Ke15 Sl Sprinter Thread...

[JiP]

Looking great man. So whens it coming on a cruise? ;)

 

How about Saturday's camping trip?? :)

 

Or the following weekends Classic Jap Show ;)

[camerondownunder88]

^^ Wont be attending these events as still not road going yet..LOL

 

Well time for .......

 

UPDATES:

 

Today on the way home from work I dropped into the brake shop with the rear brake line I had spare off a KE11 to get re-made in braided hose for the rear brakes :)

 

Well Pic below of results. Can see old and new hose in photos:

Cost $30 to get hose made while I wait took 5 min to make but they were so busy that I was there for over 30min made me late to my bass guitar jam :y:..lol

 

Now for some factual information:

All KE1X cars KE17, KE15, KE11, KE10, KE16, KE18 all run the same rear brake hose. I have all the KE1X part number books and they all are the same part number. I had a diff froma KE11 with hose attached and removed it and compared it to the KE15 hose and it was the same. The thread in the brake hose is M10 X1.0.

 

The part number of a rear KE1X series hose is: 90947-02045

 

In a KE1X you only need one of these hoses as it goes to one drum then the other drum is connected to the first drum via a solid brake line that goes across the diff. There is also only 1 bleed nipple for the rear of a KE1X since it uses this setup.

 

But will try to get this on this weekend.

 

Also a while back the car had a really bad spot of bog on the roof well ages ago I got off my ass stripped the section back and found...was the smallest dint that needed no bog..LOL The old owner put some on the spot and spread it for 1km radius so roof looked even as. I didn't like this bog was cracking etc. So I stripped the section and it came up like below:

You can see the pitted area this is where the bog was but I kept stripping as I wanted to make sure I got it all. I then put a TAD bit of bog on the main bit of the dint about 70% less than original owner and sanded primer and did all the stuff you do......Then for the real task of painting it white again.....Now my local shop in there book has over 250 different colors they can mix just for "white" that doesn't even go near cream, grey, etc just WHITE. So thinking I could do it cheaper and prob get it right as the car would of been just "gloss white" bout a small amount of gloss white. Results :y: well its painted..LOL wont rust. Roof isnt normal gloss white so got a huge rectangular are that is a different shade of white stands out 78.42 KM away so ill re do this one day but will pass rego with this fix so I'm happy. Ill get a picture of this spot when there is more light..LOL

 

Also got keen then and the front drives side guard had bog in it again after 40 years was starting to break apart so I decided ill strip the whole front end off and clean it up etc as KE1X are know for rusting out in the lower area of the chassis rail where the lower front guards bolt on so I spent some time stripping the car to pieces.

 

This is all I have done now so hope fully tomorrow night ill get the whole front end washed thoroughly or ill strip it and re dot eh stone chip coating and black it out again.

 

Cheers

Cameron

Edited October 12, 2009 by camerondownunder88

[parrot]

Ha! While you are off your arse, you can come and do some of mine!

[JiP]

Hey man where did ya get those brake lines made?

[camerondownunder88]

^^^^

http://www.yellowpages.com.au/qld/bundamba...49-listing.html

 

Baileys Brake and clutch best shop in SEQ to get brake stuff done they did my master cyclinder booster all new hoses and all in my KE30 other week stops so well now and cheap :dance:

 

Any

 

UPDATES:

 

I got some more painting work done. I got all the front pannels off the KE15 and noticed one wheel well was half painted black other was fully black with a lot of dust/dirt and a lot of over spray orange. So I got excited thinking ill strip it right back new anti stone chip and have it all black again. To my amaze ment the original owner never washed this part of the car when he painted it the first time :jamie: So out came the tooth brush lots of degrees er and water and about 4 wash dry wash dry..etc cycles later it went from this:

 

TO THIS:

 

Now the above photo was a half way shot you can see the front is clean and there rear I hadnt done yet. I also then cleaned the rear half and then all over another 2 times but don't have a after I was done the whole thing photo :bash: BUT long story short the guy who owned it painted over the white (original colour) still covered in dirt with black, got dirty again then painted car orange locking in more dust AHAHAH So jsut by depressing and washing I got the whole wheel arch to white again wish I had that photo..LOL So then I proceed to strip a few spots that looked like they were rusting and NO RUST. Apart from small spot in lower left of photos. So out came the stone chip and black paint and went crazy. Finished result:

You can see how good this has come up looks a million bucks also did passenger side. Might as well do both sides when the whole front end is off the car do it properly once.

 

CONT next post....

[Trev]

Thats a huge difference Cam, I will have to take you to my mates workshop so you can see his ke17, Its a rear engine rwd race car, He has a few spare parts that I am getting a list of.

[camerondownunder88]

CONT....

 

After that (well actually did the front first..LOL) I did the front of the car. Strippped it bare and spray painted it black :jamie:

pics below of final product:

Also side note a KE30 front bumper will fit with KE30 mounts onto a KE15..LOL

 

And pressing on.....

