my rebuild thread

[Kash_]

Nice work Lee..... looking forward to seeing this back on the road :Thumbs-up

[karl_tate]

ah right ok cool.

im sure when you get it back in you will figure it all out.

yeh they are a great company, bloke is very helpful as well, he forgot some bits off one of my orders and i had it on my door the next day.

[leeincivic]

Nice work Lee..... looking forward to seeing this back on the road :Thumbs-up

me too mate, seems like av done nothin but work on it the past 3 years!! haha

joys of rotaries, only seem to be driveable through the winter! need to sort my work timing out! lol

ah right ok cool.

im sure when you get it back in you will figure it all out.

yeh they are a great company, bloke is very helpful as well, he forgot some bits off one of my orders and i had it on my door the next day.

yeah sure i will matey, was a bit stuck on 2 connectors but since i have looked in my shed at the pile of bits i now see where they go

gonna take the secondary butterflies out tomoz morning before work to keep me busy and may even fire up the degreaser again for a quick cleanin of some parts i forgot to do, pics will keep comin as i go:wave

[marcusd666]

Sorry to see this happen mate, she was looking great as well. Hope you get her back on the road soon in time for the summer if we get one good luck.

[leeincivic]

yeah sods law innit, ha

well i had a lil go at removing the 2ndry butterflies then ran out of dremel bits so got it to this point! haha

from this


to this :evillaugh


then on thursday i recieved a nice package full of the sheething to finish my engine loom up, did not know how much of each size i needed so i order 2 meters of every size! haha



now the loom looks like this:) just need to go over the lot with insulation tape and its done, all chopped and wrapped neatly but will see if i have to butcher it again when it goes back onto the engine, bound to of not done it right first time, its not in my nature!  think the injector resistors look ace so got them out the conduit to show em off a bit! ha



still little by little doin a bit everyday, might be on hold for couple weeks now tho coz am sortin the side of the house up to get a carport built up so i can work on it whenever i want and not jus when the weather is good and its daylight

oh and big thanks to kash for the dragon gearbox mount when it comes:god

[leeincivic]

few more things done today:p

give some parts to a bloke with a nickname of \'god\'!! and tell ya what a spot on bloke and good and fast at welding, said he would fab up anythin i want too so keep him in mind, had him weld up all various things like the old coolant and vacuum nipples from when i have gone single, looked cack with pipes everywhere with bolts stuck in em to blank em!! pics show how i got them off him but av since blended everything in, good old dremel!!

anyways heres the pics

blanked coolant holes


lim were it used to have vacuum nipples


uim, used to be vacuum nipples there so there did:Giggle


also notice on this housing that i have butchered it and cut off the bracket that the air pump used to bolt to, i remember the big tub sitting very very close to this so off with its head!!! ha


uim with the holes welded up where the 2ndry butterflies used to be and also give it a quick clean up to smooth it all out nice,


just dunno what to do next!! bit stuck at the minute with lack of funds to start rebuilding the block so think i may jump in the engine bay and sort the wiring out and tuck it like a pre op tranny!!! lol:Thumbsup!

[DR SCHNITZEL]

Hey lee you could help us with mine lol, Like the idea of getting rid of the bits that you dont need in the bay. i was thinking of sawing off the air pump bracket too. I have just had some guy weld up a massive crack in my oil feed, wonder if its the same guy.
 
Can i buy some of that spare wire surround off you?

[DR SCHNITZEL]

Also lee are you getting rid of your aws? I did with the double throttle removal but i have put it back on.

[leon]

Looking good! how much did you use for reshelling your loom? It\'s a job thats on my todo list while its out of the car :chat

Cheers

[leeincivic]

Hey lee you could help us with mine lol, Like the idea of getting rid of the bits that you dont need in the bay. i was thinking of sawing off the air pump bracket too. I have just had some guy weld up a massive crack in my oil feed, wonder if its the same guy.
 
Can i buy some of that spare wire surround off you?

Also lee are you getting rid of your aws? I did with the double throttle removal but i have put it back on.

no mate keepin the aws on, keepin what conduit av got for future mods mate,

Looking good! how much did you use for reshelling your loom? It\'s a job thats on my todo list while its out of the car :chat

Cheers

not alot mate, used around 2.5 meters of the 7mm bore and about half meter of the 20mm and 24mm stuff, may of ordered too much haha come in handy at some point tho eh:Giggle

[leeincivic]

long time no post:Laugh

been well busy lately sorting some stuff out so have not even touched the car, bit gutting like but i have made it a new home so i can finally get some work done whether night or rain

so work begins today in theory haha

going to start pulling the engine bay loom tomorrow to start re wrapping it as its an absolute mess and also got another towing loop from driftworks that i am goin to fit to the rear,

anyways here is my recent handy work, not bad cost considering what i have done, paint the house, pvc fascias, soffits, guttering, cladding, weld/build and put up carport and roof, fit day makers in the roofline all for no more than £500, bargain!!! haha







bit of a random post but all adds up to more rebuild working time! woop woop!!:Giggle

damn karl_tate haha reading his build thread has given me a big kick up the a-hole to get mine done haha

[karl_tate]

nice one and what a bargain.

sure feels good to be back on the road, what are the plans with it after the loom??

[leeincivic]

gonna get the bay painted better and also look at tuckin a few relays/fuse boxes, nothin as extreme as yours coz i simply dont have the balls haha, but before i do that am trying to find some r-magic style headlights so i know where exactly i can tuck everythin, anyone have any?

then av got loadsa ideas like atomic rex pedal set so that will get rid of the brake master cyclinder and also few other bits and bobs then its a case of the engine then, just waiting on the job situation at the minute before i go mad and blow all my money on it, :Thumbsup!

[leeincivic]

well av been bored so done a few bits, painted behind where the lights are gonna sit (could see slight bit of red down the bonnet gaps) and also fitted a driftworks tow loop to match the front as i have never trusted them tiny loops they come with as stock, also made all new brackets under the car for the diffuser to lift it up more coz now and then it would scrape the floor and am wantin to lower it a bit more too, took ages to do them but lifted it up a good 1.5 inch so well chuffed:Laugh

lets face it when its all finished and i get it to a track day am bound to ditch it in the gravel and need towing out haha







also anybody have any 18\'s they would be interested in tradin for my volk 17\'s???

[Kevin]

Looking good mate.  Just out of interest how did you attach the two hook to the front.  I have DW tow hook same as yours but couldnt mount it where I wanted (roughly same position as yours but on the other side) without doing abit of drilling.