rob_bower Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I'll make sure I bring my camera. Lol Is your wagon coming?Unfortunately not did look in to bringing it over for the special occasion but funds wouldn't allow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 lol i know I know, need to get the finger out for some updated pics. Got the mats hoovered and fitted yesterday, they will be going to Chris or Joel for some wet vaccing and should then look pretty fresh. Drivers one has seen better days, as you would expect for mats of this age, so I'll be keeping an eye out for a matching drivers mat in better condition. Update Got the drivers side rear arch cleaned out yesterday, took fecking ages and the shit that came out of it was unreal. On the plus side, the KYB Excel shock looks to be dry, so should be good for putting a Tein spring onto. That just leaves the passenger-side rear to tackle next, then the exhaust is for a clean. On the down side, I removed the arm rest and hand brake trim yesterday to see if I could figure out why my drivers seat has been loose in one corner for about 5 years. I assumed the nut had come off the eye-bolt in the transmission tunnel, but no. This is my car we're talking about after all, and it has to be a wanker any time that it can. Turns out the fucking seat subframe is snapped at the fold where it turns upwards to mount to the transmission tunnel bolt hole. Fucking superb. So now the seats, or at least that one, needs addressed before it's MOT worthy also. The drivers seat has seen better days any way, but I wasnt planning to swap them out any time soon. Just be adding it to the long list lol. Paint PAS pump - donePaint air filter bracket - doneClean oil off plastic engine covers - doneRefit Blitz SUS filter - doneFit recirc bung - doneRefit alternator with new CJ pulley - doneFit CJ crank pulley - doneRemove rear washer line - doneInternal wire tuck - doneTuck boot catch cable - doneTuck petrol flap cable - doneReplace steering wheel bolts - doneMachine so it fits and then fit adjustable CJ cam pulley - CancelledNew PAS and alternator belts - doneRocker cover needs tidied up - new K&N breather filter fittedCrank shaft oil seal - doneObtain and fit door cards - doneFit Rescueman - doneFit Din blanking plate - doneFind and fit an Apexi EL1 60mm oil pressure gauge - doneFit Samco intake pipe - doneFit passenger front lower trim panel with flare - doneNew battery clamp / rods - doneTidy engine bay - startedNew radiator bracket - first attempt ne fit pas, redesigned version to followWire in all Apexi gaugesFit oil filter relocator - o-rings sourced, trial fitment to followFix bumper support barCatch can needs emptied and wire wool replacedBoost controller needs replacedRepaint all 4 calipersFit harness crutch strapsWeld holes in spare wheel wellPaint rear floorTires for VolksNew bonnetFit anti-lift kitWax oilAir fuel ratio gaugeWideband gaugeFront ARBShorten the intercooler pipingFit powder coated inlet manifoldPaint rocker cover and inlet manifold support bar (also: source new rocker cover oil seals and polish/replace nuts) - rocker cover painted, need a new PCV valveRepaint ends of front strut-braceSource some shiny recessed washers to tidy up engine bayAddress the seats Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vizzioarts Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Good update. The to-do list just keeps getting longer , but good to see you're keeping at it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 keeping at it bud, but the subframe has fucked me off. Not as bad as it once would have when it was a daily, but its still irritating as it would be a straight MOT failure, and rightly so. Greenmachine has offered to weld it back together for me if I can get the fucker out lol! Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Markgtni Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 like the exhausts say it would look the with a livesports or winningsports spoiler and the lowerducktail spoiler too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vizzioarts Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 like the exhausts say it would look the with a livesports or winningsports spoiler and the lowerducktail spoiler too "THE exhausts?" haha. Are you looking at the most up to date pics? page 87 has pics mate. (not sure if theyre the most up to date phil?) This thread is a maze Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 lol think you're looking at pics from 2005 there bud. Ducktail spoiler and a Glanza spoiler were fitted some time back. Page 87 is probably right dude, since I moved it down home there havent been any "overall" pics, no one wants to see mismatched beat up wheels lol. Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vizzioarts Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Seen your (sister's?) SR in a car park in Lisburn today. Couldn't take my eyes away from it. Absolute minter in the flesh. Any more progress on this bud? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Holy crap 106 Pages!!!! Dedication man... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 LOVE THIS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Si@Fiske Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 haha this has changed a bit since i saw it last, keep it up mate, glad to see you are still going!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 @Vissio - that was probably her's yes, we've talked her into keeping the SR decals on for now, so it likely was her. Thanks for the kinds words gents, 2007 would have been the last time you saw her in the metal Simon, i think? Progress?? Progress is that on sunday I took the drivers seat out to assess the damage to the sub frame...the fucker is snapped in two separate places. Right now the piece behind the eyebolt into the tranny tunnel is stuck as I cant budge the eye bolt, not sure if we ended up drilling that one out and putting a nut on it or not, my memory fails me, but until I can get that out, the sub frame cant be repaired. test fitted the battery clamp from RW Developments yesterday also...doesnt fit with the battery tray, and without the battery tray, the nuts only catch about two threads on the rods, one of which has broken threads but hopefully these are far enough down that they wont make any difference. may have to replace the battery for a shorter one to get the damn thing to fit now, think the rods are just a few mm shorter than the stock ones. As we already know the radiator bracket was 30mm shy of the cross beam also, so for now I'm having an engineer in work draw me up a new one and hopefully he can also machine it up in work and that will finally take care of the radiator. I think I need to give Mr Green a shout too, to start discussions on the gauge wiring! Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Green Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) I may be working Sat, but could call up after, around 1? Edited April 24, 2014 by Chris Green Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) This weekend is pretty hectic with wedding things bud, i SHOULD be home in the afternoon, but I'm not sure at what time yet. You'll weep when you see the wires hanging out of her anyway lol!!!! drop me a text sure dude, but there is no panic, once this wedding lark is over at the start of June things will be muuuuuuch quieter! Update Got the eyebolt to move using a bigger screw driver! But now it just spins, so that confirms my half-assed theory that there is a nut on the other side. Time to bust out the axle stands again and try and get up in behind the heat shield!!! Then I will have all the busted pieces of the subframe freed up and removed ready for repair. Drawing of the radiator bracket has been completed today, so hopefully my colleague can get something machined and folded in the next few weeks when the workshop is quiet. Phil. Edited April 28, 2014 by Nanglebadger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Update A man, a man in a Lexus, he came to my house brandishing spade connectors and a crimping tool. He did some voodoo, and now there are some illuminated gauges on the dash. But then, then he said he was going to come back in a couple of months, and he would do some more voodoo with his spade connectors and his crimping tool, to make more lighting of the gauges and to make the water temp one actually read a temperature!! And all the while, a badger stood and watched, marvelling at his unravelling of the JDM daisy chain wiring loom conundrum. He did make himself useful though by returning the speedo clocks to their OEM illumination colour!! No more faded crappy blue! OEM green FTW! As always, some sexy pics on the GaragEP instagram feed, #GaragEP! Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vizzioarts Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 The man, the myth, the legend.. That really was quite poetic to read Good update. Heres the pics for anyone else Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Good man cheers dude!!! there must be a simple way of doing that, putting the pics up here from instagram! someone really needs to tell me how!!!! drivers-side dash is all back together, as is the centre console. Passenger dash/glovebox all being rebuilt this evening. I realise it will have to be removed once The Man, aka, Mr Green, aka, Smokey Joe, aka, Stealth-Mode-Lexus-Driver returns, but we disucssed this and Chris would rather it was all reconstructed, and then we will deconstruct as necessary for the future tinkering of wires. I have also straightened out all the gauges so that they are all now even, they look a tad wonky in that pic lol! Next up - get this damn eye bolt OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time to get back underneath the car and get a hand up into that exhaust recess. Phil. Edited April 27, 2014 by Nanglebadger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vizzioarts Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Good man cheers dude!!! there must be a simple way of doing that, putting the pics up here from instagram! someone really needs to tell me how!!!! If you have access to a PC. Go to the instagram feed, find the image,Right click, "copy image URL"just use the image tag on the UKSO comment window and paste the URL in there. As long as the image stays up on instagram it will stay here.For mobile, uhm, you could probably use the[img="place image URL here" tag. Close it off after the last " with another square bracket (I cant do it here because it will think its an image). Hope that makes a bit of sense? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hookie663 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Flip ters me tinking I Lov my gauges llf tink uve won that one Phil looking good mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) aahhhhhh i see i see, i thought you and John were doing some magic on your phones to do it, that makes more sense now, thanks dude!! Cheers Hookie bud! Phil. Edited April 27, 2014 by Nanglebadger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Looking good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob H@RCH Engineering Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Come on now Phil!! get ya cock ring uppps ya O ring sorted out and get this thing back on the road!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Cheers Marc! lol I know u don't like sump sealer, but i can honestly see some being used to complete this stupid kit! Failing that, u could send your PFTE tape pictures to Bower, I have no doubt he would attempt that madness when he's here!!! lol! Phil. Edited April 29, 2014 by Nanglebadger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob H@RCH Engineering Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I will post my picks for ya you will have to excuse the finger nails to my nail varnish came off!! You could always use a bead of silicone, let it dry for a day or 2 then screw it in, that would work more like a O ring, better than it oooooooosing out all over the place too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I used PTFE tape on my oil sensor housing for my gauges Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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