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Dec 11, 2016 22:05:41 GMT
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The more astute if you may notice the *slight* issue, they are 5x114, whereas laurels are 4x114. If I have space I'll run adapters, if not 4 to 5 stud on the same PCD is an easy redrill- one stud stays the same, drill 4 more holes. Either way I think they are the perfect wheel for what I have planned with this car. S14 and S15 silvias and Z32 300zx and R33 onwards skylines all ran 5x114.3's, so you could also do a brake upgrade at the same time. But that depends on if bigger calipers/rotors would fit inside the 14" barrels. Perhaps a local drifter can "try them on" for you before you spend the coin.
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Dez
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Dec 11, 2016 23:18:03 GMT
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You've certainly got a broad taste Dez, encompassing all of the 20th century and surely the 19th too if you could find a steam powered car. My Grandad was called Albert or Bert for short, he would have loved those wheels.. he couldn't drive though. Yep, it's fair to say I'm into a lot of different things. I can appreciate most styles if done well.
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Dez
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Dec 11, 2016 23:20:07 GMT
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The more astute if you may notice the *slight* issue, they are 5x114, whereas laurels are 4x114. If I have space I'll run adapters, if not 4 to 5 stud on the same PCD is an easy redrill- one stud stays the same, drill 4 more holes. Either way I think they are the perfect wheel for what I have planned with this car. S14 and S15 silvias and Z32 300zx and R33 onwards skylines all ran 5x114.3's, so you could also do a brake upgrade at the same time. But that depends on if bigger calipers/rotors would fit inside the 14" barrels. Perhaps a local drifter can "try them on" for you before you spend the coin. Yeah I've already gone through all this with a few mates, the 4 pots won't fit. S13 is the easier option even though I have to redrill.
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Dec 11, 2016 23:57:44 GMT
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Thought you probably would have. Sometimes if it's not our usual area of expertise, then little bits of knowledge help, and I know Nissans and Toyotas. Carbs and old v8's on the other hand...
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The seller had mentioned when I picked it up the bypass pipe to the heater matrix was a bit gammy, and he'd had to cut the hose down and shove it further on as the sharp end of said pipe had cut into the rubber and made it leak. The hose was now a little too short really, as well as being old and soft and starting to delaminate like old hoses tend to do when soaked I oil, although this had no oil on it. Anyway there was no slack to it, so I elected to replace it, as well as flushing the heater matrix at the same time as it was doing pretty much nothing, and by the time we got back from Manchester my feet were freezing and I was struggling to keep the car from steaming up if stationary. So I pulled the hoses off the heater pipes, and shoved the hose pipe nozzle in the end of one. I was greeted with GLUGGLUGGLUGGLUGSPLOT and it shot big chunks of congealed rusty sludge all over the engine bay. A bit of flushing back and forth between the two pipes eventually saw the water running clear. It had obvoulsy not be getting any flow at all before, evidenced by the coolant In the rest of the engine being fresh blue, but all the stuff in the heater and associated pipes being brown. I then had a look at the bypass pipe the seller had referred to, and it just crumbled to pieces when I tried to undo the hose clips on it. 'A bit gammy' was More than a bit of an understatement..... Luckily I had some bits laying round the right size to fix it. The threaded fitting is either 1/2"bsp or 1/2"npt (probably the latter is guess), but the two sizes are so close there more or less impossible to distinguish on something like this, and are considered interchangeable on most applications. The fitting is plated brass, bored out on the lathe a bit and a short length of 15mm copper pipe slipped in and soldered in, with the tee off for the manifold heating being 10mm microbore pipe- both the same diameters as the original fitting. So that's one little bit repaired, and I can report that the heater is much more effective now. Maybe not as good as new, but certainly enough to keep my feet warm and to start to dry out the inside of the car from where it's obviously been sat for a while. Even a couple of days of use with the better heater has seen a good reduction in the amount of condensation on the inside of the glass. Only thing is is now sprung a leak on the continuation of the 10mm run to the manifold, it's only a tiny pinhole but enough for it to leak from when warmed up, but I imagine the inside of it is in as much of a state as the T piece was, so replacement with copper won't hurt. I just need to grab some more 10mm copper pipe to fix that next!
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Dez
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Thought you probably would have. Sometimes if it's not our usual area of expertise, then little bits of knowledge help, and I know Nissans and Toyotas. Carbs and old v8's on the other hand... I have some experience with stuff like this, a mate did briefly own an identical laurel a few years back, as well as skylines, and ae86s, which I used to work on with him, and I've had a s13 as well. So far I'm liking this a lot more than all of those, so there's a good chance it's going to stick around for a while.
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Dec 15, 2016 16:05:24 GMT
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Thought you probably would have. Sometimes if it's not our usual area of expertise, then little bits of knowledge help, and I know Nissans and Toyotas. Carbs and old v8's on the other hand... I have some experience with stuff like this, a mate did briefly own an identical laurel a few years back, as well as skylines, and ae86s, which I used to work on with him, and I've had a s13 as well. So far I'm liking this a lot more than all of those, so there's a good chance it's going to stick around for a while. a mate? bit of a stetch there fella! To be fair that Laurel was bought purely for the wheels on it. 15" SSR mesh on the rear and 15" XR4 longchamps up front, manual, cherry bomb exhaust, fancy steering wheel, pool ball gearknob and sub £400 all in if I remember with an MOT (of some description)... ...the droplinks made of cable ties and bottle lids were a bit suspect, amongst the other bodges. Later sold to some of west londons finest who run up a load of fines, tickets and then ran out of talent and hit a tree.
