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    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

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    That looks well smart. If you lowered it aswell it would be amazing!!

    I took my bump strips off because i prefer them off but your right about idiots banging the sides. I worry all the time about it even though i park miles away from wherever im parking up like a supermarket.

    Keep up the good work!!

    I do intend to lower it but haven't decided whether to go for springs and a panhard rod or save up and go for coilovers. Found out yesterday that my job is safe so should be getting a nice little payrise soon, extra moolah to spend on my baby :( Nightspirit tells me that a panhard rod is not essential with coilovers but is with just springs to maintain alignment?

    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

    Posted

    just have them painted on the car man, no sense pullin them off for no reason incase u remove some paint by accident at the same time! and your paint ideas sound awesome, for an idea of the over all effect of colour coding everything u can have a gander at my car. i like it, just looks tidier to me, some people dont do the bases as they like to break up the colour but i dont see the point in that! MORE TROPICANA PAINT IS BETTER!

    Phil.

    edit: and get the handles done too!!!!!!!!

    Handles!!! What a sweet idea, hadn't thought of that. I need the car every day so I will get some mirrors and handles from a breakers, get them painted and stick them on. How easy is it to get the handles off, what does it involve? I know the mirrors are pretty easy. I reckon I'll go for the full colour coding rather than leaving the bases black tbh, I'd just prefer that, each to their own...

    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

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    nice wee update there, are you goin to keep the side mouldings?

    I like the idea of having something there to stop idiots in car parks marking the doors. I've been sat in the car after grabbing some shopping and the person next to me has tapped the car with their door as they've got out. I try to park away from other people as best i can but sometimes it's unavoidable. I'll probably pull them off and get my mate to colour match them. It'll be cheaper to get them resprayed than a door if they get marked. Might get the mirrors and bases done at the same time.

    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

    Posted

    Is it just me or does your car look very Carribean Blue in them pics?

    The colour of the car seems to vary with the light, sometimes it looks more blue, other times more green.

    The original purchase receipt (which I have :)) says "Tropicana"

    Nanglebadgers work in progress

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

    Posted

    Cluster dimmer switch sourced!

    Phil.

    Nice one mate, you'll find a T shaped connector with two wires (white and white/black) coming out. This connector is plugged into a blanking connector that simply loops back on itself. This connector is taped to the loom behind the drivers dash panel. You got all three parts of the dimmer right, the dimmer itself, the locking ring and the knob. Pop out the little gray plastic clip and it slips into the hole left behind :) I'm sure you could have worked all this out for yourself but thought it maight save you a few seconds.

    Loopback connector

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    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

    Posted

    Spoiler looks good mate, hope you got my text message last night

    Don't worry mate, I knew you couldn't make it.

    Didn't get chance to put the spoiler on as i was sorting out my Nan's freeview and had a ride over to Stockport to see off some biker friends doing a Children in Need charity run. They have a Pudsey bear that has been riden from Edinburgh to Telford in stages with different bikers today and will continue it's trip to the Ace Cafe in London tomorrow. I would have been doing the Stockport to Derby leg but I had to be in Oldham at 5 to pick up this from Nightspirit.

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    It's already fitted! :)

    How much you pay for your car?

    in Lifestyle General

    Posted

    1997 R reg 1.3 Sportif in Turquoise

    My mates elderly mum owned from new

    Garaged every night from new (until I got it)

    Full Toyota Service History

    Totally standard and immaculate inside and out apart from small scuffs on the wheel arches from putting in and out of garage.

    23,000 miles only on the clock

    £800 in September this year :)

    Spent nearly the same on it aleady ha ha

    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

    Posted

    wow man u r good with the old wiring arent ya good on ya

    If I was that good, it wouldn't have taken me this long :lol::):lol:

    Got a nice freebie from the local scrappers today though. When I was doing the clocks on mine, I noticed the connector was on the loom for the dash dimmer switch. Took one of an SR at a scrappers in Rochadale, took it to the counter and the guy looked at it and said, "Go on, treat yourself." :0)

    Nipped into RRG around the corner out of curiosity and asked how much it would be to buy one new (didn't mention I had one). "Er...£54 including VAT mate" I thanked him and walked out with a huge grin on my face.

