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[Stinga]

the cat looks pretty stoked too!

[UCgazman]

The cat was more excited by the bubble wrap....

[UCgazman]

Almost got it running yesterday, but ran out of time and daylight.... We need 3 day weekends! Tested the engine electrics and had it cranking over. I just need to top up the tranny and put some fuel in it. If it starts next weekend I'll post a vid....

[UCgazman]

Ha bit of a funny story - my brother helped me refit and plumb the fuel tank a couple of weeks ago, and after plugging in the ecu and topping up with fuel yesterday I turned the ignition on and...... fuel came pissin out the bottom of the charcoal canister! So I just need to get under the back and swap the hoses around, but I had a 'family get together' I couldn't escape from so I haven't done it yet.

[UCgazman]

Bit of an update - had a few weeks off for chrissy then went back to trying to start this beast. It was cranking and had spark, fuel pump was making noise but it wouldn't start. So I got a mate to come over and double check my wiring and all was good, we used his noid light to confirm injector pulse, then disconnected the fuel line.... tada! no fuel. So we assumed my elcheapo (and quite noisy) ebay fake 070 fuel pump was a dud. That'll teach me for buying cheap shit on ebay I thought, and promptly went down to repco and bought another one (2 year warranty this time).
So I fit the new pump, turn the ignition on, pump hums away nicely (and much quieter), but still no damn fuel getting to the engine! Bugger, should've replaced the fuel line when I added the new return line, the old one must be blocked... So I ordered some more bundy tube but before doing anything else I thought I'd try blowing through the line with compressed air. After a couple of blows with the air gun I heard a rather satisfying 'PACHOOOO' and a bit of crud flies out the other end unblocking the line. SWEET! I connect everything back up and turn on the ignition, fuel fills the fuel rails AND...... starts leaking from the top of all 8 injectors!!! F%$K! looks like the engine has been sitting soo long before I bought it that all the injector o'rings have dried up and shrunk...

So tomorrow I'm ordering some new injector o'rings, and if anything else goes wrong after that I'm putting a goddamn starfire back in there!

[UCgazman]

BROOM BROOM!
Refurb'd injectors went in and it fired straight up - sweet! Ran for about 30secs but wasn't building up oil pressure so I've gotta get a new gasket and some vaseline so I can prime the pump. Should be an easy fix, then I'll post a vid of it purring.
Next dilemma - sort the oil pump tomorrow or blow it off and go to Motorvation.....hmmm

[burty]

Lookn good Garth!

[UCgazman]

Next dilemma - sort the oil pump tomorrow or blow it off and go to Motorvation.....hmmm

Thanks guys. I chose Motorvation so its not done yet! Got it lined up for Saturday....

[UCgazman]

Water pump is a bit squealy....

[burty]

Sounds great Garth. Good work.

[UCgazman]

Well, I've been tinkering with power steering hoses and other bits and pieces, then thought it was time to pull the bumper and tail lights so I could assess the worst of the rust and finally start on some body work.

 

Nasty! You can see some accident damage below the left tail light too. So looks like I need to order a new beaver panel and find some good tail light cuts from a donor (I've got a few leads). Thats the worst of the rust, a bit in the rear wheel arches and the bottom of the B pillars too, but I've already got good donor sections for those.

[UCgazman]

Guess what was hiding under the beaver panel...

 

Yep, more rust! I'll start cleaning and treating the rust and welding patches tomorrow. I've ordered and 'aussie restos' beaver from ebay but it didn't get here before the

weekend so I'll have to finish it next week...

[UCgazman]

Yeah its rough but it wont be for long... I've been collecting doors - I'm up to 9 lol, 4 of them are rust free so at least they wont need repairs!

[UCgazman]

Just trimmed the leftover edges of the old beaver off, ran over it quickly with a flapper disc on the grinder to see how much metal was left and brushed on some rust-convertor. Spent the rest of the day looking for some POR-15 and didn't get started on any welding yet. I need longer weekends!.....

[burty]

Got some hard yards ahead Garth. At least your getting somewhere! Ive hit a go slow for the last 6-8 weeks hopefully get back into it after easter.

Looks like a lot of that rust was well hidden?

Burty

[UCgazman]

Yeah its had a hit in the back and a poor repair job in its past, which caused water to leak in around the tail lights and rust out the lower quarters and beaver area. Makes you wonder how much rust is under everyone else's beaver panel, because you cant really tell till you cut it off...

[UCgazman]

Check out this thread from Dirtbag - http://www.gmh-torana.com.au/forums/topic/42661-fixing-my-brothers-uc-hatch/page-2 looked pretty clean until the panel came off... Not as bad as ours but!

Edited by UCgazman, 25 March 2013 - 11:52 PM.

[UCgazman]

Hey.... who wants to see my beaver?

 

Ahem... beaver panel I mean lol. Also got a RHR lower quarter panel, they look good on my living room floor, I'll do some trial fitting on the weekend and post pics on how they fit on the car.

[UCgazman]

Patched up one of the chassis rails, it feels a lot more solid there now

 

I'll need to tack on a new crush tube for one of the bumper bolts on this side too, it turned to dust when the grinder touched it.

Hopefully get more done on Monday...

[SmacT]

Nice work. I have those two replacement panels to do too (except Lhr quarter) so will be watching this with interest! Where did you get then from?

Also you can get POR15 or KBS online from their relevant websites and delivery is quick, though you probably wanted it straight away.