Mdw003's Ke16

[mdw003]

yeah my speedo is stuffed, got a new cable to fix it, and it didnt do anything,

gave the cable to my mate and it fixed his.

 

the only problem is the gps speedos aint cheap, and there in the US,

but you can get a 52mm one and hide it.

 

http://www.speedhut.com/

[mdw003]

well the waggs now has disks on the front,

after f*** assing with bits i have them all fitted and ready to be bled.

 

also got new disks and a carb rebuild kit,

[Mark90]

well the waggs now has disks on the front,

after f*** assing with bits i have them all fitted and ready to be bled.

 

also got new disks and a carb rebuild kit,

 

Where'd you end up getting the discs and carb kit? Haha

[mdw003]

the carb kit was at repco in the bargain bin lol, and the disks are through spencer gulf bearings,

[Mark90]

the carb kit was at repco in the bargain bin lol, and the disks are through spencer gulf bearings,

 

Good find! Let us know if it makes much of a difference :)

[mdw003]

lol, 'damaged' packaging.

I'm sure it can't hurt my old carb leaks around the accelerator pump, and all of it looks stock. So ill have a mate look at it, (I'm not good with fiddley stuff) and hopefully it goes for another 30 something years

 

[mdw003]

went at it again today, and like everything its 1 step foward 2 back lol

 

while tidying the brake lines i noticed the ball joint had a split in the back of the rubber boot

upon inspection the drums had been leaking and brake fluid has eaten the rubber away.

 

so now I have stripped the front struts and steering arms out to replace the ball joints.....

 

also had a crack at heat wrapping my extractors that turned out to be a pain ( I was on my own )

so that will be redone later....

 

silver lining is that ill have new ball joints... :D

 

also tryed to get the size of the pin for ya Reed, but with the front end in bits i couldnt get under there ( the spare carrier is on the ground lol )

 

I'v got 2 days back at work then its new ball joints new brakes fitted and bled and have another go at the heat wrap...

[mdw003]

had a good day today, wraped the extractors, and got a few little things sorted out....

 

Anyway, everyone loves pictures

 

This was how the brakes were when I got them

And with the new disks

 

extractors ready for wrap

And after

 

ill hit the wrap with sealant tomorow.... if I can be bothered

 

then finally fit them and the rest of the inlet stuff, I'm kind of thinking about a bigger carb, due to mine being a 'k'

carb and running on a 4k its punching above its weight.

 

cheers

[mdw003]

Its been a while so I thought an update was in order,

 

Its back on the ground now, so all the fronts finished.

started it up to move it and it started first shot with stale 12 month old fuel in the tank :lol: .

 

had to rip the heater out, the core was FULL of dirt and shit so I'm not even going to

bother putting one back in. Mite make a console to go there instead I have an old one from a ke55

so ill see if I can shoehorn it in there :D

 

now its just trivial things like put the door and bonnet back on and sort out the brakes ,

probably needs a tune as well but it ran, so i'm not complaining.

 

I'm gunning to have it done and reliable for the AJD in adelaide.

[mdw003]

Well got shed loads done today,

its running and driving under its own steam ( only just )

 

seems my asthmatic carby is no longer up to the task.

so the hunt is on for a bigger carb!

 

apart from that its just small leaks and things to sort out and adjust.

[mdw003]

]You know when you have one of those days when things just work...

 

I finally got one of those days!

 

[rian]

Man, this thing is so nice to look at.

Edited February 20, 2013 by rian

[mdw003]

Its an absolute ball to drive it as well,

 

I'm not to sure on the steelies, mite try to find some oldschool jap rims for it

[mdw003]

little bit of trim :lol:

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Huge difference, looks great