Project Collectioneering - Moogs Mootahs

[theshadow]

saab breakers near me,will have look in thurs,..

[MikeR]

for the stripped teeth , pop rivet /weld a fresh piece of metal onto the side of the worn quadrant  ? .... and file to shape and put new teeth on it using a file

 

 

 would the piece of quadrant on the "wrong" bit transfer over and fix the knackered bit ....

[The Moog]

saab breakers near me,will have look in thurs,..

 

That would be great - I need an electric drivers side quadrant/mechanism - 2 or 3 door classic 900.  Most of them go in the same place hence people selling rebuilt ones on ebay for £150. 

[The Moog]

Send it to me and I will have a go.

Then when I fuck it up you can order one

 

Or I could put brave pants on and have a go myself. I just need to google welding supplies and go and get a liner tomorrow. Might tap you up for electric pritstick settings and help. 

 

for the stripped teeth , pop rivet /weld a fresh piece of metal onto the side of the worn quadrant  ? .... and file to shape and put new teeth on it using a file

 

 

 would the piece of quadrant on the "wrong" bit transfer over and fix the knackered bit ....

 

Its quite a bit of metal as the window is a chunky mother.  My next door neighbour (ex welder) said it is tempered steel to deal with the forces. 

[theshadow]

ok,will go thurs,the only break saabs,and been there years

[The Moog]

As mentioned on grumpy man thread for the second time in two weeks I absent mindlessly put petrol into the 406.

 

First time wasn't a lot but yesterday got 20l off before realising. Fill it up with 50l diesel hoping to get away with it. AS hive mind pointed out that it won't be a happy bunny about it so have lobbed some two stroke oil in to help.

 

Recently the 406 has started becoming more french with the electrics and with the clutch slipping I think it is a matter of time before it expires. Plan is to run until the MOT is up in Feb then probably replace it - maybe with another one.

 

Saab news - window regulator that went missing in the post has been delivered to a random shop. Hoping I can get it tomorrow so that will be a great win.

 

I cleaned and used rubber grease on the sunroof seals, which means it hasn't leaked in the recent rain. That's a definite win.

 

With the other repair regulator arriving Monday, it will be the main jobs done on it.

 

Mx5 - has started rattling from underneath. Hoping it is an exhaust issue as that should be easy to sort. Mot is our end of Jan so making some plans for it to try and fix it up. I have been driving it top down for the last few days and it is just brilliant.

[Shirley Knott]

 

Mx5 - has started rattling from underneath. Hoping it is an exhaust issue as that should be easy to sort. Mot is our end of Jan so making some plans for it to try and fix it up. I have been driving it top down for the last few days and it is just brilliant.

 

The heatshield around the CAT (If it has one) is the main MX5/Eunos rattle culprit IME, if not then check out the other heatshield that sits over the exhaust manifold. If it's the latter don't plan on getting the bolts out in one piece, go in armed with a drill.

[The Moog]

The heatshield around the CAT (If it has one) is the main MX5/Eunos rattle culprit IME, if not then check out the other heatshield that sits over the exhaust manifold. If it's the latter don't plan on getting the bolts out in one piece, go in armed with a drill.

No cat

 

Exhaust manifold cover is gone as has got 421 fitted.

 

Will try it up on ramps tomorrow to have a look.

[Shirley Knott]

No cat

 

Exhaust manifold cover is gone as has got 421 fitted.

 

 

 

That's the way

 

I always used to buy the slightly longer exhaust hangers from Ebay to distance the whole thing from the chassis by an extra 1" or so, that always helped. Either way, fingers crossed it's an easy fix. TBH there's not much that can go wrong with Mk1's! I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of it without to much head scratching.

[The Moog]

Saab fettling today as the new quadrant turned up. You can see the new extra teeth

 

 

Cardboard down and rebuild the regulator

 

Circlips were a bit shit so dug out my magic box

 

Bishbashbosh with added grease

 

Back into the door

 

Membrane on

 

Doorcard on

 

So one closing window.

 

The second had got lost in the post, but the seller on eBay couldn't have been more helpful. Tracked it down to a bargain booze 5 miles away. Luckily they still had it behind the counter.

 

Once collected it was back to make the other side weather proof.

 

Thing I love about this car is that you only need these tools to totally dismantle the door.

 

By using screws there aren't clips that break or ping off into the distance.

 

Passenger door

 

 

Membrane off

 

The new (old) part was missing the rear cover on the motor, so I just swapped the old motor onto new (old) regulator.

 

 

Window in

 

All done. So now have a watertight car that doesn't drop the boot on your head.

[320touring]

Steady on chap - it'll nearly be a fully functioning car..

[Broadsword]

Fine work!

[The Moog]

Steady on chap - it'll nearly be a fully functioning car..

Behave - it is fully functional. Just needs a catsinwelder headlining to finish it off!

[The Moog]

The mx5 developed an annoying metallic rattle.

 

So up on my new donated ramps from my neighbour. He built them 50 years ago

 

They just about fit and can deal with lowered car.

 

Exhaust investigation time and found it almost straight away. The lambda sensor was loose so rattling on overrun.

