April 24, 200422 yr comment_8244 Hal's looking mighty good fook... be good when he's on road... speaking of good, Sakichi will be on the road next week :) :D :blinks: Report
April 25, 200422 yr Author comment_8262 Looks like more delays. Gearbox still appears to have a slow leak. At least it isn't pissing out like the last 2... Can't seem to get the tailshaft in, something strange is going on there... Goes in halfway and then gets stuck... Water pump is stuffed, have started pulling the engine apart again to get the water pump off (front engine covers, dipstick and water pipes have to come off before the pump will come out). Will try to buy another one tomorrow... *no more money* Exhaust sounds good though :) Report
April 25, 200422 yr Author comment_8312 Heh... Tested the thermofan last night, it whistles like a jet engine :) Hehee... even though the car doesn't look great (crap prep, dodgy paintwork), no idea if it would go great (dodgy rear suspension, leaky gearbox), it sure as hell sounds awesome :D Tailshaft is in, took a bit of stuffing around, I think there might have been a bit of corrosion or something on the output shaft of the gearbox. Nothing brute force couldn't fix :blinks: Well... More like *pull it out, shove it in... hmm... pull it out, shove it in... a bit further this time... pull it out, shove it in* and repeat until it went in enough :yak: Water pump is out of the car. Thermofan is wired up, just needs tidying (as does the rest of the wiring in the engine bay) So what's left? Make covers for holes in rear firewall. Properly bolt on front guards and hook up indicators. Check for loose bolts (I think the door hinges are loose). Bolt on front apron, splitter, grille, bumper. Put on water pump and pressure test cooling system. Double check for oil/water leaks. Make gearbox shifter boot plate. Engineer. Road worthy. Rego :) Yay I'm only about $1500 from finishing :) Report
April 26, 200422 yr Author comment_8374 First drive of the AE35... How to describe? Hmm, first I have to wipe this silly cheshire cat grin off my face and decide if I want to be speechless or giggle silly-ly... Hmm... HEHEHEHHEEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHHEEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEEHE.. . *ahem* "More fun than a barrel of monkeys" "Needs to be treated with respect" "Louder than a gaggle of geese in mating season" "Burns rubber even when you don't want it to" "More fun then you can poke a stick at" Or, as Rob would say... "Has more balls than a Keno barrel..." SO MUCH FUN :) Brakes don't work properly at the moment, I suspect I need to readjust the booster pushrod and also partially cause the pads and discs are new so aren't gripping awfully well (not to mention the car picks up an amazing amount of speed without even thinking about it...) Have a lot of tiny little things to finish off, but should have it registered by end of the week. Don't think I'll take it to motorkhana though, a bit too risky... Report
April 26, 200422 yr comment_8378 that avtar pic of ures nick so describes ure last post lol Ohhh i can't wait to see it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u need to get a movie of it running !!!! Report
April 26, 200422 yr comment_8379 Lookin good there Fook... It has come a long way from when I seen it a few weeks ago. Also looks like you have lots of fun in the process.. :) Report
April 26, 200422 yr Author comment_8387 I seriously need to wind those springs down a little, the car sits so high at the moment... Will need to measure everything and make sure: 1) the car passes height requirements 2) I don't scrape the bottom of the car when i exit the driveway 3) I can get the jack back out too! As it stands I can't use my trolley jack if I lower the car anymore, the front is too low. Will have to use the scissor jacks on the side of the car I think... ... or maybe i could just get one of those fancy uber-low trolley jacks :) Report
April 26, 200422 yr comment_8389 foook.... u sure u didnt just buy that thing 30 yrs ago & put it in storage? Wow - thats pretty neat !!! Report
April 26, 200422 yr Author comment_8391 No, actually I bought it from Jamie at the end of last August. And this is what it looked like when I got it: Report
April 27, 200422 yr Author comment_8394 Air filter arrives Thursday, engineering/roadworthy Friday morning, rego Friday arvo, wheel alignment + possible look at what can be done with suspension Saturday morning... Geez I'm running by the seat of my pants... Report
April 27, 200422 yr comment_8397 damn, i just got taken back to the 70's with those photos fook one tough looking motherf@$ker! :) Report
April 27, 200422 yr Author comment_8454 Ugh, too tired to update... but if you're interested to know what's happening then read: http://demuire.freeshell.org/cgi-bin/index...viewnews&id=222 Report
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