death to the people who have done this.

got a new bumper today :party: (thanks eli) its nice and straight with no dings but it has some surface rust so that will have to get fixed and re-chromed. has the steering done tuesday, its a lot better now but still a bit loose turning left, does anyone know about tightening steering boxes? as to my tacho problem, well i figured out how to clean it, turns out its the plastic thats just had it from heat damage. so i fixed that then putting it back on managed to break the needle :D so if anyone has a spare KE20 sl tacho that sits on top of the dash in the centre let me know how much you want for it. i think thats about it on the update atm, i get some more pics up soon

yeah I'm going, got tickets for my boyfriends birthday. first time metal concert but I'm so looking forward to it.

btw I'm in the bay to birdwood sunday :P

so ive been having trouble with internet the last few months, or more like trying to get the computer off my sister :cool: benzo -i was thinking Venetians and possibly getting her lowered, how would that work with the leaf springs? the reason they are rare is they are an add on for the SL model, ive only seen one other with it and it was owned luke -where do you see me? are you the one i see on the upper sturt road all the time? lol thanks i think my car is very me aswell ;) seabiscuit -the interior is pretty good, only a few things that need fixing and they aren't priority, i managed to get the major dent out the drivers side rear quarter panel so it looks a lot neater now. problem is i side swiped a tree reversing up my driveway last week, not to much damage just another thing to get fixed on the list now. the rust is another matter entirely, it has gotten worse and I'm starting to panic about it, theres nothing i can do at the moment as I'm out of a job. raven -I'm sure your dash cluster is already gone, thanks for the offer but its not what I'm after, I'm trying to keep my 20 as stock as possible. do you have any 20 parts lying around? scott -she is an awesome machine and slowly getting there with everything, ive managed to order the parts to fix the dead spot so she is going to be even better to drive soon. as for the tacho i havnt had any trouble with accuracy, it just keeps fogging up, moisture gets in somehow so it works fine i just can't read it and i have to admit the problem is getting on my nerves :P sorry to answer you all in the same post and sorry about the delay :) I'm sure your not even checking the thread anymore. oh well, cheers for the info, i think I'm going to try pulling the dash apart to see if i can get the tacho off to clean it.

last picture for now

my weird and wonderful tacho, do you have one of these laying around? or know how to open it up to clean it?

have you got a picture of the gauges? coz my tacho is weird its in the centre of my dash and looks like it was just stuck on as an after thought. ill try to get a pic up of it

picture 2

some new(ish) pics of my baby

haha, thanks guys. and sorry nickyboy, its not for sale. you have an orange 20 aswell?

hahah so i guess no one has had any idea's about how to fix my tacho then :lolcry:

HAHAHAHA laser :D and yes i am so used to the dead spot... never driver her without it. i should let you drive her sometime. and if your going to u pull it let me know and ill tagg on, if thats ok (money permitting also) which one do you do to? not that ill find much i never do, not many ke20. btw 81 is too young. i think its 50's to 70's but not sure of the exact dates, i just know sad makes the grade :D oh and queen20v, i live near stirling :'( and i think a rolla cruise would be great, last cruise i went on was a mopar in hmm 08 maybe, so something that uses less petrol would be nice :D i was so excited when i got back from europe on wednesday, i wanted to drive so badly... until i got home and fell asleep. so first thing thursday i decided to wash her, well that was just great :abuse: no sooner had i started washing her, the rain started :abuse:

yeah i loved your rolla so nice :D and is interesting to see the differences. my beast is loud... i love it :D oh btw anyone know how to clean/unfog a tachometer? my sl has one tacked on in the middled on the dash... its fogged up so i can't see it (whcih is a pain as i use it) and i think its also making the needles stick... i have to thump it to get it to work LOL... any knowledge or suggestions would be great