Project Moogs Motahs - sinking the seat

[dome]

 

HTH 

[Scruffy Bodger]

Time to buy some of these then?

 

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

 

I honestly - for a second - thought that said EPIC - as in EPIC failure...………. something just dropped off/exploded and killed all nuns and kittens within a 5mile radius

[hairnet]

is it still running

 

are the brakes working?

 

ROLL

 

FUKDALIGHT

[The Moog]

Code reader says

 

 

Internet says ignore.

 

Put 700 miles on the wee golf over the last few days and it is a pretty nice thing. NJGleeds did say he thought it would suit me and he was right.

 

The interior is a bit manky ... Well very manky. Door cards are a bit worn and seats need a fully beko session.

 

Thing is I can get a new/used interior for about £80. It's whether I just swap them out or try to revive what I have got.

 

Other fleet uodates

 

Timing belt has arrived for Rover - hopefully can get that back runninfy

Mx5 has got rollbar, new hood, balljoints, bushes and dust covers being delivered/fitted

Peugeot - headlights ordered from eBay - bargains, handbrake light doesn't work and horn is needed for MOT. Then will go to trusted shiter for a bit.

[The Moog]

Just a tiny Amuse-bouche of an update.

 

Fingers crossed tomorrow I will be doing more shitey things with a barge from a farm.

 

 

Golf has got the MIL back on. Looks like I will have to change the fuel temp sensor on it.

 

But first to the important bits

 

Manky

 

 

Locked in

 

 

Out

 

 

That's better.

 

Mx5 news

 

Hood for mx5 has been booked to be fitted next Friday. For £380 including fitting I think it is worth while.

 

Roll bar is on order after mx5parts had them cheaper than trlane direct. Should have that in a week or so.

 

Ball joints, dust covers, bushes and other odds and sods have been ordered to deal with MOT advisories.

 

205

 

Pair of NOS brand new headlights are winging themselves to me.

 

Horn from Mondeo to collect and fit

 

Also I have worked out I have screwed up the headlight relay which I will fix when sorting out the headlights.

 

Then need to fix handbrake / brake light switch for MOT.

[Jamie]

love your thread mate, not far from you either (bromley cross way o'er beuton) 

[Shirley Knott]

Nice work on the replacement switch for the Golf, it's little things like that make all the difference IME.

 

RE MX5 hoods, I've replaced a few but have never been posh enough to pay for an brand spanker to be fitted, exciting times! Mk2's get broken for peanuts (Coz chassis rails/arches/sills) so it was usually easy to bag gud'un on a frame for less than £100. They're a straight swap and come with the much improved glass rear window, sometimes even mohair too!

[The Moog]

 

 

RE MX5 hoods, I've replaced a few but have never been posh enough to pay for an brand spanker to be fitted, exciting times! Mk2's get broken for peanuts (Coz chassis rails/arches/sills) so it was usually easy to bag gud'un on a frame for less than £100. They're a straight swap and come with the much improved glass rear window, sometimes even mohair too!

I have been looking for hoods for a while but there are some silly prices being asked for them. You can buy a cheap one to fit but I found some instructions in AVOs paperwork which suggested 6-7 hours for fitting DIY.

 

Sod that for game of soldiers. For the price the hood frame will be removed, cleaned, greased, hood fitted then all put back on the car.

 

Guy wants the car for 3 hours and is only on Stockport so not too far away.

 

By the end of today I should have a running Rover! I am quite excited.

[purplebargeken]

I need a cherry bomb in my life. If you get bored of it, a new home could be here.

[The Moog]

So it begins

 

 

[Tickman]

The weather gods are playing along hope the cambelt gods are too

[The Moog]

So far so good ... Touches many pieces of wood

 

Arisen from its slumber

 

Brakes were stuck on but a bit of hot winch action sorted that

 

 

It's found a little friend

 

 

There's the badger

 

 

I think little birdies have been here before... Born and raised in British motor heritage

 

 

Starting to dismantle

 

 

Everything has come apart without breaking

 

 

Good job I am changing stuff as the gasket looks shot

 

 

It has obviously been running with plain water in. Going to need some flushes before it is best condition

 

Tea stop time

 

 

Bits waiting to go on

 

[The Moog]

More bits and a snag

 

Gaskets ready to go.

