Sloth in a bowl's stable - Megane new rear disks

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 28/10/2017 at 22:28, hairnet said:

nutter (and not the white one)

 

can you find a fucked baleno and rape it for engine duties

 

The natural upgrade path for the Wizzkid is a Suzki Alto 1.1 (2003 to 2006) with the F10D engine, because what you want stamped on your engine cover is '16-Valve Maruti' 

 

It is also the only fuel injection update of the F10A that the car currently has.

[DVee8]

  On 28/10/2017 at 22:28, hairnet said:

nutter (and not the white one)

 

can you find a fucked baleno  KIZASHI or GSXR1000 and rape it for engine duties.

Done

[Heidel_Kakao]

  On 29/10/2017 at 08:29, Sloth in a bowl said:

The natural upgrade path for the Wizzkid is a Suzki Alto 1.1 (2003 to 2006) with the F10D engine, because what you want stamped on your engine cover is '16-Valve Maruti' 

 

It is also the only fuel injection update of the F10A that the car currently has.

That's the one Nice cheap engine donor too as it would make sense to buy a whole car and get everything you need if you went down that route  

  On 29/10/2017 at 08:45, DVee8 said:

Done

Nah a bike engine in a road going SC100 is just not right, sure it looks cool but the car has to be butchered to get it in and then you don't have a conventional gearbox. 50% extra power would make this thing a real hoot and you can stick with the original drivetrain and brakes. It's Julian's do what he wants with though and I am excited to see it being worked on and ultimately back on the road!

[Sloth in a bowl]

Garage door now fixed.
I took it off on one side, propped it on a load of plastic stacking crates. Screwed the wooden frame back together with some cheap metal brackets and hammered the door back on.
A bit of lube on all the joints and it works again. Not perfect but good enough, the side I fixed now seems a lot more rigid than the other side.

 

Also, the battery that James gave me is good and has been trickle charged up for getting sparks.

[Tamworthbay]

  On 28/10/2017 at 21:48, Lord Sterling said:

I was looking up about the Suzuki Whizzkid, can you believe someone has done this to one?

How? And more to the point, why?

li know I deserve to be stoned for this, but I quite like that.............

[Sloth in a bowl]

Lets say for example that your Suzuki was not starting because the bit in the distributor was being as much use in providing as spark as a wet fart in a hurricane.

 

You phone Aldon Automotive, suppliers of things like this and ask them if they have a counter open on a Saturday.

'Not this Saturday mate, what you trying to fix?'

'I'm trying to work out if an ignition unit inside a dizzy is dead or not, I only get open circuit.'

'You want to line it up with a bulb, knock it across 12v, turn the dizzy, if the bulb does the light house dance then it's good.'

 

 

 

So today I made a test rig.

1 bulb on 3.3 Ohms, for high resistance coil sim

2 bulbs on (parallel) 1.9 Ohms, for low resistance coil sim

 

 

 

Yes my soldering is that shit

 

 

It's dark and wet now, testing can wait till tomorrow.

[hairnet]

so fuck all that

 

when is the kubota being trial fitted

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 18/11/2017 at 18:18, hairnet said:

so fuck all that

 

when is the kubota being trial fitted

 

After I've tried putting a turbo on the spare F10A and totally fecked the gearbox

[Heidel_Kakao]

http://www.h-h-ignitionsolutions.co.uk/

 

They are the guys that converted it to electronic ignition originally and they came highly recommended. Not sure how long the warranty was on it but maybe worth giving them a ring if it really is broken.

[bezzabsa]

Aldon automotive..just round the corner from whence the suzuki previous owner resides LOL..

 

used to love walking down by there in summer to drool over some of the stuff they used to get in to play with!!

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 18/11/2017 at 19:42, Heidel_Kakao said:

http://www.h-h-ignitionsolutions.co.uk/

 

They are the guys that converted it to electronic ignition originally and they came highly recommended. Not sure how long the warranty was on it but maybe worth giving them a ring if it really is broken.

