Angrydicky Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Here you go Rob, page six onwards: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/37171?page=6 RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 While you're there, check page 16 for something familiar! The Bo11ox tat blog is an excellent read. KruJoe and RobT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Cor, that's nice! Never seen one in Henley Blue before brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 While you're there, check page 16 for something familiar! The Bo11ox tat blog is an excellent read. Just read this and christ Bol, I didn't realise you'd done so much to keep the 220 on the road. I feel even more duty bound to keep the old bus going now! KruJoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 That saga is why I felt it needed to be 'saved' again (on a much smaller scale) when the MOT came up, I couldn't let it go to the scrapyard after all that effort. Well worth it, still a superb car and so much better than it looks to the untrained eye. For sheer simple, bargainous motoring though that 214 is hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Yeah I did a lot on that 220. Its such a great car though i felt compelled do do whatever it needed!!! Just couldn't stop!! It was the rusty screen upper rail that was the 'bridge too far' for me in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 I got the lads up the way to chuck the 25 GTi in for a test today. it only flipping passed! Its all up and running now and with all the work done on the engine ought to last a good while before the rubber beads come off that payen gasket. Of course now i have the problem of deciding what to do with the bloody thing. I can't get terribly enthusiastic about selling it for £400 or whatever which is about all its worth. Any regular shiters fancy taking it on for a few months via one of these RANDOLPH McBUMCRACK SHITE CONTRACT HIRE deals? Might be a bit easier with the advent of monthly tax payments etc. Check out this thread http://autoshite.com/topic/13353-krazy-argenta-loan-scheme-plan/for an example of how this can work. brickwall, loserone, Vin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Good news on that one. How's that 75 project going though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Slowly.... got all the bits I need, just lacking time to get on with it. Got a day off work tomorrow (to prepare mentally for the RELIANT ROBIN ENGINE DATE WITH DESTINY) so I might try and get a few hours in on it. scruff and dugong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I could be up for a bit of shite hire on this Mr B, wouldn't mind seeing what these are like to live with. I'm gagging to buy more shite but must resist, so this would be the perfect compromise. It's the 1.4 innit so I'd be paying the cheaper rate? You could even borrow the 220 gratis for old time's sake, as the tax is paid until April and it'd free up my garage so the 25 would be kept secure. I'll check to see what the insurance will be like as I may have maxed out on my multicar classic policy, but it only cost me 60 quid to add the 75 which was a bit of a win situation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 These are 1.8 but are old enough so that tax won't be mega bummage . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yeah its a 1.8 VVC innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yeah its a 1.8 VVC innitOh yeah of course what a nob, I should have remembered that from the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Good stuff, I have literally -0.5 hours each day to do anything at all to the car. Weekly wash is about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Shown here with proper trimz for the fappers: Lacquer Peel, rml2345, AnthonyG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucedoctor Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Super early R8 FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Lovely that. Brings back memories of the first 414 down our street and how everyone walked slowly past it to admire it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 NEWS FLASH MUTHAFUCKAZ!!!!! I finished putting the engine back together in this 75 tonight. I turned the key and HOLY SHIT it started right up and sounds FLIPPIN SWEET!!!!! Can you believe that? I can't. Sigmund Fraud, Coprolalia, Cheggers and 28 others 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Not after seeing the pictures of the insides, no I can't. Outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Top bombing Bol, at least this one doesn't have any random plastic lugs in the cooling system! So you gonna run it for a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Looked doubtful with all those skitters oozing from every waterjacket, pipe and whatnot but well done on this one! I was explaining to Senior_L about 75s at the weekend, hopefully he understood about plastic dowels, chocolate slave cylinders nd how a sorted example is meant to be grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I had a 13 year old early manual KV6 example that, apart from the door handle surround falling off, NOWT went wrong with. I think I might have been lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Surely just by the law of averages one of these had to go smoothly sooner or later. Top giffrng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Ace Boll. Well done. Hope it drives well?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Will do a full report later!