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    How 2: Correct Mileage On New Clocks

    in Tutorials & Guides

    Posted

    What do you do if you have bought a nice set of Paseo clocks to fit to your Sportif so you can see those lovely revs, or you have bought another set of Sportif clocks to replace a faulty set. Obviously the mileage is not going to be an exact match to that of your current clocks? To remain legal, you should roll forward or back the mileage on the new clocks before you install them. Here's a step by step guide on how to do this (Please note: SR clocks are different and this guide will not tell you how to adjust them as the odometer tumblers are different)

    This guide is intended to help you make sure the mileage displayed in your car is correct and should not be used to doctor the mileage of your car for any other reason.

    1. Remove the clear and the black plastic sections from the front of the clocks by pressing down the tabs on the top and bottom.

    2. Remove the speedo needle by simply pulling it upward, it can be quite stiff.

    3. Remove the two small black screws that hold on the face of the speedo. If you have not already managed to remove the needle, you can pull upwards on the face (*carefully*) and this should give you the extra force and leverage to 'pop' it off.

    4. Undo the two gold and two silver screws on the back of the speedo and remove it from the cluster.

    5. Looking down on to the speedo number barrels you will see two silver screws. Remove these.

    6. You should now be able to carefully extricate the odometer section from the rest of the speedo.

    7. If you only have a few thousand miles to add or remove you may at this stage wish to manually spin the worm gear (you could use a dremel with one of the small white polishing mops on to spin it).

    8. For greater mileage alterations, the next step can be a little tricky. If you look on the end of the shaft nearest the 100,000s roller you will see a small external circlip. Use a small flat bladed screwdriver to press this off the groove in the shaft.

    9. You can now slide each of the tumblers along the shaft so that they no longer interlock and rotate each one to the correct figure. Ensure that each tumbler meshes correctly with it's adjoining tumblers when you push them back together.

    10. Once all digits are set correctly, you need to replace the small circlip, this is even trickier than removing it but again can be pressed into place in the groove on the shaft with a small flathead driver.

    11. Slide the odo section carefully back into position in the speedo ensuring that all gears have meshed successfully and replace the two silver screws.

    12. Place the speedo back in the cluster and secure with the two gold and two silver screws at the rear.

    13. Replace the face and the two small black screws.

    14. Press the needle gently back onto the shaft. It is unlikely that you will get it spot on zero (or just below). If you are slightly over, gently rotate the needle back against it's stopping point and you will feel it move. Allow it to come to rest and check position. If it is slightly under, rotate the needle right around the face to the opposite stop and apply slight pressure to spin the needle on the shaft. A bit of trial and error and you'll get it where you want it.

    15. Replace the clear and black plastic sections and bobs your uncle :p

    I hope you all find this useful.

    I'm happy to do this for you if you are willing to send me your clocks and pay for the return postage. Simply picture message me a photo of the mileage on your current clocks after you send the new ones out and I'll set it spot on for you.

    Thanks

    Chris

    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

    Posted

    Now sell me your Paseo Clocks :p

    good luck with it all, u gna use paseo or sr clocks now?

    Now that I know my wiring is sound, I'm gonna give the Paseo clocks another chance.

    Oh and i've also managed to correct the mileage to match my old N/A clocks

    I'll do a how 2 on it now.

    Sparky, type in 'paseo breaking' as an ebay search. A couple came up and one of them that I rang had two sets of clocks, he might still have the other one, I'll let you know if I find the number.

    Chris

    Monkey NA Project

    in EP91 Progress Blogs

    Posted

    Glad you have your tach working now

    Thanks to David but with much guidance from others, I now have a working tacho. Turns out to have been a dodgy tacho pulse wire all along, the wiring was sound. Tapped into the tacho wire earlier in the loom and ran a feed up to the clocks and hey presto!

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