Lol , I hadn't checked the tappet cover was tight when I put the oil in , it pissed oil everywhere.Bartman wrote:Geez that grin on your face!
Where was that smoke coming from? Oily handprints burning off?
2 doors 1200 2door sedan / Nearly cert ready
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Happy Fathers day old man. How many years since sounds like that have been emitted from that engine Bay?
Stoked for you Wal.
Stoked for you Wal.
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classicdat wrote:Happy Fathers day old man. How many years since sounds like that have been emitted from that engine Bay?
Stoked for you Wal.
About 14 , but it never sounded like that. Very close to being able to move under its own power .
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That's an understatement
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So cool, well done! It's all about chipping away, you get there in the end.
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WICKED!
so stoked for you - I can only imagine what that feels like after 14 years!
congrats
so stoked for you - I can only imagine what that feels like after 14 years!
congrats
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I envy you....built not bought! Sounds and looks the tits
Hard work paying off
Hard work paying off
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Looks like I'm a bit late to the game mate, but congrats on a job well done! Oh my god indeed!!
This makes me even more excited to be coming back next month
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This makes me even more excited to be coming back next month
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Small update , bonnet now has some colour on it , unfortunately I snapped a hinge bolt where the hinge bolts to the body so need to drill and tap that before I can bolt the bonnet on.
I have fabricated the intake piping from turbo to through the intercooler to the throttle body.
And I have mounted the seats to the rails, and installed the gear lever and clutch cable.
And have fabricated the exhaust to just before the diff.
I have fabricated the intake piping from turbo to through the intercooler to the throttle body.
And I have mounted the seats to the rails, and installed the gear lever and clutch cable.
And have fabricated the exhaust to just before the diff.