 

Clean up head and then

Clean up inlet manifold (took about 30 mins to get old gasket off)

 

Test fit new gasket

 

Bugger. It is almost the same but slightly oddly sized.

 

Better check headgasket

 

Phew. Will worry about inlet later.

 

Time for NJGleeds to get the studs out of the old head.

[hairnet]

port and gas flow while ya there??

 

how about now

[The Moog]

port and gas flow while ya there??

 

how about now

Hmmm not now

[hairnet]

so...........???

 

ps forgot it was a saloon mmmmmmmmmm

 

mo stop drooling

[The Moog]

The rest of the afternoon was a bit challenge

 

Last up we checked headgasket fitted.

 

 

Then njgleed swapped over the studs and dowels from old head to new head.

 

Then we got the head back on

 

The headgasket was only changed 6k ago but looking at it, whoever did it didn't use any/enough antifreeze - you can see it in the head waterways.

 

 

Inlet fannymould and exhaust fanny mould fitted then onto the timing. This led to head scratching as the photos in HBol showed things that werent on the engine, qutodata consulted and didn't help much. In the end locking the flywheel seems to have done it.

 

Belt fitted which was a tight squeeze

 

Result.

 

Although it wasnt. The water pump I fitted last year is the wrong one, I suspect it is for a t series not an m series engine. It has got 24 teeth on the pulley where as the old one has got 16 teeth.

 

At this point I was described as a walking eurocarparts - due to the number of things I have bought that don't fit! I couldn't really argue with that .

 

Neil also made me put the phone down to cartakeback - saying it wouldnt been too hard to fix.

 

Luckily I have learnt from yoda Leeds, and the old one was still in the boot. It spins fine so tomorrow it will be going back on.

 

So tomorrow is

 

Belt off

Pump off

Pump on

Belt on

Check timing

Drive belt on

Covers back on

Top bits of engine rebuilt

Water top up

Start the car

 

We also poked the rear sills and they will need patching for the MOT.

 

Once it is driving then it it will be a case of stick it in for a test to see what it will need.

[hairnet]

ffs

 

but hey mostly only bolt off bolt on

 

mo - ITS STILL LESS FUCKED THAN YOURS (KIDDING)

[The Moog]

Hopefully.

 

Positives are that it is pretty mint inside even after sitting for 9 months.

 

For the MOT I reckon it will need brakes sorting, sills patching and exhaust blow sorted.

 

Will be advisories for surface rust underneath and coil springs. Otherwise I think it should be fine.

[Broadsword]

Looking forward to video footage of the car running tomorrow!

[The Moog]

Looking forward to video footage of the car running tomorrow!

You will probably hear the celebration from your house

[NorthernMonkey]

Looking forward to video footage of the car running tomorrow!

Not as much as me, chief.....not as much as me.

[The Moog]

Which car to bring today

 

 

Boring modern

Moist Mazda

Coma inducing getz

Bad boy knicker dropping 205

 

 

 

Oh yes.

 

Today's the day that the rover will run for the first time in almost a year

 

 

Scary to think that this all started because the rubber bush had deteriorated on the dizzy drive. Talk about butterfly flapping wings and creating a hurricane. As Mr Leeds said - would have been quicker,and cheaper to fit megasquirt than all this faff.

 

 

Although the blocked gasket waterways would have probably presented problems in not too distant future

[The Moog]

Battle commences

 

Hello m series

 

The HBol is deservedly named.

 

Apparently this

 

To get the back plate off then just this

 

Lies lies lies. The back plate is in one piece so crank pulley has to come off. Life is so much harder when you trust the book.

 

Crank off, belt off l, back plate off, to get to this

 

You can see the difference in the pumps

 

All swapped over

 

Back together and belt on

 

It's getting exciting. Still got a few hours work and need a drive belt delivering.

[The Moog]

This is good right?

 

[Tickman]

Fingers crossed for you

[The Moog]

Jobs left

 

Radiator in

Hoses all connected

Battery on

Dizzy arm and cap fitted.

Dry turn over

Then hopefully first start.

 

There are some random vacuum hoses I am not sure where they go / are missing but I am sure* it will be fine.

[The Moog]

Oh no

 

[hairnet]

Better than under the cover

 

'wtf is it'