 

 

Tests completed, distributor electrics very dead. It was passing no current even with 12.5V hooked up across the terminals. I will be contacting HH in the morning.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Ok interesting, I wonder what has caused it to fail. I was planning on possibly using them again at some point in the future to convert another dizzy but depending on what caused this one to break I might not bother.

[Sloth in a bowl]

I haven't posted here for ages so have a quick catch up.

 

 

1. I sent the dizzy to HH they said all was well

2. I started a garage share in Tamworth with a few other shiters got the Wizzkid transported 

 

 

 

3. I tried wiring a second battery to the electronic dizzy in case it needed more volts than the Wizzkid could provide while turning a starter.

I also added some much needed fresh fuel to the tank.

It still didn't want to make a spark.

 

Spot the epic wiring skills

 

 

 

4. Finally I bit the bullet and ordered a new old school, clockwork, dizzy from India, it arrived yesterday.

My initial timing was early by 30 degrees (one tooth on the helix), then I realised what I had done and got.

 

VID_20180415_152510694.mp4Fetching info...

 

 

 

So there is some joints in the exhaust that are a bit more farty than they should be but stage one of the Wizzkid revival is complete.

[Junkman]

  On 28/10/2017 at 21:48, Lord Sterling said:

I was looking up about the Suzuki Whizzkid, can you believe someone has done this to one?

 

 

How? And more to the point, why?

 

Looks like he drove it into Liberace's grand piano.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

I'm pleased to see a Wizzkid on Autoshite. They're so rare now and are such cheeky little things. I really like them and have done so since I was small myself.

[Ghosty]

While looking for something else I stumbled across this post on Retro Rides, featuring your SC100 and Heidel_Kakao, not long after he bought it:

 

http://forum.retro-rides.org/post/1296954/thread

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 16/04/2018 at 12:08, Ghosty said:

While looking for something else I stumbled across this post on Retro Rides, featuring your SC100 and Heidel_Kakao, not long after he bought it:

 

http://forum.retro-rides.org/post/1296954/thread

It currently shares workshop space with HK's Datsun.

[Sloth in a bowl]

This afternoon I went to the workshop to list up what I need for an MOT on the Whizzkid.

 

I ended up with a shorter fix list than expected but, in the process I have now got an electrical short that is popping ignition fuses. 

 

Lots of footage taken with a cheap camera, so expect a video link soonish.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Lets try this...

 

[MikeR]

How is the fuel tank , they rot like ........  , ours did , we had to have it repaired twice , and you could see lots of little rust mites on the inside looking for daylight ..

 

they are fun to drive ...thats about it ...

 

best bit was that engine service cover behind the back seat ..

[Sloth in a bowl]

I haven't looked too closely at the fuel tank yet. However, given the quality of the rest of the metal, I am hopeful.

 

We have a 2 post lift, but it is currently in bits. Once that is together then the underside of the car will get a good hard stare. 

[Sloth in a bowl]

It's service the Renault day so I'm happy heading to shitefest and beyond.

 

So the usual oil, oil filter, air filter and a plan to replace the rear brake pads as the current ones make noise that they shouldn't.

 

 

Jack up front of car, locate hole in the undertray to get to drain plug and try to find an allen key to fit, none do. Try some of those torx things, nope.

Take a picture of the hole that I am trying to put things in, to see what the correct shape is, bugger.

 

 

 

Fortunately I had left the backup plan in the workshop. Which cleared over 3 litres of old oil out the sump.

Aldi oil pump to the rescue.

 

 

 

 

I thought the oil filter was going to be a pain to remove as they almost always are in my experience

 

.

 

 

but no, with the right tool it moved very easily and the appropriate replacement was inserted.

 

 

 

next top up with oil, 3.5 litres in the engine and a hundred mil all over the engine cover.

 

 

 

now for the air filter, does it go in this nicely accessable box here?

