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On 03/09/2017 at 9:29 AM, LittleRedSpirit said:

Thats gonna steer nicely!

Yeah, hoping so!

Got the coilovers cleaned up and reinstalled today so she can be moved about again. With that I think the front suspension is complete until I can find myself a factory front sway bar or the T3 torsion bars cause issues come roadworthy. Everything has been returned to a neutral position ready for alignment and I think I did pretty well eyeballing it since the wheels look straight by sight.

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You can see just from the tyre wear that it was well out of alignment before.

You can see below why I need to change the steering column, no chance of those lining up lol

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Also managed to pick this up from hard rubbish, needs some new pedals and pedal arms, maybe some new tyres but other than that in decent shape! Used to ride heaps so will be good to have a runabout again.

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So, next on the list is to get the steering column done then need to remove the n.a exhaust I had made up for the one I'm selling, install the standard rear swaybar I have and then will likely strip and repaint the engine bay for neatness sake.

In the meantime the other one is due to be finished at the painters any day now, once that's back I'll be run off my feet finalizing that for sale.

Anyways, 'till next time

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Just another short update;

Steering column is installed and hooked up. I've now got steering again!

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Oddly enough, it appears that the power steering racks use different length steering arms and or rack ends. So, It currently locks all the way left until the tie-rod ball joint contacts the control arm but racks out to the right with about 50mm clearance.

I have some lock spacers so I'll install one of those and then adjust the steering arms as needed until either it contacts in both directions or racks out in both directions.

Aside from that I've been fiddling with the battery mount, the previous owner cut it up to make way for the turbo gear I think so I've tidied it up an modified a clamp to work.20170910_164412.thumb.jpg.6053cb7c95343db36ce0f314f6c05c56.jpg

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I've also paint stripped some rocket covers I had hot washed a while back an have been prepping them for some fresh paint.

Tomorrow I plan to remove the n.a exhaust I had installed, reinstall the original one I removed that suits the turbo, install the factory swaybar and change out all the link bushes if they need doing.

'Till then

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On 11/09/2017 at 7:34 AM, LittleRedSpirit said:

Prime that raw metal under that battery tray or its gonna rot man!  Looks good!

Yeah, I'm gonna clean back an respray the engine bay anyways so it'll get sorted then. If I'm feeling motivated, I might even weld a bit of plate over it to neaten it all up an make it less noticeable at the same time.

Over the weekend I pulled the n.a exhaust and put the original back in, checked the link bushes (which seem in good shape) and installed the rear sway bar. Happened to forget that I need to scavenge the passenger support mount that it bolts up to from the wreckers or somethin because the old one sheared when the wombat ripped it out.

Also pulled out the springs and shocks for a cleanup, looks like they've been cut and not the type shockworks supplies. They looked to have the same free height but when I removed them the adjustable seats were set to different heights and after re-installing everything level the passenger side is sitting a inch or so lower so I'm guessing that theres an issue there. Further, with the shocks wound all the way in, the springs are only barely captive at full droop so I'll be raising the seats a little more as well as offsetting them again to level the rear. Will order some rear springs from shockworks down the track and hopefully that'll fix the issues.

I finally got around to painting my rocket covers today as well, not sure whether I'm going to paint the letters white or sand them back to the metal and then hit it with high temp clear. My housemates weren't overly impressed when I baked them either haha

Here they are fresh outta the oven 

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Finally, I removed the engine loom from the car today as well, romoved some other wiring which was attached hodgepodge and planning to re-route it so that it's not so close to the turbo. Noticed that some of it was a little crispy from the heat and needed some new fittings here an there. Hopefully the end result will be a much neater setup, if I don't manage to bugger somethin up in the meantime and result in it not working lol

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