 

Tightened up and job done. I also removed the cowl mod air filter and put back in the washer bottle. I think being able to clean the screen is more important than sounding beefy. The piss bag option I couldn't really get to work.

[Bucketeer]

I think being able to clean the screen is more important than sounding beefy.

You've changed.

[The Moog]

Jet washed the 406 today.... Might have taken all the lacquer peel off the bonnet.

 

 

My car has dandruff

 

[NorthernMonkey]

Funny...so does my yard now. I had a very nice cup of coffee in one of my new designer garage mugs that I received today after cleaning up

[The Moog]

Yeah errrr sorry about that. Got a bit carried away

[Zelandeth]

You'll be finding that for months, if not years!

[gm]

I also removed the cowl mod air filter and put back in the washer bottle. I think being able to clean the screen is more important than sounding beefy.

A juice bottle is what you need, good man

 

[The Moog]

The roffle Jag is now staying in the fold, with the 406 either being as or fragged.

 

It would probably do another MOT ok but the clutch starting to slip and some little electrical issues plus trim falling apart mean that unless someone wants a cheap diesel estate for 3 months it all probably be come bean tins.

 

Missus Moog quite likes the Jag and I think it will be here for winter.

 

Things that would be good to sort are central locking and getting tracking checked as it wanders a little bit.

 

I am assuming the R badge on the boot is nonsense (I haven't even opened the bonnet yet)

[The Moog]

So sun came up this morning and the firmly chosen path last night had become a bit more wobbly.

 

I popped out to take photos of the pug and decided to take it for a spin. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it, it is a pretty sorted car as money has been spent in the past.

 

Yes it needs some things fixing and yes the clutch is a wee bit slippy under boost, but it does 50mpg, is easy to work on and the dogs like it. I would say that the ride is a bit better than the Jag as it seems to soak up potholes well enough.

 

The Jag makes much more a statement and is a very handsome car. It feels a step up in quality and feels a newer car all round. Stereo is ace with decent speakers and cruise is a real boon.

 

Downsides are that it feels a big heavy car, the ride isn't the best with potholed roads and obviously the fuel consumption.

 

On both cars central locking and AC have ceased to perform their required functions.

 

So as of this evening the Pug has kept its permanent place on the fleet.

[The Moog]

The ignition switch on the pug has been intermittent. This is normally the electrical switch playing silly buggers.

 

New one ordered from eBay for £10.

 

Cowls off and then get access to the barrel

Unplugged from fuse board

Imobilser ring off then remove the barrell

 

This is really fiddly requiring a small screw to be undone then another tab to be pushed it whilst wiggling the barrell out.

 

After many swear words it popped out.

 

New and old

 

Houston we have an issue. One of the cables is far too small. Not just a tiny bit but about 8 CMS or so.

 

Rummage of the garage for crimps only turned up Waygo connectors. I am assuming no kittens of nuns will die if I used them

 

So clipped and attached

 

The barrell fell apart at this point so spent 10 minutes working out how it went back together and then another 10 getting the clip back in

 

 

I had to take the connectors off to refit the barrell then reattached them

 

 

It starts first time everytime now. Very satisfying.

 

 

I have left the lower cowl off just in case the waygo connectors arent suitable.

 

Can anyone confirm they will / won't be ok?

[NorthernMonkey]

They’ll be fine. The new lights in the office roof are installed using them and they are still working four days later.

Those are 222s and are rated to in excess of mains voltage so are more than adequate

[The Moog]

I assumed that they would take the volts so good for it to be confirmed.

 

Car now starts on the button (key) which is ace.

[The Moog]

As the pug is now staying on the fleet a few things have happened.

 

Number one - the clutch slip has disappeared due to reverting to a slightly lower powered car.

 

Number two - new stereo fitted. I chucked in a mechless a few months ago. It was my AS secret Santa pressie and was great. Then the Bluetooth stopped working and also the display couldn't be dimmed. The blue glow was searing your eyeballs at night. £21 and a favoto stereo was ordered - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B078RYJQXY/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

You can change the colour so it doesn't ruin your night vision plus a phone holder on the front which works really well

 

Number three - I always struggle with the length of the car (probably because I swap between loads of them) so a set of reversing sensors have been fitted.

 

I have covered it before and it pretty straightforward. Find reversing power, tap into it, find somewhere to hide the ecu and beeper, drill out the bumper sensors and cut a hole in the floor to run the wires. Put it all back together and done.

 

On this 406 I have put them at the bottom of the bumper as had really easy access. The wires are run with extra gaffer tape where it runs into the boot.

 

[The Moog]

Well that didnt last long.  Stereo stopped working this morning - hasnt got any power by looks of things.

The reversing sensors are doing random beeps as well - ebay complaint going in 

[NorthernMonkey]

Are you sure the sensors aren’t too close to the road?

[gm]

I fitted one of those reverse sensor kits to a crv I had a few years back - all was going well until I closed the back door and the spare wheel set off the sensor

 

what a strange looking stereo

[The Moog]

Are you sure the sensors aren’t too close to the road?

 

 

They were fine for the first few days. Although good thing to check