 

 

 

No, it goes in this sod behind the engine.

 

 

 

Where you have to squeeze it though a gap left several mm too small in every dimension for the filter to go in, by the thoughtful designer.

 

 

 

 

So with the basics done, I turned to the brakes to see if new pads would be a cheap fix for the noise.

What I found was that the current pads where only a mm off new as the previous owner had already tried that bodge.

The problem is the very past it's best disk which are £120 a pair, bugger.

 

[320touring]

Good work, gimme a sec re the rear discs..

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F321837957082

 

Check these out and see if they will do for the Mégane.. it's 172 rear discs, with bearings and pads

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 13/05/2018 at 18:13, 320touring said:

Good work, gimme a sec re the rear discs..

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F321837957082

 

Check these out and see if they will do for the Mégane.. it's 172 rear discs, with bearings and pads

 

 

Potentially even cheaper at £37.44

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Renault-Megane-MK1-2-0-16V-IDE-Genuine-Mintex-Rear-Brake-Discs-Pair-x2/291756359862?epid=1367739032&hash=item43ee08c0b6%3Ag%3AlvsAAOSwYXVYyoee&fits=Car+Make%3ARenault%7CModel%3AMegane+Cabriolet%7CCars+Year%3A2003%7CPlat_Gen%3AMK+I%7CCars+Type%3A2.0+16V+IDE%7CBodyStyle%3AConvertible%7CVariant%3AMK+I+%5B1996-2003%5D+Convertible%7CEngine%3A1998ccm+140HP+103KW+%28Petrol%29

[320touring]

  On 13/05/2018 at 18:27, Sloth in a bowl said:

Potentially even cheaper at £37.44

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Renault-Megane-MK1-2-0-16V-IDE-Genuine-Mintex-Rear-Brake-Discs-Pair-x2/291756359862?epid=1367739032&hash=item43ee08c0b6%3Ag%3AlvsAAOSwYXVYyoee&fits=Car+Make%3ARenault%7CModel%3AMegane+Cabriolet%7CCars+Year%3A2003%7CPlat_Gen%3AMK+I%7CCars+Type%3A2.0+16V+IDE%7CBodyStyle%3AConvertible%7CVariant%3AMK+I+%5B1996-2003%5D+Convertible%7CEngine%3A1998ccm+140HP+103KW+%28Petrol%29

Depends if you need the pads;)

 

Do they fit then?

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 13/05/2018 at 19:27, 320touring said:

Depends if you need the pads;)

 

Do they fit then?

 

 

I have not one but two sets of good pads, I just need one pair of good discs and a full vocab of Anglo-Saxon swear words.

[320touring]

  On 13/05/2018 at 19:35, Sloth in a bowl said:

I have not one but two sets of good pads, I just need one pair of good discs and a full vocab of Anglo-Saxon swear words.

Only french swearing works m9

[tommotech]

Merde alors....!

[Sloth in a bowl]

A bit more pre-shitefest planning saw me get a pair of new disks for the Megane.

 

So I drove it to the workshop, took off the old disk and swore.

 

 

 

The expensive disks have the ABS rings attached, the very expensive disks also come with bearings in place.

My disks were cheap and so had neither of these optional* extras.

 

Fortunately Tommotech has the power, skill and a big press.

So bits were switched over, saving me a small fortune.

 

 

New disk looks shiny on the car

 

 

A definite improvement on the old shite and much thanks to Tommotech for skills, advice and equipment. A few tweaks still needed on this baby GT but, it's nicer than when I bought it.

Expect this to be up for summer roffle though folks as I have too many cars, not enough time. I like to keep it, but reality is giving me a hard stare.

 

 

I also played with the Wizzkid a bit and got the timing back into making the car run, as well as getting the dizzy into the midrange area of timing adjustment ready for fine tuning.

 

p.s. I also found out what the 30mm socket is for in the Halfords box of big toys, it's the one for undoing the bearing cover.