J4mes Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrCouple of front calipers for the Accord rebuilt as one is slightly binding. Yes I do have a mildly understanding Mrs who let's me rebuild calipers on the coffee table. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Started doing my pre-MOT checks on the Accord last night.Up on axle stands, all bushes/boots look fine. I might as well take out the arch liners, clean out any muck, might as well clean the K&N Typhoon while I'm there (filter is below headlight and behind arch liner/undertray).Greeted with this after removal of intake pipe and arch liner:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrGet the fuck outa here!After cleaning it back to fresh metal:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrNot too big then!!!This bit looked a bit sus (bulkhead):Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrAfter some hot angry grinder/cutting disc action:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrFUCK me it's getting scrapped, this was immaculate 2 years ago. I made sure as they all go here.So I stop kicking off with it, decide not to buy another car and man the fuck up, half day from work acquired this afternoon, let battle commenced.Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrNot my best welding, I could barely see naff all due location, should have took the front wing off. It's got good pen and it's solid.Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrThat's loads better, upped the wire speed and had loads better access.Zinc primered and seam sealed:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrVarious Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrTwo coats of poundland satin black and two coats of shultz later:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrFrom inside the bay:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrThat'll do pig, that'll do. Heidel_Kakao, Asimo, The Moog and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 When only the very rich can afford can afford those Accords you'll thank yourself that you got the extra time out of it doing the work. Keep it up. AMC Rebel, chodweaver and J4mes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Brilliant stuff. My (then) wife had one of those GTVs - and I really liked it. J4mes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 When only the very rich can afford can afford those Accords you'll thank yourself that you got the extra time out of it doing the work. Keep it up.Cheers, it'll never be cosmetically A1, but mechanically it's all brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 Brilliant stuff. My (then) wife had one of those GTVs - and I really liked it.Special cars even with 'just' the Twin Spark rather than the V6. I love cruising about in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 So decided to change my front engine mount for a Vtec Direct solid mount. Supposed to be a good upgrade, plus mine felt pretty shagged.Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrOriginal at the rear, VD one at the front.Nice and easy to get to, had to take both fan shrouds off, but to get one shifted I had to undo the top rad hose, like so:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrAs suspected the old one was borked, I could feel it on gear changes and engine breaking when 'going for it.'Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrAll buttoned up, was a nice satisfying job.Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrNext up thought I'd wang some new plugs in. The proper recommended NGK ones @ £38 for the 4.Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr(Photo for part no.)Took all the old plugs out, they were NGK but not the correct ones. They were also soaked with oil, so that'll; a)explain my slightly increased oil usage, b)be the spark plug gasket seals that I replaced last year being shite. They're BGA ones rather than the recommended OEM ones so it's my fault as I thought I knew better..ah well I'll order up a gasket set @ £50 odd!On a final note, this happened:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrWell happy as I'm usually on top of the maintenance but I'd been slightly neglecting it since it had been hit- anyway the motivation is back now!! johngarty and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Quiet day at work today so made a start on polishing the manifold.Under halfway through:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrBit more done:Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrStill got a few more bits to do, especially on the flange, then needs a proper polish with a mop and autosol. Heidel_Kakao and johngarty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Yeah so I'm not the best at keeping things up to date, the whole Photobucket thing killed most of my threads across the forums, and my enthusiasm suffered. But I'm back now with Flickr, which I'm still trying to work out.. Anyway on to the cars! Puncture on the Accord (1st one ever!) killed a Goodyear Eagle F1 with 5mm left, was not happy. I was even less happy when my tyre man couldn't get hold of Assymetric's only A 3's, which meant 2 new tyres.Various Cars by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Don't bother with the Assymetric 3's as they're shite, worse in every possible way. Time to find a new fave tyre I think! Had a day off so decided to hit the Accord pretty hard.20170817_114841 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Sheared bolt in drivers side strut 'fork' was nice and 'safe!'20170910_124303 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Good job I'd spotted it and blasted and painted a spare.20170910_124301 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Bottom balljoint was an absolute slag! But got there in the end.20170910_113614 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20170910_115236 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Top wishbone was nice and simple, balljoint was ok, but I had one in stock so it got chucked in.20170910_124839 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr All back together:20170910_151658 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20170910_151653 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr danthecapriman, Bobthebeard, johngarty and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Had a car 'Rally' to Wales for a weekend in September. Decided to make the Accord look a bit more repectable, so tracked down a Pre-facelift wing in NHB, which I picked up from a very 'respectable' breakers yard in Slough while on a work trip. Collected and fitted the day/night before setting off to Wales.20170914_175401 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr What a fiddly job, should have dropped the bumper off, it would have been easier! Refurbed and polished these carbon fibre foglight scoops picked up for a bargain while in Scotland for work.20170905_160336 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20170908_103928 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Polished and stickered up the morning of setting off: 20170915_115441 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20170915_115453 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20170915_115435 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 The Toledo keeps on doing what it does, just about to click over 230k miles (170k odd on clocks but its had replacements). All it needed for the MOT was a rear shock.20170902_112828 by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrClick and collected from ECP and fitted in an hour, and back in for test. £38 for another ticket is good value in my eyes. Although I've been experiencing some funny electrical gremlins which are starting to wind me up! The dash lights sometimes stay lit, even when the car is locked up (they'd usually go out). Completely intermittent problem so I investigated the clocks and headlight switch but can see nothing untoward.20171010_194957 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20171010_200836 by jgreenefc4eva, on FlickrNeedless to say, I've ignored it and it still comes and goes! Hopefully related to the above its got a failed indicator stalk which has resulted in the headlight dipped beams being out and a clicking hazard relay. I've got a replacement (£22!) on its way, hopefully solve everything! johngarty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 I've also been make a few extra quid when work is quiet and I'm stuck in the workshop. Been buying, blasting and rebuilding Accord Type R calipers, then flogging them on. It's starting to get really hard to find places with them in stock so its a bit of a 'gap in the market' type thing. They're a really popular upgrade for other Honda's so the market is quite big.Thinking of expanding into other brands, any ideas what's in demand? 20171128_101046 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20180102_152204 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Managed to do this in December:20171128_150203 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Reversed into my own house, late night, pissing rain, steamed up car and screaming child were my excuse!Luckily only smashed the light and grazed the bumper, but that already had a crack in it.Light has been replaced, but really struggling to find a bumper locally, even standard Accord bumpers without the lip. The search continues.. johngarty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Onto the Alfa, head is almost fully rebuilt, had to order the correct Locktite for the new variator, its arrived now so will try get that done tonight, then its hope for a warm day to try and get things back to together! 20171105_142332 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr New variator:20171105_142452 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Correct tool:20171105_142614 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr New waterpump:20171105_142628 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Cam lock tool:20171105_142336 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr Also did a bit of 'weight reduction' on the Corolla:20170820_203544 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr 20170820_212244 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr About 5-6kg removed from both sides, which isn't bad, it had to come out on the drivers side anyway for a rust repair as someone had used the floor pan as a jacking point in the past. Accord could do with a wash mind:20180119_115723 by jgreenefc4eva, on Flickr The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Anyone after any bits from the Toledo? It's going its last journey this weekend which is a bit sad. Rip my faithful friend, £700, 240k miles (60k in our ownership), never failed to start or get us home. Not enough space and too many projects. Its been replaced with a 2007 Honda CRV mums taxi special.. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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