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Dez
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Dec 15, 2016 23:05:20 GMT
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a mate? bit of a stetch there Sorry, I Meant some ©unt I used to dick about with cars with quite a lot... I liked that laurel, part of the reason I bought this tbh.
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Dec 15, 2016 23:19:44 GMT
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So, trying to make this less sh1t. One day last week it decided to not start. So I ended up under here again. Don't think I've given you all an engine pic so far- For those that don't know, this is the Nissan L-series straight 6. Fitted to lots of things, all the Z cars, skylines, etc. But here it's a L24E, so basically a 240z engine but with fuel injection. I guessed at electrical rather than fuel, as fuel supply hadn't been an issue so far, even at 100mph (cough), and working one minute dead the next is far more likely down to electrickery. Leads and plugs, brand new. NGK-R no less as well. This bit, maybe less so- Hmm, definitely so id say. Centre pin is non-existent, and the outer terminals are very burnt away. Surprised it ran at all tbh! Maybe it's because it's the original 30 year old cap and arm. Got their money's worth out of that! 15 quid on eBay and a short wait later, i have a new cap and arm. Didn't know facet did this kinda stuff, I thought it was just fuel pumps. And yay it works again. For a whole two days anyways.....
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Dec 16, 2016 11:07:56 GMT
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that would do it, looks like the sparks have been doing a good job jumping from the pin to the rotor
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She'll (not) be doing 101mph after that I like it when it's a simple fix
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Dec 17, 2016 20:02:09 GMT
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Like this. I actually bought one of these blind off ebay once. Went to collect it and the guy was confused as to how I was getting it 130 miles home as he didnt expect me to drive it (despite the fact saying it was a perfect runner in the ad). Needless to say I got 6 miles and broke down 8 times. He towed me back to his house and gave me my money back.
It was the ignition module. If you ever find the car turning off out of nowhere or randomly not deciding to start, give it a dunt with a screwdriver.
I wish it worked to be honest because I love them. So cushty to drive!
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Dez
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Dec 19, 2016 22:11:09 GMT
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Like this. I actually bought one of these blind off ebay once. Went to collect it and the guy was confused as to how I was getting it 130 miles home as he didnt expect me to drive it (despite the fact saying it was a perfect runner in the ad). Needless to say I got 6 miles and broke down 8 times. He towed me back to his house and gave me my money back. It was the ignition module. If you ever find the car turning off out of nowhere or randomly not deciding to start, give it a dunt with a screwdriver. I wish it worked to be honest because I love them. So cushty to drive! Heh, wasn't this one was it? It's been about that reliable so far...
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Dec 19, 2016 22:25:37 GMT
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So, next problem. I got two whole days of ok running out of it, before it became increasingly difficult to start. Sometimes it was like the battery was flat, it would barely turn, then it would get over it and crank and crank and crank but never seem to want to fire. Then leave it for a bit and it would suddenly catch and run just fine. I knew what it would be....all the signs were there. Rad developing a leak, poor heating, erratic temp gauge.... I was still using it, but I made the mistake of stopping at the shop on the way home, and it just would not f-King start again. I left it for a while to clear and it thought about it, so a bit of lateral thinking saw me unscrewing the brake servo union from the manifold, tipping some petrol in, doing it back up and then it fired. ( effectively increased the AFR enough to get it to actually burn). I then drove it back to the yard and dumped it there. I'm sure the more astute will understand why that got it started even though the issue is nothing to do with fuel delivery, but for those who haven't experienced it I will explain. Basically, the head gasket has gone. It has gone between compression and water jacket on one or two cyls, so is putting a lot of water into the cyls- hence the coolant loss. This is evidenced by some plugs looking like this, as they should- And a couple looking like this, p1ss wet through- Water does not compress like air-fuel mix does, hence the engine almost locking up against the starter. It also doesn't burn quite as well either. If you want to see just how much the head gasket has gone, this is a comp test of cyl 6. All other cyls were around 155psi, this is off the scale, and that's water that one out when the pressure is released! So, that's another car to add to the collection of ones with blown HGs.
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Dec 19, 2016 22:27:52 GMT
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Like this. I actually bought one of these blind off ebay once. Went to collect it and the guy was confused as to how I was getting it 130 miles home as he didnt expect me to drive it (despite the fact saying it was a perfect runner in the ad). Needless to say I got 6 miles and broke down 8 times. He towed me back to his house and gave me my money back. It was the ignition module. If you ever find the car turning off out of nowhere or randomly not deciding to start, give it a dunt with a screwdriver. I wish it worked to be honest because I love them. So cushty to drive! Heh, wasn't this one was it? It's been about that reliable so far... Close...
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Dec 19, 2016 22:52:26 GMT
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One head, timing chain. You'll have it done in no time. Actually, the OCD in me would say while the head/inlet off, it would be a good time to replace the vacuum hoses. If the original cap and rotor button was on there, then I'd wager you're running 30yo vac lines, and it just takes the slightest nick to cause a mysterious running problem. Ask me how I know
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Time for an engine upgrade me thinks... and possibly a gearbox.
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Dez
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I actually quite like the L series, I'd possibly put another big 6 in if it wasn't too expensive. But they all seem to be.
Finding a gearbag at OK money is proving difficult though.
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Dec 20, 2016 10:29:45 GMT
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Had exactly the same with that Audi 100 I had. Went to Northampton to pick up a 'great daily driver' Within two weeks of having it home head gasket had gone, bad luck or done over? It's another cool motor for you tho Mate
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Dec 20, 2016 14:26:30 GMT
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I actually quite like the L series, I'd possibly put another big 6 in if it wasn't too expensive. But they all seem to be. Finding a gearbag at OK money is proving difficult though. I have an S14 SR20DE and manual box (complete setup) coming my way...
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