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Hey Wisenheimer, don't let your mouth write cheques your ass can't cash.Get me that full report by the end of the day or you can clean out your desk! Lacquer Peel, Coprolalia, alf892 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Soz, I'm in oxford this weekend (thus demonstrating the success of the Reliant engine love token) so no reports till at least Sunday!!!. Hey Colbert, why don't you ram your desk right up your limey ass!!!! Coprolalia, scruff, dollywobbler and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 Alright!!! This hopeless case 75 1.8 is at least up and running now so lets have a recap and see whats been going on with it. I think last time it looked summert like this: I spent a not inconsequential amount of money on new parts from eBay, Rimming Brothers and my favourite local car parts shop SMITHSONS of stoke: New water pump going on: Lets get in there for a closer look: OH YEAH BABY WORK IT Next I gave the block face a good clean up. There was a bit of corrosion on the top edge, no doubt caused by weak antifreeze or summert: I cleaned it up as best I could but there was still a,little roughness there. Ithink the payen gasket will handle that better than an MLS effort Next it was time to look at the head. I put all the hydraulic tappets etc back in and the camshafts with new cam seals and whatnot (incidentally, to my complete amazement, the inlet and exhaust cams are interchangeable!!!) and sealed them on with the old Loctite. Forgot to take any pics of that lot though. Elsewhere I'd had 0.5mm skimmed off which fortunatley gave full clean up of the head surface. I bought one of these stainless shims to replace the skimmed-off metal: These get glued onto the head surface with the 'Stag Wellseal' magic gloop which you spread all over everything in a Yotam Ottolenghi style. It looks and smells suspiciously like flippin Bovril to me: Here it is glued into position: For some reason, next I drained the sump. about 5 litres of clean water came out then another few litres of coffee cream muck: NICE While that lot was draining out I got ready to lob the head on - heres the PAYEN BW750 ready to do its thang: And heres the head luzzed back on and torqued up. The new bolts did not tighten very smoothly, I backed them off and lubed under the bolt heads but they were very 'sticky' at the higher torques. I think the threads must have been full of coffee cream which did not lubricate them properly as I tightened. The upshot is I'm not convinced I have the torque exactly right on them which is a matter of mild concern. It was all going fairly smoothly so far. The timing belt lined up well, suggesting the shim was keeping everything in the right relative positions. I drilled out one knackered stud from the exhaust manifold-downpipe connection and replaced it with a bolt. New gaskets all round of course; Including the all-important inlet manifold gask which was a pukka MG Rover effort from Rimmers. Amusingly, while I was fitting the alternator, the rubber thingy covering the output post on the alternator had come dislodged and as i pushed the bolt through it contacted the terminal, causing a right old fireworks display as the battery was still connected. I wondered if I might have fried the ECU or something with all the sparks and contempleated whether I would attempt to fix that problem if it arose, or just kill myself instead as the easier and cheaper alternative. Eventually I had it all back in one piece: I filled it up with oil and water and spun it over on the starter with the ignition coils disconnected just to see if it sounded OK while cranking. It did, so i reconnected the coils and tried again: YEAH BABY!!!!! To my amazement it fired immediately and settled to a smooth tickover!!! I hadnt fried the ECU fortunately so there was no need to kill myself at this stage. One tappet was a bit noisy but it shut up after a few minutes after which the engine sounded really nice. Flipping unbelievable!!!! I let it run for ages and there was no overheating and no bubbles in the expansion bottle although theres still loads of oil in there (it needs a few flushes I think) and the coolant temp was steady at halfway on the gauge. the heater was a bit shite but I guess the matrix is probably blocked with coffee cream shizzle so presumably that will improve after a flush or two. I took it for a cheeky midnight blezz up the lane and it drove pretty well, handles quite nicely although its predictably a bit underpowered. It actually drags itself along reasonably well but the K-series has to work hard and the engine sound and vibration lets you know all about it. The engine does not seem as sweet at other K-series' i've experienced but I think thats becuase its just working harder all the time. anyway jobs still to do are:attempt to polish the scratches out the windscreen where the wiper blade has marked itFix the shitty handbrakefix the bonnet catchremove the 2 remaining locking wheel nuts and replace them with some ordinary nutsAttack the paintwork with the bufferstrip out the interior and flippin steam clean it or somethingflush the coolant and replace with proper antifreezefind a use for the bloody thing!!! Im super chuffed its alive again though, now its just got a load of snagging stuff to sort not a massive headache. PLus so far every time I've wanted to work on it I've had to push it about!!!! Now it can be driven in and out the garage which feels like the height of luxury!!! More soon as I feel a bit of a mojo resurgence might be underway. Barry Cade, saucedoctor, EssDeeWon and 35 others 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Top work as always! I'm amazed how much latte keeps coming out of the thing, hopefully you're almost shot of it all. Is this the one with the interior that stinks of old dog? Mine still stinks of fags despite a couple of mega cleaning sessions with shampoo shiz, so not sure what else to do to get rid. BTW, is shite hire still available on the 25 GTi? I got an insurance quote on it a few weeks back, just 50 quid extra to add on, but then forgot all about it, sorry. Real life getting in the way etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Great stuff BOLLz. Great to see its working again. I did drive a 1.8 75 Estate a couple of weeks ago but it might have been a Turbo version as it seemed to go pretty well. Same colour as this one in all. Made me realise that I can live with a 75, but just a little late for that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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