 

I then got super keen and stripped the top face of the chassis where the panels bolt on. As the original owner had taken them off filled this area with like sica flex foam stuff put pannel on so they wont rub together etc. But this was a pours foam goo thing water got in I could see the damage it was doing. So Stripped the tops to bare metal and rust proofed them and re-painted them pic below:

And again didn't take before photos but wasn't to bad after stripping off the foam no welding or anything needed LUCK :dance:

 

Then I continued on to re paint the small panels that bolt in under the wheel arch to stop dirt getting through into the door hinge area. Again stripped both to bare metal and re painted and rust proofed. Didnt have a weld at hand so couldn't repair the bottom of them as dirt over time had built up and was starting to rust away the bottom of the panels. Pic below of one of the panels painter and the bolts painted:

 

So that is all I have done till now tonight so hoping on the weekend to get at least one of the front panels painted. Fingers crossed I'm on a roll...

 

Cheers

Cameron

[Teddy]

Awesome :jamie:

[Hao]

Great work mate. Keep it up!

[styler]

hey i saw your mazda rims there and i have a spare set for free if you want them?

[camerondownunder88]

Hao good to see you finally over on this forum now :) When this is going well have to both take our sprinters out for a drive.

 

But....DRUM ROLL

 

UPDATES:

Well on Friday of last week I got super keen to start painting the car where I had fixed up some patch repairs. So from work I took a few drop cloths for painting to cover stuff and make a temp spray booth. I took an Iwatta spray gun (not sure if that is how you spell it) and a few other things and I was ready to paint.

 

Then on the way home took a pannel into the paint shop in North Ipswich (they supply all the big pannel beaters here) and got 1L of matched paint. I used a acrylic primer so I got an acrylic top coat. Cost $40 :D

 

So went home moved a heap of stuff in the shed around to give my self some space made sure filters and water traps and all on the aircompressor was clean cleaned shed top to bottom from dust (from recent dust storms) then set up the pannels to paint.

 

Saturday rolls around and I start painting :y: Now ill warn you I am NO pannel beater by trade never touch the stuff so mmm lets say paint job lacks a bit but it is good for now :) I go no orange peel but a few spots like small have that hairy feeling to them. Now being paint thinners and all I haven't taken photos yet but the car is now rust free and no bog and all painted up.

 

So after doing that I was feeling good so I stopped doing any more on the weekend. But I did ring a friend and now am borrowing his buffer off him to buff back the paint then I'm going to get some clear and hopefully this weekend get a few coats of clear over it so it should look good :) I'm happy for a first ever effort at painting...LOL

 

So then came tonight I got home from work and just felt like working on it. And today in the mail arrived:

So I got megga keen tonight and I put them in. WOW what a difference. The original 40 year old bushes weren't to bad but man the car rear end is so much harder now sits higher and when bounced on can feel the force being transferred right to the springs and shocks and it isnt jsut the original rubber bushes flexing. HUGE difference so thumbs up all round :) Ill do up bit of a how to do this thread soon as I did it with limited tools and that today so might help someone who needs to save some cash and do this job with out paying some one.

 

Also noted the rear spring to car links I noted on both sides of my car were heavily worn on the bottom bolt that goes through the spring eye. The top ones were like new. Pic below explains what I mean:

So I am not sure if this is normal or a KE1X thing? Anyone else found this?

 

Also to be noted I bent the link slightly on removal wasnt bent when in the car..LOL

 

Well now after finishing the bushes I took a step back and noticed car just needs a tune, really good clean, top coat of clear paint finished and it should be ready for rego and driving :) So watch this space.

 

Cheers

Cameron

[camerondownunder88]

Also pic of new bushes in stalled and old bushes:

 

[JiP]

Where'd you get the bushes from?? I was actually sussing that out getting quotes today for my project. Not off ebay? I couldn't find any there. I just wanna find the best price. Not to keep on sourcing everything from autobarn :)

[camerondownunder88]

WOW you buy stuff at Autobahns............They are such a rip off most of the time..LOL They quoted me $94 to mix 1L of paint for sprinter with an eye match only and only to a color chart GO GET f@$kED. And they said it would take over 1hr and would serve other people in preference of me so I left.

 

Paint shop put a sample of paint into there color scanner mixed it all in about 10min. Half the price. don't shop with autobahns.

 

Also I source parts from anywhere apart from big chains really. Bushes I got at super cheap BUT only place that had them from my limited searching as there price on bushes is pretty good. I did however use a discount card so was cheap also had to order them in. Otherwise I try to source parts from the manufacture much cheaper MUCH cheaper cut out the middle man..LOL

 

Oh well off to fit my new rear brake hose :)

 

Cheers

Cameron

Edited October 21, 2009 by camerondownunder88

[parrot]

Nice one Cameron. Something else to add to my shopping list!

 

At least now I will know they fit.

 

I have another thing to post up to you so will get that off in the next day or so.